The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 15, 1910, Page 2, Image 2
THIS STATE LEADS.
Has More Spindles Than Any Othei
of the Southern States.
Columbia, Sept. 9.?South Caro
lina still leads the southern states ii
the number of spindles, there bein?
4,053,472 spindles in this state, ac
rordine to a statement prepared b:
the department of agriculture.
A feature of the report is thai
there has been an increase in th<
use of electric power generated b:
water, while there has been a de
crease in steam power. The repor
is to August 15. There were 3,
846,117 spindles in the state lasi
year, thus the increase for the yeai
is over 200,000. There was an in
crease of over 1.000 looms.
The following is the statement is
sued by the department:
1910. 1909.
No. of spindles..4,053.972 3.846,111
No. of looms 97,998 96,28]
Horsepower 20,395 29,6S(
H.-P. steam 72,727 29,6S(
H.-P. (electric, generated
by water) 57,042 41,955
H.-P. (electric, gen.
by steam) 12,415 17,32;
Total H.-P 162,579 165.965
PAWN HOMES TO BUY AUTOS
Thousands of Mortgages for Cars Ti<
up Millions in the West.
An extended inquiry has showr
that there are upward of 400.000 au
tomobiles in the United States, ap
proximately valued at $600,000,000
It is estimated that one-half of this
vast sum is invested in auto vehicles
for commercial purposes and actua
utility to replace the work of horses
but that the other $300,000,000 is in
/ vested in autos for pleasure, outdoos
sport and luxurious living.
The inquiry, covering a period ol
five years shows a tremendous
growth invthe automobile industry
It also shows that there is a desire
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on the part of a great number of persons
to own automobiles even at the
expense of their homes.
In the middle west, far west anc
parts of the south the inquiry shows
that a large percentage of automohnvp
hppn nnrchased bv people
upon mortgages given on the vehicles
or their homes.
In Minneapolis, it is reported, on*
automobile firm holds mortgages or
1,500 homes. In Wisconsin the mortgages
on autos and other propertj
/ for the purchase price are estimated
at $4,000,000. Nebraska has $9,000,000
in mortgages based on autc
purchases; in Kansas the estimate is
$4,000,000 in the last three year.
The money tightness in Iowa is
charged to the same condition. Ir
Indianapolis more than 2,00 persons
are reported to have given mortgages
recently to buy automobiles. In
Wyoming only 5 per cent, of autc
purchases are represented by mortgages,
but it is reported that 15 per
cent of the purchasers are persons
who cannot afford the luxury.
,
In the east the reports indicate
that there are fewer mortgages, and
in thrifty New England the custom
does not appear in the records. From
the western and southwestern secv"
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tlons and in some parts of the east
the reports show that the bankers
and other financial interests are refusing
accommodations to borrowers
for the purpose of purchasing auntomobiles.
A bank officer in Newark
said that the savings banks have
been losing deposits from automobile
purchasers. In one of the suburban
districts of New York it is reported
hoc nnt hppn n sine-le transfer
of house property in four months;
which is attributed to the heavy pur*
chases of autos in that section.
i? ? How
He Escaped.
Two Americans were disputing as
to which had experienced the greatest
cold in winter. Said one:"In the
part of Iceland where I was last summer
the ground is frozen so hard all
the year round that when thej
want to bury a man they jusl
sharpen his feet and drive hin:
in with a pile hammer." The other
replied: "Yes, I know that place
didn't stay there long?found it nol
bracing enough for me. Went on tc
a small town further north. The
hotel where I was staying caught fire
My room was on the top story. Nc
fire escape or ladders in that primitive
settlement. Staircases burni
away. Luckily kept my presence ol
mind. Emptied my bath out of the
. window and slid down the icicle."
KERSHAW JAILER ASSAULTED
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Knocked in Head by Negro Prisoner
Three Escape.
Camden, Sept. 10.?The jailer o!
Kershaw county was attacked by a
negro prisoner in the jail here tonight
at 7:30 o'clock.
The jailer was called upstairs by
the prisoner to fix a part of the sewerage,
which the negro claimed was
out of order. Upon arriving at the
cell he was knocked in the head by
the prisoner, and during the attack
three negro prisoners, two men and
one woman, escaped.
PINK FRANKLIN TO HANG.
p Resentenced by Judge Sease and Date
Fixed for December 23.
Orangeburg. Sept. 6.?Pink Frank1
lin. the -negro who killed Henry E.
' Valentine, a constable in this county,
" and whose case has become of na*
national interest, was sentenced this
morning by Judge Thomas S. Sease
t to be hanged by the neck until dead
; between the hours of 12 noon and 4
* o'clock p. m. on Friday, December
" 23. The case of Pink Franklin has
t been appealed to the State supreme
' court and to the United States supreme
court upon constitutional
r questions, both courts affirming the
" /->? i t nniirt tViijt onn vi ctorl FVnnVlin
Jacob Moorer of this city and John
" Adams of Manning, Franklin's attorneys,
made earnest pleas for a new
trial before Judge Sease this rnorn^
ing. The motion for the new trial
^ was upon the record and minutes of
* the trial court and upon after-dis'
covered evidence. Moorer introduced
an affidavit of Tony Jerry, a witness
5 for the State in the original trial.
who in the affidavit stated that he
} gave untruthful testimony and that
* Franklin made no statement to him
that he was not going to be arrested
or that he saw Franklin with a
pistol. i
Judge Sease overruled the motion
of the defendant's attorneys and ordered
Franklin to stand up in the
1 dock and receive his sentence.
The judge stated that the day for
the execution was fixed in December.
* so that Franklin's attorneys might,
5 if they so desired, appeal to the State
' supreme court, which meets in Co1
lumbia in November. Moorer stated
' that they would perfect the appeal
" and were very hopeful of victory.
Immigration We Need.
We are of the opinion that the 1
South does not need more laborers. 1
We already have too many for the
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work that is done. In fact, one-half
the men who do farm work could do !
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more than all now do if properly
^ equipped and directed. We have too
many laborers and too many "bosses"
and overseers and idle proprietors ;
already. What we need is more 1
working owners; men who will own
land and direct the farming of it
themselves. We need more farming *
in person and less by proxy.
1 We need men with some means 1
and much industry who will buy
^ land, give it their personal attention !
and build comfortable rural homes. 1
but before these will come in large
numbers there must come a change 1
5 over public sentiment as represented 1
| by the most prosperous of our white
population. The farmers with small 1
1 means who are going by the thou*
sands each year into the Canadian 1
Northwest are not going to the cold :
1 climate of a foreign land in prefer- '
' ence to a hospitable Southern climate
of their own country, for any other 1
reason than that the spirit which al- (
ways atracts immigrants calls them. 5
It is that spirit which says to the de- '
sirable citizen: "Come among us, be- come
one of us, share fully with us
1 the rights of American citizenship.
1 and join hands with us in developing
and building up our common coun- '
' try." The desirable immigrant re- 1
sponds only to the call which assures '
him a full share and equal part in 1
all that constitutes the life of a pros- '
perous and homeogeneous rural 1
people. There must be no "strings" 1
to the proposition, no reservations,
and no assumption of prior or supe1
rior rights on the part of any class 1
| or part of the population.?Raleigh 1
(N. C.) Progressive Farmer and Ga- i
' zette. '
No Insult Intended. ?
"Haven't we met before?" inquired 1
the inquisitive, bent-nosed man in 1
s the day coach. ;
"I hope not," replied the short- i
? haired man, who was sharing his
" seat.
I "You hope not!" ejaculatorily repeated
the first speaker. "Do you ;
: mean that, sir, for an insult?" <
1 "I intend it for just the reverse of i
an insult, my friend," responded the ;
> man with the cropped hair, "and I
t think you will appreciate my senti- :
' ment and feel like tnanKing me ior .
J giving it expression when I tell you ;
that this is the first day in thirty !
> years that I have been out of the j
State's prison." ? Chicago Daily
t News. ]
> May Cheat Gallows.
Greenville, Sept. 9.?It is possible !
taht the negro. Bunk Sherard, who j
was yesterday convicted of killing ]
Officer Waldorph at Piedmont, may
escape the gallows. When the negro
was brought in court to be sent'
enced he fell in a dead faint and his <
i groans caused spectators to believe <
that the negro was in the threes of <
death. He was carried from the 1
court room to his cell in the county <
jail and a physician has been in ali
most constant attendance on him to- ]
' day. It seems the negro was al- ]
most ilterally scared to death. The <
man is still unconscious and the i
court is in a quandary as to when he ]
j shall be sentenced. s
CAN'T GET HOME. MB
Americans Find the Steamers Are
All Full.
Our Yankee cousins who have seen
all the sights of London and are
anxious to get back home again are
finding some difficulty in doing so.
All the westward steamers are full,
and they will have to do some
"mighty slick hustling" if they want
to reach the land of the free before
the Christmas holidays start.
Every year the American invasion
of London grows larger and larger,
and the Daily Sketch was informed
yesterday that this year the number
of visitors from the other side of the
Atlantic had beaten all records.
The traffic manager of Cook's told
The Daily Sketch that the first and
second class accommodation on all
the ocean greyhounds was booked up
till the middle of September, and
there was such a rush of homebound
Americans that many wealthy travelers
were going across steerage rather
than wait a turn which might not
come till the beginning of October.
"This is not emigration season,"
he said, "and in consequence there is
plenty of third-class accommodation
on most of the boats; but for a lady
or gentleman who has been accustomed
to saloon traveling it must be
rather unpleasant to 'pig in' amongst
the third classers.
"On some of the big boats there
are two-berth cabins, but the accommodation
in the steerage generally
comprises six and eight-berth cabins,
and 20 or 30 people have to sleep
together in the same apartment. I
"Then, of course, the members of fl
the American upper ten who are having
to go home steerage have to land
at Ellis island like any of the low
class aliens who go across with them
and have to pass through the hands
of the immigration officer on the other
side before they are permitted to
iand."
While our representaative was
speaking to the official a wealthily-attired
citizen of the United States entered
the offices and asked if he could
have a couple of berths for himself
and his wife on the Mauretania or
any other boat that was sailing in
the near future. I
When told that there was no accommodation
in any of the New York
boats for a week ahead he turned to
the gray-haired clerk and told him
what he thought of the Atlantic
steamboat services in breezy American.
"It ain't n6 use your tellin* me I
?annot get back home before the end
of September," he added, "because
I've just got to do it?see? If I can
not get back any other way, I guess
[ shall have to go on one of the cattle
boats, young feller. I've got a
510,000 deal waiting to be fixed up
in Chicago in three weeks' time."
In the end the clerk was able to
fix his American client up with a
iouble berth cabin in the steerage,
ind the traveler left the office looking
tolerably happy again.?London
Daily Sketch.
Hunting for Negro.
Whistler, Ala., Sept. 7.?Two hunired
men are scouring the woods in
the vicinity of Whistler to-night in
search of a negro who is alleged to
have attempted to commit criminal
assault upon the 17-year-old daughter
of Jack Williams at her father's
home.
The girl was alone in the house at
7:30 to-night when a negro appeared
at the back door and asked for something
to eat. When she turned to
get food for the negro she was seized
from behind and a pistol was pointed
at her head. The girl's cries for assistance
attracted neighbors to the
house and the negro fled. News of
the attempted assault spread rapidly
and a mob immediately took up the
chase.
Heavy Sentence Imposed.
Spartanburg, Sept. 6.?Arrested
yesterday to begin a suspended sentence
of one year, and later released
on bail, Frank Dearman was to-day
arraigned in Police Court, charged
with being drunk, resisting arrest
and cursing officers. Mayor
Lee decreed that he must pay fines
aggregating $502.50 or servo one
hundred and fifty-five days on the
gang.
This was, with one exception, the
heaviest sentence ever imposed in
Police Court here. Several months
ago George Dearman, a brother of
Frank Dearman, was given fines ag
gregating $ib,ouu ior siurmg v\nia-|
key by the same court.
Taking Less Egyptian Cotton.
Washington. September 8.?Purchases
of Egyptian cotton, by American
manufacturers for the first half
of the present year were only about
half the amount taken during the
corresponding period last year.
The figures of the foreign trade of
Egypt, just received from Consul D.
R. Birch, of Alexandria, show the
cottton exported to the United States
iggregated only $3,945,012, as compared
with $7,208,733 for the first ^
six months of 1909. ^
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