The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 11, 1921, Image 1

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' % " ' ' ~ . i r Slip laathfrg $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1921, Established in 1891. NO FAMINE OR PLAGUE IN SOUTH STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS HOLD CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON. Worse in Some States Need For Educational Methods to Combat Spread?No Worse Than aii a ui iuci x cars. Washington, Aug. 6?Differences of opinion as to the severity of the prevalence of pellagra in the south cropped out Friday among health officials of 12 southern states at the closing session of their two-day conferences here with Surgeon General , Cumming, of the Public Health Ser' vice. Half of the state officers; in adopting a report of conditions contended a clause should be included that the situation was in no way more serious than during the last several years. Others, among them Drs. " Olin West, of Tennessee, and C. W. yi .*a ~ i .1 j u \xarrisuu, ui ArKansas, neiu, uuwcvci, that, while there was no cause for alarm, pellagra was more prevalent than in the past, and succeeded in having the statement they objected to eliminated. Those who scouted the contention that the situation was more serious than in former years included Drs. W. S. Leathers, of Mississ;opi; .A. C. McCormack, of Kentucky; James A. Hayne, of South Carolina, anj C, W. Welch, of Alabama. All the state commissioners, however, were agreed that there was no condition "approaching a famine or plague in the south." The Health Service was criticised for spreading '"erroneous and misleading reports." AliUbiiCi V/iauoc tuab wu^i v 10 uu occasion for extending charitable measures for the relief of the conditions so far as any state is concerned where pellagra is prevalent" also was stricken out. Dr. W. S. Rankin, Jiealth officer of North Carolina, contended that it would be a reflection on the south to make any reference to the possibility of charitable relief. ? % The report emphasized the necessity o? affording federal, state and local health agencies sufficient funds to cope with health conditions generally. As adopted, the text of the report was as follows: "State health officers of the southern states, in conference at the request of the surgeon general of the United States Public Health Service, deplore the fact than an impression . had been created that famine condi tions exist in tne soutn, ana as a result that pellagra has increased to an alarming extent. "After making an investigation and using all information available, we do not believe the situation warrants or should occasion any undue alarm. The indications are that there will be an increase in pellagra this year in localities in certain states where the disease has been epidemic, but data in hand shows in an unmistakable way that the number of cases and deaths from pellagra during 1921 will \ still be less than the annual everage during the period of 1914 to 1921. 1 *T? - Pnllrr OH K_ "in otner wurus, n. ia iunj ouustantiated by facts in hand that pellagra has steadily decreased in the southern states during previous years. In drawing conclusions relative to the actual control of any disease comparative statistics are valueless unless an analysis is made for a period of years, not less than five, and preferably ten. "There is no condition approaching a famine or plague in the south. It is obvious that this is a clear case of misinterpretation of terms, an incorrect analysis, and as a result statements have been made that are erroneous and misleading to the public. "We realize that pellagra requires scientific and aggressive consideration and that the solution of the pellagra problem depends upon sane educational methods. The whole question is one that should be approached as a public health problem and dealt with by a well defined plan. "There can be no doubt but that there will be an increase in the prevalence of tuberculosis, pellagra and other diseases during the next few few years as a result of the economic depression throughout the entire country unless federal, state and local health departments are given adequate financial support and co-operation in directing intensive public public health education and in the establishment and maintenance of local Y % t TAXI DRIVER SLAIX. Three Columbians in Augusta Jail Confess to Killing. Augusta, Ga? Aug. 8.?F. J. Kirby, C. 0. Fox and Jessie Gappins, three white men of Columbia, at 11 o'clock tonight confessed to the brutal murder of William Brazell, 19 year old taxi driver of Columbia. The con-, fessidn was made to Sheriff J. T. Plunkett, of Richmond county, in the local jail, where the men were lodged shortly after the arrest 20 miles south of here this morning. According to the confession, Brazell was killed early Monday morning at a point in Lexington county, Twwppn T.pesville and Gilbert. He was blackjacked by the three men and stabbed in the heart with a pocket knife and the body then dragged to a secluded spot near the highway, the confession stated. After the murder the men made their way south in an automobile and were arrested near Waynesboro, Ga., this morning by Richmond county officers after they had had some tire trouble. They were first suspected by a mechanic named Roberts, who is employed in work on McBean creek, one of the men having made a partial confession to him, it was stated. Their arrest followed. Sheriff Plunkett and othet county officers will leave here tomorrow morning for Leesville, where they will ioin Sheriff T. J. Heise, of Rich land county, and Sheriff Roof, of Lexington, in a search for the body of Brazell. One or more of the prisoners will be taken along to point out where the body was disposed of. i ???CALLED TO DOOR AND KILLED. Wife of Dead Man Causes Arrest of Two Suspects. Greenville, Aug .4.?-Ned B. Metcalf, thirty-five, a farmer of the River Falls section of the county, was shot dead in front of his home about 10 o'clock last night, after he had been called from the house by a man who gave his name as Hunt. Leroy Harden and Carl Austin, white men of this city, were arrested and lodged in the county jail today oy deputies ionowing the inquest this morning, and are held in connection with the shooting. Both men disclaim knowledge of the affair. Mrs. Ned B. -Metcalf, wife of the dead man, testified at the coroner's inquest that somebody knocked at her door between 9 and 10 o'clock, giving his name as Hunt She declared, however, that she recognized the voice as ! that of Leroy Harden, one of the men arrested. She further stated that there was someone with Harden, and the two, with her husband, wenfdown the road in front of the house. Several minutes had passed when she heard three shots, she said. Metcalf was found with a bullet hole through his head and one in his side. Both Mrs. Metcalf and her elevenyear-old son testified at the inquest that her husband was to have paid Harden five gallons of liquor for a service he had rendered Metcalf. They both said that Harden had come for the liquor once before and was told that he could get the liquor August 4. The boy testified tfiat Harden told hiip on the first visit that he would have ' Vir, AiA -nnt irot tVio linnr?r ripvt XXCXX IX lie UlU uui. gek M ? w - ? time. Metcalf is the father of seven children, all living. Before the United States army is cut to a minimum of 150,000, as authorized by congress, all surplus men with three-year enlistments must be paid their full allowance. health organizations which are fundamental in the prevention and control of all disease and the promotion of the public health." The health officers were evenly divided as to the advisability of going on record that the pellagra situation was no worse at the present time than during recent years. Dr. West declared that while he "resented from the end of his toes to the top of his head charges that a veritable condition of famine existed in the south," heatlh authorities should realize the seriousness of the situation. Dr. C. W. Garrison, of Arakansas, took a similar position, while Dr. James A. Hayne, of South Carolina, was among those who contended that the situation was no worse than in previous years. Dr. L. L. Lundsmen, in charge of rural sanitation for the Public Health Service, held that the situation was serious and said that a statement that it was not worse than in recent years! was "untrue." } i 11 BASE BAMBERG DECLARED WINNER. Springfield Declines to Play Contested Games Over and Loses. ! The second half of the Tri-County base ball league season closed with; the games last Friday. With the standing of the clubs at the close of! the season, Springfield had won the second half of the season, but, as wasj announced during the game here be-! tween*Bamberg and Springfield, Bam- j berg played this game under protest, I on the ground that Springfield had violated the rules by employing an; ineligible pitcher. Tuesday morning a meeting of the' various club managers was called to be held in Bamberg. At this meet-i ing, the protest of Bamberg was heard, and also a similar protest from | the Barnwell club. A majority of | the Managers-voted to tnrow out tnej two protested games, and also ordered the Springfield-Ehrhardt game: to be played over. This game was Interrupted in the third inning by rain, but Springfield maintained that the games could not be played over as the season had closed. The ruling was made, however, that there had, been no time limit set for.the season.' j the rules prescribing that ten games should be played. The Springfield manager stated, it is said, that his team had become: scattered and that Springfield could not play the games over unless given; rrmsirierahle timp to get together. It! ~~~ " w j was decided that this could not be granted, as it would put the post-1 season series too far into the bus? period, whereupon the Springfield manager forfeited the contested games, thereby putting Br/mberg in the lead for the second half. The schedule for the post-season games has not yet been arranged, but the games will be played within the next week or two, and the winner of three out of the five games will be declared the pennant winner of the Tri-County league. ^ <?> m Augusta Wins Exhibition Game. Denmark, August 9. ? The Augusta and Charleston clubs I I of the South Atlantic league playedan exhibition game here Monday aft-1 ernoon before a crowa estimaiea ai, 1,008. Augusta won the game by a> score of 7 to 1. A ^reat nranv peo-i pie came from nearby towns to witness the affair expecting to see a real game, but it was listless and one sided and offered very few thrills. The umpiring of "Steamboat" Johnson was the outstanding feature of the game and it was a great pity that he could not share some of his pep with the players of the two teams. "Rabbit" Ramsey, who played with ?laoorno I UHU.Llld.1 tv 111 U1C lll'vjuuubi uu last season, and who is now playing right field for the Augusta club, was given a warm welcome by his hiany friends here who are glad to know that he has made good in the South Atlantic league. N Bamberg Trims Denmark. In a game featured by the hitting and loose fielding by both teams Bamberg defeated Denmark on the! local diamond last Friday afternoon by a score of 4 to 3. With the score standing 4 to 4 in the last half of the eighth inning the game had to be called on account of rain, and as Denmark had,scored one run in her half and there were no outs for Bamberg in her half, the game was called back to the seventh inning, leaving the score 4 to 3. * Large, the first man to face Coten, hit for a home run, the ball going into the pond in right field. Batteries: Bamberg, Whiteside and Large; Denmark, Coten and Able. E. F. COCHRAN SWORN IN. New Attorney for Western District of South Carolina. Greenville, Aug. 4.?Ernest F. Cochran, of Anderson, was sworn in here today as United States attorney! for the western district of South Carolina, in the presence of William J. Thurmond, the retiring attorney, and other court officials. Mr. Cochran announced that there would be no immediate change in his assistants. J. E. Marshall. Democrat, is assistant attorney. Mr, Cochran served as district attorney under Roosevelt and Taft. Read The Herald, $2.00 per year. * BALL Jj SPRINGFIELD TRIUMPHS. Won Game From Bamberg on Local Diamond Last Friday. Springfield won from the locals last Wednesday at Rhoad park before one of the largest crowds of the season. The feature of the game was the heavy hitting of the visitors and the great pitching of Gillam for Springfield, he allowing Bamberg, only seven hits which were wildy scattered. Radcliffe started off in the box for the locals, but after pitching to only three or four batters and allowing as many hits, he was yanked in favor of Whitesides, who finished the game, although he apparently had no control over the ball, being his off day. Bamberg played the game under protest, claiming that one of the Springfield players was inelligible, having played professional ball, which is clearly against the'rules of the TriCounty league. Gillam for Springfield struck out 11 men, and also secured a three bagger which could easily have been stretched into a home run, but he seemed tc be winded when he reachthird* and sat down to take a rest. Score: Springfield 9 15 0 Bamberg .1 7 3 Batteries: Springfield, Gillam and Boland; Bamberg, Radcliffe, Whiteside, Bamberg and Cooner. Note:?The above game was thrown out at the meeting of managers here Tuesday on account of Gillam, who pitched the game for Springfield, being a professional, and was forfeited to Bamberg by Springfield, they refusing to play it over. "Was Trimming Springfield. Ehrhardt, Aug. 9.?Ehrhardt ai?d Springfield were playing the final game of the season between these teams last Friday afternoon, when, fortunately for Springfield her prayers were answered in the third inning and the game had to be called. Ehrhardt had the visitors outclassed in every department and the whole team was playing unbeatable ball when the deluge descended, with the score standing 3 to 0 against Springfield. In a very short time the diamond and outfield on which these two teams were making base ball history presented the appearance of a beautiful lake in which, no doubt, fish were chasing themselves from first to home plate, and the streets and sidewalks of the town were raging rivers which could be navigated onlv bv individuals of Parnellian di mensions, or those having canoes or Fords. It was the opinion of many that the best game of the season had been interrupted, and all agreed that it had been done by one of the largest rains that had ever fallen in Ehrhardt. Official Standing of Clubs. The official standing of the clubs as given out by President Black at the close of the second half of the TriCounty league, including the three games forfeited by Springfield, is as follows: W L P.C. Bamberg 8 2 .800 Barnwell.. :...5 3 .624 Springfield ?.6 4 .600 Denmark 3 5 .375 Williston 2 5 .286 Ehrhaylt 2 7 .223 Bamberg Goes to Orangeburg. The Bamberg team went to Orangeburg Wednesday afternoon for a game with the team of thit city. Each of these teams has won one game, and the game this evening will no doubt be hotly contested. JAIL COOK TS JAIL. Sheriff Puts Up Bond Before Dinner Could Be Served. Anderson, Aug. 6.?The Anderson county jail was without a cook Friday. One of the deputies arrested the cook and put him in jail on the charge of storing liquor. A keg of confiscated whiskey was found in his shack which is in the jail yard, and notwithstanding- that it meant no dinner, the deputy promptly arrested him and put him in a celL When the sheriff came, he had a cook in jail and none in the kitchen. It ^*as necessary for the sheriff to put up a cash bond of $100 before the cook could be back to the kitchen. WOMAN SLAYS HUSBAND. Wife Had Been Making Home With Son. Williston, Aug. 8.?About 9 o'clock Monday morning Lee Scott, of the Shaw's Fork section of Aiken county was shot to death by his wife, Mrs. Ada Scott. He was about 60 years of age and his wife between 50 and 55. There seems to have been difficulties between Mr. Scott and his wife for some time and she has had to leave home to protect herself. Recently it became necessary for her to leave and go to the home of her son, Cohen Scott, who lives at the Stringfellow mill place near Williston. On hearing that she was there, Lee Scott demanded that his son make her return home. This he refused to do and Lee Scott then started upstairs where his wife was, leaving Cohen Scott in the yard. It is said he advanced on his wife with an opeji knife after making certain threats and that she picked up a shotgun to hold him off and tried to cock the gun and it went off, the load entering Scott's body, piercing his liver. Dr. Gregg Smith, of Williston, was summoned, but Scott was dead before he reached the place. A coroner's jury brought in a verdict that deceased came to his death from gunshot wounds at the hands of Mrs. A /1a Arrin or f a \Tre Qnntt'c .n.ua oiuu. vi) lug iu iiiio. physical condition she could not be carried to the jail, but bond is being arranged for her. The. killing occurred in the edge of Barnwell countty and officials from both Barnwell and Aiken counties were on hand. Barnwell county officials have taken charge of the case. MILL PROPERTY VALUED HIGH. Assessments Reach Total of $54,750,235. Assessments against South Carolina cotton mills for the present year total $34,570,235, according to figures announced by the South Carolina tax commission. These figures are the 4 per cent placed by the commission and represent an increase of a little over $2,000,000 from 1920. All mills in the state have been assessed and the commission has heard all the representatives who protested the assessments. In 1920 the assessment against all the mills was $52,464,905. The increase this year is derived from new mills and additions to old plants rather than actual advances on the same property of 1920, W. G. Query member of the commission, said yesterday. The commission is rapidly completing the assessments against all corporations and merchants and the hearings incident thereto. Only slight advances are noted in the valuation for taxation of the fertilizer plants and cotton seed oil mill companies. Oil mills in the state were assessed by the commission at $2,500,435 last year and the figures announced by the commission yesterday for 1921 are $2,564,785, only a slight advance from 1920. Fertilizer plants were assessed at $4,054,787 last year and the figures this year are $4,071,859. Here again tho inr>rP3S(i is extremelv small. The commission is investigating closely all property valuations. WHITE SLAVE CHARGE. Dr. J. F. Williams, Prominent Physician, is Held. Spartanburg, Aug. 3.?Dr. J. F. Williams, a prominent physician of the Roebuck section, was today bound over by United States Commissioner D. D. Sanders for violation of the Mann white slave act. Bond was fixed at $5,000 and the bond was signed by Dr. J. L. Jefferies, Dr. S. On Black, Dr. W. O. Leonard, John L. Lancaster, I. F. Seay and J. S. Hayes. A preliminary heariifg was held before the commissioner, it not being agreeable to the court for Dr. Williams to waive the preliminary as he desired to do. The allegation is that the defendant furnished the money for a young woman, the wife of a prominent man in the county, and the mother of two children, to go to Asheville, where they lived as man and wife. Many witnesses were put on v,Q Gtanri and much testimony was ? brought out. Dr. Williams was at one time a candidate for the state senate, running against Howard B. Carlisle. Three hundred and forty-nine municipalities in the department of Somme, France, which was damaged, devastated or destroyed during the World War, have been awarded the French war cross. / CONSISTENT RISE MADE BY COTTON > BULGE COMES WITH CONDITION REPORT. Under Expectations. Lowest for Month in Twenty-six Seasons?Carry-over Also Lower. New Orleans, Aug. 7.?The low price of this last week in the cotton market were made on the opening cnaci ATI on/1 + 1 nrV? TwirtAr. r\-v* uvwuiw A-4 uuu cue UIgU 1^1 t^C3 UU LUC closing session. From the lowest to the highest there was a rise of 128 to 146 points. The close was at net gains of 127 to 136 points. At the lowest levels the active months were four points under to five points over the close of the preceding week and at the highest they were 127 to 144 points over. October traded down to 11.64, rose to 13.10, and closed at 13.02. In the spot department prices gained 125 points on middling which closed'at 12.25 against 36.75 a year ago. The opening session of the week brought a bulge of over a cent a pound because of the bullish showing of the government's figures on the growing crop and much more favorable annual statistics than expected. The advance was kept going by the hot and dry weather in the belt, especially in the western portions, and complaints that it was causing severe deterioration. Hot winds were complained of at times In the eastern belt, but during the last half of the week large areas east of the Mississippi river received showers. Extremely hot weather continued to the end of the week in the west and the closing session brought official weather returns showing temperatures of 100 and above at many points. Texas reported temperatures up to 106 de grees and Oklahoma up to 109. The foundation for the week's advance was laid by the government's report of 64.7 per cent, of normal as the condition 01 tbe crop on July 25. This was the lowest percentage of condition ever returned on that date and was fully three points under general expectation. It indicated a crop of but 8,203,000 bales, and iX these figures are realized it will mean j that the south has grown the smallest crop in 26 seasons. The outstading feature of the annual statistics was the carry-over of 9,194,000 bales which was the larg- . est carry-over on record, was far under expectation. The trade gener- , ally looked for at least 9,500,000 bales and there were estimates of around 10,000,000 and a few as high as 10,500,000. The commercial crop was smaller than expected, 11,377,316 bales against 12,443',180 a year ago but was offset by the small consumption, 10,500,000 bales against 12,670,000 last year. These figures i related to the cotton year ended with July. ./ FORESEES BUSINESS REVIVAL. 1 # V. Federal Reserve Goveinor Makes Prediction. Washington, Aug. 6.?"With the coming of cold weather business will revive." This is the unequivocal nC TTr P 13 Uordinff (rnv. SldlCUUCIU U1 > ? . VI. J. . O" ' ernor of the federal reserve board, and on economic cpnditions one of the best informed men in the United States. Mr. Harding predicted the cotton panic and urged the farmers to sell when their staple was worth 43 cents in July 1920. His prediction of stimulated business the coming fall is regarded in Washington as significant. A much better prospect for cotton Mr. Harding also predicts. "T.oaf fail " hp said, "we had a car ry-over-crop of 5,000,000 bales and a new crop of 13,000,000 plus. Europecould not buy. Home consumption was curtailed by virtue of a buyers* strike. Now we have a carry-over crop of approximately 7,000,000 bales and a new crop of only 8,000,000. Export train resuscitates. Home consumption, with stimulated business the coming fall, will increase." Setting it Right. Kansas Paper?"We wish to apologize for the manner in which we disgraced the beautiful wedding last ?* r\>8 frrnA _ "week. Tnrou&n an errux Ui mo IJFDsetter we were made to say "the roses were punk." What we should have said was "the roses were pink."? Boston Transcript; 4j i . ~ i i i i"' i<1