Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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** *" l Last Mile Walked By Thirteen Men v . Atlanta, July 11.- Thirteen convicted murderers?five whiten and eight negroes?were executed Friday in nine states. Kvury form of execution practiced In thin country electrocution, hanging, poison gus and the firing aquud?w*t? employed at one or another of (hV Htate prisons where doomed men walked their "hint mile." Two of them were executed for the Maine killing, hut another condemned man died for a triple murder, ho the score of klllingH for the 13 men exocuted whh 12. ' MoHt dramatic whh the electrocution In Kuleigh, N. ('., of Henry Grler, a negro, convicted of murdering IiIh onetime iniHtreHH. When his time came, Grler's keeper** allowed him to tell fellow prlHonurri in death row goodbye. He broke loose and leaped from an insidepcot rldor to the concrete lloor of the basement, 30 leet below, in an attempt to heat the chair by suicide. All In* -gained was two hours' respite .aud much pain III** broken bones were held together by plaster caHts and hit* bruised and bleeding body wus carried to the chair by live prisoners, whore he was electrocuted. Most bizarre wan the death of Dolbert Green, who sal atrupped In a chair with a paper heart pinned on his breast and. was shot.,by tlve hidden riflemen in the yard of the Utah Htute prison in Suit Lake City. 'He wus convicted of killing his wife, his mother-in-law tyid an uncle six years ago Jl!because jthey bothered" him. f>de of the riflemen fired a blank, but which one, no one bqf the sheriff knew. Green had the alternative of . hanging or death before a firing squad. Frank' Hascon, a Mexican cowboy, was gassed to death ut the Arizona Htate prison at Florence for the death of another cowboy. He marched Into the gas chamber in shorts, smoking a cigar and insisting to the lust that he was dying /or a crime committed by his father. Itoosevelt Moon, negro, was hanged at -('larksdule. Miss., for killing a lean while robbing a country store, h was just an ordinary hanging. Texas had a triple electrocution, a white man and two negroes. Grady Warren.. tlie white man. went first. Mack ami Oscar brown, brothers, followed him. Knell argued to the last that it was the other who had commitI'd the murder for which they died. John <'ollins. eonvteted of killing a man while robbing a sahton, almost hurried as lie walked to the electric hair at Sing Sing. Nothing lifted his eVeeiition from the smooth routine developed by the mm li-priu t iced executioner. Itobcrt Klliott. Irwin It Ottey.* 3.". who had killed his wife and called it a "birthday present" for her, was hanged in San' . Quentin prison in California A. It. Smiley, a negro murderer, did not want to die "with his boots on" in Alabama state prison in Montgomery, Ala. As he was being taken to the chair lie kicked off one of his shoes. The warden made him put it hack on. "Oh, well." said Smiley with resignation. and died. Three negroes were hanged within an hour in the glass inclosed dome of the Ooushattn <Ln.) court house. It was tiie first hanging there in twelve years and 3on persons gathered in the square. But they could not see the gibbet take the lives of James Morrison. 21. his brother, Alee Morrison. 32.'and Richard Valentine, 27, becfttise the glass was stained. The negroes had killed a woman and child in a robbery. Sheriff Floyd Jones sprang the trap three times. Sang In Spite Of Difficulties Singing in a chorus in a music eontest at the University of Iowa. Keith Van Fleet, 17, was horrified to feel his trousers slipping down. The trouble wus due to the loss of a suspender button. Luckily Keith had a safety pin for emergency purposes. Continuing his part in the chorus, he reached hack under his cout with one hand to catch the loose ond of the suspender. the safety pin ready in his other hand to fasten it down. This strain. While still singing caused him in pop off a collar button. Giving attention to the new disaster obliged the young man to put the safety pin in his mouth, while hanging onto his trousers with the other hand. During this emergency, lie had to stop singing or course. But. worse still, a sneeze demanded expression just then, causing him to swallow the safety pin. The pin has been located by X-ray and there is no danger of complications. doctors say. Two hundred CCC hoys at Camp Reelfoot. near Tiptonville. Tenn., went on strike Tuesday for more food, and refused to work. The strike was allegedly led by Herbert Daniels of Trenton, who was discharged or a charge of "Instigating the strike." Serving of "grits" appears to have been the starting point of -the strike. It was soon settled. v > H. P. Cooper Named Director and Dean Clemson, July 13,?Following the resignation of I'rof. H. W, Darre as dlrector^of the Houth Carolina Expertment Station and dean of the School of Agriculture, the Clemson board of trustees has appointed I)r. H. P. Cooper, head of the Agronomy Deportment, to that dual poaltlon, according to announcement of Dr. K. W. Bikes, president of the coIIukc. Dr. Cooper, a Houth Carolinian and a Clemson ulumnua, received hie advanced training at the University of Wisconsin where he took hia M. A. degree in 15116, and Cornell UniversIty, where he took hia Ph.d. degree In 15)22. He has hud vrfriod experience in teaching and In research, and for ?lx yeat'H iiaa been in charge of agronomy teaching and research at Clemson College. Ho will retain hia Immediate direction of jpie Agronomy Department. Prof. 1 Jarre's resignation followed a leave of absence since January, 1 935, during which he has been serving rts chief of the cotton section of the*llureau of Pluut Industry, United I States Department of Agriculture. Hia efficient aervlce at Clemaori began in 1907 aa botanist and plant pathologist. Since 1916 he hus been director of the Experiment Station, and since 1923 he has been also dean of the School of Agriculture. His reulgnu-' Hon to accept permanent work with the United States Department ofc Agriculture puts him In tine posltiou to render excellent service to the South arid the nation In cotton research. Prof. It. A. McOlnty, assistant director and assistant dean during the last two years, has been made vicedirector of the Experiment Station; and Prof. W. 11. Aull, for many years associate professor of bacteriology, has been named vice-dean of the School of Agriculture. Positive In Purpose Is New Program ? ??_ Itoek Hill, July 11.?The great cash crops of the country, such as cotton and whout, are soil-depleting crops ami if we grow and sell these crops in excess of demand, the real result is the giving away of the fertility of our land, stated l> VV. Watklns, director ol the Extension Service, speaking | here before the third Institute of Pub| lie Affairs in session Friday at Wint drop College. Mr. Watklns declared that the 1920 |Ol>jectl\e is to shift 20 million acres j from soil-depleting to soil-conserving | <fops, and stressed the point that terracing is being encouraged as a soil' conserving or a soil-building practice. He said that the new program aims at positive action by fanners, j "It is not enough to stop producing : so Amny acres of soil-depleting crops," ! he said. "The farmers must continue' jto grow a reasonable acreage of such crops in order that an adequate supj ply will' he available, but at the same [time should grow a larger than nver(iige acreage of soil-conserving crops, | or engage in soil-building practices before they can qualify for cash j grants of funds from the Federal treasury." The extension director^! eel a red also that the objective of the new farm program is to establish parity of farm income with the Incomes of other groups in our national society. He touched on the problem of rural electricity and Its bearing on rural life, ! pointing out that at least f?0 per cent j of the same onorgy could be saved if cheap electricity was provided to eliminate the drudgery. Death Closes Career Of Noted Preacher Plattsburg, N. Y.. July 12.?Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman, 71, perhaps the best known clergyman in America, died here today at almost the oxact hour he was stricken while delivering I a sermon a week ago. Doctor Uadman, who had risen from a coal minor in England to "the greati est (igure In the American pulpit," j died as he had wished. Only recently ! the famed radio preacher and leci turer had said: "1 want to faco death on my feet." j It was Just a week after he was . carried out of the pulpit of the Westport Community church that his death j occurred. It is probable that Doctor j Cadman would be alive today If he had not Insisted on "doing his job," I as he had put It. Stricken with appendicitis, at Wcstport, he completed his sermon before being taken to a hospital here. But he would not stay in bed. ? The state highway department will open bids on July 28, for highways In 33 counties In this state, estimated to cost $2,718,767, the largest amount of construction projected for the l&st four years. The letting includes surfacing the road from Fort Mill over to route 211, and from route 9 to route 21, on route 901, via Uando and Edgemoor. TV C- V " . i m.~ "7 - - - ? ? - - -.1^ . keeps Bale of Cotton For Thirty Years _ r When u man thin aide of sixty yearn of age shows you a little pair of baby nock a in perfect condition which he avera were the first he wore you may kuow that he at leant knowa how to keep thingn that fall Into hie handa. Thla man In no other than Fred Wicker, who Uvea on the road about midway between Poraarla agd St. Paula church iu the lower part of Newberry county. And thla in not all. Mr. Wicker can show you two hamper baaketa which have been In constant use for about sixty-four years In transporting cotton and other farm produce front th'e fields. Hla parents, the late David Wicker and hla wife, Krama Klnard Wicker, bought these baskets when they aet up housekeeping sixty* four years ago. Except for the bottoms, these baskets are In perfect condition. The white oak splits of which, they are made are of uniform width and thickness and Sandpapered to a perfect smoothness and were made by a man who was especially skilled (tybuilding baskets. The aame year the elder Wicker bought a Counts grain cradle which has been us^d to cut sixty-four crops of grain.-raised on the Wlckbr farm. His son, Fred, laughingly remarks that his father would loan Ills razor to any white man In the neighborhood, but ho steadfastly refused to loan his grain cradle. Fred can also brandish In your face a cavalryman's sword which was used in the Confederate war by his maternal grandfather, Frederick Klnard. i Taking you to an outhouse he points with pride to a bale of cotton he rals: ed thirty years ago and which at one time he could have sold for 42 cents a pound. But going back to that pair of baby socks. While Fred was showing them liiH sister, Miss Ll/.zie, rather dimmed iiis glory by showing t,he first little baby bonnet she wore as an infant. The sentiment involved in these little keepsakes is both interesting and beautiful.?Newberry Observer. New Circular Gives Turkey Raising Facts Turkey raising in South Carolina is the title of Circular 148, a new publication of tiic Extension Service, an , nounecs County A'tjent McCarley, who says that the civchlar was prepared by l\ II. flooding, extension poultry specialist, to give suggestions on modern practices and methods based ton experiments and actual experience of successful growers. The new circular. Mr. McCarley points out,, tells briefly about breeds, of turkeys, selection artd care of the breeding stock, methods of hatching, brooding, feeding and growing out the poults, finishing turkeys for market, and sanitation against diseases. In calling the attention of farmers to Circular 148, County Agent McCarley comments on a statement by Mr. Gooding that turkey raising is increasing in all sections of the state at present, and lie quotes the poultry specialist as follows: "One reason for this increase is I that farmers are learning that they can grow turkeys successfully by following certain practices in management and sanitation. There are a few farmers who are producing more than a thousand birds each, but the bulk of turkeys is grown in small flocks that are allowed to range tvith the chickens and over the entire farm. ' It is true some of the people who have only seven or eight turkey hens raise poults successfully by this practice, but it is the exception rather than the rule. Most farmer? who handle their turkeys In such a way usually lose a high percentage of the poults and soon get discouraged and go out of the business. "In contrast, one record keeper grew out 367 poults In 1932, brooded them with artificial heat in partial confinement, raised 82 per cent, and obtained a labor Income of $2.20 per poult." J. Harmon Moore, former deputy sheriff of Greenville county, was paroled by Governor Johnston, after serving four of his ten years sentence for complicity in the murdermf Sheriff Sam Willis, who was shot to death as he drove into his garage one night, in 1927. The superintendent of the penitentiary and captain of the guard wrote the parole board that Moore had rendered valuable assistance In catching the murderer of Guard Corporal Byrd. and the board unanimously recommended the parole. Carlos A. Rector and the negro, Blair Rook, remain in the prison, sentenced also for the Willis murder. j While two children, near AhbevtUe, were trying to ring a farm bell, the clapper fell and knocked unconscious little Mack Nance, 4 years old, by hitting him on the head. "His sister Mary. 8 years old, received a flesh I wound in. the leg from the falling clap^or ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CONORS** To the Democratic votere of the Fifth Congressional District: I here* by announce myself a candidate for re-election to Congress, subject to th6 rules of the Democratic primary. I am deeply grateful for the past support given me by the people of the Fifth District and, If elected to the coming 75th Congress, I shall continue my. efforts to merit your faith and confidence. J. P. RICHARDS " For House of Representatives '' To the Democratic Voters of Kershaw County: Through the solicitation of my friends I hereby annouuce myself a candidate tor the House of Representatives for Kershaw County, South Carolina, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary election. If elected will carry out my pledge to the people and tight for their Interests atrall times. Your support will be remembered and appreciated. L. REX JONES FOR THE H0U8E To the voters of Kershaw County? 1 hereby unounce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic Primary and will appreciate the support of the voters in the August primary. Very respectfully, FRED M. BRYANT, JR. For House of Representatives I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives in the coming primary, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Respectfully, ALLEN B. MURCHISON FOR THE HOUSE I To the Voters of Kershaw County: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the House of Representatives from Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the primary election and will try to represent all the people. Tour vote will be appreciated. Respectfully, NEWTON KELLY For House of Representatives To the Democratic Voters of Kershaw County: I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Representatives from Kershaw County, South Carolina, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary election. I will greatly appreciate ypur support. Sincerely yours, E. F. RICE For House of Representatives I hereby announce myself as a eanI didate for the House of Representatives from Kershaw county, subject to the rules of tlie Democratic party. Your vote will be appreciated. L. C. CLYBURN, SR. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I hereby annouime' myself a candidate for the House of Representatives I for Kershaw county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. W. F. ESTR1DGE FOR CLERK OF COURT I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the office of i Clerk of Com*t for Kershaw County, subject to tlODTtQes of the Democratic j primary. greatly -appreciate your support. Very respectfully yours, JAMES H. CLYBURN For Superintendent of Education I wish to thank the voters of Kershaw County for their support received In the past, and for the cooperation I have had in the office as Coun-! ty Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the same office and pledge' myself to support the rules of the Democratic party. Yours truly, MRS. KATHLEEN B. WATTS FOR MASTER IN EQUITY I horfeby announce myself a candidate lor re-election to the office ef Master for Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. W. L. DePASS, "Jr. FOR CORONER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Coroner for Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party and will ap-1 predate the support of the voters. Very respectfully, ROBERT T. GOODALE FOR CORONER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Coroner for Kershaw qounty, subject to the rules of.the Democratic party. Your votes will be highly appreciated. Very respectfully yours, J. T. LYLES FOR CORONER -1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office orf Coroner of Kershaw county, subject to the rules and .regulations of the Democratic party. Your vote will be very much appreciated. > CHARLIE M. BROWN ( FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR I hereby announce myself as ft candidate for the ofTlce of County Director of DeKalb Township for the county of Kershaw, subject to the rules of (Re Democratic primary. Will heartily appreciate your vote and support. Very respectfully yours, C. V. MAS8KBKAU FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR , To the voters of Wateree Township, I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Cocinty Director for Wateree Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Elect me as your Director and I will cooperate with all work in connection with the duties thereof getting everything possible for the people of our Township. Your support will be appreciated. Respectfully yours, JOHN RABON. El _ 3 . 2?a AVs FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR I hereby announce myself aa a candidate for reelection to the office of County Director for DeKaib Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic party, 1 will appreciate yen* vote and support. Very respectfully, W. T. RKDFKARN FOR COUNTY DIRECTOR I hereby annouuee myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Director for Wateree Township, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Will appreciate your vote. ' 1 1 1 ' 1 - ' ' I FOWdAMB WARDEN To the Democratic voters of Kershaw county: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Game Warden for Kershaw county, subject vto the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. If I am elected I pledge my best efforts to dischargo the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the people. Your support will be greatly appreciated. ? Respectfully, W. A. (Dlllle) HUSH ? ' 1 ?? 1 FOR GAME WARDEN I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of Game Warden tor Kershaw county, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Your vote will be appreciated. CLARENCE M. HOUGH FOR MAGISTRATE??~ To the Democratic voters of DeKaib Towgship: At the solicitation of my friends-in Camden and over the Township I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Magistrate for DeKaib Township in the approaching primary. If nominated and elected, I shall endeavor always to discharge the duties of the office faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people. I shall be slow to issue warrants, except in the cases where the endsv of Justice demands it and will s6 conduct the office that harmony and good will may prevail. Thanking my friends for their kind consideration, I am Respectfully, M. L. (BUCK) SMITH FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the eflice of Magistrate for DeKaib Township, subject to the ruleB of the Democratic primary. Your .support will be highly appreciated ... Very respectfully, C. E. DAVIS ' FOR MAGISTRATE I respectfully announce to the public that I am a candidate for Magistrate of Lower West Wateree Township, subject to the Democratic primary, and will appreciate any support given me. ALTON B. NELSON FOR MAGTSTRATE ~ I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Magistrate of West! Wateree Township, subject to tlio; Democratic primary. Your vote and influence will be appreciated, o SIDNEY T. HEATH FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Magistrate of DeKaib Township, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. 1 shall sincerely appreciate your support. WADE L. STOKES FOR MAGISTRATE " I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Magistrate for DeKaib Township, silbject to the rules of the Democratic party7 Your vote will be appreciated. Respectfully, L*. B. OGBURN FOR MAGISTRATE To the voters of DeKaib Township I announce I am a candidate for Magistrate, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. I respectfully solicit and .will greatly appreciate your vote and support. Yours to serve, W. CURTIS MOORE FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself for the office of Magistrate for DeKaib Township, subject to rules of Democratic party. I will appreciate the support of the people. J. S. DUNN FOR MAGISTRATE I desire to place my name before the voters of DeKaib Township for the office of Magistrate, subject to | the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. Will most heartily appreciate your support. Respectfully, JULIAN B. RUSH FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself a candidate for Magistrate for lower division i of West Wateree Township subjeet to I the rules of the Democratic primary. If elected, I pledge myself to discharge the duties of the office fairly, to render equal right to every man and special privileges to no one. ^ H. A. HAWKINS - -jr*-? FOR MAGISTRAL? I hereby announce myyt a candidate for re-elction To~tKe Magistrate office of eastern district of Buffalo Township with office at Bethune, sub-! Ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Will appreciate your vote. JOHN A. YOIJNG For Magistrate at Blaney I hereby announce myself as A candidate for the office of Magistrate for Lower Wateree Townsl^lp with offloe at Blaney and will appreciate the support of the voters. - ? Very respectfully yours, ALBERT J. KELLY FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-eUStion to the office of Magistrate for Upper Water*# Township, subject to the rales of the Democratic primary. Tear support win ' * ' - * c~ * r Five^YQuneM^ Meet at Abbeville Vive men whose combined sk?? . ' 424 year, met Thursday noon under the .hade tree/"?', court house to discus, que.,)/,'*! he day and of the day. ???? ?y" hose gentlemen were familiar whh the affairs of day. of more than th. quarter. a century ago m/C Fressly,, of Anderson, a you** 80 summer, was dlscussl,.* thing. / lltlcaJ and ot her wins with a, f Moore, an un?U of the late J. How.m Moore, In Abbeville for a visit L? Moore had attained the age of u' Mr. Newt Nlckles of Due We? ,, years young, came along to enter'th. conversation and In a little while u* John T. Cheatham, 8r? run up t0 Jo,D tho crowd, bearing his 85 years was dignity. But then tho young r, ha<| to give way to Mr. I,e.n? ^ of ntrevllie, who hav|ng attained the age or 92, was entitled to bacon,, chairman of the meeting. The young gentlemen enjoyed the fellowship of the gathering by bein* able to discuss the affairs of"tho ,la. tkm when Lincoln was President and the Ku Klux Klan rode in the days of Reconstruction. All of them, however ure good Democrats and are strong supporters of President Roosevelt -! I Abbeville Press and Banner. 1 7 DO VOU KNOW THAT Only the female of the glow worm is^ luminous. James A- Garfleld was.our only left- I handed president. Heal teeth bite eight times as hard fl as false teeth. I To date the PWA has allotted a to- I tal of $3,000,000,000 for construction I purposes, of which more than $2,292- I 000,000 has been spent. I Most of the fatal illnesses of man I lie between the skin and bones. I The gross farm income has lncreas- I ed nearly three billion dollars since ! 1932. It-is estimated that 4,150,000 American veterans of the World war are I still living. j The farm mortgage debt in the Unit- j ed States g^ps been reduced from approximately $9,500,000,000 in 1923 to | about $7,500,000,000 today. - j Only 0110 out of every 166 persons I lives long enough to die of old age. I There is only about $110.000,000,000' in money in the whole world. I Chicago has forty miles of bicycle I paths. j Beer was once strictly a lady's I drink. ; Uncle Sam has over 250 sources of j income. Subway and elevated lines In New i York City carry nearly 2,0 00,000,000 j passengers a year. I I ravelers on Pullman carsT^iuse 9,- j 000,000 pieces of lineh a year.?The * Pathfinder. ?fl , *0 " j The treasury department at Wash- I Ington has recently started a new I drive, to tighten the liquor enforce- i ment laws and to increase collection of liquor taxes, by adding additional I Investigators, inspectors, gagers and ; so forth. The force will be increased 1 by 500 men. ??, be appreciated. I Very Respectfully, FRANK J. RARON j FOR COTTON WEIGHER I I hereby announce myself as a can- I dldate for the position' of cotton , weigher at Camden, subject to the j rules of the Democratic primary and will appreciate your support. V -... . A. L. McLEOD. I FOR COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself as a can- I dldate for Cotton Weigher at Cam- I den,, subject to the rules of the Deo- I ocratic primary. I will appreciate I your support. a W. M. GLADDEN I For Cotton Weigher i I hereby announce myself for the ! office of Public Cotton Weigher. )* I ?hted in the City of Camden, S. C? and pledge the public a fearless and j faithful discharge of the duties of the ' office. My record for the past thin fl teen years Is before the public dnd i upon this record I am fftiking you for I your support In the coming primary- I I pledge myself to support and abide. I by the rules of the. Democratic party. I Very respectfully yours, fl /^^ R. A. BRUCE -fl FOR COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself as ? candidate for tho position of cotton weigher at Camden, subject to the 1 rules of the Democratic primary and will gratefully appreciate the support,. 1 of the voters. Very respeotfully yours, JAMBS D. SHEORN - fl FOR COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself as ? candidate for Cotton Weigher of O* fl Kalb Township, subject to the rules.*. of t^e Democratic party. J. irby.turner fl FOR COTTON WEIGH1 I hereby announce myifelf as s can- fl dldate for Cotton Weigher for Ker shaw county, subject to the rulesjJ fl the Democratic party. If honored wit* election, I pledge myaelf to rendif conscientious and efficient sen** m Your vote will be appreciated. 1 Vary raapectfully, fl W. P. McOUIRT I