Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'if * * * T ' T . ^ I ' 1' v Hambcrg lijmlb V $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1921. Established in 1891. (CROP ESTIMATE AT LOW FIGURE PLACED AT SIX AND ONE-HALF MILLION BALES. Nearly Half Ginned. \ Condition in South Carolina Placed at Forty Per Cent, of . Normal. J " ' f 1 '??- ; Washington, Oct. 3.?Further deol*nrv ^ n iV A m mm' m IvjJMS3 iu tiitj cuuuiuon 01 cotton during September resulted in tbe reduction of 500,000 bales in tbe forecast of production, issued today by tbe department of agriculture, wbich places tbe .total .crop at 6,537,000 equivalent 500 pound bales. ' Tbe condition of tbe crop September 25 was estimated to be 42.2 per cent, of normal, indicating a yield of 118 pounds per acre. Tbe forecast of production, in equivalent 500 pound bales, and tbe condition of tbe crop on September 25. in percentage of normal by states, follows: Virginia: Forecast. 10.000. and condition, 53. North Carolina: 489,000 and 54. South Carolina: 644,000 and 40. Georgia: 722,000 and 33. Florida: 16,000 and 50. Alabama: 468,000 and 46. Mississippi: 646,000 and 48. Louisiana: 245,000 and 41. 1 Texas: 1,863,000 and 38. Arkansas: 677,000 and 53. Tennessee: 217,000 and 62. Missouri* 48 AAA and 7 A Oklahoma: 405,000 and 38. California: 68,000 and 73. Arizona: 45,000 and 81. All other states: 7,000 and 83. Forecast, of Lower California's production was placed at 31,000 bales, included in California's total, but ex-, eluded from United States total. Cotton ginned prior to September 25 amounted to 2,007,950 running bales, including 69,319 round bales, counted as half bales. 2.376 bales of American-Egyptian and 229 bales of sea island, the census bureau announced today. To September 25 last year ginnings were 2,249,606 bales, including 75,026 round bales, 3,365 bales of American-Egyptian and 37 bales of sea island. ' Ginning by states this year to September 25-follow: Alabama, 229,927; Arizona, 2,970; Arkansas, 152,050; California, 1,182; Florida, 3,567; Georgia, 391,756; Louisiana, 100,851; Mississippi, 251,_ 001; Missouri, 14,376; North Carolina. 141.757; Oklahoma, 139,405; South Carolina, 215,290; Tennessee, - ' 42,130; Texas, 1,220,281; Virginia, 1,051; all other states, 354. POPULATION DECREASES. y > Fewer People in Palestine Than in Time of Christ. There are now barely 700,000 people in all Palestine, a population much less than that of Galilee alone in the time of Christ, says Sir Herbert Sam uel, the British high commissioner there, in a report just made public. Ten thousand immigrants arrived in . Palestine in the seven months between September, 1920, and May, 1921, he reports. I Sir Samuel attributes the scarcity I of the population to lack of develop| ment. | The official condition of Eastern 1 and Central Europe, and internal difficulties within the Zionist organ ization of the United States, says the B rftnnrt have nrevented the Zionist W movement from providing, as yet, any B large sums for enterprises of develop L ment or colonization. As a consequence, while there has been much pressure to admit Jewish immigrants, SB there had been little expansion in the ^B opportunities of employment, he deHk clared. B^L The water supply for Jerusalem having been found to be insufficient, [^^HBthe government is bringing into use ^^^Bome ancient reservoirs of vast capacname^ the pools of Solomon, but HHH9BI unknown date, possible Herodian, eight miles away. HRBKrhe garrison of the country has reduced to 5,000 combatant ^^^^^Hops, imposing a charge of 2,250, B^B)0 francs on the British exchequer, at the rate of 500 francs for every BHH^Bghting man. ^^B^V We have on hand 1,000 tablets, jBKR 40 sheets good paper, for 45c dozen, WBm at Herald Book Store. 2ND MISTRIAL IX GOSNELL CASE. Pickens Jury Fails to Agree on Verdict?To Be Tried Again. Pickens, Sept. 30.?A jury that deliberated 24 hours and 30 minutes failed here today to agree upon the innocence or guilt of Jake Gosnell, charged with the murder of former snerilt Jbienarix Jttector, 01 ureenvine county and for the second time the case resulted in a mistrial. Judge R. Withers Memminger, of Charleston, ordered a mistrial in the case at 2:55 o'clock this afternoon after Foreman Bagwell informed him that an agreement was impossible. On motion of James J. Carey, Jr., of counsel for the defense, bond fixed at $5,000 by Judge Memminger was granted to Gosnell and the defendant was released from custody. Solicitor David W. Smoak said immediately after the trial had ended that Gosnell would be tried again. He was unable to announce whether his case would be called or not at the next term of the court of general sessions in Pickens county, which convenes in February. Gosnell's bondsmen are: L. C. Thornley, W. H. Collins amdj R. E. Bruce. Jake Gosnell, federal prohibition enforcement agent, shot and killed Sheriff Hendrix Rector in. Briscoe's garage in Greenville July 4, 1919. His case was called for trial at the August term of the court of general sessions in Greenville county but was transferred to the United States court upon motion of the defense. Shortly afterward Judge H. H. Watkins remanded it to the court of general sessions and after being continued through several terms it came up for trial in May, 1920, and resulted in a mistrial after the case had consumed seven days. Gosnell was released on $4,000 bond at the conclusion of the trial. On the ground that Carlos Rector, brother of Sheriff Hendrix Rector, had been elected sheriff of the county, defense counsel requested a change of venue and the case was ordered tried in Pickens county. In addressing the jury after it came out to report that agreement was impossible, Judge Meminger declared to the jurors that they had failed in the j performance of their duty in not j reaching a verdict and also that they ( had failed in discharging the obligation of Pickens county to Greenville coumy ana tne state. CUTS HIS WIFE'S THROAT. I Easley Man Uses Razor With Fatal Result on Spouse. A shocking crime was committed at Easley at 10:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, when Ross Powell entered the spinning room of the Glenwood cotton mill and without warning drew a razor and slashed the throat of his 18 year old wife almost severing the from the hndv. Powell then fled from the mill and made his way to | the city hall, where he surrendered j to the authorities. Fearing violence,! he was then rushed away by the officers to prevent further trouble. Powell and his wife had been living at the Brandon mill in Greenville. On account of domestic troubles she left I him Saturday and returned to her mother's home here and secured work in the Glenwood mill. Powell followed her this morning. When asked why he committed the crime Powell stated to officers that when his wife refused to live with him he decided to kill her and take the consequences. He is 21 years of age. They had been married two years. Powell - - a _ JI j "u is originally rrom Anaersun ami mo wife was a native of Pickens county. m imt m "DUD" CAUSES EXPLOSION. Thirteen Killed by Old Shell From Battlefield. Udine, Italy, Oct. 2.?Thirteen men were killed and many injured today when an explosion occurred in 4, plant making fertilizer from old shells brought from the battlefields. The dud, which was the cause of the explosion, set off a number of other shells. Only Time Was Lacking. ? - *? ? i j i. ! Mrs. Jones tnc it sne wouiu trj j the effect of a lit CI e praise on lier i new maid. "How nicely you have j ironed these things, Jane," she said admiringly, as she inspected t"he garments hanging before the fire to air. Then glancing at the glossy linen she continued, in a tone of surprise: "Oh, I see; they are all your own!" "Yes," replied Jane, "and I'd do' yours like that if I had time, ma'am." j : . ' f So-Called "Joint 1 Reality, Says Editor The Herald: I Having read so many interesting "snake stories" in your paper, I feel inspired to relate an experience I had with a snake. Some time ago?perhaps last year,?I remember reading in The State about Prof. A. C. Moore, of the department of biology, recently coming in possession of two "joint snakes," and his description of this reptile was especially interesting to me, owing to the experience I had i just before his article appeared. Prof. Moore also wanted to know where j any more joint snakes are seen, as j they are becoming almost extinct in South Carolina. I was visiting relatives in Charleston, last spring one year ago, and my j niece was giving an Easter egg hunt for her Sunday school class, out at; the famous and beautiful Hampton' Park, and she invited me and my little boy, to participate in the pleas- j ures aiso. Alter a pieasant troiiey ride, we reached our destination, and while the children were playing mer-, rily, mj niece and I hid the eggs care- j fully around the roots of the trees, | embedding them in the green grass., Giving the signal that all was ready ! the jolly crowd proceeded to cearch \ for eggs, while my niece and I found us a s^ing in a sequestered nook, j and seated ourselves to watch the. happy game. All was going well, j when suddenly we heard the shriek, j "Snake! snake, here's a great big i snake," and then they beat a hasty retreat. Of course I was as fright ened as they were, but being the j oldest in the crowd, had to assume a heroic air, and battle with the mon-j ster. The first thing to procure was! a weapon of defense and Hampton Park, with its well .ept grounds, is no good place to find a stick, so regardless of the "rules and regulations," not to mar the beauty of the park, I hastily broke a limb off a tree and proceeded toward the enemy, which the children described as being "slick and shiny and two yards long." > After peering closely around a tree, we finally located it in the green grass?it was very much the color of the grass, in the spring?I gave it HUSBAND RAN; WIFE STARVED.! Sad Story of Life Told by Agent Who ! Has Orphan Child. j Columbia, Sept. 29.?The story of the death from starvation of a white woman in one of the counties in the Southeastern part of the state is described by officials of the state child placing bureau, in describing what is considered one of the most horrible deaths the state has ever recorded. * The woman's husband has deserted her, and surrounded by her six small children, the youngest of whom was eighteen months old, she passed out, found stretched on the floor by neighbors, in a dying condition. j rti?Annor i at: nuauauu waa a. auaic n i He lost money on his cotton, and rather than stay and work for his wife and babies he left home, leaving his family to fight alone. The mother was too proud to accept help from her white neighbors, according to officials of the child placing bureau, but did take a few crumbs from the colored people of her community. But this was not enough to sustain life, and her life went out like the light on an oilless lamp. Miss Claire Kearse, the child placing agent, returned to Columbia yesterday, after visiting the motherless home and burying the body of the dead woman, and with her she brought three of the children who are pitifully emaciated from their battle against hunger. Miss Kearse is now seeking homes for these little ones. One is five, another three and the smallest eighteen months. The neighbor who found the mother stretched on the floor of the death house, took care of the babies until the states agent arrived, and in that neighborly home the three oldest chil-1 dren are still cared for. j Bone and Iron. ' i "Better keep your head inside the j window!" warned the brakeman. "I kin look out the winder if I want to!" the f^osh youth responded with a wink at his companions. "So you can," answered the brake-j man. "But if you damage any of the ironwork of the bridges you'll have to pay for it." )nake" a Blackville Writer one hard whack with my stick, and it flew into three pieces, the places where it unjointed, looking as smooth as glass it seemed to me. However, I was so frightened at such an unexpected occurrence, my vision may have been blurred. Our little crowd scattered far and wide, and having always had the tradition handed down to us, that the unjointed sections had the power to reunite, we were afraid to venture back, for fear it would be together again, and probably have given a "signal" in "snake language" for its mate, kindred and friends to come and help it to "destroy its enemies." We paid several visits to Hampton Park after that, but some how the idea that the "reunited joints" of that snake were lurking around somewhere to attack me, kept me from enjoying my visits. So after returning home, I wondered about the snake a good deal, and wished .1 knew what became of it, So it wasn't long before Prof. Moore's 'interesting article appeared, ] and I regretted killing that one in Hampton Park. Wish so much I had captured it alive, and carried it to the museum, as a curiosity. For a curiosity it was to me, when it so suddenly "unjointed" when I struck it. The joint snake is not a snake at all, but a smooth, legless snake-like lizzard, about two feet long. It is immediately distinguished from true snakes by having eye lids and ex ternal ear openings. In common with many lizards, it can part with its tail, in an emergency, and grow a new, but much shorter one afterwards, giving rise to many erroneous notions as to its being able to reunite its separated parts. The "glass snake" it is called in Winston's Accumulative Encyclopedia, and the description is thus: "A lizard, genus Ophiosaurus, in: fohm resembling a serpent, and i reachinug a length of three feet. The joints of the tail are not connected by caudel muscles, hence it is extremely brittle ,and one or more of the joints break when the animal is even slightly irritated." L. H. H. Elackville, S. C. FLAMES DESTROY MUCH COTTON, j Six Hundred Bales Burned in St.! ' George Warehouse. St. George, Oct. 2.?The largest cotton warehouse located here was completely destroyed by fire Friday night about 9 o'clock. The origin of the fire is unknown, but wnen discovered the entire building was enveloped in flames. There were over 600 bales of cotton lost by the fire. The warehouse was located between the Gulf Refining Oil station and the Bryant & Son's oil station ^ J.; i A ~ C J 4-V.n* ana at one time it was lcaicu mat these would catch and do considerable damage, but by the good work of volunteer fire fighters the building and tanks were saved. The heavy rain several hours before the fire no doubt saved nearby buildings from catching, as the fire made considerable sparks from burning cotton. , The largest number of bales were owned by the three banks. The warehouse was under state warehouse system and insurance was carried by them. GIRL ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Shotgun is Discharged During Clean" ing Process. Columbia, Oct. 1?Minnie Tobias, twenty-two-year-old white woman, was instantly killed at Olympia village this afternoon by the accidental discharge of a shotgun which her brother, Andrew, was cleaning after returning home from a hunt. The girl's head was almost torn completely away. Miss Tobias same here from Manning four weeks ago to visit her brother. She is survived by her par-1 ents besides brothers and sisters. The I in mi est will be held tomorrow after-I noon. "Did you get that chap's number j who was driving so fast?" asked one special officer of another. "No, I couldn't see anything but a streak," was the reply. "That was certainly a fine looking woman in the car with him wasn't it?" asked Number One. "Wasn't she, though?" answered Number Two. "I spotted her all right, trust me." CALLS ON COOPER. | Paper Asking for Clemency for Man Under Death Sentence. Columbia, Oct. 4.?J. S. Fox, of | Stanley Creek, N. C., father of C. O. Fox, who is under sentence of death at the state penitentiary for the murder of William Brazell, called upon Governor Cooper at his office yesterI day morning and presented in person a letter to the governor in which petition was made for the exercise of clemency in Fox's case, the prayer being that the death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment. The letter set forth that Fox, along with Kirby and Gappins, was convicted September 12 of the murder of Brazell, taxi driver, and was sentenced die (V>tnher 21 The Question was raised in the letter as to whether or not the court of general sessions could try the three defendants for the reason that the records of the clerk "fail to disclose the fact that the grand jury which brought in the bill was duly sworn." If it be decided that such was the case, the letter says, the conviction of the three would be illegal. But Fox, it is set forth, owing to his failure to serve notice of an appeal would not secure the benefit of any new trial that might be ordered. It was also set forth In the letter that Fox's relatives lived in North Carolina and hence were not familiar with the laws of South Carolina. Fox's mother died when he was v- - -i r tn H.DOUL tuxt;e y Ceils uiu, avkui mug ivs a statement Fox made recently, but his stepmother is living. She was said to be in Columbia yesterday also, but she did not call on the governor with Mr. Fbx when he presented his request for clemency for 'his son. f 'Mr. Fox, and his son, J. A. Fox, after remaining in the governor's office a short time went to the state penitentiary and visited C. O. Fox in the death house. The party remained but a short time, leaving later in the day for North Carolina. In addition to the letter from the father of Fox, several petitions, signed by many people living in Stanley Creek, N. C., and other parts of that state, were left with the governor. These letters petition the governor to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. As is generally known, both Gappins and Kirby have given notices of appeal to the supreme court and these appeals serve to stay automatically the execution of the death sentence upon them. The three were sentenced to die in the electric chair October 21, but two have procured longer leases on life by giving notices of appeal. RADIUM FOR CANCER. I Reports Show That Treatment is Making Better Progress. | Stimulated by the recent visit to the United States of Mme. Curie, its discoverer, scientists in this country are making new progress in treating ; cancer with radium accoding to R. H. ' - - * TT Q R?_ [ Moore, cmei cucuiiai, ui v>. w. ? _ I reau of Mines. | The highly scientific treatment of disease hy the use of radium, howev' er, Mr. Moore says, is successful only when applied with the greatest skill. "All cancer cannot be so cured, and it requires a skilled surgeon who thoroughly understands the proper dosage in order to get favorable results," Mr. Moore states. "At the present time the United States produces more radium than all the rest of the world together. - " ii? "From the beginning 01 me muuo- | try in 1913 to January, 1921, approximately 115 grams of radium element have been produced in this country. Probably not more than 40 grams have been recovered from the foreign ores since the discovery of radium by Mme. Curie. Mr. Moore said that most of the domestic production of radium is from mines in Colorado. SXAKE BITES AUTO TIRE. Colorado Red Racer Killed by Mai chine's Mechanism. I I ? ~ ' '"'-i 1 T TS WQ(o. FueDiO, LOIO., UCL. x. o. I I gerber, a telegraph operator, while touring the country in an automobile ! recently, had an exciting experience ! with a red snake. The snake, which was five and a half feet long, crawled under the car after having bitten into the tire. The car was stopped but no trace of the snake could be found. Eventually, it was discovered in the battery box, only to be lost again in the mechanism of the machine. When finally located in the dust pan it was killed. f ? ' / OVER SIX MILLIONS NOW UNDER ARMS OTHER MILLIONS READY AS RESERVES FOR INSTANT SERVICE. \ . Figures for Conference. United States Stands Alone Amonjg Victors in Recent World War if 38 As Having Demobilized. V ??? Washington, Oct. 2.?Active armies of the 14 most important nations of the world today include approxi- ' mately 6,000,000 men, according to figures obtained'here and regarded as . reasonably correct. With the inclusion of land armaments In the agenda of the forthcoming conference on limitation of armaments, these are the *->Ki figures with which it is expected the assembled delegates will have to deal. Wbilft f!hina.stands first amnne th? / . , >jpji nations in this summary of soldiers actually under arms about September i, last being credited with 1,370,000 active troops, France is far ahead among nations not distressed by civil strife, in the number of men with the colors. The French strength is placed at 1,034,000 men, the British Empire standing next with 740,500 and Germany la3t. with 100,000. The United States stands 13th with 149,000 men in the regular army, exceeding Germany, while Italy has 150,000 and Japan 300,000 active troops. Figures for other powers include: Russia, 588,000; Poland, 450,000; Greece, 255,000; Spain, 253,000; Switzerland, 170,000; Turkey, 152,000; Czecho-Slovakia, 150,000. To Consider Reserves. In considering problems connected with attempted reduction of armea forces ashore, it is to be assumed, however, that the Washington conferees will of necessity take into consideration many other factors than the forces actually under arms in computing the army strength of any nation for purposes of s discussion. Reserve systems, the extent -to whicli reserves have been organized for quick mobilization and the degree of training they have received all would be reviewed by technical experts. In many countries some form of universal military service obligation rests | upon the entire male poplation. J a- j : pan, Italy, France, Greece, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Switzerland and Spain all have in force such laws, while among British colonies, South Africa, New Zeland and Australia have similar enactments. By these factors the relative figures take on an even wider discrepancy than when national army strength is viewed from the standpoint of active armies alone. France, for instance, is estimated to have beyond her million men in arms, 4,270,000 reservists, the majority of them highly trained as a result of war experience and the whole body included in a highly organized reserve system that will keep the nation's trained fighting personnel at that point. Italy's 350, 000 fighting troops are backed by 4,327,000 reserves in an equal state of preparedness and Japan's 300,000 by another army of 1,845,000 trained and equipped to take the field on short notice. Guard Only Auxiliary. The United States has at present nothing in the way of organized reserves behind the regular army except the national guard, the movement for organization of a voluntary reserve having just been "tartel. - Still another angle or rne arm/ reduction problem which may com& up at the conference is the proportion of active and organized reserve personnel to the man power of the nation and available number of males of fighting age in the population. In France, Italy and some other countries, virtually every male fit for army service already either is in the active army or has a definite place in the organized and trained reserve. J One thing clearly established by these army figures military experts say, was that the United States alone , among the victor nations in the war * seems to have completely demobilized. The regular army today is little stronger in numbers than it was before the mobilization in 1917. The national guard, due to reorganization after the war, is actually weaker. Ev^ Thus. . 'Tse dat onlucky," said Mose, "dat ef I wuz ter wake up settin' in de middle er a patch er ripe watermelluns, I'd have so' th'oat."