Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 Established 1891. MINING OF DIAMONDS. Story of How Precious Stones aire laa.en From Juarin. xx *"* l'Ubii such us i ins country knew 111 ns tree laud days, but m Uiu cum? 10 peg out claims in a new ly discovered diamond iielu, was mentioned ill recent dispa.clies lrom South Airica. Tins new diamond country opens up possibilities of a rival to the great Knuberly diamond field. The method of mining diamonds at lumoerly, which may be lolloped m the new fields if the formation proves the same, are outlined in u bulletin of the National Geographic society. *"i'he amies at Knnberly," says the bulletm, 4'are in very ancient volcanoes which ages ago lost ull semblance of activity. But during their youth the great heat and pressure of the volcanoes created gigantic laboratories in their depths in which thousands of the hard white carbon crystals which are diamonds were created. The precious little lumps are embedded in a great volume of worthless rock known as 4blue ground,' and under old conditions were as hard to find us tiie "proverbial needle in a'haystack. But just as a clever searcher could probably locate his needle with u powerful magnate, despite the straw, so engineers have evolved.mechanical means cleverlv to Ki>itnput? tlin four tinv ilin " ?r? ?v *-v" *"V """ litonds from the many tons of dirt in which they are hidden. "The effectiveness with which nature lias concealed the crystals is evidenced by the fact that the - *blue ground' brought up from t the depths of the mines and carrying its priceless gems is spread ctit ni the open for four months to a year to the weather. The diumouds are perfectly safe, for officials who have walked . over "the weathering 'floors' for many years assert that they have never tcund a diamond in this way. As tlu 'blue ground' weathers it .crumbles and great harrows like those used on the bonanza farms of the West are dragged over it to facilitate the process. "iweiitually the material is broken down into relu^vely fine particles. It is then taken in truck loads to the* mechanical plant of me mine for treatment., 'f ile ground- is mixed with water in great mixing machines and passed over screens of fine wire neshmg. " W lien us much us possible of the foteigu material has been removed in this way the coarse residue, containing the diamonds, is passed over sloping, vibrating tables covered with thick greaso. Because of some little understood physical property, diamonds stick to the grease while the worthless material flows over the edge of the tables. The grease with its load of crystals is then scraped into a perforated container and heated by steam. The grease melts away and leaves the small but highly valuable objects of these months of work. * 'One of the most striking features of the raining of diamonds by th? large companies in Kimberly is the existence of the unique labor compounds. Since diamonds are aso easily stolen, only those native laborers are employed who will agree to 'enlist* for at least three months and remain for that period (when not in the mines or on the 'floors*) within a walled inclosnre. In the largest compound, covering more than four aores, 3,000 men live. Not only are these compounds surrounded by high walls, hut * they are also covered overhead . hy fine wire netting, so that diamonds cannot be thrown outside to confederates. 14 Only certain articles may be taken into the eompbund. and no boot*. shoes or other hard or solid materials (may be taken out? only clothing which has been searched. In the largest of the oompounda, where some laborers liare chosen to; stay for years, sre stores, g church, a school, a hospital and dispensary, athletic grounds and, a swimming pool. The manager of the compound is mJy.or^ ro PheF ?ai?p?.?Tipggg INTEREST IN ELECTION. Increased Vote Expected at Primary Next Tuesday. According to locai politicians, vote will be polled 111 Foil Mm the indications arc that a larger ill the second Democratic primary next Tuesday, [September 12, than was polled 111 the lirsl primary on August 211. Aside Iroin the r?jee for governor; in which everybody seems to be more or less interested, the contest for county treasurer between Mrs. Lucia Ewart Quinn and W. 1). Thomassou also is attracting the attention of many voters. Other county officers to be selected in the primary Tuesday are a supervisor and judge of probate. In the former race Hugh VY. Brown, incumbent, and Thos. W. Boyd, a former "supervisor, are the opposing candidates, neither having received a majority vote1 in the first primary.. For judge of probate, .). L. Houston, who has held the olliee l'or foul' years, and (J. 1'. Smith are tlie candidates. Still another office to be filled in the primary is Stare superintendent of education. In the fivsi primary there were six candidates, but all save .1. K. Swearingen of Columbia, who is seeking reelection, and .1. II. Hope of Union were eliminated. Swearinger has held the office since 1909. Hope is an experienced school man and "a former superintendent of education of Union county. In the race for the governor.a. !.. l - j t* - ismji uiMwcen jormer uovernor Cole L. Bleasc and Thos. G. MeLeod, Bleasc came out of the first primary v, itli a lead over MeLeod of 12,030 votes, having received 77,71)8 votes against 65,768 for MeLeod. The total vote of the other four candidates was 30.001. Assuming that the total vote will he the same in the second primary, Ih'e former governor mdst gain 9.9&G votes to win, while MeLeod must not only gather .in 12.030 votes to catch up with Blease, hut in addition must gain 9,986 to defeat him. Missionary Union in Session. The Woman's Missionary union of the York Baptist association closed a successful two day. ses* soin at the Fort Mill Baptist church with the afternoon meeting last Thursday. One hundred and forty delegates, representing the woman's missionary societies and affiliated organizations from most of the Baptist churches in the York association, wore present for the meeting:. A feature of the sessions was the addresses on missions subjects by Mrs. Maude R. Mef'lure. president of the Woman's Missionary Training school at Louisville, Kv. All the officers of the union were reelected as follows: Mrs. .T. T. Garrison, superintendent; Miss Florence Themasson. secretaryand treasurer; Miss Lula Smith, mission stndv superintendent; Mrs. Ralph Moss. Sunbeam superintendent; Miss Fsther Meacham, G. A. superintendent; Mrs. Scrujr?rs, Y. W. A. superintendent ; Miss Minnie Garrison. R. A. superintendent. Fort Mill's First Bale. The first bale of new crop Fort Mill township cotton was picked during: the last two or three days on the plantation of Col. Leroy Springrs and yesterday afternoon was taken by J. M. Gamble to Rock Hill, where it was pinned, and then broupht back to Fort Mill and delivered to the Fort Mill Manufacturing Co. Mr. Gamble, who is the manager of C1ol. Swings' farming interests in Port Mill township, snvs that he <loes not expect more than half a crop of cotton on Col. Springs' place this year?that with the boll weevil and and drought working simultaneously on the cotton there will be no top crop and that if the dry weather of the last three I weeks continues a few days Ioniser practioally all the cotton will i be open and ready to pick in two I or three week's. N Henry Ford is establishing - a factory in Mexico and about half the paragraph erg in the country have remarked that Mexicor needs a shaking up anyway. : *... "Stei'v: v.?' / I ORT I FORT MILL, S. 0., THU1 NEWS OF YORK COUNTY. Items of General Interest- Found in tiie ^orkvillo Enquirer. j>r. L>. is. Johnson, president of W.nilirop college, who lias lx.cn spinning several weeks louring I i'iiil'ope. is on Ins way home. iic saned from Liverpool, Fugiand, I for New York on the steamer Adriatic September 2 and is expected to arrive in New Y'ora September b. The McLeod vote 111 York county last Tuesday was 1.482 instead of 1,532, the oflicial figures published lust Friday. The figures ... .... 1.K..1. ...1 ......... 1..... frntn an J'UUUSUCU Hl'lC UI1U4I XI V??* ihc record filed with the clerk of the court, as required bylaw, but a second addition of the detailed vote at the various precincts showing these figures incorrect. "1 predict that the farmers of York county will make 55 per cent as much cotton and as much corn as they did last year," said John. Ii. Blair of Sharon, demonstration agent for York county when asked about crop conditions the other day. Mr. Blair has just completed a crop inspection trip o\ er practically the cnt ire county. Monday, salcsday for September, brought quite a number of horsetraders to * town carrying with them .a large number of horses and mules, ranging from "plugs" to "good tins." Most of t.ho traders were looking for "boot" in connection with trades aj.d since the "boot" was rather scarce, there was not a great deal >f trading in horseflesh. Several members of the sect known as the "Holy Rollers." who are said 1o be more or less numerous in the lilairsvillc station, did not got to vote in the first primary ejection for the reason that they refused to take the oatli required of voters. Their argument was that it is contrary to their religion.to .swear or take an oath, and rather than comply with that requirement they stayed away from Ihe polling precinct at Blairsville. Some of the voters have an idea ..that because of the number 011 the ticket there is some way of collecting them with the candidates for whom they vote. There is nothing to that. The number does not serve any other purpose tiu.n to keej) track- of the tickets used. The number is 011 the coupon only and not on the ticket, and when the coupon is lorn off in-tore tne deposit 01 the ticket 111 he box, there is no means by whie.li the ticket can he identified again.* "No mailer whether Mr. Blouse or Mr. McLeod is the next governor of South Carolina," remarked a steward of the Methodist church Tuesday morning, "the next governor of South Carolina will he a member of the Methodist church. Both Mr. Klease and Mr. ' McLeod have been members of our denomination for years. Governor Manning was an Episcopalian, Governor Cooper a Baptist and Gov'ruor Harvey a Presbyterian." Army overcoats worn by so inuqy young men during 1917-18 and 1919 appear* to have gone out of style entirely. A man who has been living at one of the loeul mills and who intends leaving the State offered most of his household find personal belongings at auction on the court house lawn Monday. Most of the property sold readily, although none of it brought anything like its value. However, when tho army overcoat was offered for sale not a j single bid was offered, although . the auctioneer cried it lustily. The result was that the owner had to carry it with him. Two tracts of land and timber rights in a third tract were sold by Clerk of the Court McMnckin ( Monday before the court liouso door in accordance with previ- i onsly advertised notice. The case] 'was that of O. J. Corpcniug, trusjtee, plaintiff, against the CVmsoli-! , date<d Trust company et al. One , tract of 48} acres in fort Mill, township was bought, by the Ooii-1 i splidated Trust company for $1,- j 700. Timber rights in 325 acres and a tract of 41 acres in the same township were purchase^ by the Consolidated company for $280. i ' * :\\v" *. v % . ^ ' r? < J Mill LSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922. OUTWITTING THE WEEVIL. There*is so much said and written about the boll weevil treatment and remedies and theories vary so markedly that spine people are st il skeptical, says the Calhoun 'limes, published at St. Mutthcws. ft is not unusual to hear a farmer-say that a neighbor makes just as much cotton without fighting the pest as does the man who marshals his forces and fights like grim death. It is time to settle tins point that we iruiv know, once for all where we stand. I lore js some pretty strong evidence from reliable sources. Mr. \Y. 0. Poterlcin, a large farmer of the Fort Motle section, was known to have put out a splendid hi rrngo against tlie enemy. With the rainiest spring and summer ever known in this section there were boll weevils by wholesale to encounter. .It was. therefore, with much interest that several farmers from St. Matthews went out to see what they might see. They all proclaim with one accord that the weevil has been knocked down ami dragged out in the melee and they estimate that Mr. IVterkin will make all the way from a half bale to a hale of cotton per acre. To clinch the argument in favor of a fight to the death wi?h the weevil they compared 11n* IVtorkin lands and cotton with those ml.joining nn?l ovned by II. (?. K a miner of Gads(1*11. The hinds are on par as to "rnilty. although there may have \n 11 some difference of fertilizer in favor of Mr. Peterkin. as the Kmniner lauds, we understand are farmed by t.hare croppers. It is said, however, that the yield on tSie Kamiiier lands will not be over fit) pounds of seed cotton- to the acre. Mr. Petcrkin was in town Thursday and ho was asked to jiive his method of warfare in a nutshell, lie said that he used two or three application^ of the Coker molasses mixture when the cotton was very small, lie saw that this was .done thoroughly. In the meantime he also had the hugs picked and the squares, later on, taken from the ground. Further on. he began to use the cale;um arscnatjjL. powder and applied it seven times. The frequent use was doubtless necessary on account of excessive rains.. This goes to show and prove that the boll weevil can l?e successfully fought and practically whipped with a great deal of work and considerable expense The question naturally arises. "Does it pay?" That will, of course, depend on the price. The chances are that it also proves that a laxy and careless man will not do much with cotton in a wet year, especially. This is a big and puzzling question ahead of us for several years to come. Maker of Heirlooms. The Charlotte Observer tells a story of a lady in that city who lias discovered that she has the sewing machine on which her baby clothes were made by her mother. The machine had been in u&e .r?0 years. The lady, it seems, bad noticed that a certain store was opening up a n<*W sewing machine department and she concluded that they might be interested in knowing that she had a machine with their brand, "The New Home,*' on it some place between the heinstiteher and the middle of next week. Then the publicity man for the store sent the story to The Observer with ll.e fcneehit renn?.<l that tho inn lrf? I of ihe lady's machine be mentioned in the paper. E. T. Hughes Dies Suddenly. E. T. Hughes, chairman of the ways and means committee of the South Carolina house of representative^ was found dead at 'liis home in Marion Tuesday night. A corouef's jury found that he 4'came to his death from causes unknown to the jury, but with no evidence of. foul^ play." Mr. IJughcs was said to have been ill for the last six months or more. Mr. Hughes was 42 years old and was serving his second term in -the house as a representative of H&rion county* *- r Time; ===== RESULTS OF PRIMARY. State Executive Committee Announces Final Figures. The State Democratic executive committee met in Columbia Tuesday ami canvassed the results of the first primary, held on Tuesday, August 2!). Colo L. Blease and Tlios. G. McLeod were ordered into a second race for govern-! or. to be held on Tuesday, Sep- j tember 12. The official vote for governor in the first primary announced as follows; I I31ea.se 77,798, Cantey 1.260.1 Coleman 3,797, Duncan t,78d. La-j nev 23,164. McLeod 65,7CS. I." II I....1 ~x k :i. ? i u. ij. tun ftwn ui /viui'ii eon 11 iv was declared nominated for lieutenant governor over his two op-1 poncnts. The vot<? was declared to lie: Adams 39,457, Jacson 78.5C3. Owens 35,527. W. Bunks Dove was declared the nominee for secretary of state with a vote of 100.954 against that of 73,356 for .las. C. Dozier. Samuel. M. Wolfe was declared nominated to succeed himself as attorney general, the committee announcing the vote to be: Enbanks 36,228, Winter 45.454, and Wolfe 90.091. Samuel T. Carter was declared nominated for State treasurer.) He ran without opposition, Walter E. Duncan, eomntroller general, led the entire field of State candidates who had opposition, receiving 109..390 votes against 56.527 for T. 11 a good Gooding. A second race was ordered between .T. E. Swear in gen and #T. H Hope for State superintendent of education. The vote for the \7trioUs candidates was as follows: Mrs. Drake 35180. J. II. Hope 37.669. O. D. Seav 8.663. (V - I ii. seigier si.i rj. .101111 r,. Swonringen 45.006. Mrs. Wallace 22,126. Robert E. Grai<r was declared the nominee for adjutant general with 01.278 votes against 80.89>? for T. B. Marshall. The official, vote gave B.-Harris 107.852 and George Wightman 60.722 for Commissioner of agriculture. Harris was declared the nominee. Will Lay Cornerstone Sunday. Fitting services will mark the laying of the cornerstone of St. John's Methodist church Sunday morning. Following the sermon at 11 o'clock hv the presiding elder of the Rock llill district, the Rev. G. (\ Leonard, the stone will be placed in position. In the stone will be deposited a list of the subscribers to the building fund for the new church, the names of the building committee and thp officers of the church and Sunday school. The pastor of St. 'J W T? Uniit.-, night, says there are a number of unpaid subscriptions to the buildin pr fund which lie is anxious to have paid before the cornerstone is laid. Patterson Store Reorganized. The Mutual Dry Goods Store is the name of a newly organized mercantile concern for Fort Mill which has taken over within the last week the business formerly conducted by the Patterson Dry Goods company. -The new business is aplying to the secretary of state for a charter, with L. A. Harris, J. L. Spratt and E. "R. Patterson as the corporators. It is understood that Mr. Patterson will be Ihe manager of the new business. Mr. Patterson is generally considered n live merchant and his friends in this sec'lion will be pleased to learn that he has reentered business here. n ? i * ~ c \ioverninom owuersnip <m |pumoPice buildings in all cifies and towns where such is not already tin case is the gist of the proposal to Congress by the postmaster general, with the approval of the president. Reports show, it is claimed, that the adoption of the plan would mean a saving of 500 Ciilliou dollars within the next ten years. Candidates for Congress in the North and West who nre running on light wines and beer platforms seem to overlook the fact that there are still a good many, people who like straight licker. / v s. ' $1.50 Per Year. SHORT NEWS 8T0RIE8. Items of Interest From Various Sections of Country. A public spanker for boys who are 100 young to send to jail for iheir misdeeds is asked by the chief of police of Toronto, Canada. Corporal punishment, the oflieer declares, is the best met lief of punshing mischievous boys. Cliiusese wine said to worth 7 million dollars may be poured inrto sewers of San Francisco as the [result of uu action pending by the California prohibition director. The liquor has been classified as as liquor instead of medicine. Playing in the yard while its I mother was hanging out the clothes, the 13 months' old child of Cecil Thomas of Augusta, Ga., 'became entangled in apron strings idmgling from the line and strangled to death before it could be released. Fear that he would strike a young woman who stopped in front oL his machine to pick up luu " handkerchief caused the death of Win. A. (Verne of New York city. Creme fell dead over the steering wheel as he narrowly missed the girl. Found guilty of holding his little daughter's hand over a fire, 'Dummy; it almost to the bone, '.Win. 11. Moore, blacksmith of l'ayonnc. N. has been sentenced to spend one year in jail. The father burned the child's hand to correct her for cutting pictures out of books. An order instructing postmasters throughout the country to .stop delivery of mails at every !dwelling not having a slot in the |door or mail box in front of the house has 'been issued by the postolilce department. Four months is to be given citizens to provide, the slot or receptacle. Twenty-two billion eggs were laid by American hens thus far during 1922, says a department of agriculture report. This is a record which was made possible ,by Americans killing and eating fewer (thickens, leaving more hens on the farms. "I'd marry a fat man every time?they're jolly and therefore 'make good husbands," declared Miss Adah Mac Williams, 19 year 'old heiress of Syracuse, N. Y., in announcing her engagement to i Walter Ileirs, moving picture heavyweight comedian. New York lias a new skyscraper that is a leader in its class. At Park avenue and Sixty-fourth istreet the only church skyscraper i built exclusively for religious 'purposes has just been opened. It rises nine stories above the ground. Inside there are four j auditoriums. While praying beside the grave of his mother in a cemeterv near New York city, Robert Lake, 28 years old. was robbed of his pocket book and $7 in cash. As he knelt beside the grave he was struck on the head. When he revived he found that his pockets had been looted. A race across the Atlantic . ocean, with a speed crown as Ihe reward.'is expected to determine the worth of oil as a fuel for steamships. The race will be run between Southampton, England, |and the United States some time soon, according to present plans. ISix vessels will take part, all but one using oil as fuel. The Ku Klux Kan at Paterson, N. J., has made u protest against the announcement that ^ie German language will he taught in the city schools during the comjing term. The resumption of [teaching the language in the pub,lic schools is a plot of the Geriinan nation to regain the place jsho formerly held in the world, savs a letter to the board of education signed by the klan. When he made a mistake in * houses while serving a warrant, I Sheriff William Mathias of Muhlenberg county, Ky., and his" j daughter, Mrs. Ella Smith, were Ishoi ftlld killed nn/1 tV?i?ee | wore wounded. The sheriff attempted to force his way into the wrong house and its owi\gr killed the officer, not knowing who he was. In the battle that followed the woman was kijled and the three other persons wounded. * ' * * 'wBBk&v.' .