Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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U" MILL WORKER AND BEFRIENDER A Greenwood cotton mill worker In' attempting thin summer to pay a 13year-old debt?a debt of gratltude to 4W man- wti?> httr life aftrr"* tm had twice been sentenced to death. The mill worker la Aubrey Lee Nlckle"S. who after two convictions in Florida, where ho had gone seeking a Job. was proved to be the victim of u frame-up at the hands of u woman he was charged with having assaulted. The man who saved his life was Kdgar A. Frown, of Darn well. now a candidate for the i'nlted States Senate. Nieklea, Jobless this summer, got himself a ramshackle automobile and is making a tour of mill communities to urge Drown s election. Court-appointed Florida lawyers had failed to get across Nickles' case in two trials Drown heard about the case from Greenwood representatives in the legislature. Me was convinced of the frame-up. so he went to Sanford. Fla., to offer his services free to the penniless mill boy. Drown had only a few days in which' to build his defense, but he was ready when the trial began. It took two days for presentation of the testimony. Newspaper* tmnrritftntt over rtirtmrr Interest was intense. The Jury went out amid a tense atmosphere, bat only 22 minutes elapsed before the Jurors returned. Their verdict was "Not guilty." Sickles was a free man. He could hardly believe It at first because he had resigned himself to death. The very night of his acquittal, however, he boarded a train home with Brown, Brown even bought his railroad ticket. Nlckles has tried several times since to make Brown take money for his services, but Brown has always refused He says he got his satisfaction when that jury came back with Justice for an innocent boy. And so It Is that Nlckles is traveling around trying to pay back that debt? i paying it back in kind doing something j for a man who did him the service of saving his life. ? Political Advertisement Brilliant Playing ! Features Ball Game The Wall Street Wolves continued j their sensational climb In the municipal softball league by defeating the Sinclair Oilers In a ding-dong battle Monday evening, 3 to L'. The game, sparkling with double plays and airtight pitching by both sides, was featured by a pitching dual between Clarkson Khame and "Heck" Russell. Russell gave up but four hits, whjle the Sinclair's, unable to strive Rhame's fast ball, were held to six singles Highlighting the game was a double play by Jack Halsall in the aeveuth inning, which cut short a Sinclair scoring threat and moved the Wolf pnck within a half a game of the league leading Kendall Hornets. Rabin, first man at bat for the Sinclalrs In the final frame, clouted a single between first and second Nolan | advanced Raidn to third with a single j to short center Hendricks lined toj the shortstop and was out at first { Plyler hit a bounder to Halsall, play-i Ing third base for the Wolves, who; tagged the runner from second and, rifled the ball to Ilaile at first for the 1 I double put-out. With the Wolves out In front by a 2 to 0 margin in the last half of the. fourth, the Slnclalrs pushed across two runs to even the count. It was here that the Wolves pulled another, stellar double play out of their bag i of tricks. Hendricks hit a long fly to George West in short center, who made a beautiful toss to home plate to catch the runner from third and retire the side. Stalev cracked out a single when the Wolves came to bat in the fifth A single by Nettles advanced Stalev' to third. Nettles was out at third on a double play, Gaskin to Russell. Staley s'cored on the play George West, who had pulled up Jit first on a fielder a choice, was out at second, Cox to Hranham Roth teams were held scoreless for the remainder of the game, and the battle ended with the Wolves on the long end of the 3 to 2 score. Governor I>?che. of Louisiana, is backing a strike of workers in a box factory at Hammond, and personally aided in setting up soup kitchens to feed the strikers. The strike is a protest against wages of 12 to lf? cents per hour. Exarr,p es of one-way fares from Camden New York $14.47 Philadelphia 12.22 Washington 8.90 Richmond 6.60 Tampa 11.15 St. Petersburg 12.00 Miami 14.25 J. L. Carter, D.P.A. Seaboard Office Room 1 Arcade Columbia, S. C.. . Phone 3821 Every modern appliance has been installed in Seaboard coaches for your enjoyment of a c-o-o-l, clean trip. Reclining seats, softly upholstered, clean head rests. Meals, pillows-low cost. Complete wash-room facilities. Subdued lights at night. Qo this wavt Convenient connections from here Seaboard : RAILWAY News Of Intercut In j Andivear Kethune Bethuue. Aug 'The annual re union of the Bethune family wa# held at Big Springs Thursday." August 4' A bountiful ami tempting <1 inner was served picnic style for seventy or uiote guests. In addition to those from Bethune. M< Hee and the surrounding lommun It tea were Mrs. C O. Terry and^>lUa Katherlne Terry. Quitman. Oa ; Mr and Mrs Orln ParrU ami children, ('.afluey; Mrs Llllle Dunn. Mrs. Kate MiNaul. A B. and Kugene McNautl. Mrs. K. O. Brown. Mrs. A. F. Splgner A F Splgner. Jr. Columbia; Mrs j John C'agle and children, llamlet, N i C.; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hucka and, I children, Fayettevllle. N. C.; Mr. and J Mrs. B. L. Cobb, Mr and Mrs. Ernest Kagin. Miss Margaret Jane Fagln. Mrs. L. H King. Miss Anna Belle Cobb. Hartsvllle; Mr. and Mrs. H. M Bethune. Miss Susanne and Bobby Bethuue, Cheraw: Mr and Mrs. Mark King and sons, Hubert and Mark, Jr.. N'eeses. Miss Margaret Hearon. of Durham. N. C., Is at the home of her parents, the T. E. Hearons. for a visit Miss Elisabeth Drayton, of Bishop ville, was a guest for several days last wee* oi m i?? wOboio NcnuA, Ma riot). Miss Mildred Mays of Florence has been visiting relatives here. Mrs. D. C. Johnson, of VVhltevllle. N. C-.v spending a while with her | uunt, Mrs. John Bethune. Mr and Mrs. Charlie Parker, of Jacksonville. Fla. and Mrs. Parker's mother. Mrs. Betty Clyburn, of Clem ent. Fla.. are spending a few days here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Manning Parker and children have gone on a trip to Detroit, Michigan. _ ? * ^Yf: an(T "Mrs. Steve Lane and Mr and Mrs. VV. F. Cook have been spending their vacation at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. Wade Atkinson and young daughter, of Columbia, have been recent guests of the B. W. Brannon '*?!?? Louise Gardner, Miss Ola Gardner and Miss Frances Gardner have been visiting - their aunt, Mrs. Bradshaw. in Hamlet. N. C. Mrs. Lawrence McDowell and children. Caroline and Marion, of Tampa, Fla., are spending a while with Mr. j and Mrs. W. A. McDowell. The local Masonic chapter enter i tained recently with a delicious chicken pilau suppfcV in compliment to their wives, daughters and a few , other guests. W. P. Bflskin. of Bish I opvllle, was the guest speaker of tm , evening. , ? , .. Mrs C. M. Eargle and children, of! Tvron. N C.. are visiting Mrs. Ear gle's parents, the \C. A. Outlaws. , Mr. and Mrs J. C Foster. Misses] Marguerite and Katherine and Car-j lisle Foster are spending a few day with relatives at Pauline and W nlte8tMrs. A. E. Belch and children. Charles. Ray and BtlHe. of J-**??* j have been recent guests of re atlves Mr. and Mtb. Mark King and sons. -AeWt- amlAlark. Jr., visited relatives here for several days recently. Mr and Mrs. John Nell McLaut in. Jr.. of Columbia, were week end visitors of the former's parents, Mr. ana Mrs. J. N. McLaurln. Miss Mary Mt~Laurin accompanied them home for H Mrs Mary Sanders, of Columbia, recently visited her sister, Mrs. U. E. Hearon , . . _ M C Mason, agricultural teacher, j \V. Cole and Earle Jones, delegates, attended the annual convention of the Future Farmers of America at the South Carolina 1'niverslty. Columbia. Thursday and Friday. Miss Mar Marshall went to J.' . home near' Heath Springs for the week end , , Miss Margaret Mcl-aurin has been visiting Miss Rachael Williams, at H King attended the Confederate reunion in Columbia last week. Miss Juan it a Pate spent last week with Miss Mary Myrtle Haley at Mt. Miss Marv Frances Morse, of Eatonton. Ga . has been a recent of her brother and sister-in-law. the Rev. and Mrs F IX Morse. Mrs M C. Mason and Mrs. Ji nnings Watford chaperoned their Sun(lay school Classes, the intermediate girls and boys of the Method st Sundav school, on a delightful ptenie ?t Sugar loaf mouncain Wednesday. Mrs T J Hurley, of Camden. is spending several days with her parents. the T. E. Hearons. One of the frequent pleasant oi.ings that Mrs Beatrice Mungo p.a,ground directress, gives her chid n was the afternoon at Estridge s t- a., tiful pond Wednesday Mr and Mrs T. E Clemmon* and daughter. Shirley, of Philadelphia, are ext..-. t--d to arrive a? the home of M rs CP nitnon s f.ith. r. P M. Arthur Sattirdav Mr Clemmons will speak at the regular preaching hour Sun.lav morning at the M-thodist church Miss Lorena McDonald has gone to Wn~h?ni?t??. D. C- for a *tay of u>u days. Martha Lee McCullen. IT. died in a Goldsboro. N C. hospital from tie effects of a spider bite Asnwood Job Not Held For Mann,eg. From several sources The State has heard a quietly circulated report that the managers job at Ashwoo-1 , Plantation*, the Mg Farm Security project In Lee county, is being held i open for Wyndham Manning. He was. formerly, the manager of that project ] but resigned of his volition Tils SuC- i cessor also has resigned, leaving the position vacant The rumor alleges, the Farm Security authorities will r.ot i fill the place until after the primaries. | then offer it again to Colonel Man* ( ninK. if h?- is not elected governor ( The State knows definitely this H not correct The new manager, a i county agent in South Carolina, has i been elected Announcement of his ] name cannot now be made, but soon 1 will-be made.?State. July 31 1 EVIL OF GAMBLING Gambling la a deadly epidemic destroying many home*, undermining credit and business reputation*, and wrecking the murals of whole coin-1 munltlea. Forbidden by law almost J everywhere. It continues Ita work of J demoralisation by skulking In dark corners. Sometimes it flouts the law and operates In open deflauco of lh taking advantage of official incoiurpeti?nc> or public Indifference, or buying Immunity through political chicanery or by. the outright bribery aud corruption of courth aud enforcement officials. Too often the rank and file of citizens are indifferent to such conditions. and permit the gangsters to build up a powerful racket most difficult to root out. In Tampa, Florida, a movement has been started among the merchant* oid their employees 19 boyc-Qtt gambling. The leaders in the movement expect to obtain 10,000 or more signatures among employees alone, whereby they will bo able at the start to cut In half an estimated gambling *llj l"1" l<1 *20.000 uer day in that city. William 13. Haggerty. operator qf a cold storage plant of tbat city, states that there are 18a establishments in Tampa wnlch sell bolitu, bond, and Cuban lottery numbers, and which are living principally 011 working classes ^ whose income* are 110, 115 and 120 ( per week. The business men of Tampa are ap- ( plying the boycott only after the ( grant! juries have -repeatedly attacked j gambling without avail. Only recently, j sixteen persons, Including nine city j and county officials, were indicted and charged with permitting gambling. , The charges were dropped against the officials, as the court held that It was not shown "they received rewards for not making the arrests." In South Carolina, a special law enforcement committee, embracing members of the legislature, has reported to the general assembly that -there exists in this state widespread protected commercialized gambling and bootlegging." The committee recommended the creation of a state bureau of investigation." to cooperate with local and federal authorities, as a means of combatting the evils. The Gaffney Ledger. Warner Gland, noted Swedish movie actor, whose role of Charlie Chan brought him much fame, is dead, having passed in Stockholm, Sweden, Tom an attack of pneumonia. 'I Never Saw Old Folks Starve' (The Atlanta Constitution) At the bottom of the adjoining column to this, under the heading, "Editorial of the Day," there is today published an editorial from The Columbia State. It is the form of an interview with a "long l^an man. tanned as leather," evidently a Carolina farmer. An independent Carolina farmer. For he expresses views that are rarely put into practice today. Views which b-ar the rich, free flavor of the pioneering days, when the South and America was first opened to the white man. When individualistic souls who loved freedom better than security asked their -all to carve a living for themselves out of the wilderness. "What do you want the government to do for you?" Oiis Carolina man was asked, and he replied. "Nothin'! Nothin' at all." He then tells how he has made his living for 75 years growing cotton and grain. Making moonshine liquor and selling it. Now he plans to feed hogs and cattle. But the one thing he sought, through It all, is independence. Then the reporter asked what he thought of governmental support for old people. "Tf the government does, nobody else will. If the government does rot, somebody will I never saw any eld folks starve, have you?" was the old man's reply. In that sentence is the key to a change in idea which has been acquired by the American people during the last decade. Acquired because It has been forced upon them, perhaps. That is, the belief that it is no longer necessary to provide, personally, for the unfortunate. Let the government do it." is the attitude. Even sons and daughters, many of them, feel they are no longer under obligation to care for their own aged parents, because the government will do it Late reports show that more than 50 per cent of the people of Fulton county. 65 years of age or older, are depending on public relief for their support Politics has taken over charity. It is rapidly becoming a public function, something to be met through fax moneys. instead of a personal obligation upon the Individual, or the local, community group People have been Laught It is no longer necessary to act the Good Samaritan, that the governmnet will provide. Politicians make much of the money expended "to keep people from starring." They would give the impression that, if there had been no relief, no government entry Into the Held of charity, tens of thousand* of 1 American citizens would have starv?d to death. Yet. as the Carolina farmer said, )ld folks never starved. Before the lays of organized "relief" there was iT^ay1i 8omeT>otRr^o"Tceep^'lKe "wolf"on" he outer side of the door. What haB happened is simply that today It is .lie goveruuieui that uues It. It has become the "somebody" In the case. It may be better, more humane and more efficient to handle the responsibility toward the poor and the aged, in this manner. Or it may be the reverse, more machine-like and wasteful. In either event, something valuabTe" to " the spirit of America has been lost. That is the exercise of the individual quality of generosity and sympathy for the unfortunate, friend, under either system, "I never saw any old forks starve, have you?" WOOD'S CERTIFIED BEARDLESS BARLEY Beat Crop for IJveatock Yield* 40 to 50 Bum. per A ere Ideal Winter Hay or Paature No Bearded Heads, Disease or Noxious Weeds TREAY1 I) TO INSURE GOOD STANDS, VIGOROUS GROWTH, ELIMINATE DISEASE, AND INCREASE . YIELDS 20%. 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