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"-- 7 *-'fc ' : * ' t I ; . | utte lambcrg Sjrralii I $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. G., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1921., Established in 1891. i.l (OPTIMISM GOVERNOR HARDING'S KEYNOTE RESERVE BANK HEAD MAKES ADDRESS AT CHARLOTTE. Money Situation Improved. In Immediate Future Much Depends on Agricultural Development and Manner of Marketing. I Charlotte, N. C., Sept 22.?Gloomy I forebodings of last winter with re1 spect to the banking situation are no I longer justified and can be dismiss? ed, Governor Harding, of the federal K reserve board, declared in anvaddress here tonight at the Made in Carolinas |K exposition. |H "The banking situation has greatly Improved," Mr. Harding said, "and although the process of readjustment Jhas not been completed evidences are multiplying that the corner, has been turned and that we have passed the most acute stage of the readjustment period." Governor Harding said that in the immediate future much would depend on agricultural developments and the manner in which this year's crops were marketed. "With proper cooperation on the part of merchants and bankers," he said, "those engaged in agriculture have opportunities and ' prospects which were not anticipated a few months ago and it is of vital importance that this cooperation be given." "It should be remembered," Governor Harding continued, "that in order to maintain our production we must push our foreign trade. We can not maintain our foreign trade on the basis of the gold stock of other nations and some mean3 must be devised for extending long time credits abroad or of interesting American investors in foreign properties and securities in order that the ex'' change rate which now runs so heav- . ily against other nations may be corrected. "We must continue to buy from foreign countries those things which they can produce better or more cheaply than we can and exchange commodities with them. If we determine to do business with and for ourselves alone, it seems inevitable that we must reduce our production to meet merely American requirements." The recent advance in the price of rv in r> r\ TV a V rlno tr? flTIV in VUItUJLI TV OtO iu uv TTU; v?uv WW v crease in the loans of federal reserve banks or to any expansion in the currency, Governor Harding declared, but to the operation1 of the inevitable law of supply and demand. Federal reserve notes actually in circulation, he said, were about $500,000,000 less than when cotton reached its lowest point last spring. / Governor Harding spoke at length in explanation of the workings of the federal reserve system, about which 1? ?o o "cnrnrieinp' lack UC SillU Llici c noj a, ? of knowledge." Any belief that there was a preordained contraction of the currency during 1920 to reduce prices is "absolutely unwarranted," he said. "It is not the function of the federal reserve system, or of any banking system to attempt to fix or control prices," the governor continued. "Banks are concerned with prices only in so far as the security of their loans may be involved, and the^ are ' interested mure m mc siauimv ui prices and their margin of collateral than the price level itself. "There was not only no contraction t>f federal reserve note currency during the year 1920 but on the other hand the total volume of federal reserve notes in circulation shows an oimnct ^?nr>tin 11 nnr nnward trend aur axmvuv VVM?*M?ww ?x ing that year, rising from $2,844,000 000 on January 23 to $3,404,000,000 on December 23, a record high mark. Since that time the volume of federal reserve notes in circulation has been greatly reduced until on September 14, 1921, it stood at $2,491,661,000. "The volume of federal reserve notes depends entirely upon the ac tivity of business. They are issued only as need for them develops and as they become redundant in any locality they are returned for credit or for redemption. The increase in volume of federal reserve notes in circulation from 1917 to the end of 1920 was, in so far as it was not the result of direct exchanges for gold and gold certificates, the effect of advancing wages and prices and not their cause. As long as federal reserve notes are redeemable in gold and the required reserves are maintained, it is I | SPLIT OVER GOSSETT. Some Commend Action of Court. Others Condemn Move. Abbeville, Sept. 23.?Many and varied opinions are beard on tbe streets here today relative to the action of the supreme court in Greenville Wednesday in granting bail to Kenneth Gossett, convicted at a special court here in April, 1920, of crima T'/Minff A Khon'llo man > aooauiiiu5 a uuu^ uav j county girl and sentenced to forty j j years in the penitentiary. Some weeks j j ago the supreme court granted Gos-! ! sett a new trial on the ground that | the defendant could not have received | a fair trial in Abbeville at the time the special court was held, due to the ' high feeling that prevailed. | The opinion of the supreme court ordering a new trial was received by Clerk of Court Perrin several weeks ago, and while it has not been published in tato by the local newspapers, mudh discussion of the court's order is constantly heard on the streets. Most of the talk centers on the statements in the document relative to the "tense feeling" that was supposed to have existed, or did exist, at the time of the trial. There are some who have been reported as expressing the opinion that at the time of the trial the temper of the majority of the people had cooled and that there was no danger of mob violence. It is also asserted from various unverified sources that some of ;the people who made affidavit that Gossett could not get a fair trial in Abbeville because of the "tense feeling" had later changed, or itried to change their testimony on the ground that certain facts had been misrepresented to them by the attorneys, who secured their signatures. Some criticism is also expressed to the effect that Judge Cothran, who wrote the opinion, should have confined his remarks to the points of law involved and that he should noit have gone into a discussion of the question of the existence or non-existence of the mob spirit. There are plenty of people in Abbeville,.it is said, who say tha'r at the trial there was not demonstrated any evidence of violent temper or feeling that would have caused the miscarriage of justice. On the other hand, there are many who openly commend the opinion of 'the supreme court justice. They say, repeating the judge's opinion, that the calling of the special trial was a direct concession to the mob spirit. The charge has been made and not denied that the law was not complied with in the act of empaneling the Gossett jury. Sufficient notice was not given of the convening- of court, fen days being required. From the time the clerk of court received the order for the court to the day it convened only seventeen days elapsed, while twenty days is required. It is further asserted that the special court was unnecessary in that the regular term of criminal court was less than two months away. During the habeas corpus proceedings to secure bond for Gossett, one of the defendant's attorneys is quoted as naving said ithat one of the jurors In the trial of the Honea Path man had nearly lost his mind over the decision rendered, and that he went to his pastor and asked ao be prayed for. Xo rumor of this Has been neara in Abbeville. * According to the clerk of court, J. L. Perrin, the new trial ordered for. Gossett will probably' be 'held next February, depending upon Solicitor Blackwell. This is the next regular term of criminal court. Ample Provocation. "Do you confess," we sternly said, "that you overcharged that venerable man scandalously and without mercy?" "Yes!" snarled the proprietor of I the Red Front Grocery in Wayoverbehind. "Gol-ram him, he came in here and began to argy about the league of nations, then switched to the superiority of the weather back to 1887, and from that went to relating the smart things his three year old grandchild says. As I couldn't talk back without losing a customer, I just socked it to him good and proper on his bill, and tried to feel like I was getting even." It Would Help. "No," Mrs. Climber declared, "I cannot possibly remain in this neighborhood. It is entirely too common." "I see," the permanently located next-door housewife agreed. "And you are going to do what you can to help improve it bv moving?" - i difficult to see how there can be any inflation of the currency growing out of the issue of federal reserve notes." i DOUBLE MURDER STIRS ALLENDALE CROWDS IX CHASE AFTER LONG SOUGHT XEGRO. Shot to Death Monday. Memminger Priester Alleged to Have Killed Wife and Sister in Home. I Allendale, Sept. 23-.?Considerable excitement is rife throughout this and adjoining counties as the result of the killing of two negro women near here last night. The crime is alleged to have been committed by Memminger Priester, a negro man, w;ho left this section about four years ago, outwitting a mob . who were searching for him for an alleged murder and assault of a wlAte woman of the Kline section. Priester has not been heard of since the crime until last night, when, it is said, he returned, and, being rebuffed by his wife, killed her and her sister, who was living with her. All last night and throughout the entire day posses have been searching the country, and it is believed that if the negro is caught mob Violence will result. Sheriff Bennett and several deputies are heading the posses and it is thought that if the sheriff apprehends Priester he will be immediately removed to the state penitentiary for safe keeping. Up until late this afternoon no trace had been found of the negro, and it is the opinion of many that he has escaped to the Savannah river swamps and possibly to the Georgia side. Officers of all the adjoining counties have been notified to be on the lookout for Priester. The crime of which he was charged when he escaped from this section nhnnt fmir vears a en was one of the most dastardly ever committed in this state and created great excitement. Several days' search was made for Priester at that time, but he escaped and has not been heard of since until last night. Killed in Qapturing. Allendale, Sept. 27.?Memminger Priester, the negro slayer who has been terrorizing this section since last Thursday night when he killed two and shot a third negro woman, I was killed about six miles from here this afternoon by members of the posse which has been in continual search of him since the time of his latest crime. So ended one of the most exciting man hunts ever experienced in this section, one which l can be compared only to the hunt for Henry Austin, a negro man who killed several white men near here some three years ago. In addition to killing the negroes on Thursday, Priester was wanted here on the| charge of criminal assault and murder of a white woman of this section about lour years ago. When found this afternoon in a neck of woods on the plantation of I Hugh McMillan near Ulmers, Priester fired four times at his pursuers. Members of the posse who were in sight of the negro, thinking it was foolhardy to take any chances in capturing him alive, then opened fire killing the fugitive. One buckshot only from several charges shot at ontorod Viic hndv near the heart and this, according to Dr. Harter, caused death. The doctor further said the negro was suffering from a genuine case of consumption. A Colorful Compliment. a ^oiphrated white Dreacher had been engaged to address the congregation of a little negro church and was being introduced by the very nervous colored pastor. "Sistern an' bredren," he began, "it affords me the extremest pleasuh to introduce de speaker of de evenin.' I wants to explain dat while his skin ain't de same color as de odders heah, I assures you his heart is as black as any of yourn." Consolation. "Good morning. Uncle Clewfoot! How is your rheumatism coming on?" "Po'ly, sah; po'ly?and 'bleeged to yo' sah. for de 'terrygation. But I has de blessed consolation of knowin' a brudder dat's a heap wuss off dan I is. De Lawd has done blessed dat mizzableman wid de skiaticky an' de St. Vital's dance. De one keeps him jumpin', an' de udder nearly kills him when he moves." i TOOTHLESS NEGRO INQUIRY. Scientists Seek More Information of Strange Case. Gaffney, Sept. 24.?The attention of Oliver Oleson, managing editor of the American Journal of Heredity, having been attracted to the strange case of Tom Dawkins, a nagro of this county who had no teeth and who was unable to perspire, Mr. Oleson has writtpn frnm Washington asking that further information be secured about Dawkins and members of his family, explaining that it will be of interest to the medical fraternity all over the world. The Journal's attention to t'he strange local case was attracted when Dawkins, 55 years of age, was found dead on the bank of a stream a few weeks ago. The item was published at that time in various newspapers and Mr. Oleson, writing his communication to a South Carolina newspaper, asserts that there is scientific proof that a race of negroes j once lived in India, tootniess ana unI able to perspire, but that to the best of his knowledge, no such people had ! ever been found in the United States. Following receipt of the letter, a local j newspaper man went to work on the case and he discovers that Da^kins has two sisters, both of whom are toothless as he was, and neither of them is able to perspire. They are described as being splendid farm hands, but the two women are forced, by reason of their inability to obtain relief from heat through perspiration, to take tubs of water with them when they go to work in the fields, and at frequent intervals are forced to immerse themselves in water. This, of course, does not apply when the scene of their activities is near a branch or nitininer ptroom o c r?r<a qblp *("> X cu vuua, av v* - ^ enter it on such occasions. It is presumed that Tom Dawkins, when 'he came to his death, had been almost overcome in the field by the heat and was making his wav to the stream near by to seek relief, when he collapsed on the edge of the creek and was unable to get his body to the water. It is probable that the local case will be more fully investigated and it is considered probable that some medical ^cdy or magazine may see fit to send a representative here to interview the two living members of the family. Those who have known the family of negroes all their-lives say that the parents of the three in. question were perfectly normal in every way. BOYS TO SHARE IX PRIZES. Corn and Pig Club Members to Receive Premiums for Best Exhibits. Columbia, Sept. 28.?Cash- prizes amounting to $160 will be given by the state fair this fall to corn club boys. Prizes amounting to $74 will be awarded to winners among .the corn club boys. Prizes for pig club members are to be distributed as follows': Best brood sow and litter, four pigs or more: Prizes of $20, $15 and A ^ ? ^ ~ ^ v* /4 fVilrrl nri 700 v> O lUT urbt bCtunu u.iiu. lnii u pi respectively. Best gilt from four to 12 mouths old: SI5, $10-and So. Best-boar from four to 12 months old: $15, $10 and $5. Best boar over one year old: $15, $10 and $5. Best sow over one year old: $15, $10 and $5. Nine cash prizes are to be awarded for the best exhibits of ten ears of corn. The prizes are: $10, $9, $8, $7, $6, $5, $4, $2.50 and $1, respecively. Six prizes are .to be awarded for sinele ear exhibits as follows: $6, $5, $4, $3, $2 and $1. Special prizes not included in the above are also to be awarded. They are: For best exhibit of five stalks of prolific corn, white or yellow, with corn on the stalks, $5, by C. D. Kenny company of Columbia. For best exhibit of single ear corn, white or yellow, with corn on stalks, v.tt T T. Ratar nf RprmpttRvillP. i ?P o , uj XJl. A-#. ? V. wvv^. ? Teachers From Denmark. Denmark is well represented among the teachers in various sections. Within the past few days the following have gone from Denmark to take charge of schools: Jasper Sojourner, Richmond academy, Augusta; Miss Genie Fogle, Chester; Miss Pauline Ray, Union; Misses Doris C-oolsbv and Virginia Hutto, Hartsville; Miss Kathleen Fogle, Gaffney; Miss Willie Dell Hutto, Allendale; Miss Cecile Hope, Ninety-Six; Miss Leila Gillam, Estill; Miss Dorothy Hart, Greenwood. THREE DAY SESSION CLOSES IN AIKEN AUSPICES OF HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT. Prizes are Given. Number of Counties Represented in Programme Filled With Activi ty Over Brief Period. Aiken, Sept. 25.?The three day short course, held under the auspices of the home demonstration agents of this district, of which Miss Bessie Harper is the district agent, including Barnwell, Bamberg, Charleston, Calhoun, Colleton, Hampton, Lexing. ton, Orangeburg and Richland counties, came to a close with yesterday's session in Aiken. In the biscuit * ^ ? v... contest, nrst prize was wou uv _vus? Annie Campbell, of Congaree, Richland county. This prize is a trip to the state fair or $10 in cash, given by the State Fair association. Second prize, a Fannie Merritt cook book, given by Miss Bessie Harper, \ district agent, was won by Miss Thelma Hendrix, of Lexington county. Third prize, a box of stationery, was won by little 11 year old Gladys Haskell of Elko, Barnwell county. In the canning exhibit, first prize was won by Miss Genevieve Smith of Lexington county. The prize is $2.0 in cash, and a trip to the state fair, given by the State Fair association. Second prize, $15 in cash, was won bv Miss Ruth Sanford, of Xeeses, Orangeburg county. In the sewing exhibit, first prize, $10 in room furnishings, was won by Miss Winnie Black of Barnwell county. Sec-1 ond place was won by Miss Annie! Lee Gooding, of Crccketville, Hamp-! ton county. Third place went to j Miss Nina Crosby of Blufton, Beaufort county. The judges were Mrs. Dan Crosland and Mrs. S. E. Gyles of Aiken, and Misses Laura Bilev and j Nan Forney of the home demonstration department. . Thursday night a delightful supper was given in honor of the delegates and visitors here, the Aiken orchestra furnishing the music for \ the occasion, which was greatly enjoyed. A short talk was made by j J. B. Salley, speaking for the Aiken! Business league of which he is pres-j ident, and Mrs. Walter Duncan spoke? on behalf of the women of Aiken! ; county. These talks were responded; to by Miss Alston of the home demonstration department, with headquarters at Charleston. Representative James F. Byrnes was present and made a short talk. A number of songs and yells had been arranged by the club girls, which^were given in appreciation of the delightful manner in which they had been entertained during their stay in Aiken. Very much enjoyed also was che automobile ride over the town and! surrounding country Thursday af- j ternoon, in which all of the club girls partook as the guests of the ladies of Aiken. Friday afternoon and last night swimming parties were enjoyed at the Outing club, five miles from Aiken, where punch and sand wiches were served by a number of the ladies of Aiken. Dr. Franz Lung and F. Iv. Warner of the United States department of agriculture took prominent parts in the programme, instructing in the proper home curing of meats, their demonstrations being unusual * and very profitable. The following county agents, besides club girls competing in biscuit making, who were present, were: " " ' m?1 - ? - C A Uam/IOIA* \TICC MISS KirDy lyiex", OX aucuuaic, 4UiOO I Jane Varn, of Bamberg; Miss Sallie Hamilton, Beaufort; Miss Katherine Farrell, St. Matthews; Miss Caroline Alston, Charleston; Miss Julia Stebbins, Walterboro; Miss Izora Miley, Hampton; Miss Annie Caughman, Lexington; Miss Cora Lee Coleman, Orangeburg; Miss Catherine Chappell, Columbia; Miss Christine Smith, state agent, Rock Hill; Miss Elizabeth Forney, dairy specialist; Miss Tola Snvder. food specialist; Miss Eula Atkinson, poultry specialist,-, and Mrs. Annie J. Campbell, specialist in household management, were speakers on the programme. The club girls attending the short course were entertained while here in the homes of Aiken people. On the whole it has proven a very helpful meeting, both to the agents and to the people of the town, as well 1 as to the club girls. Have you seen that 25c box paper at Herald Book Store, all colors. ( COPE SCHOOL COMMENCES WORK Reception Tendered Faculty By / School Imp. Asso. ? Cope, Sept. 26.?At the opening exercises of the Cope graded school held in the Baptist church Monday morning the attendance was the larg est in the history of the school. . The church was filled with pupils, numering 112, patrons, teachers and visitors. The faculty consists of Profs. John P. Cartrette and W. Hal King, of Conway; Miss Gladys M. Skinner, of Bishopville, and Mesdamds C. S. Gibson and C. S. Henery, of Cope. This factulty is considered an able one and has had considerable experience. Much success is expected to attend this session of thfe school. One of the most brilliant affairs in SB Cope in a long time was the reception given by the Rural School Improve ment association to the faculty of the Cope graded school at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Felder Tuesday afternoon. The guests were met at the door by Mesdames L. E. Spann and J. H. Clark, and taken to the punch bowl, presided over by Misses Emma Ritter and Hattie Sue Brab ham. From there they were escorted to the receivii.g line composed of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Cope, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Ritter, Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Valentine, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Felder, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Henery, Miss Gladys Skinner, Profs. John P. Cartrette and Hal. W. King. . ' Mesdames R. C. Carter and Winfield Clark invited the guests in the dining room, where Mesdames J. H. McMillan, R. K. Henery, W. O Tatum and T. D. Antley served chem with delicious brick cream and angel food cake. The color scheme throughout was yellow and white. As the guests passed from the dinTng room they were presented with bows o? yellow and white'ribbon as favors by Mrs. J. Fischer Cleckley. After an hour spent in pleasant conversation the guests departed, expressing themselves as having spent a most enjoyable afternoon. MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT. . i Hayes and Wilson Convicted of KillPomor in Andprson. lug - Anderson, Sept. 23.?Walter I* ; ^ Hayes, wealthy Anderson county ;merchant, and his brother in law, Ed. Wilson, were sentenced here today to .serve a 15-year term in the state penitentiary at Columbia on conviction of manslaughter for the killing * T;? of T. F. Ramey near here last July. George Wilson, father of Ed. Wilson, and Allen Emerson, the other two defendants, were sentenced to pay fine? of $100 each and to serve 30 days on the county chain gang, the jury having found them guilty of carrying concealed weapons. The jury rendered its verdict after 23 hours of deliberation. Allen Emerson and George Wilson ? had previously been convicted or Kill- 7? ings and were serving life terras when paroled by the governor in 1912. The . ' present charges grew out of a fight at Ramey's home, the state contending the defendants tried to beat up Ramey over an old quarrel and that they asserting they went to his home to make peace and he started a quar- , rel. r ^8 In sentencing Hayes and Wilson, .Turtle Moore told them that the jury . ;| had rendered a verdict that showed a merciful attitude, and had given them the benefit of every reasonable dought. "This sentence, as well as being a punishment for the crime committed, is a warning and deterrent to others of this county and state," said Judge Moore. The state \ penitentiary was designated as the , f x place of connnemem. Docked Him. A stranger in New York gazed at the magnificent hotel. "A remarkable building," he commented. "Waal, yes; and I may say, sir, that I helped to/ build it," said the guide. "One day, while working about 500 feet up, I slipped. Even now I can hear the shrieks of the j people below, I thought my last hour had come, when my trousers caught .] in a friendly nail. The position was . 3 dangerous, and it was an hour before I was rescued, , M "When pay day came along I found that my money was short, so I went tn the cashier. 'See here,' I said, 'my pay's short this week. How's j :hat?' 'Oh.' he replied, 'they've dock- ! V-* ed you for the time you were hanging on the nail.' " -J Renew your subscription today. ,1 V .. f ' '"fiVifSM