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1' $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921. Established in 1891.
, COTTON OUTLOOK
I VERY POOR NOW
r
PRODUCTION OF 8,203,000 BALES
| FORECAST.
I ,
Rainfall Helps Pests.
I
Crop Declined 4.5 Daring Month,
t Bringing Condition to 64.7
Per Cent of Normal.
Washington, Aug. 1.?The boll
weevil played havoc with the south's
cotton crop during July, heavy rainfall
aided in the destruction by promoting
a rank growth of weeds and
grass and as a result a prospective
^ production of 8,203,000 bales was
forecast today by the department of
agriculture, basing its estimate on
conditions existing July 25. That is
a loss of 230,000 bales compared
with the production forecast a month
ago.
The crop declined 4.5 points during
the month, much more than the
J average decline, bringing conditions
to 64.7 per cent, of a normal, the
lowest July 25 condition on record
with one exception, that of 1866,
when it was 64.1
Unpromising is the present condition
of the crop throughout most of
the belt, and there is very serious
AM f AT* OOTT
luicat, me ucyai uiicui 10 ou.t ,
of continued and increased damage
from the boll weevil, while grass and
weeds are exhausting much of the
? crop that remains.
A crop of 8,433,000 bales was forecast
from the condition on June 30,
wTiich was 69.2 per cent of a normal.
The condition was 74.1 per cent, on
July 25 last year, 67.1 in 1919 and
the ten-year July 25 average is 75.4.
Last year's crop was 13,365,754, that
of 1919 was 11,420,763 bales; in
1918 it was 12,040,532, in 1917 it
was 11,302,375 and in 1916 it was
11,449,930.
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lue COUUiUUUS U > Otatcs ivuuna.
Virginia 82, North Carolina 75,
South Carolina 62, Georgia 59, Florida
60, Alabama 58, Mississippi 68,
Louisiana 59, Missouri 80, Oklahoma
68, California 83, Arizona 89. All
other states 88.
Summarizing conditions, the deif
partment issued a statement saying:.
"Cotton suffered more than the
usual decline during July, being damaged
particularly by the boll weevil,
especially in the new invaded territories
in South Carolina, eastern
I Georgia, southern and eastern OklaJ
homa and southern Arkansas. DamL
age from this insect throughout the
belt has been heavy and the threat
of continued and increased damage
* ? PArtfinne if
is very stjriuus. m iuau> ocvuuu>i x?
promises to take all new gTowth. '
"This' condition results largely
from the heavy July rainfall, which
has also washed out much of the
scanty supply of fertilizer and encouraged
a heavy growth of grass and
weeds, which is exhausting much of
I what remains.
. "Farmers are unable to give a
final dressing of fertilizer in most instances
as had been the custom.
Through most of the belt the present
condition of the plant is unpromising,
since it faces on the one hand the
danger of drought and on the other
- increased damage from the boll weevil.
"Conditions are favorable only in
the fringes of the belt in western
rtl.1.1 _ 1 t Vl S-l
Texas, eastern uKiauuma, aiuug iuc
Mississippi river from northern Mississippi
through Tennessee and into
Missouri, in Virginia and North Carolina,
the northern portion of South
Carolina and in the delta section of
Mississippi, where the plants are well
rooted and sturdy with a good -set
of first crop bolls."
SELECTION PLEASES.
Orangeburg Commends Election of
, W. A. Schiffley.
Oransrebure. July 28.?The news
of the election of W. Archie Schifflev
by the state board of education as a
successor to J. Claude Rast, resigned,
as superintendent of education
in Orangeburg county has been received
with much satisfaction in
Orangeburg. Mr. Schifflev has had
considerable experience in school
teaching in the city of Orangeburg
I and is one of the promising young
' citizens. Recently he has been engaged
as state organizer for the
Jnior Order of American Mechanics
and was meeting with signal success
in this work. He is a graduate
of the University of South Carolina
and is well equipped to make a successful
and competent superintendent
of education.
TRUCK GROWERS ORGANIZE.
Cooperative Marketing Idea Gains in
South Carolina.
Blackville, July 31.?Representa,
tives of thirteen sections of the counties
of Allendale, Aiken, Bamberg,
Barnwell and Edgefield met at Blackville
last week for the purpose of
perfecting temporary organization of
growers of asparagus, cantaloupes,
cucumbers and watermelons on the
1 California plan.
The meeting was called to order by
H. G. Boylston, oounty agent of Barnwell.
Dr. W. W. Long, director of
extension work, was then introduced,
i who presented the California plan of
. marketing after which a nominating
. committee was appointed. This com[
mittee made the following nominai
tions for temporary officers which
i was accepted by the body:
: President, C. J. Fickling, Blackrille;
first vice president, M. C. Kitchi
ings, Williston; second vice president,
P. D. Day, Trenton; secretarytreasurer,
H. G. Boylston, Blackville.
Executive Committee ? W. L.
Riley, Denmark; J. B. Morris, Barnwell:
E. G. Ready, Ridge Springs; R.
i C. Matthews, Blackville; R. B. Cuni
ningham, Allendale.
Campaign Committee?H. C. Crum,
Denmark; G. L. Weissinger, Blackville;
B. R. Tillman, Ridge Springs;
. W. L. Dunovant, Edgefield; W. L.
; Shuler, Williston.
i Contract Committee?William Elliott,
Columbia; J. M. Farrell, Blackville;
W. T. Walker, Blackville.
Finance Committee ? Herman
Brown, Blackville; J. B. Guess, Jr.,
Denmark; J. V. Matthews, Blackville.
Publicity Committee?B. P. Davies,
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-BUroWeii; W. Jl. jvues, jocii ii v? en,
J. A. Latimer, Williston, M. B. McSweeney,
Allendale, L. W. Cheatham,
Edgefield; J. L. Mims, Edgefield.
The following resolution was offerered:
"Resolved, That it is the sense of
this meeting that we indorse the California
plan of marketing for the following
crop?: Asparagus, cantaloupes,
cucumbers and watermelons,
as outlined by W. W. Long and William
Elliott, and that a campaign be
put on by the extension service of
Ctemson college and the United
States department of agriculture for
the signing of contracts and further
perfecting the organization."
While the nomination committee
was out Mr. Long introduced William
Elliott, of Columbia, who ver^
forcefully addressed the audience on
the value of co-operatve marketing.
Mr. Elliott, who is a general council
of the South Carolina Cotton Growers'
Cooperative Marketing Association.
nas made a c!">s? study of the
California plan of marketing, will
assist in drafting the truck growers'
contract.'
Mr. Long stated that the campaign
for the signing of contracts would
begin about the middle of September.
This larae and well attended meet
ing of truck growers is an indication
of the interest this section has in
working out a satisfactory system of
marketing of their most important
cash crops in this section.
BRAXCHVTLLE TEACHERS.
E. D. Whisonant Will Be Superintendent
for the Season.
Branchville, July 30.?Teachers
for the coming session of the Branch
ville school have been elected by the
trustees as follows:
High school: E. D. Whisonant, supperintendent,
English and French;
1 John S. Seymour, principal, mathe'
matics and science; Miss Vera White,
Latin; Miss Evelyn Crouch, history.
Grammar grades: Miss Corrie Watkins,
Miss Nelle*Schort Moore, Miss
Viola Ott, Miss Claudia Quarles, Mrs.
G. M. Noble, Miss Annie Woodward.
Miss Marion S. Williams, ot Blackshear,
Ga., has been elected music
teadher. Miss Williams studied at
Converse college from which institu<firtn
cV?q wont tr? the New Enaland
tivu UUV Vf VUV VW W - - w i
Conservatory of Music. She has had
a wide experience in several of the
larger school systems in Georgia and
comes highly recommended.
The trustees are considering the
addition of a half-time teacher to relieve
the overcrowded condition in
some of the lower grades. This mat
ter is expected to be decided after
Mr. Whisonant returns from Rock
Hill.
The date for the opening of the
school is to be announced some time
in August; At least two weeks before
school opens a list of books
necessary for the different grades will
be posted at the store of J. B. Hen
derson so that everybody may get
down to business the very first day
of school, it is announced.
"OLD" DAN MURPHY
TAKES IN MOVIES
SENT UP FROM ORANGEBURG
COUNTY.
Has Served 32 Years.
Colonel Sanders Gives Ray of Hope to
Prisoner Who Killed Treasurer
Copes in the Fork Section.
Behind the prison walls of the
state penitentiary lives a man who
up until yesterday had never ridden
in an automobile, had never talked
over the telephone, had never seen a
moving picture show and in fact was
ignorant of many of the great inventions
of the present time. Bu? all
things come to him who waits and
this man had his day yesterday.
The man is Dan Murphy. Dan has
' been confined behind the massive
gates since a young man. He is past
60 now and has served something
HVo 9 9 vonra nf hie lifo riedit behind
those prison gates.
Yesterday Dan was carried through
' a marvelous age so far as he was
concerned. He was placed in the
penitentiary automobile and driven
around town and then carried to a
moving picture theater, where he
was overocme with the sights on the
screen. Coly A. K. Sanders,'superintendent
of the penitentiary, told Dan
several days ago that he was going
to bring him up town to see the
"sights." ,The colonel is a man of
his word and shortlybefore noon yesterday
Dan and a guard, accompanied
by Colonel Sanders, left the prison
in the penitentiary machine.
Sees Many Automobiles.
The partv came up Elmwood avenue
and upbn sighting a number of
automobiles Dan turned to Colonel
Sanders and exclaimed: "There must
be millions of these things, colonel."
The aged prisoner was all smiles.
He gazed at the beautiful homes
along the avenue and as the car
turned into Main street saw the
long row of buildings. The trip down
Main street was a great treat. Arj
riving at the theater, where the manI
aepment had invited Dan and Col
I ? ?
' onel Sanders to see the pictures for
the day, the old man had his picture
taken. He smiled as the camera
snapped him, Colonel Sanders and
the guard.
Following the taking of the picture
Dan and Colonel Sajlders, ac-|
companed by several others, were
ushered into the theater.
"What do you think of that?" the
prisoner was asked as the picture
flashed upon the scheen. Dan was
dumbfounded for a moment and then
passed his judgment. "That certain-,1
ly is wonderful," he declared. Just j
about this time the picture was com-'
ing to an end, it being the usual!
ending where the man takes the
woman in his arms and indulges in
a few kisses. "That fellow sure
| knows how to kiss," was Dan's comI
ment to this Dart.
The picture itself was somewhat,
along the lines that would fit the
old man's case. It dealt with a murder
and a conviction, about the same
as the case of Dan. All through the
picture the man from behind the
walls would smile and then be solemn,
only to smile again as someone
would ask him a question.
After the picture G. D. Gallagher,
manager of the Imperial, carried the!
party to the operating room and
there Dan was shown how the pictures
were flashed on the screen.
"That's too much for me," the prisoner
said as he saw the machine
turning and saw the result on the
screen. From the theater the party
drove down Main street, around the
state house and back to the prison
where Dan was again placed behind
the walls.
Escaped One Time.
"Old" Dan, as he is called by penitentiary
authorities, has had somewhat
of a varied career. He was
charged with killing County Treasurer
Copes, of Orangeburg county,
and was convicted. He was sentenced
to be hanaed. but Governor Ellerbe
commuted his sentence to life im-j
prisonment. He began his sentence, j
protesting his innocence. He served
several years and life began to look
hopeless. Dan decided that any
chance of escape was worth trying
and he began sawing the bars of his
cell on the third floor of the old
prison house. Late one night Dan
and a fellow prisoner completed their
job and left without leaving their
addresses, merely writing on the cell
walls with charcoal that thev were
i
ASKS REFUTATION
FROMPRESIDENT
BYRNES WRITES S?COXD LETTER
TO HARDIXG.
Regrets From South.
Statement as to Famine and Plague
Brings Forth Much
Resentment.
Washington, July 30.?Representative
James F. Byrnes, of South j
Carolina demanded of the president |
today a refutation of his statement I
that famine and plague prevail in the
South.
The president in replying to a letter
from Byrnes yesterday intimated
that his indictment against the South
was justified in view of the fact
that pellagra is, in certain states,
on the increase. He carefully refrained
from reference to his statement
that famine and starvation existed
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Ill IUC SUUIU.
It is in respect to this statement
that Mr. Byrnes calls him today.
"I write you again because of
your statement," said Mr. Byrnes,
"that if investigation develops^ that
reports have misrepresented conditions,
an official refutation is desirable.
I thought that you should
know that the people of the south
do not question the accuracy of the
statement that pelllagra may have
increased in one of several states of
the south, but what they complain
of is the statement that the entire j
south is actually menaced with famine
and plague. If you will direct
the investigation of the accuracy of
this statement, and if the facts do
not justify it, and if you will make
an official refutation of it. it u-ill be
exceedingly gratifying to us."
Mr. Byrnes informed the president
that it was with regret that the south
took the position that he had been
unfair. In that connection, he said:
"I assure you that it is "with the
greatest hesitation that the people
of the south have taken exception to
your statement. They are conscious
of the fact that your utterances
were based upon information you believed
to be reliable and impelled by
the highest motives that can prompt
the actions of man."
Representative Byrnes furthermore
requested the president if, as a result1
of his investigation, it be found that
there is no starvation in the south,
proceed against the officials on
whose report he made his statement.
Danger Ahead.
A Manchester grocer is advertising
for a man to look after customers,
partly outdoors and partly indoors.
We dread to think what will happen
to him when the door slams.?Punch
(London.)
The Materialist.
"What would you suggest for our
literary club ta read?" asked Mrs.
Flubdub.
"A cook-book," responded her brutal
husband.?Kansas City Journal.
gone, bound for South America. Dan
enlisted in the United States calvary,
as did his companion, and served his
enlistment. After being discharged
he probably would never have been
captured, but became involved in an
alleged theft of a horse and buggy
in Georgia. He was convicted and
was serving a ehaingang sentence
when recognized by an Orangeburg
man, who reported his whereabouts
to the penitentiary. Dan was brought
back and has been in prison ever
since. That was years ago. He still
says he didn't kill Copes.
Although apparently having no
hopes of ever breathing God's free
air again, the old man labors day by
day and is saving money every
! month. He runs a little store at the
prison and makes numerous nickels
and dimes through his sales. He is
depositing the money in a bank, what
he does not send to his people down
in Georgia. Dan has made a good
prisoner, his escape not being held
against him by the authorities as
few men with life sentences would
not take an opportunity to leave
prison bars behind if they had the
chance. Ke never worries and takes
life much better than plenty of people
who are on the "outsitfe." Dan
has hopes that some day he may yet
be a free man.
Dan is of ordinary build, clean
shaven and good appearance for a
man of his age. He carries himself
well and is liked -by all the prison
officials.?The State, Sunday.
SETTLE FINAL DETAIL*.
Contract for Allendale Court House
in Hands of Contractors.
The building commission, the county
board, the legislative delegation,
the architect, and the representative
of the successful bidders of the contractors
for the construction of the
county court house and jail met on
Wednesday morning here and went
over the details for the >two*buildings,
making final seletions of details and
turned over the contract to A. J.
Krehs romnanv. of Atlanta, for con
struction. All the county officials were
pleased with the details as drawn up
by the architects and all vied in the
opinion that nothing should be cheapened
about the building even though
the cost should run over the money
raised by the bond issue. It was
thought at one time that this would
be insufficient to construct the build-:
ings as planned but by strict economy
and the getting of cuts here and
there it is believed now that all the
details can be worked out as originally
intended and the cost still remain
within the bond issue limit.
Mr. Nonamaker, representing the
A. J. Krebs company, stated that that
concern expected to begin work on
the tWo structures at an early date.
it was tne aesire or tne construction
company to have plenty of time in the
placing of contracts as they thought j
by this means they could make some'
savings by competitive bids. It was
the concensus of opinion of Mr. Nonamaker
and the building commission j
that the two buildings would be
ready for occupancy by the September
term of court, 1922. The matter
of clearing the building iot and preconstruction
details would, begin at
once, it is thought.
W. Z. Bryan, a member of the
building commission, threw a bomb
into the meeting on Wednesday
morning by insisting on the collec
tion of the thirty-nine or forty thousand
dollars that had been raised by
public subscription in and around Allendale.
Remarks from some members
in reply to Mr. Bryan's remarks
suggested that some difficulty would
be experienced in collecting these |
subscriptions inasmuch that it was
believed that they had been supersedde
by the bond issue and that the
subscribers would fight the proposition
in that they were paying personal
subscriptions and also paying
fovas in nnnnppHnn wirrh thp hnnd
issue.?Allendale Citizen.
ZIMMERMAN NOT GUILTY.
Tried on Charge of Killing His Father?Jury
Out Nine Minutes.
Spartanburg, July 29.?Not guilty:
was the verdict of the jury in the
case of Morgan Zimmerman on trialin
the court of general sessions here
today. The jury deliberated nine
mirmtoc rptnmpd with the ver
diet..
The trial was hard fought from beginning
to end. For two hours today
court was at ease while the attorneys
for the state looked up points of law,
the point being raised that one of
| the jurors had so expressed himself
as to disqualify him for a juror. \
The defendant went on the stand
j this afternoon ana toia or tne Kinnrg,
breaking down and weeping while he
was making his recital. He said that
he had never made threats against
his father and that there is not a
boy in the country who loved his
father better than he. That he shot
because he felt his father would kill
him and his mother.
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.uoo UMiint- naui ill Daiuncu v uumj
Williston, July 29.?In a raid near
Williston today Sheriff Keys Sanders
and Special State Constable Paul
Parker made what is said to be the
biggest haul ever made in Barnwell
county. Twelve hundred gallons of
mash was seized and about three
hundred yards from point where
mash was found Dick Burgess, Esco
C. Burgess, Luks P. Dubose, all
white, and Ervin Bethel, colored,
were found in a barn in the process
of putting up a copper still. All
four were arrested. A quantity of j
copper sheeting, copper piping, blow I
pots and other necessary parapnernalia
was found and seized by the
officers.
Says Sex Get Worse.
Chicago, July 21.?Ambrose J.
Rose, 91 years old, granted a decree
of divorce from his third wife, asserted
today that "women were getting
worse with every generation."
"Wv first wife was pretty good."
he said. "My second just medium.
and the tjiird no good at an." ne
asserts he is through with them all.
HUSBAND KILLS WIFE
AND THEN HIMSELF
AS CHURCH BELLS RING KILLINGS
TAKE PLACE.*
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Leaves Seven Children.
Jo? Chesser, of Branson, Shoots His
Wife and Commits Suicide.
Domestic Troubles Cause.
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The little town of Brunson, in this
county, was the scene on Sunday of
quite a tragedy. Joe Chesser, about
thirty-seven years of age, a white
man residing in Brunson, first shoot
ing three pistol balls through the
heart of his wife and then turning the
weapon upon himself inflicting a
mortal wound through the mouth instantly
killing himself. The quietude
of the Sabbath morning was very
rudely disturbed when as the church
bells were calling the people to the
various Churches in Brunson the
three distinct pistol shots rang out.
Quite a flock of people rushed from
the main street of the town to the
little home occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Chesser from whence had come the v ,
sound of the shooting to find the wife,
a young woman of about twenty-eix
years of age, lying dead in a pool of
blood on the piazza of their home.
Three line shots, all of them entering
at or near the heart of the wife,
inflicted by her husband was the
cause of her death. The husband had
re-entered the home after inflicting
the wounds, had leaned himself up
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agamsi me uuui a.uu wilu luc nutius
to the seven little children gathered
around him, "you children make out
the best you can," placed the pistol,
in his mouth, ranging upward, and
fired the fatal shot.
It seems as if the domestic rela- \
tions of Mr. and Mrs. Chessdr had
been strained for about two or three ,
weeks past, but%it is known that a
reconcilliation was effected about
two weeks ago by interested friends.
It is understood, also, that Mr. Ches
ser had been married about five
times. Mrs. Chesser before her marriage
to Mr. Chesser was a Mrs. Mixson,
having one child by a former ../
husband. It is reported that she and
Mr. Chesser married several months
ago. It was stated to the represn
tative of The Guardian that the immec.
ate cause of the shooting was an '
alleged writing of a note to some person
by Mrs. Chesser other than a
relative, but the truth of this statement
is not vouched for. It seems
as if Mr. .esser had forbidden his
wife going to a certain house at which
!i V,v Aft. PIlQCCOT that
li was Liaimcu u> .>xi. vu^uwvi v?
the wife would have written for her
certain letters. This was bitterly
denied by the wife, but on Sunday
morning after talking over this situation,
it seems, that Mr. Chesser went
away from his home for just a short
time whereupon it is stated that Mrs. *
Chesser went to this forbidden house
and was seen by Mr. Chesser who
went' to his home ana upon me re
turn of Mrs. Chesser he met her with
the statement that he would end it
all now. The shooting then occurred.
It also seems, that Mr. Cook, a
brother of Mrs. Chesser, had been .
making some overtures in the way of
courtship of the eldest , daughter of
Mr. Chesser by his former marriage,
who is about sixteen years of age,
and that Mrs. Chesser was shielding
" ' , i - - - ? ~/v m nnnor
t'he eldest aaugnier m sumc mauuo*
unknown to those who know and that
this was one of the things that provoked
Mr. Chesser.?Hamton Guardian.
MANY BEES FOUND DEAD.
Boll Weevil Poisoning Thought To
Be Responsible.
Orangeburg, July 2^9.?Farmers
all over lower Carolina killed millions
of bees this past spring while
they were trying to kill the boll weevil,
if reports coming to the office of
Farm Demonstration Agent L. S.
Wolfe, are true. Several farmers in
Orangeburg county noticed large
numbers of dead bees around their
gums and upon investigation they
found that the bees had been eating
the poisoned syrup mixture pl* oil
cotton plants in an effort to control
the weevil. Where calcium arsenate
had been dusted on as recommended
by the United States government
tbere seems to have been do damage
to the bees, but the syrup-calciumarsenate
mixture seems to have
played havoc with the little honey
gatherers.
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