Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?p-V ' # t . ,x. > ir - . ' Hamburg iirrralb | - $2 00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9,1919. Established in 1891 ; > ? _ 2 COTTON CONDITION 54.4 SEPTEMBER 25 v . DECLINE OF 524,000 BALES SINCE AUGUST REPORT. *V, . -7i Total is 10,696,000 During Past Month There Was Decline of Seven Points in V y ' , Condition. Sv'; ". * Washington, Oct. 2.'?A drop of 524,000 bales in the prospective crop of cotton this year over the forecast a montn ago was indicated ioua> m the Department of Agriculture's monthly report which placed the condition of the crop on September 25 at 54.4 per cent, of a normal and the total production at 10,696,000 bales. ? During September there was a decline of 7 points in the condition of the crop compared with an average of ^ less than 5 points during the last ten years. x In commenting on conditions the department said they were generally fcavorablb in west and northwest Texas, Oklahoma. Tennessee and Missouri and cotton made good progress. In v the remain .ng portion of the belt genenrally unfavorable conditions pre,x vailed. V ' Boll weevils continue their ravages iw .. in eastern Texas, Louisiana, Missls* * * - ? T?n !J. sippi, AiaDama ana riuriua, baicuuiu6 their territory in Georgia and Southeastern South Carolina and material' * ly damaging the crop in southern Georgia, southern Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. The cotton caterpillar covered considerable new territory west of Geor gia, damaging the crop materially outside the weevil infested area. The tropical hurricane caused . heavy loss of cotton in the territory through which it passed, 100,000 v bales having been lost in southern , Texas. 1| Picking is progressing rapidly in W > some sections being practically completed. There is little complaint of ' lack of pickers except in western * nirlahnmo Ulffh nriPPQ rfp ; lexas aiiu v/ntauvui?. wiQ^ ? m&nded by pickers is causing some complaint, agents of the department reporting that the pickers are more independent and less industrious than in former years. The indicated yield per acre and Jr. / forecast of production by States fol?|?f? lows: Virginia 200 pounds and 16,000 bales; North Carolina, 224 and 651,000; Sbtfth Carolina, 211 and 1,127,||$& *' 000; Georgia, 148 and 1,547,000; fc > Florida, 74 and 17,000; Alabama, 117 and 696,000; Mississippi, 157 and 917,000; Louisiana, 114 and 1 330,000; Texas, 138 and 2,950,000; ' } r>N Arkansas, 177 and 972,000; Tennessee, 183 and 280,000; Missouri, 277 Rf . and 70,000; Oklahoma, 198 and-.988,00Q; California, 333 and 11)?,000; j/r;. Arizona, 305 and 70,000; all other States 282 and 8,000. The picked avreage is estimated 32,390,000 and 4.6 per cent., or 1,570,000 acres less than the area estimated in cultivation on June 25 this year and is 10 per cent, less than the acreage picked last year. Today's report included the forecast of production by States for the first time in the history of the cotton reporting by the Department of Agriculture. ^ ia. J LIQUOR MADE AT CAMP. Two Barrels of Mash Found at the Marion Chaingang. The Marion Star says that two barrels of mash, ready to be distilled into liquor, were found in the Marion chaingang camp, and comments as follows: "County officers were literally thun derstruck when they found the two barrels, and of course immediately W started an investigation. As a result of that investigation we understood ( that Mr. Lupo, who has been foreman of the gang for a long time, has reV'm signed and has been succeeded by Mr. ^ Bridgeman, late "speed cop" for the f. town of Marion. Na arrests have been made in the matter, although there seems to be ample grounds. If men are allowed to make liquor in the camp of the county chalngang we think it is foolish to try to keep men from making it away out in the swamps, or the mountains, or the city halls. If men are not to be prose" . cuted because at the time of the oft fense they hold some position of trust, thus bringing embarrassment to other officials, it will certainly pay . ? ~ all law-breakers to try to get public jobs and then avoid prosecution." ?v h,.. LAXCASTK R- BRYANT. ! Pretty Home Wedding Solemnized at Govan Thursday. Govan, Oct. 3.?The happy culmination of a romantic courtship which has been the center of attraction to a large circle of friends of the young couple was the pretty home wedding cn Thursday at Govan? at which time Miss Irene Lancaster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. H. Lancaster, became the bride of Thomas Raysor Bryant, of Orangeburg. The home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Benjamin Feeples Hartzog, was attractively decorated for the occasion and all throughout the hand| some residence flowers and other I decorations were used in carrying out | the color scheme of pink and white. At the appointed hour of 9 o'clock the bride entered with her maid of honor, Miss Lilah Lancaster, who was gowned in a charming frock of pink charmeuse with turquoise blue feathers. The wedding party approached the altar in the east parlor to the strains of the wedding march- which was beautifully interpreted by Miss Gertrude Mellichamp, of Williston. First came the matron of honor, Mrs. Benjamin Peeples Hartzog, who wore a handsome creation of georgette crepe of flesh, color and trimmed in beads, then came little Miss Evelyn Hartzog niece of the bride, daintily dressed in white silk net with pink silk ornaments in frill effect, who acted as altar attendant. The ring was carefully carried in a pink gladiola by Master Joseph Wvntt ~Rnrt7.neT who wore a white Eaton suit of velvet. All eyes were then centered on the sweet little flower girl in the person of Miss Elizabeth Lancaster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lancaster, of Savannah, Ga., who entered the room dressed in dainty white net over silk, wearing pink bows and sash carrying a conservatory basket of "roses and gladiolas. , The groom had as his best man, Mr. Frank C. Bryant, a prominent banker and planter, of Orangeburg, they imedlately followed the flower girl. The bride, dressed in a charming and exquisite wedding gown of white georgette and silk, wearing a wedding veil fastened by orange blossoms met her future husband at the altar just as Miss Ruby Bryant, of Orangeburg, sang the last note of "Oh, Promise Me," accompanied on the piano by Miss Leila Bryant, of Orangeburg. { The ring service of the Baptist church was performed by the Rev. Dr. George E. Davis, pastor of the First" Baptist church of Orangeburg. The company was received imniediately following the ceremony by ?*- ~ ? -J ir.n Ta? U T onnaolAK nor. HI . auu 1U1B, iIUOi xx. uauvaatbi, yi*4 ents of the bride, Mr. U. G. Bryant, of Orangeburg, father of the groom, Misses Leila and Pearl Bryant, of Orangeburg, the bride and groom, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Peeples Hartzog, Mrs. William H. Lancaster, Dr. and Mrs. Leighton Hartzog, of Olar, Mr. Frank C. Bryant, of Orangeburg, and Mrs. Lamb Lancaster. During the reception a delightful buffet luncheon was served in the l dining room by Miss Elofse Brabham, of Olar, Pattie Lee Sweat, of Blackville, and Mildred Lee, of Denmark, while classic airs were played by Misses Gertrude Mellichamp and Leila Bryant.. On the broad veranda a quaint and attractive nook had been fashioned from which the Misses Marguerite and Gussie Seabrook, Ethel Kittrell and Mildred Cook, of Olar, served nnnnVi JL1 UIL puuvu. The happy couple left on the midnight express for an extended trip to Washington, Baltimore, New York, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and other points in the East. The bride wore as her going away gown a modish brown silvertone tailor-made suit with hat and shoes to match. Mr. Bryant is associated with his father and brothers in the production and sales of cotton and other agricultural products as well as the raising and sale of livestock. He is considered an authority in gradii?& cotton and handles that branch* of the business of U. G. Bryant & Sons, of Orangeburg, in which city Mr. and Mrs. Bryant will make their future home. The guests registering their names in the bride's book which was in charge of Miss Sadie Harter, of Fairfax, including the following names: Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rizer, Olar; T. R. Bryant and P. W. Cantwell, Jr., Orangeburg; Earl Rizer, Olar; R. Sidney Zeigler, Estill; J. Gilmore Lancaster and John Chitty, Olar; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cook, Olar; Mrs. Judson J ^ j TWO OFFICERS SHOT BY NEGRO (JREEXVILLE STIRRED BY CRIME OF DESPERATE BLACK. Is Still at Large. Escapes From City and Citizens Search Over All Surrounding Territory. Greenville. Oct. 5. ? Constant search by officers and about 2,000 citizens throughout the day failed to result in the arrest up to an early hour tonight of Joe Turner, a negro, who early this morning shot and killed Policemen J. L. Kitchen and A. M. Blair, of the Greenville city police force, while the officers were raiding a gambling game in "Bucknertown" one of the negro quarters of the city. The raid was being made by three officers. Sergt. Cooley, the third officer, stood at the window while Kitchen went into the house, where several negroes were engaged in gambling. Kitchen was shot as soon as he entered and died before he could be taken to a hospital. Officer Blair, breaking into another door, pursued Joe Turner, the negro who did the shooting, ojit into the street. The negro suddenly turned and shot the.officer, killing him almost instant ly." Friends of the dead officers sa> that they are sure that the officer attempted to shoot the 'fleeing negro, but that his revolver failed to work. The negro made good his escape and all through the city and county police immediately instituted a thorough and systematic search, they have so far failed to catch him, though it is believed tonight that his apprehension is certain. Escaped From City. It now seems definitely established that after the shooting the negro made his way out of the city a short distance, where he boarded the first Piedmont and Northern Railway train leaving the city about 7 o'clock, paying his fare to the conductor in cash to Spartanburg. Learning from the conductor that he would be unable to make a con% nection at Spartanburg with an early Southern Railway train, ttre negro got off the train at Suber Station, not far from Greer and made his way toward Pelham. The conductor notified the Greenville police immediately of the man's actions and a search was commenced in that section of the county. Acting upon the belief that the negro was hiding in the Pelham vicinity, hundreds of citizens, including a number of the leading business men of Greenville and a large number of residents of that section of the county, took part in a search which kept up throughout the entire day. Virtually all were armed, carrying all varieties of weapons. A pair of bloodhounds were brought into the case during the early afternoon but without success. Suspect is Arrested. Information was received here tonight that a negro had been arrested by Sheriff White, of Spartanburg, at Hayne, early this morning and was being held at Spartanburg as a suspect. Neither Greenville nor Spartanburg authorities, however believe that this man is the negro wanted. He gives his name as George Howell and. says his home is in Charlotte. Citizens of this section are deeply stirred over the double tragedy and there seems to be no doubt that ifithe negro is captured, a determined effort will be made to deal with him sum marily. Browning and H. C. Creech, Barnwell; Mrs. W. B. Chitty, Olar; Miss D. R. Wade, Savannah, Ga.; D. P. Courtney, Orangeburg; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lancaster, Savannah; Miss Mildred Lee,Denmark; Miss Eloise Brabham, Olar; Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hay, Mrs. 'M. W. Lancaster, Miss Ruby Bryant, Orangeburg; George R. Wheeler, Charleston; Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Hartzog, Miss Gertrude Mellichamp, Joe Wyatt Hartzog, Evelyn Hartzog, Lilah Lancaster, H. C. Richards, Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Peeler, liar; Mrs. D. P. Courtney, Orangeburg; Mrs. C. B. Ray, Olar; Mrs, T. B. Bryant, Orangeburg; Mrs. J. O. Bryant, Mrs. M. C. Carroll, Blackville; Mrs. C. M. Browning, Misses Inez and Ida Browning, Barnwell, Mrs. S. W. Troth, Ellenton; Miss Pattie Lee Sweat, Blackville; Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Hartzog, Olar; Miss Sadie Harter, Fairfax: Mr. and Mrs. Jos. H. Lancaster and Miss Mildred Cook, Olar. NEWS FROM OLAR. J Graded School Doing (iood Work. Honor Roll of School. Olar, Oct. 5.?The Olar high school opened September 8. with very 1 bright prospects for a successful session. Addresses were made by Rev. C. M. Peeler, R. Fair Goodwin, C. F. Rizer, Dr. L. A. Hartzog, H. 0. Morris and Superintendent Chitty. The faculty this year are all college grad- j uates, coming very highly recommended: High school. F. C. Chitty, Supt.: Miss Eunice Cogburn, Prin.; Miss Sadie Harter. Grammar school, Miss Hilda Kearse, Miss Sara Neeley, Miss Baine Freeman, and Miss fivelyn Smith. Mr. George Briggs, demonstration agent for Bamberg county, held a very instructive, interesting and profitable meeting in Olar high school auditorium last week. Bamberg county is to be congratulated on se i curing the services of such an energetic and progressive man as Mr. 1 Briggs. The main topic discussed i by he and his speakers was the boll i weevil, the South's great menace and < pest. Mr. Briggs presided and in his '< few introductory remarks stated 1 that the time was practically here 1 when the American farmer, most < especially in boll weevil sections, 1 ought to begin this year to diversify. 1 Mr. J. W. Chittv, former principal ' of the Govan school, has accepted work with E. P. Hutto, of Livingston. ? i Superintendent Chas. M. Chitty, 1 who saw 12 months service in France 1 with the U. S. motor transport corps, < returned home several weeks ago. 1 It is understood that he has out- 5 lined or planned farming as his life's ' work, since he feels that his army 1 training has qualified him for this particular line of human endeavor. 1 H. H. Kearse, J. R. Chitty, J. W. 1 QmitVi CI A Oral* and W R PVmHv 1 attended t'he Georgia State demons- < tration meet held at Claxton, Ga., the < past week. All of these men brought ' back a real message to any fellow seeking to widen his knowledge of the boll weevil. While there they 1 also availed themselves of the oppor- 1 tunity of looking over some of the 1 State's fertile sod. The two societies of the Olar < school have each held one meeting. The faculty plans a .public meeting some time before the Christmas holi- 1 days. The object of this is to give every student an opportunity to dis- ! play his or her tact for such work. The president of the high school society is J. Wilton Smith, grammar school, Louise Kearse. Honor Roll for Olar High School. Students are eligible for honor roll ( only in case they make 90 and above on each subject. A general average of 90 doesn't mean that they are entitled to such an honor: 1 , First grade?Grace Kearse, Asa Lee Still, Irene Chitty, Mildred Mor- 1 ris, Alpha Lee Lewhern. Adv. first grade?Daisy Ayer, Robert Roberts, Florence Sanders, Gladys Kearse. ; Second grade?Lois Sanders, Murice Cave, Lois Creech, Emmit Barker. Third grade?Eunice Morris, first honor, Maude Ayer, Chas Stone, Henry Homer Kearse, Eugene Creech, Leola Fail. 1 Fourth grade?Irene Laird, first honor, iflelen Ritter. Fifth grade?Austin Wiegand, As- '< bury Kirkland, Vernon Creech, Jack Harris. Sixth grade?Wilma Morris, first honor, Carolyn Brabham, Julia Brabham, Edwin Browning, Erlice Fail, Colburn Fail, Ally Gray, Jeston Harrison, Louise Kearse, William Laird, Ernest Morris, James Mosris, Ella : Morris, Hazel Ritter, Esther Sanders, 1 Charlie Sanders, Bates Vara, Lucille 1 Wiegand, Willie Delle Hightower. i Seventh grade?Edna Proveaux, i first honor, Williard Barker, Blanche : Brabham, Henry Brown, uieo ijreecu, Drayton Pail. Jink Lynes, Agnes Mob- i ley, Clester Morris, Evelyn Morris, Edd Kirkland, Ruth Ritter, Birdie Sanders, James Sanders, Ava Platts. Eighth grade?None. ' Ninth grade?Maude Morris, first honor;Juanita Neeley, Merrill Johns, Willie Drawdy, Inez Kirkland. Tenth grade?None. Newly wed Style. A young farmer's bride who recently undertook the management of the horticultural department of the farm, writes the agricultural editor as follows: "What can I do to make my potatoes grow? I peeled them ever so carefully before planting them, but they haven't even come up yet."? Philadelphia Enquirer. I f - , PLOT TO MASSACRE WHITES IN ARK. i NEGROES WELL ORGANIZED FOR GENERAL ATTACK. White Men Implicated Fteport of Committee Based on Confession of Several Negro Prisoners. Helena, Ark., Oct. 5.?That organized negroes of Southern Phillips eounty, of which this city is the seat )f government, had planned a general daughter of white people in the locality tomorrow was definitely revealed here today by authorized investigators of the past week's disturbances in that section. According to these authorities, the plot included a widespread uprising in the event certain demands were riot met. With October 6, set as the lay for the uprising, negro prisoners ire said to have confessed, each mem ber of the organization at specific places was to have picked a bale 01 ;otton by that date, take the cotton :o certain prominent landowners, plantation managers and merchants md "demand a settlement." Shoot Down All Whites. The confessions, as announced, made it appear to the investigators that without further ado following :"nis demand the blacks were to shoot iown all whites in sight. A list of twenty-one names, admitted to represent the men to whom the demand would be made, is in the hands of the investigating committee. Killing of these twenty-one, the prisoners, said was to be the signal for all members of the organization to attack the white population. An extensive courier system was explain ea in tne evidence, providing ror messengers, known to the negroes as "Paul Reveres." These couriers had been duly appointed to ride into all parts of the territory according to the testimony and summon members to arms. The organization concerned was declared to be the local lodge of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America, confiscated literture of which designates Washington, D. C., as national headquarters with State offices at Winchester, Ark. "We've just begun," was the pass word and the "Paul Revere" couriers told the investigators. This pass word and the "Poul Revere" couriers were confessed to have been employed last Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in summoning blacks to Hoop Spur, eighteen miles south of Helena, after W. A. Adkins, special igent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, had been killed and Charles Pratt, deputy sheriff, had been wounded. The confessions were taken to ex plain tne rapidity witn wnicn armea blacks were assembled at Hoop Spur and the neighboring town of Elaine, following the incident. The statement added that at the time Akkins was killed there were 150 negroes in the church at the scene of the shooting. Some of these were women, it was said, carrying automatic revolvers in their stockings. "Keep Their Racks Full." Questioned about,their supply of shotguns, rifles and ammunition, negroes declared that they often had been advised by speakers always to "keep their racks full" and "if your rack isn't full, fill it now." Fifty thousand rounds of ammunition were discovered last night in the Branch Normal School at Pine Bluff, according to a telephone message received here today from Mayor Hollis, of that city. The institution is a negro school maintained by the State. This eport and evidence found locally lead authorities here to believe the contemplated uprising was of more than a local nature. mittee declared there is every evide Members of the investigating committee declared there is every evidence that mercenary individuals have been inciting the negroes in the name of the federal government. Among other things, it was stated, they were led to believe a part of the government at Washington upheld them in arming and organizing against the whites; that a large temple and armories were to be ferected at Washington for the convening of their "congress," and for federal training of 3,000 soldiers to protect them in their uprising. Much of the evidence is known tc be directed in an effort to establish conclusively connection and there Is 36 AMENDMENTS KILLED. Senate Sweeps Them Aside in Short Order. Washington. Oct. 2.?The senate swept aside in quick succession today thirty-six of the forty-five amendments which had been written into the peace treaty by the foreign relations committee. The smallest majority reported against any of the committee pro posals was fifteen and the largest was twenty-eight. All of the amendments considered had been introduced by Senator Fall, Republican, New Mexico, and were designed to curtail American participation in European settlements resulting from the war. Of the nine amendments yet to be acted on six relate to the Shantung section, two propose to equalize vot- \ ing power in the league of nations auu uue wuuiu 11 inil Auieiiua.ii reyreresentation on the representation commission. In the absence of a definite agreement for disposition of the proposals, senate leaders thought tonight that the debate might run on for several days before another roll call is taken. * ? > ? PROBING DEATH OF INFANT. * ' Charred Remains of Baby Found in Burned Stable N.ear Mt. Holly. 1 Rock Hill, Oct. 2.?Coroner McManus is investigating the finding of the charred remains of an infant in a burned stable near the Lcoio of J. H. Sims, neat Mt. Holly, York county. Sarah Edna Sims, daughter of J. II. Sims, admitted that the child was hers, her father states, but declares it was born dead. The jury will meet again next Monday afternoon to decide as to their findings. It is claimed that the infant was born on the night of September 22 and4 that the body was kept between a mattress and bed covering until the ^ ' Thursday following, when it was taken to the stable, which was used only as a storage place for hay. It was in f h A ho TT orifl Iho ofwii/kfii uiuu^u in iuc 11 a j a 11 vi cue: ouuviuig fired. The father of the w&man claims he knew nothing regarding the birth of the child until neighbors informed him of finding the bones.' NOT OVTIFf 10,000,000 BALES. Heflin's Estimate of Cotton Crop After Touring South. - \ Washington, Oct. 2.?Not more ' i than 10,000,000 bales of cotton will i be produced this year in the South, i Representative Heflin, Democrat, Alai bama, said today upon^his return * from a tour of the South, adding that the boll weevil and dry weather had i greatly diminished the crop. "The price should hold well, hewi ever," said Representative Heflin, , "and cotton is now being held for , prices between thirty and forty cents. There are only between two and a half and three million bales In storage, and this, together with the short age, should make a fair price." IS SOUTH CAROLINIAN. . - ' Dr. E. R. Stitt Graduated From University in 1885. 1 Dr. E. R. Stitt, who has been called ' into consultation by Admiral Grayson as to the condition of President Wilson, is a South Carolinian and a grad' uate of the University of South Caro- * lina. Dr. Stitt now has the rank of 1 rear admiral in the navy. He is a native of Rock Hill and was ? . a nephew of the late John R. London, a well known citizen of that city. Dr. Stitt graduated when he was just 18 years of age in the class of '85 with such men as Edwin G. Seibles, B. F. Whitner, S. D. Dunn, Lewis W. 1 Parker, R. C. Davidson, S. C. Sturgis, 1 R. M. Kennedy, Dr. Olin Nesbit, Dr. Dougal Bissell; and other men who attained prominence. ? Columbia State. ? 1 Interesting Bed. : 1 > Little Roy had returned from a 1 week's visit to his aunt, and was try1 ing to describe the folding bed he had been sleeping in. "It lays down at night, mamma, and stands on its hind 1 legs in the day time."?Boston Tran: script. '> ~ . said to be strong indications of such ! a relation. Only two whites were in custody here today following the 'week's disorders. - J \ A man named Fuller was brought ?5 in from Postelle last night and placed in the county jail. O. S. Bratton, of i Little Rock, law firm, has been in l custody several days pending investii gation.