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$2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1921. - Established in 1891.
NEGRO PERCENTAGE
IS GROWING LESS
DECLINE OF 3.8 PER CENT. IX
TEN YEARS.
South Carolina Figures.
In 1910 69.4 of Bamberg Population
Was Negroes; In 1920 68.5
Per Cent.
The population of the state of
South Carolina, as recently announced
by the bureau of the census, department
of commerce, is 48.6 per cent,
white and 51.4 per cent negro. In
1910 the percentage negro was 55.2.
The negro population, which 'was
835,843 in 1910, increased to 864,719
in 1920, an increase of 3.5 per cent.
The white population in the same
period increased from 679,161 -to
818,538 or 20.5 per cent.
The white population of the state
consists almost entirely of native
American born of native American
parents, the total native white of na
tive parentage being 799,4IS, while
the foreign element is represented by
6,401 foreign-born whites, 7,025 native
whites who had foreign-born parents,
and. 5,694 who had one parent
foreign born, the other being native.
The total population includes also 304
Indians, 93 Chinese, and 15 Japanese.
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In m^st counties of the state the
percentage of negroes has decreased
and in 19 of the 46 counties there
was also a decrease in the number of
, negroes.
. Percentage negroes in the total
population of each county 1920-1910:
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State 51.4 55.2
Abbeville 56.9 64.7
i Aiken 52.6 54.6
Allendale (1) 77.6
Anderson .... 34.5 37.9
x> Bamberg 68.5 69.4
Barnwell 617.5 72.0.
Beaufort 78.4 86.9
Berkeley 72.5 *77.6
Calhoun....*. 68.6 76.6
Charleston 59.2 63.2
Cherokee *....31.2 32.5
Chester 57.9 65.0
Chesterfield 39.5 40.1
Clarendon 72.0 72.7
Colleton ...58.1 63.0
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Dillon _. 51.2 51.0
Dorchister 58.8 61.4
Edgefield 69.6 71.1
Fairfield 76.1 76.0
Florence 49.4 57.0
Georgetown 66.6 72.3
Greenville 26.5 30.5
[ Greenwood 52.8 62.2
Hampton .... 60.6 64.2
Horry 24.0 24.7
Jasper (1) 72.1
Kershaw 58.0 60.7
?an<jaster 45.6 49.2
Laurens 51.9 54.8
Lee 67.3 68.1
x Lexington 32.9 36.3
McCormick (1) 68.5
Marion 55.4 54.4
Marlboro 59.3 60.7
Newberry 58.1 63.7
Oconee 21.2 25.1
Orangeburg 65.8 , 65.8
Pickens 17.4 21.4 \
Richland 46.7 53.6
Saluda ^ 52.7 53.4
4 Spartanburg V 29.1 31.6
I \ Sumter 70.9 73.0
Union 46.3 51.7
Williamsburg . 66.0 61.7
York .. 47.9 53.0
(1) Oragnized since 1910.
PART OF BODY IS FOUND.
On Locomotive of Atlantic Coast Line
Train.
Petersburg, V*., Aug. 29.?Finding
parts of a human body on the locomotive
of an Atlantic Coast Line limited
train when it arrived here this
morning has caused railroad officials
to conduct a search along its tracks
near this city during the day. The
train this morning sruck an automobile
in which Albert Cheek, negro, of
Whitaker, N. C., was riding and killed
the negro, but his body was not
mutilated and it is therefore the opinion
of railroad officials that he must
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that the other occupant was also kill!
ed and his body probably ground to
j pieces under the wheels.
Converted.
Ted?When did that sensational
minister stop preaching against Sunday
golf?
Xed?About the time he began
playing the game himself.?New
York Sun.
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INSURANCE PAID IN 1920.
Total of $84,000 Distributed in Bamberg
by Life Insurance Go's.
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During the year of 1020 "life insurance
payments in Bamberg amounted
to $S4,000, according to the annual
review in the Insurance Press, published
at New York. The largest claim
in the state was that of a Charleston
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lan, toe laie jonn .ucamsiei,
The next largest was that of the late
Frank C. Bryant, of Orangeburg,
$30,500.
The Insurance Press gives these as
the largest insurance claims in South
Carolina:
Anderson?Daniel A. Ledbetter,
$25,000.
Blacksburg?Marvin H. Morrow,
$25,100.
Charleston?John McAlister, $51,000;
Julius D. Koster, $21,372;
Thomas T. Bolger, $11,000.
Clinton?William C. Bailey, $13,000.
Columbia?David a. cnnas, $1*,000.
Fairfax?John E. Young, $10,000.
Greenville ? George J. Douglass.
$19,000; Charles S. Webb, $10,000.
Greenwood?Abraham Rosenberg,
$17,015.
Meggett?John K. 'Johnson, $10,000.
Newberry ? Robert McHolmes,
$12,500.
Orangeburg ? Frank C. Bryaitf,
$30,500.
Parksville ? William R. Parks,
$11,000.
Pierre?Jerome C. Eager, $10,000.
Rock Hill?Palmer S. Shuler,
$11,000.
Seneca?Ludia M. Coleman, $10,075.
Spartanburg, James W. Allen,
$29,500; George N. Bunch, $19,542.
Strawberry?William S. Parker,
$13,044.
Sumter?John R. Clark,1 Jr., $20,,
000; William H. Shaw, $10,000.
Beaufort ? George Waterhouse,
$12,000.
By totals the claims in the South
Carolina towns were:
I' Charleston, $399,000; Columbia,
'$270,000; Spartanburg, $206,000;
Anderson, $117,000; Greenville, $88,000;
Bamberg, $84,000; Sumter,
$84,000; Orangeburg, $74,000; Manning,
$68,000; Greenwood, $64,000;
Newberry, &62,000; Darlington, $53,000;
Clinton, $43,000; Ailifen, -$40,000.
Florence, $37,000; Blacksburg,
$36,000; Cameron, $33,000; Rock
Hill, $33,000; Woodruff, $33,444;
Seneca, $29,900; Laurens, $28,000;
Beaufort, $26,000; St. Matthews,
$24,000; Chester, $23,000; St.
George, $23,000; Timmonsville, $23,000;
Fairfax, $22,000; Alcolu, $19,000;
Parksville, $19,000; Strawberry
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i ton, $17,000; Young's Island, $17,000.
Lamar, $16,000-; Leesville, $16,000;
Ridgeville, $16,000; St Paul,
$16,000; Bishopville, $15,0( , Ehrhardt,
$15,000; Meggett, $15,000;
Pierre, $15,00.0; Union, $15,000;
Cowpens, $11,000; Iva, $11,000;
Lake City, $11,000; Ridgeway, $11,000;
Smoaks, $11,000; Starr, ?11,000;
Walterboro, $11,000; Hartford,
$10,000; James Island, $10,000.
FATHER AND SON DRAW TERM.
Two Year Sentence for Greenville
# county f armers.
Greenville, Aug. 27.?Walter Bow- h
ers and his son, Carl, convicted Friday
of manslaughter with recommendation
to mercy in connection with
the death of Andy Wells, were both
sentenced to serve two years at hard
labor in the state penitentiary by
Judge R. W. Memminger, following
abandonment of their motion for a
new trial in the court of general ses
sions here this morning. Notice of an
appeal to the state supreme court
was served at noon by Cothran &
Wyche, attorneys for the defense
soon after sentence was passed.
Bond for the two men was fixed at
$2,500 each and they were released
pending the hearing of their appeal.
Carl Bowers was. accused of having
inflicted wounds on Andy Wells
in a garage at Travelers Rest May
7, last.' Wells died two days later.
The elder Bowers was charged with
I assisting his son in his fight with
Wells. Both are well known farmers
of the Travelers Rest section.
Migrates?
Mrs. Debbins?Yes, we have a wonderful
cook. She's a bird.
Mrs. Stephens?T am afraid T don't
understand you when you say she's a
bird.
Mrs. Debbins?Oh, she has to go:
south every winter.?Houston Post. I
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MONTH OF JULY
BRINGS MUCH RAIN
PRECIPITATION' CAUSES RAPU)
PLANT GROWTH.
Cotton Progresses. j
Shipment of Commercial Melons,
About Over at End of Month.
Boll Weevils Thrives.
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The weather report for the month
of. July as given out by the weather
bureau, is as follows:
Thermal conditions ranged close to
the seasonal average, with no decided
departures. The rainfall was
suDerabundant. on the whole, and
was excessive throughout nearly the
entire coastal plain, while over a
large portion of the Piedmont the
monthly amounts were below normal.
All vegetation improved wonderfully
incident to the rains, which
finally exceeded all needs in the major
portion of the coastal plain, while
crops were in need of rain in the
Piedmont. Excepting late plantings
in the southern sections, the corn
crop was in generally excellent condition,
and all other crops were in
like condition, accordin? to distri
bution of the excessive rains. Tobacco
curing continued throughout
the month, and shipments of commercial
watermelons, cantaloupes,
cucumbers and peaches ended about
the close of the month. Cotton, in
common with other crops, showed
rapid growth, but at the expense of
fruit in many sections where the
plants were,sappy and rather rank;
the first bloom of the season was
picked at Hartsville, Darlington
couni/, Julv 27, and first bolls were
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reported irom L.yKesiana, iticmaiiu
county, August 2, the boll weevil
became a serious menace in the central.
eastern- and southern counties
at the end of the month, the continued
wet weather being especially favorable
for propagation.
Pressure.
The mqnthly mean for the section,
determined from reports of nine regular
weather stations in and surrounding
the section, was 30.04
inches. The^ highest pressure was
30.32 inches at Columbia and Due
West and at Asheville, X. C., on July
25; the lowest pressure was 29.76
inches at Charlotte, X. C., on July
2, and in the section proper, 29.70
inches at Columbia and Greenville
on the same date.
Temperature.
The monthly mean of the section,
determined from reports of 41 stations,
was 19.6 degrees or 0.2 de
grees below normal. The highest!
temperature was 101 degrees at Calhoun
Falls, Abbeville county, July
30. The lowest temperature was 60
degrees at Aiken, Aiken county, July
15 and 17. The temperatures were
nearly uniform, with no marked
warm or cold periods.
Humidity.
The mean relative humidity, determined
from reports of nine regular
weather bureau stations in and
surrounding the section, was as follows:
8 a. -m., 84 degrees, noon, 63
4egrees; 8 p. m.,~7S degrees. The
highest percentage occurred along
the seaboard and the lowest over- the
northern counties. ,
Pi'oni nlfutinn
The average for the section, 52 stations
reporting, was 7.44 inches, or
1.50 inches above normal. Rainfall
occurred in some part of the section
every day of the month, but the
showers were intermittent during
the first and last decades. Precipitation
was badly distributed in area
and amounts, ranging from seven to
over 17 inches throughout the coastal
plain, with decidedly smaller
measurements in the Piedmont, west
of the Broad river, ranging downward
from five to nearly two inches.
The greatest local monthly amount
was 17.17 inches at Georgetown,
Georgetown county: least local
monthly amount, 2.21 inches at Gaston
Shoals, Cherokee county. The
n rvt Aiin^ /I ii ri r\ cr onr OA TimiTVCH
gicaicai auiuuui uuim& n li. j was
7.58 inches at Charleston oni
July 13-14. The average number of!
rainy days was 27 per cent, above
normal. . |
Deaths by lightning?Robert Fulton,
at Charleston, July 11; young
son of Hillary DeLoach, three miles
west of Saluda, July 12; two children
of Mr. and Mrs. David Odom. eight
miles north of Greer, July 14; Ernest
Harswell. at Gaffney, July 17.
Damage by lightning:?Barn and
contents of J. A. Spann, five miles
south of Bamberg. July 11; loss estimated
at $6,000. Dwelling of P. T.
KENNETH GOSSETT
GIVEN NEW TRIAL
SUPREME COURT ORDERS REHEARING
IN CASE.
Hands Down Opinion.
Accused Man Failed to Get Fair
Showing at Special Term
Decision Says.
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Columbia, Aug. 25.?Kenneth Gossett.
convicted of criminally assaulting
a young white woman in Abbeville
county in April, 1920, is given a
new trail by the state supreme court,
the decision reversing the lower court
being handed down here yesterday.
The court remands t^e case back to
the general sessions %ourt of Abbeville
for "proceedings conformable to
law."
Associate Justice Cothran wrote
the opinion and the entire court concurred,
the new trial being granted
on the grounds that Gossett was not
given a fair trial by the special
court. Justice Cothran severely criticises
the statute under which special
courts are called and cites a number
of incidents to show that an accused
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policy of special courts.
The court also severely criticises
the. spirit of mobs and says that
where trials are held under conditions
similar to those obtaining at
the Gossett case it is a "judicial
lynching." The Abbeville court was
called to try the Gossets alone.
The opinion affects a member of
other special courts held recently and
virtually says these courts could not!
give a defendant a fair trial. Several
trials by special courts, it is recalled,
hdve resulted in electrocutions and
"Pink" Griffin is now in the penitentiary
under death sentence by a
verdict of a jurV called together es-!
pecially to try him and the circumstances
are a good deal similar
to the Gossett case. No appeal has
been taken in the Griffin case and
"Feetie" ' Fogle has already been
electrocuted by a special court verdict.
Speaks of Mob Violence.
Speaking of mob violence and the
effect of the public mind in trials
like Gossett's and the section under
which the court was called, Justice
Cothran says: "We are convinced that
the procedure provided for in this
section is a bold concession to the
spirit of mob law; and presents the
spectacle of the law, strong and
mdghty, bowing to the despotism of
the mob, which has been declared-to
be greater than the tyranny of a
despot. It provides a miserable compromise
with lynch law, enabling the |
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law 10 Dargain wua tut; muu iu oia;
its hand and allow the court, under
the form of law, to accomplish what
is equally as reprehensible, a judicial
lynching.
"It is notorious that such bargains
have been made; the angry mob has
been appeased by the promise of a
quick special court to try the offender
^under circumstances that render
his conviction inevitable.
"There can fie no compromise with
the spirit of lynching for any crime;
those who compose such a mob are
Trimmier, at Cottageville, July 11;
iz-vcc ahmit #2 000. Barn and con
tents of Dr. J. T. Massey, at Van '
Wyck, July 11; loss, including 50
bales of cotton, about $15,000.
A destructive hailstorm in Pickens
county, southeast of Easley, seriously
affected about l,0t)0 acres of growing
crops July 11; the hailstorm lasted
about an hour.
Wind.
The prevailing wind was from the
east. The average hourly velocity,
determined from nine anemometer
records, was 6.9 miles. The highest
average was 10.3 miles per hour at
Savannah, Ga., and in the section
proper, 10.1 miles per hour at Charleston;
the lowest average was 3.7
miles per hour at Charlotte, N. C.,
and in the section proper, 6.1 miles
per hour at Columbia. The highest
velocity for any five minute period
I was 43 miles per hour from the
north at Savannah, Ga., July 11, and
j in the section proper,- 3S miles per
hour from the southwest at Due^Vest
on July 9.
Sunshine and Cloudiness.
The average monthly sunshine, determined
from 9 automatic records,
was 256.6 hours, or 5S per cent, of
the possible amount. The average
number of clear days was 9, partly
cloudy, 13, and cloudy, 9, as against
normals of 12, 12 and 7 days, respectively.
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NOT MARRIED IS CHARGE.
Principals Secure Divorce in Another
State, is Claim.
Aiken, August 26.?Wesley Scott
and .Mrs. Lena Seigl^r, of the Rocky
Spring church section, were brought
before .Magistrate William R. Raborn
at the court house this morning under
charge with a statutory offense. A
son of the woman swore out a warrant
and had them both arrested.
Scott was married before and so was
Mrs. Seigler but each of the prisoners
claimed that they had secured divorces
from their respective spouses
and had been married again, in this
state. John F. Williams defended
the couple and Solicitor Gunter appeared
for the state at the preliminary
trial this morning. After the
hearing, which was attended by both
the former wife oX Scott and the former
husband of Mrs. Seigler, Magistrate
Raborn bound over the couple
to the higher court. There is much
speculation here as to the outcome of
the case, many holding that the divorce
granted in Georgia does not perV?
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in South Carolina.
themselves without the' pale of law
and commit a crime not only against
the victim of their vengeance, but
against the majesty of the law. They
are not entitled to recognition as
legitimate parties to a compact. They
trample under their dusty feet the
pandects of our civilization and spit
upon the sacred rights of the individual.
The law ought to be, and is,
strong enough to treat them as criminals."
The Gossett case has attracted considerable
attention for more than a
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year. Two brothers, Kenneth and
John Gossett, were charged with
criminal assault upon two >ouus
white 'women of Abbeville. Feeling
against the men was said to have
been bitter at the time and a special
court was requested by Solicitor
Blackwell. This court was ordered
and held early in April of 1920.
Kenneth Gossett was convicted
with a recommendation to mercy and
sentenced by Judge Sease to serve
40 years in the penitentiary. He is
now in the prison awaiting the action
of the supreme court on his plea
for a new trial.
A large number of exceptions were
made by the attorneys for Gossett,
but the supreme court only considered
the matter of whether or not the
accused had been given a fair trialj
and conclude! that he had not.
Criticises the Statute.
The legality of the court was,
among the exceptions taken and the
high tribunal criticises the statute'
providing for such a court, holding
that the section of the code under
which such courts are called is not
fair to the defendant. At present the
solicitor merely asks for the court
and it is granted, it is pointed out.
Prior to the act of 1900 only the
chief justice or the presiding associate
justice and a circuit judge holding
court in the particular county
could call special courts.
The law now throws to the wind
the sensible and just guarantee offered*
by the former method of procedure,
it is pointed out. It makes no
provision for a showing, a hearing
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or a determination 01 iuc ma<.
public interest, which includes a fair
trial to the defendant, demands a
special court, the opinion adds. The
solicitor has absolute power under
the present act, the court says.
"The defendant is entitled to be
tried in an orderly manner, however
guilty he may be, in a calm judicial
atmosphere," the opinion "says. ,The
nature of the crime, time of trial,
circumstances of the trial and the
public mind are all of gravest concern
to the accuse'd, it is pointed out,
and will have a bearing on the verdict.
"What was the reason for a
special court at Abbeville?"" the
court asks. There was apparently no
crowded docket, as the Gossett case
was the only one tried and this could
have waited until the next court.
"Circumstances of this trial demonstrate
beyond a doubt that Gossett,
under the operations of the section
w? are now considering, was not convicted
by due proces of law and j
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law."
Xo Change of Venue.
A motion for a change of venue;
was denied and the court points out |
that 100 affidavits were offered toj
show that a fair trial could not be1
had; the sheriff had suggested mili-i
tia; the foreman of the grand jury!
made an affidavit saying that the
two Gossetts could not be brought
safely to Abbeville on account of the
sentiment against them. A request
for a continuance was also denied.
"The failure to employ local defense
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SLAYER OF NOAH FRICK PUT TO
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Overpower Officers
Hundreds of Shots Fired Into Body
of Will Allen?Remains
Left Behind.
Chapin, Aug. 24.?Will Allen, nefrn
olirvnt fi too ra /-\ 1 H n-o r* aVir?+ t n . '
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death by a mob of about 150 men two
miles from Chapin at 2 o'clock this
afternoon for the killing of Noah F.
Frick, a highly respected farmer, late
Tuesday. Immediately . ofter Mr.
Frick had been shot, a posse was
formed and searched for Allen begun.
He was known to have gone into a
swamp after the shooting, and all
last night and throughout today until
Allen was found crouching in a
ditch, the search was kept up..
Though armed with a Winchester
rifle, the weapon with which Mr.
Frick was killed, Allen made no effort
to resist the officers. He came
out of the ditch with his hands up.
Heber L. Meetz^ found Allen in a
ditch about ten feet wide and eight
feet deep. The negro was hidden b^
undergrowth. Officers Foy, of Newberry
county, and Rural Policeman , .
Koon, of Richland county took charge
of the prisoner. They were joined
immediately by Sheriff Roof, of Lexington
and several other officers and
private citizens. These were on their
way to their cars in which they intended
to take the negro to the >
penitentiary for safe keeping when
the mob with masks on their faces
took the negro from them. Allen was
led a quarter of a mile away and
killed.
An inquest was conducted later in
the afternoon by Coroner Weed, of
Lexington. The verdict declared that
Allen came to his death from gunshot
wounds at the hands of unknown
parties.
Late today the body of Allen was
still where it feU. Negroes are said
to have declared their intention to
let it remain unmolested.
Hundreds of shots were fired into
Allen's body, the head and chest bein?
largely shot away, while the entire
body is literally shot into a shape- .
less mass.
Allen's rifle was jammed, and but
for this people here believe that
members of the searching party
might have been shot. One cartridge
had been snapped but failed to explode.
The rifle then had refused to
eject the snapped cartridge.
Allen had with him a bag containing
a pone of corn bread and a glass
of jelly. He bore a bad reputation in
the community, even with his own
mpp and is said to have once been
tried for killing another negro.
Coroner Weed this afternoon also
held an inquest for the killing of Mr.
Frick, the verdict of the jury being
that Mr. Frick came to his death from
gunshot wounds at the hands of Will
Allen.
The funeral of Mr. Frick will be
held at Mt. Hebron Lutheran church
Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, conJ
ducted by the Rev. J. M. Senter. In- terment
will be in the church yard.
I ' Deputy Sheriff H. C. Oswald stated
today that the report printed in the
morning papers to the effect that
Allen had remained on the porch of
his.home for several hours after the
shooting yesterday afternoon with
a gun in his hands defying the officers
was incorrect. Mr. Oswald says that
he arrived on the scene in about an
hour after the shooting and that Allen
had already left the house when
he got here. R. W. Eleazer, T. O.
Stoudemire, J. L. Eargle and George
Hiller made the same statement.
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is a striking index to public sentiment
at the trial," Justice Cothran
says.
The fact that ten days' notice is
required by the law for the drawing
of a jury and only five were given
at Abbeville was not allowed to stop
the trial, it is pointed out.* If the
statutory notice had been given
trial could, not have been held at
tv?D ti'mp the court says, "but a
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slight statutory regulation must not
j stand in the way." The condition of
! Abbeville at the time is clearly
shown, Mr. Cothran says, when after
a verdict of not guilty had been
directed as to John Gossett the defendant
had to be slipped out of
town for fear of violence.
In conclusion the court says that
no reflection whatever is meant to
be cast upon Solicitor Blackwell.
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