The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 28, 1921, Image 1
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NUMBER 30,
VOLUME XXXIII
8TKVJKXSON in OONOjp^l
Native of <'lie*t?rfie>IU Among For*
nio*< hi Hous? of KejmsviiUUivt'x.
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Hv PAVld F. St. Clair.
< k?rrt's]n>wleu<*t* Tlte Vhronlcte'. ? '
Washington, Oct. 15. The )ittlo bund
of Democrats in the house now >hows
as tenacious front us tho l<lght Bri
KaUe ?? Balaklava. But It has not
always beeu so at this session of cow
Kie.ss. There has bwu'niore than 'one
occasion when tho leadership of the
Democrats hu.s boon a matter of adrol#
compromise. The difference between
the two fact ion a led by Finis Oarrett
of Tennessee U$4 Jack Carper of Tex
ast on ttic question of retaining tlie ox
(Oss profit tax in voting to recommit
the Kordney revenub bill was so radi
cal that the house lVmoerats caucus
id for four days in tho middle of Au-.
Kust before they reached ah agreement,
(flaudo Kitchen had written from his
*k-k hed in North Carolina to bis
fellow Democrats that tho leader's
counsel he followed, but the Garner
Crisp faction contended that this tax
must be thrown overboard 1>efore they
would vote to recommit the bill.
For a time it looked as If this .seri
ous factional difference on a funda
mental principle legislation would do
stroy all real team work in the minor
ity party in the house. But in the
caucus sat one man who was able to
gquge the true situation and strike a
balauce between the factions. Tills
was William Francis Stavenson of tho
Fifth South Carolina District. Mr.
Stevenson is still a comparatively new
man in the bouse now serving out his
(bird term, but be Is one of the ablest
lawyers in the entire body. To begin
with he was one of tho best trained
students in mathematics and the
technique of language ever turned out
from=DavidsOn College, N. C. Besides
he had sat in the .South Carolina legis
lature and in the council's of his party
for many 3'oars where he becatno a
past master at framing legislation and
writing caucus resolutions. Mr. Ste
venson is ' used to differences among
Democrats. In South Carolina there
are no Republicans.
So he was at home in this wrangl-.
iag caucus of fellow Democrat In
Washington. Ho was there with his
pen as well as with his tongue. When
the caucus seemed about to end its
first meeting in display and dissolution
Mr. Stevenson with his first prepared
resolution was recognized and mount
ed the platform.. He has what his
friends in South Carolina call a sword
fish voice ? if a sword fish had a voice.
If he h.'ul a voice Uke most of the other
men who had been talking bis words
might not have so instantly captured
the attention of the assembly. but this
voice cut its way athwart every ob
stacle.
Tho remarkable,, discovery made by
ihfc caucus was, ^ -(bat when it. heard
Mr. Stevenson's resolution, it found
'hat It was nearer together than it had
thought possible. ' This master of
iwrty peace ' and concord had seized
on to t lie word "temporary" as the
time element in the life of the excess
profit tax in the bill. He had dex
terously dropped this word 011 the mid
flic of the table between Garrett and
Earner who had been* staring at each
other in defiance. The word instantly
xtrotchcd forth a hand to grasp each
faction It danced up and down the
room inviting both factions to come
hack tho next tlay and see the perfor
mance again.
^n the following day at the sugges
tion of many members a meeting was
held of about a half a dozen leaders
;?n<l among them Mr. Stevenson. Many
members had in the meantime given
Proposed resolution to acting lead
er 'Jarrett for this conference and he
had presented them. Mr. Flood of Vir
ginia. Chairman of the Democratic
?Congressional Committee offered one.
Mr. Stevooson offered his final, draft
:,nrl after a short discussion, ou mo
:'0k of Mr. Flood. Mr. Stevenson's
Solution was nnanlmously adopted
a&<i Mr (Jarrett was directed to pres
et it to the caucus as the unanimous
:,rtion of the committee and on bis do
vo it was unanimously adopted,
oleadging every Democrat to vote
against the tax bill and a solid front
thus obtained for tbe first time In
9pvcral years. ,
Mr. Stevenson Is such an adept in
?<-hieviug harmony among contrary
'?rinds and partisan opponents that he
; beguiled a majoritv of the Hepub
"rnn<? on ihe banking and currency
'??>mmittee to vote with him on Import
ant measures. The committee tied on.
toe issues of reporting out a bill to re
^biiitate the war finance corporation
*n'l to authorize it to finance agricul
^ral product*. The night before the
N,,l was reported out be won ora on#
FLORIDA S1WH1CS STOK.M
Damage Dune Around Tain
pa With 1 o,s of 1 life.
1 4t LHaifd, Florida, Oct. liU. Sunlit i
Florida -pint today in lvrapltultltliiK ]
I ho damage estimated to run Well into
millions of dollar*} caused by the <?ulf
hurrjenu wit Mi tore northeastwardly
across Flotilla's peninsula yesterday.
At |i)noi attaining a- velocity of 70
ratios an hour the gale wrought do j
striutlou to smaller obstacles in itsj
path, hilt few instances, ac- J
cording to reports causing ? loss of
life.
While there have hecn only three!
or four isolated eUsea of deaths from
the storm it is feared the Ylearlng;
away of O'o debris in Tampa's wreck- 1
od j ?>rt ion might add to the list. Ofj
the cities and towns With in a ratlins,
of forty miles of Lakeland. that could !
bo reached thy Automobile today, Tain ;
|>a appears to have suffered the great .
est daiu a pc. The Pay Shore Drive
residential section from Franklin
gtreet to Port Tampa Is a panorama
of dost ruction. Trees are down, houses
with roofs torn away and founda
tions' weakened from the tidal wave
that swept in over tho. sea wall from
Tampa Day have collapsed and Ion*
and other debris tfwOpt in on . the on
ruvbing waters'soreat/uow grace what
'were once t)^;jlWj?4!fnl!jiiwiis of the
Hyde Park" s?**iion. otto^T Tampa's
most fashioj^bTo suburbs. Along tho
water froitt Jarge sed&ohs^jof the sea
wall were swept -uisay* ?v?d parts of
Mreets wore washed info the bay.
Houses immediately adjoining the
lK)Ulevard were crushed-in by tho gale
without apparent resistance.
' Conservative estimates place the
damage in Tampa proper at $3,000,000.
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' Near Jail Delivery.
An attempted jail delivery occur
red. here Friday night in whlciP three
white men neariy succeeded In getting
away. The jailor's wife, Mrs. Boone,
heard the water faucet running in the
jail and upon investigation found that]
it was being run to detract from the I
noise being made by the saws the men
were using. In some way a hack saw]
bad beeu smuggled in to the men andj
they had succeeded in cutting through
one bar and bad started another. The
men had been placed on thj? lower
floor and they were Immediately
placed In the steel cage. The -white
men occupying tho ceil were Darling
Hurt, John Galllmore and Moyd Lor
Jck. The'former was in jail on tlu>
charge of stealing a suit of clothes.
Gall i more is the man who shot Mr.
Britt Croft and Lloyd Lorick is awatt
Ing trial on the charge of entering the
Bank of Lugoflf, The officers have
not been ahle to tell who did the saw
ing.
of. the Republican members mid broki*
the- tie.
After the bill to make $50,000,000 de
posit in the farm loan banks to enable
thorn to go on last spring:, had failed
in committee by a Me vote, in which
the chairman of the committee had
cast the vote that tied, Mr. Sffevenson
induced several of his Democratic col
leagues who had voted present because
they wanted $100,000,000 iiy>tead of
$.*50,000,000 to change their votes next
dny and report out the bill with $50,
000,000 ? being the best dny they could
hope for. He stands for practical re
sults. If you cannot get all you want
and need ? take jyhat you can get, is
his policy ? and it accomplishes things.
Mr. Stevenson has mftde two speeches
in the house that have attracted the
favorable attention of the country, ono
excoriating Ambassador. Harvey for
his attempt to make a paltroon of
America iu the World war. He found
that the doughty colonel had received
his military title at a banquet In
Charleston years ago where he boast
ed that his New Knglaml ancestors
had "lain in the woods" during the
war between the states. Mr. Steven
son's other .speech deals with Attor
ney General Daughortys allowing Debs
to come from the Atlanta penitentiary
to Washington some time ago in citi
zen's clothing And on that fact he
bases the prediction that Debs and
all the other instigators erf treason and
sedition during the World war, will
be pardoned soon after the 'German
treaty Is signed.
Mr. Stevenson Is now working on a
bill to grant equal compensation to of-j
ficers In the national army who werGj
disabled lr. ifco World war with o?fi-j
cers in the regular army. As it pow is
a first lieutenant who was in the
national armjr who lo^j a leg would get
only $80 per month, whilo a first lieu
tenant in the regular army would get,
$157 per month. Ha proposes to wsgo
war on such gross discrimination and
Injufltic*
UXKUHD \'K(i(j KKLKASKI)
llutl litVu. id Jail lu laiu-iistvr Many
Months on Charge.
Ambrose Wttjun Wiilhu-e, alleged
safo i nt< k?>? and hank -robber, who
has been eonfiucd in tho LaneasbT
comity ju it slnee June 0. facing foui'
charges of house-breaking ami lureeny
and one of eutevlug a hunk, with intent
to steal, -was released this morning oil
bond in the amount of $8,500
The Juno lenn of court was In ses
sion when Wallace was brought to
Lancaster and his attorneys asked for
a continuance on the ground that 'they
had not had time to prepare a wise. At
tho October term Inst week, the case
was carried over to th? March term at
tho request of the state's attorney, tho
veusou being that a material witness
was at that time In Canada and could
not get here to testify. Judge Moore
fixed Wallace's bond at the Juno term
at $0,000 and Judge It ice last weok re
duced it to JWUJOO "which w?s -given to
^ay.'the hoiuNmon being W. 10. Evans,
of Columbia ?iind <\ It. Simmons, of
Lancaster.
Wallace bus boon hold in connection
with the robbery of the Bank of Heath
Springs on fihe night of September 13,
1020, when the door of the vault was
blown off and securieties to tbo
amount of approximately $0,000 taken.
These later were found near Twelve
Mile Creek bridge on the Charlotte
road and returned to the bank. He
is also charged with entering four
stores at Heath Springs on the sam?
night.
Wallace's sister has been here on
several occasions to see her brother
and was here today wbon Wallace wa.?
released? Lancaster News.
Strong Speakers at .Baptist Church*
' Dr. Derfeux Will .preach at the Bap
tist Church on Sunday morning and
Dr. Hikes will address the Sunday
evening congregation.
Tho community will find special in
terest in I>r, Sifces' address as he
is to speak on the coming "Disarma
ment Conference." Few in South Caro
lina can speak with the same authori
! t'y on. such subjects and wo all have
h groat treat ahead.
Increasing interest should 'be shown
in the Mens' Bible Class as tho winter
mouths -come on and on Sunday, next
we aire to discuss "Law Observance,
The Nation's Biggest Problem. "
Sunday School at 10 o'clock. ,
M. M. B.
Ginnery Burned.
The ginnery of Tom B. Wright, a
colored man, located near Heraberts
was destroyed by fire last Saturday.
About fifty bales of cotton were also
destrojyod. We learn that there was
no Insunance on the cotton and Wright
had just -gone to Sumter to have the
insurance placed on it.
Blaney News Notes
Blahey, S, O.. Oct. 25.? ?Opr school
opened some weeks since with a good
attendance, only one new teacher, as
our teachers wo had last year are
with us again. . They are, Mr Alvin
Snigley, of Newberry, Miss Vera Ellfs,
from near Ilartsvllie, Mrs. Boykin
Rose, of Blauey, ami Miss Gertrude
Mellecbam, of Williston.
The .School Improvement Society
will give a Halloween entertainment
October 31*t, at 7 :30 p. m. We Khali
be glad for all who can to attend as
we have tin interesting program.
The boll weevil has nipped some of
our prospects for making a flourishing
little town out of Blaney. . We feel
that it will take several years for our
farmers to adapt themselves to new
modes of living and a more diversi
fied crop adjustment, but if it is true
that more cotton can bo raised on
sandhill than on clay land where the
weevil is present, it may be we will
yet 1>p a prosperous community.
Cooper Heads State Fair
Columbia, Oct. 20. ? Robert M. < hoop
er, of Wisacky, one of the youngext
progressive farmers of the State, was
tonight elected president of the State
Agricultural and' Mechanical Society
without opposition and by acclama
tion, to succeed J. N. Klrven, of Dar
lington, the retiring executive.
John D. W. Watts of T>anrens, was
rc-elected vice president to assist Mr.
Cooper In the piloting of the South
Carolina State fairs of the immediate
future the following executive oommlt
iw was nominated an a elected :
First Congressional District ? W. M.
Fraircpton, Charleston ; Second, R. B,
Cunningham, TJlmers ; Third, J. O.
GameU, Ware' Shoal*; Fourth, O. P.
Mill*. Greenville: Fifth, T,. I. (iuion,
Logoff; Sixth, J. L*. Mcintosh, Does
vilie. and Seventh." D. G. Ellison, Co
tnnfbfn.
An AvrKAt VoK tiik hospital
Statement of the Kliirtiicittl Condition
From Hoard of Directors.
TO m (MiltVu.H <?t Camden 411)4 Kit
slii^w County:
As you know, I lit* Mil In It u tiding of
tlVo Oamdeu 1 l al was dcstroxed
by fU? on January 28, 1021 ; nothing
being suvisl hut tho ward building and
It.s contents. The wards were opened
iuuncdia te4y. and the good work of
the hospital was inter up tod for onU
a mouth, when tho wovk was taken
up a# i in* hut of course .In more cramp
ed and less eonvenlertt quarter* It
was necessary to rebuild at oiicq, and
the director* believe that they gave
out contracts at the proper time td
save money, though of course all
material Is still much higher thttrf
v\fl?en t hu hospital was built in 1913.
The contract* were given out as fol
low*. #
lluihllng 4-omplete, Including electric
light wiring, pluming and heutlng,
using the old steam heller, en
larged, .. $:iH,500.00
Screens for building . 1,173.40'
Signal sy.ytem. entire plant . . 041.00
ArdHltOOts fees 2.000.00
Insurance ( builders >. 250,00
Total, . $42,50-1.40
El ov aft or, for which contract.
was not given ' 2.000.00
Klectrlo light fixtures, liot
hough I yet. .. 500.00
. - t-flfejg ,
. Tovil cost of rebuilding. $15,904.40
We had cash to pay
for -this, (some part
of which has already
been -paid), $35,000.00
For cleaning up after
fire and fixing wires
, water and steam
pipes so as to open
hospital 328,11 1
Total ? $34,071.83
$31,071.83
Leaves a balance tola* rais
ed $11,202.57
The only .way to finish the hospital,
if the people do not come to our as
sistance is, leave off elevator, leave 6ff
electric light fixtures, use some money
we have been saving to finish the hos
pital and borrow about $5,000.00. If
we do thiR to complete the hospital
we have no furniture, no cdeptric light
fixtures, no elevator, and lessen our
maintenance by having interest to pfty
on a loon. -Without furniture in the
private nooms and electric light fix
tures. we get no pay patients who con
tribute largely to the expenses of op
eration. ,
Now the people of Kershaw county
have contributed very little to the hos
pital in cash ? less than two thousand
dollars and the time has come for a
contribution of at least eleven thous
and dollars, and it should be fifteen
thousand dollars, so that, the Direc
tors and the Ladies wflio look after
these matters may not be stinted in
the furniture and fixtures, and the
cleaning and 4>e?ntifying of the hos
pital grounds.
Another matter that h* very impor
tant is tho fact that owing t/> the ab
sence of private rooms and the inabil
ity to take proper care of pay pa
tients with Phe high cost of living, the
maintenance #>f the hospitpl Kls behind
for the yeurj over two thousand dol
lars.
Therefore the Directors of the hos
pital now mako a call for Fifteen
Thousand Dollars, which is necessa
ry to put,ttie hospital on its feet. We
do not want to do individual begging,
and we hope that it will be only ne
cessary to roll your attention to this
matter to get prompt and generous
responses, notwithstanding the hard
times. The hospital does a large work
of charity, besides l>elng a great con-!
veuience^ for those able to j>ny their
way. As the hospital is near comple
tlon Mils money Is needed at once.
The Treasurer. Mr. M. Rinrueh, or
any member of the undersigned Hoard
of Directors, will l>e glad to recelvc
snl>seriptious. M. Jlaruch, II. ("3. Car
rison, Jno. W. Cprbett, M. D., W. R.
Hough, J j. A. Wittkowsky. S. C Zemp,
\r. d.
Camden. S. C.. Oct. 25. 19*21.
Box Sapper.
The public Is invited to attend a
l?ox supper to hr^-held at the residence
of MfV Mo?eley on Friday
evening. Sovrwnber 4th. The proceeds
will so for <the benefit of Mt. Zlon
church. ? - '
A Large Potato.
Our good friend, Mr. W. 1). Whlta*
kor. brought to ?nr office this week a
large potato and made u? a present of
it. When first plowed up it weighed
fourfpen potmd*. hnt ainee then It has
lost some of i(? weight It has at*
traefpd n great deal of attention. Mr
Whitakpr own* and operate* a farm
in West Wa t^ree and be in not only
a good street eornmUMoner, tmt a good
.potato grower. ? ' ?
( LAHUK KA.ST KKTI KNS
W ill Slant! Trial In Oi'uiiwtHirj.; Cuuu
tj on AsniuU Charge.
Orangeburg, Oct.' Claude .1.
Host, former superintendent of edu
cation for > Orangeburg CoUllt.v. ami!
to Orangeburg this morning. Mirivii
dcred to Sheriff It. F. Duke* irml gave
bond upon order of Judgt* .1 \Y. De
Yore for tin* sum of ^iVOtXK conditioned
for lils appearance at tin* January
term of the Court of OJonoral Sessions
for Orangeburg County to answer a
charts of assault with iutout to ravish.
It will he recalled tliat about July 111
of this year Claude J, Hast, then su
ipcrlntcudcot of education for Orange
burg County, was severely hen ten
early in the morning near his resl
dence hy three men. and that Ihereaf
t<'r a warrant Wfln> sworn out for his
arrest, charging assault With intent
to ravish while he was principal of tlie
Kast Middle Oraded School during the
session just closed. This caused unite
a sensation In Orangeburg County, to
gether with the disappearance of Prof.
Rftst shortly after the warrant was
sworn out for his arrest.
Word was received In Orangeburg
tliat. if a prosecution was brought In
the /courts against Prof. Hast that he
would return to Orangeburg ami give
bond. At the September term of the
Court for Orangehurg County the
grand Jury presented Claude J. Hast
for B-ial upoU the above stated cborge.
The return this morning of Prof. Hast
substantiated the statement that be
would return to Orangeburg County
for trial. It is reported hew that
1'rof. Hast is teaching stliool in Njfrrth
Carolina this session. This cafe has
attracted considerable attention In
Orangeburg County. Prof. Hast is well
, "known in Orangeburg County, having
Itaught in the county moro than thirty
years, having served upon the county
board of education and as*?o\vnship
commissioner, and had commenced his
term of office a * superintendent of ed
ucation in Orangotyurg on July 1, of
this year. After this charge was made
against Prof. Hast he declared his In
noceuee, but in order to keep down any
unpleasantness he resigned (the office
of county superintendent of educa
tion. V
Mr. Hast, when seen today, had very
little to say. only to reiterate his In
nocence.
FIRST WEEK JURORS ?
Fall Term of Court to Convene Here
Nov. 14, Judge Bowman Presiding.
The fall term of -count for Kershaw
County will <*onvcnc here on Monday,
November 14th, with Judge I. W. Bow
man presiding. The jury commission
ers met Tuesday morning and the fol
lowing jurors were drawn to serve
for the first week :
C-. W. IJorton, Belhunc.
S. 10. Boss, Blaney.
T. C. Hinson, Jyugoff.
J. B. Cureton, Camden.
J. B. JohiiMoti, Kershaw.
Dewey J. Creed, Camden.
S. J. E. Peaeli, Cassatt.
Dannie Bnbon, Lugoff.
J. F. Christ ma k. Camden.
J. J. <>wen?, Weatville.
S. M. Hough, Bet hunt1.
J.:R. Bell. Lugoff.
J. n. Barficld, Kershaw.
Sidney C. Hunter. Kershaw.
.T. L. Deltruhl, Camden.
Joseph Shebeen, Camden.
J. M. Iloffer, Camden.
J. J. Campbell, Camden.
John M. Villepigue, Camden.
L. O. Young, Westville.
J. M. Hornsby, Camden.
W. A. Bush, Camden.
\V. W. Belvln, Camden.
A. B. Shiver, Camden
Jo(! Fletchor, Kershaw.
I?. T. Ya rborough, Bethune
If. T. Johnson, Bethune .
J. K. Bobinson, Camden
W. B. Barfield. Canulen
James Team, Lugoff.
10. W. Croxton. Kcrshnw.
I). lOubanks, Bethune.
I>. M. Wood, Blaney.
L. It. Yart>orough, Bethune.
John T. Nettles. Caiftden.
John A. McCaskllL Bethune.
Made an Assignment.
The Liberty Motor Sales Co., a
orj>or?tion managed by Mr. S. A. Bur
rior. and doing a garage and sales
I nslnoss, made a i/ assignment yester
ay to Attorney B. D. Blakoney for
ho benefit of its creditors. The
rlends of this concern regret it* fi
nancial ombarraKsmont and it i? hoped
hnf If will be able to again re-open.
Ilalloweeti Pdrty.
At 7:00 Friday night, (Xober 28lh,
there will be a Halloween party at
the Lugoff graded achool. A salad,
course, hot chocolate and pound cake
will be aervod. The proceeds of which
will go for the benefit of tho Presby
terian church at Logoff. Kverybody
Inritod. A rood time Is in ?tore for
an.
FOX 0KT8 \ KKSPITK
Murderers of llnuell Will Ktf.v<
course to Additional Appeuls.
t' '
Columbia. S. 0.? October 21, The
electric chair at the state penitentiary
xvhh all lit rcadlne** for exacting Jua>
tlco ti? a self -confessed and condemned
murdore?\ 0- (). Fox, but he did not
die today, t lit* date set by the court for
1?1>* execution and for the execution of
Jt'sso (J.ipplns and H. .1. Ktrby, all
(luce convicted of tho murder of W.ll
4 lam Rrazell, Columbia taxi driver.
The three have appealed and their
executions are automatically stayed
Not until yeiterduy afttenoou was the
fate of Fox finally determined, Fox
was to have died today, but an appeal
postponed his execution until at least
next February, when the next ternr of
court for Lexington sits, at whieh tftue -
the three men. v unless their apppals are
perfected will be rp-sebtenoed.
Counsel for Fox went before Jus
tiee Cothrun, of the supreme court,
yesterday afternoon and petitioned
on writ of habeas corpus to be al
lowed to appea], The justice dismiss
ed the petitiou, whereupOu Fox gave
notice of appeal to the full court.
This automatically tftaye> the exeeu
tfon.
Three Murderers Still Live.
Friday, the ttchodulcd fatal day f<?r
S. ,T. Kirby, Jesse Gapplns and CV .(i
Fox, the three convicted murderers of
YVJIUnni Hrazell, passed away and
none of the three men were electrocut
ed as originally sentenced by the court
at Lexington. Tho three men wer*
scheduled to die Friday for a murder
that stirred the populace of the State
because of its brutality. m
The threo men admitted the murder
either to: officers of the law or on the
stand dufing tho trlul. They all suc
ceeded in getting appeals to the su
preme court and will live to see a now
year ushered In and perhaps longer.
The three cases attracted wide
spread attention and their progress
through tho courts has been watched
with interc|t by people In practically
every walk of life.
' . i'-A
Caught 'Possum in Bis Store.
Mr, P. 1). Stokes. of the firm of
Stokes & Bvana, oiwrating a store on
?Mfiin Street, set a small steel trap Jn
?his store a few nights ago for rats
which had been causing quite a good
deal of annoyance^ and destruction,
and imagine his surprise whon he
found a half grown 'iwssum in the
trap the following morning. liter' pos
sum was put in a box to be kept until
ho grew larger, but next- morning h??
had made his escape.
Pecan Trunk Borm
Olemson (krtlego, Oct: i!0. ? At this
time of the year ono may observe a
pin-hole borer working Jn the bark of
peenn troesAThla insect is known as
_tbe red-shouldered shot-bob; bornr,
and wherever it is abundant it is an .
indication that tbe tree is suffering
from one or more causes. As these
insects attack it* n rule only dead cn ?
dying wood, it Is Important that all
dead trees and pruning be removed
from the orchard promptly and burn
ed. If Is necessary also that trees
be kept in vigorous growing condition
by practicing srood orchard manage
meat.
The. iHHan trunk borer drills bis
burrow straight into the heart of the
tre<^ where the burrow generally splits
into two (brunches, one passing up
ward the other downward. Th^prf ?i
mody for this prat is to inject into
the opening two oye-d/opperfuls of
carbon bisulphide and Immediately
close the opening with either paraffin,
beeswax, or pntty.
The twig gridler lays tlx eggs be
twecen its girdle and the end of the
limb, so that when the limb falls to
the ground it carries with It every
stage of the insect. Some time during
December and again in early Febru
ary* it is well to go through the pecan
grove and pick up all girdled twigs
that have fallen, and burn them.
Two negroes were burned to death
near Orange, Va.. Sunday, in a. barn
fnll of hay where they took refuge
from a posse that was pursuing them
because of supposed responsibility for
the murder of Sheriff W. O. Bond
and Town Sergeant Julius F. Boyer,
the day before. Ttic negroes were
wanted for bootlegging oud the sheriff
and sergeant were in pursuit of them.
The negroes were run into the*' barn
by the posee and it is said that the
barn wan fired by shotguns of the
negroes. Several members of the posse .
were injured. -
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