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Bishopville Chief Acquitted By Jury Bishopville, Fob. y.?A I/ee county Jury, after about an hour's deliberation. brought in u verdict at 4 o'clock this afternoon that Blshopvlllo's chief of police, P. B. Smith, was not guilty of murder of Harold Drlggers, young white man. of Bishopville. Drlggers was fatally shot by Chief Smith Saturday afternoon, October 1, as ho was standing on the front porch of Ills brother's horno in Bishopville. According to testimony given at the trial which started Wednesday morning, Ben Drlggers, brother of the dead man. had requested that Chief Smith arrest his brother because he was causing a disturbance in his home. Chief Smith, with officer Junius SegarH, went to Drlgger's home, where they were met by Harold Drlggers, who had a shotgun In his hands. Officer C. V. Smith later Joined the other officers and all three remonstrated with young Drlggers. Meanwhile, a large crowd of spectators had gathered since they had heard that there was trouble at the Drlgger's home. Drlggers is reported to have refused to be nrrested and is said toj have raised his gnu to shoot ohlef Smith, who ducked. Officer C. V. Smith fired, as did Chief Smith, who emptied his gun at Drlggers. The state tried to show that Drlggers did not fire a shot and that chief Smith was in the wrong by going to arrest Drlggers without a warrant. A number (>f witnesses were heard pro and con. The defense lawyers pleaded j self defense and that defense wast supported by the verdict that the jury brought in officer C V Smith and Junius Secars had been held for trial by the; roron.-r's jury, but the grand jury ruled against this and Chief Smith' was tie- only officer to bo tried. I F.tigla ml s; on sweets very w? k j Convicted Slayer | Is Put To Death | IuJil> vUle. Ky. Kol> 10 -Calmly and m f?nl 11 y. Sylvester Warner, 29 i year-old cull vie led rubbery slater, walked early today to a death be e\ j pec fed mure than fuwr years ago. Two charges of electricity ended I Warner's life in the electric chair at j Western Kentucky penitentiary Just las lie finished reciting (lie Lord's j prayer. | Warner, termed the "forgotten man" because of tits lung confinement in the prison death house, was convicted with two others of robbing and beating to death John White, 82, and his ex soldier son, ("lay White, f>4, on the night of Poceinber 3, 1033 The robbery netted 111.00 in cash. Poultry Producers Adopt New Emblem The South Carolina Poultry Improvement HrtHocliuion which la coop crating with the United StatoM Department of Agriculture In nuporvlsing the National Poultry Improvement Plan In the stato has developed the emblem shown above which 1b to be used on labels to Identify hatching eggs, baby chlckti and breeding stock produced under the National Plan, Bays County Agent W. C. McCarley. The National Poultry Improvement Plan was developed by poultrymen In the United States, Mr. McCarley ex- ' plains, to establish the poultry busl- ' ness on a sound busls by Identifying hatching eggs, baby chicks, and breeding stock with respect to quality by distributing them in terms uniformly accepted In all parts of the country. Protection Is therebly afforded to producers from unscrupulous competition, and purchasers are able to buy with confidence. The plan Is entirely voluntary. At present South Carolina has progressed to the United States Approved pullorJ um-tested stages of the program. In | order for a hatchery to comply with these stages, It Is necessary to have every supply flock rigidly culled, selected for vigor, standard qualities, and egg production by a licensed flockselecting agent, and pulloruin-tested by the Clemson College Livestock Sanitary Department. Sixteen hatcheries and about 300 supply flocks plan to participate in the plan this season These hatcher-j ies will have a combined hatching capaeitv of nearly ihlo.OOo eggs and will; produce over l.Ouo.Ooo baby chicks unil? ]- the imj !'?iv?*tn nt program IN BROODING CHICKS TEMPERATURE IMPORTANT Kershaw county farmers who are turning to poultry as one source of' both family food supply and supple- *1 mental y cash are advised by County < Auent \V. C. McCain-;. : li.it the right kind of brooder kept at the right temperature i> impel taut for success.: "Since the 11 tn pe t ;i: u- in till Incubator is about !"1 ib-gi > es I-'., if is to .->.!! > thai tie r. only a .-light i ::.i!iiie i:i ftii- : :n;..e at pre when th> ?!ii. k- ,ip put ;:i tl.e btooilei' house. ' alt' tit s.i> -> " 1 fe hrou'l'-r hollSe -h. !" ? *. a:. I a: el made !'e;ul) for th ' llll'h- r e \ Ill advance lid t ,-.to\e > p, ;a; ei J ; or two or di>- iiefo;.- the i hicks arri\ ? ' t: ak* -tire tiiaf if will pro\ ide stif|. at hi a! a lid fo m-f it properb \ ' i : th. fir-* few d a > S tile ehick wii! !. i.tr-i enough to move aiound and adjust themselves to the right, heat and also can stand unite Severe _ ( hatiges without had effects. He cat e-j fnl. however, during the first two [weeks not to overheat or chiil thoj (ihi'k-, as :!.1- :na> cause digestive ' dUtui bances, diarrhea and heav> nun -J t a I i t y , 'The teinpeiaturo of the hover j ; brooder is approximately (j.'. degrees I | at the outer rim of the hover about [two iiu ties from the floor. The desired I [ temperature for a brick brooder Is I! about degrees two feet away from] : the furnace and two inches above the! J floor ; In order to 'rain the chicks in th| i iihh of the brooder, Mr McCarley Suggests a frame of fino-meah poultry wire about ten Inches high, or a 10inch board, around the brooder for the first few days, so placed as to prevent the young chicks from stray lng away front the brooder and becoming chilled If a brick brooder Is used, a wire may be placed about four feet from the sides and In front of the furnace. I SENATOR SMITH EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR DRIFT OF US 1'lttaburg, Feb 11.?Addressing Pennsylvania's unique "Amen Corner" club. Senator Mlllson I>. Hunlth of : South Carolina. expressed "profound") concern tonight "at the steady drift f I (tin the principles of American gov-, urnincnt into dangerous waters of ismh and experimentation." Smith a I.ho told the annual dinner j of the club, which for yearn ban nerved an a forum for leaders in national affairs, that "the tendency In the exorcise of executive power seems to ino to have drifted too far aside in some instances from its normal functlons." The South Carolina senator, who resisted an administration "purge" attempt lust summer, referred to President Roosevelt by name only when ho quoted from an address on states' rights the president made in 11)30 while governor of New York. "It Is a good states' rights document," he said after reading liberal quotations. "Individual liberty, local self-government, the right of the governed to determine the laws by which they shall be controlled are embodied In our dual systom of government. "Our dual form or government was not born of theory, but was born of bitter experience under conditions never paralleled lu all the history of human experience." Ho reviewed at length the founding of the country, declaring the constitution was written "not to exert sovereignty over the states, but It is an Instrument for the preservation inviolate of the sovereignty of each state." "The history Qf our country from the establishment of the first colony up to the present time has been the preservation of the sovereign rights of the states and the preservation of local self-government home rule," Smith declared. From time to time, he added, the nation had "lost sight" of these principles and had "now come dangerously near to the verge of centralization, to the extension of federal powers to the destruction of these principles. . for which our soil has been watered by the blood of devoted patriots." Smith then launched into a definition of the federal government set-| up of three branches?-legislative, Ju-, dloial and executive. T maintain that the legislative' body, the congress of the United States, each and every member, should be rooted and grounded In the knowledge x)f these delegated powers," ho said. "Of course, In the twilight zono that must occur In some Instances there may be differences of opinion. But in the main, a thorough knowledge would save us from some serious blunders which from time to time we fall Into. "In this triumvirate, to me, none of them has been more gloriously and splendidly exercised as a whole, up to the present time, than the manner In which the supreme court has conducted itself and rendered its decisions. The tendency in the exercise of the executive power seems to me to have drifted too far aside In some instances from its normal functions," Smith declared there were ' dangers inherent" In such a tendency, ipiotinc (Jeorge Washington as saying those entrusted with the administration of tile government should "cori-j line themselves within their respec-j tive constitutional spheres," as encroachment ended to create despot-1 i-in The South Carolina senator, jn-t beginning his sixth consecutive term in : h senate, used "States Rights and Individualism" as his theme. After thirty long years experience in tile I lilted States senate. 1 nin| pi .iioandh concerned at the steady j drift from the principles of American; rninent into the dangerous waters of airauao iitus and experimentation, with those things which are obnoxious ^ u> boor of the eternal, ever-, lasting, fundamental principles uponwhi<h i tir government, is founded, i Smith began. ; 'The principles which it, states rights embrace, have through all the., ages and under all forms of govern-j ment. been the ultimate hope and de-j Biro of civilized and enlightened man-j kind. i "1 realize that when through some I combination of circumstances a dis-j astrous depression may bring poverty j and TlPm-H** to American citizens,"! Smith continued, "that they are likely to turn to any source which may] promise relief from their immediate; suffering and endanger the precious principle of local self-government and Individual rights "In other words, they might be tempted to sell their birthright for a mesa of pottage, to sell for dollars and cents, those principles that their fore-bears deemed more precious than life itself" Smith declared he was "delighted beyond expression" over what he described as "Indignant and determined _ I apposition" against a proposed con-| atitutional amendment to regulate social and economic affairs of the states. Such a proposal, he said, struck at ( "the very heart of states rights." did tea Ford Club Meeting The Uutea-Ford Hume Demonstration club held lie regular monthly meeting at the flub house Thursday night, February y. 'I'ho vice-president presided The meeting wan opened by all Hinging "America." The bible rending was by Misft Kate West and tho Lord's prayer was repeated by all. The minutes of the last meeting were read aijtl Lllti roll called by the Secretary, Miss Dorothy I lor ton. The visitors were welcomed by the vice-president and the meeting was turned over to Miss Fewell. She began by making a friendly talk and then introduced the speaker uf lite evening, Mr. McCarley. He made a talk on "Farm Outlook." 'First," ho said, "we are growing too much cotton and not enough of other ' crops. Tobacco would be a good substitute for cotton because it is cheaper to grow and more Is consumed titan cotton, both by men and women. Next, inure sweet potatoes should be grown because they are a good paying proposition and too would servo us food for livestock. Tho best variety to plant is the Louislanna Porto Itico. Peanuts 1h another good crop to increase and also wo should produce more syrup for ourselvos." His talk was ended by saying, "Our country needs more poultry and livestock." Miss FeweH gave an interesting talk bused upon "Saving" by growing more food stuff at home. Tho south is said to be the A problem of the world. Tho children of the south should be more healthy than other children of the world, because they have a better chance to get the propsr food, by the south being more favorable to grow food products than othBr regions. But to investigate, we find they are not the healthiest. The people of the south should have an all year round garden. Too, every family should have a cow, especially In the winter, because every child needs plenty of milk." At the end of aer talk a monthly picture was given out named, "Battersea Bridge." The artist was James McNeal Whistler, an American. The meeting was turned over to the vice-president. Valentines were given out and Miss Fewell, receiving nine, won the prize. * Delicious refreshments were served and enjoyed by all. Mis. A. D. West will servo as hostess at the March meeting. The United States super bomber, which left Langley Field, Va., on Saturday, with medical supplies for the earthquake victims of the recent earthquake In southern Chile, arrived at Santiago, Chile, on Monday, making stops at Panama and at Lima, Peru. The medical supplies were sent by the American Red Cross and weighed 3,300 pounds. More than 20,000 persons were killed by the earthquake. 85 Buy Stock In Coon Hound Windsor, Conn.?When 85 persons buy shares in a coon hound to the tune of $425 that's news. That's what happened to "Chick," originally the property of Arthur and Ben Clark, tobacco farmers, until they organized the Wonder Dog Coon Club. The dog was a Southerner by birth and when he first came north refused to associate with anyone?eyen coons. Then, suddenly one day he brightened up and treed his quarry with the great- 1 eBt of ease. "Chick" cost the brothers 1 Clark $60 but they had insufficient fl funds and ofTered friends and neigh- 1 bors a chance to buy in. The rush 1 carries around his neck a collar bear- I nearly overwhelmed them. So "Chick" I I ing three plates inscribed with the I names of the eighty-five owners. The area of Maine is nearly as big as the combined area of the other flye I New England states. 411 Elm Trees Doomed 1 In United States Unless I Disease Is Conquered j Depart ment of Agriculture Leads Determined Fight to Save America's Most Popular I Tree From Imported Plague I If the United States had a national Iree It would he the American Kim, i?nd unlets* persistent, scientific warfare uguinst an Imported disease succeeds, within a few years there will ho no elms in this country. The elm heads off the list of ten trees selected by the National Wildlife Federation for Inclusion In the 80 Wildlife Week poster stamp subjects. "Dutch elm disease" was first recorded In tlojland, In 1919. It Is believed to have come from Asia. It t wept over the continent and Into Kngland where, after 18 years of struggle, science has abandoned all elm trees to their doom, In a few more years, the magnificent rowc of elms lining many a highway, Include ing the approach to Windsor castle, and making beautiful for centuries the grounds of great estates and public parks will be no more. Imported Veneer Blamed The elm disease entered this country In logs from burled elm treos, used In making veneer. It Is a fungous, carried by bark-boring beetles. Once a tree Is Infected, there is no cure. The beetle chiefly responsible for spreading the disease also came from overseas. In 1933 the fight againBt the elm disease was begun In the United States. The elm disease Is thus far very largely concentrated in the neighborhood of New York City, with heavy losses in New Jersey and Connecticut. It has also hit trees in Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Athens, Ohio; Baltimore, Cumberland and Brunswick, Maryland; Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia; Wileys Ford, West Virginia and in Indianapolis. The visible effects of the disease in a growing tree are described by the American Forestry Association: "Wilting leaves on one or more elm branches, followed by discoloration, shriveling and general falling of all but a few of the end leaves fs usually good evidence of the Dutch elm disease. The ends of the infected twigs may also curl In a characteristic manner, like a shepherd's crook. During the fall and winter, after the leaves have dropped, the curled twig-ends and numerous trunk-suckers at the base of the larger limbo iirv the chief means of identifying the presencb of the disease." Prompt Action Needed When the dlsoase Is suspected, a packet of twigs no larger than lead pencils, from the wilting branches should be sent to the Dutch Elm Disease Laboratory at Morriatown, New Jersey. This laboratory is the headquarters from which the Uuited States Department of Agriculture la car- H rylng on, with the states, the determined campaign to save the American elm: Complete eradication of Infected trees Is carried on by poisoning of the diseased trees. An Infected elm is girdled and the peeled trunk encircled with a pack containing copper sulphate, which kills the tree and the fungous, prevents sprouting from the stump, repels the diseasecarrying beetles and makes it possible to save the wood for fuel. Before this method was developed each tree had to be cu^ down and promptly burned, the stump being treated with chemicals to stop reproduction from the roots. The copper sulphate process is one-tenth as costly. All Elms Menaced The American elm Is one of six species of elmH native to the United States east of the Qreat Plains. All will be wiped out unless the disease Is conquered. [ The American elm won the love of the early colonists, who built their homes in its shade and brought young trees from the forestB to line the streets of t their towns. In New England are miles of elms In rows ; that were planted in the early days of the Republic. The popularity of the American elm was carried westward by settlement. It is the chief shade tree of this country, and is now common in all the states, from the southernmost ! tip of Texas to the shores of the Lake Superior. | The elm census in a few inland cities shows 600,000 of the trees in Minneapolis; 400,000 in Detroit; 400,000 in Cincinnati; 300,000 in Dallas; 200,000 In Chicago; 160,000 in Oklahoma City; 105,000 in Denver. ' -J STATE THEATRE KERSHAW, S. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 "THE SISTERS" Willi Kno) Klymi and iw-ilo Davis SATURDAY, FEB. 18 "HEROES OF THE HILLS" Willi Throe Mt!.1'|u 11t'tTB LATE SHOW, 10:30 P. M. 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U ^B^B| time 1 T hb with new HudsonI CJ.T.PUn. Prices sub? ject to chance without notice. AUTO-POISE | CONTROL 1 Helps keep wheels straight, even when a tire blows. A built-in feature, standard on all 1939 passenger models, available ' on all 1936, 1937 and 1938 models and patented DOUBLE-SAFE BRAKES Hydraulic and Mechanical from same foot pedai! Easiest acting hand brake, too, for parking. Standard on all 1936, 1937,1938 and 1939cars built by Hudson. HUDSON HUDSON 112 HUDSON SIX HUDSON COUNTRY CLUB SIX AND SIGHT DRAKEFORD'S GARAGE ^ 1 Phone 42 Camden, S. C. DeKalbJg