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(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
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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
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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
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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
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| 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?"
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difficult to see how there can be any
inflation of the currency growing out
of the issue of federal reserve notes."
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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.
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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."
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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
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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,
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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
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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,
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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
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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!
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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:
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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.
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COPE SCHOOL COMMENCES WORK
Reception Tendered Faculty By /
School Imp. Asso.
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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.
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- 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
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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.
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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
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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- !
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ed you for the time you were hanging
on the nail.' " -J
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