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31}? $amb?rg ??rali> | ???? ?? ??????? .... . . - ? ? - m gS $2.00 Per Year in Advance. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1921. Established in 1891. Ill 1 ANNULLED STRIKE j L ORDER THURSDAY f .leaders of union call off SCHEDULED WALKOUT. r . ? BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. F , Ateion TakerK Because of Growing 1 Public Opinion That Strike Would r Be Against Labor Board. | * 1 J Chicago, Oct. 27.?The rail strike scheduled for October 30 was averted 1 tonight when leaders of the switchi men, trainmen, conductors, engineers I and firemen at a joint meeting adoptI ed a resolution withdrawing author dzation of a walkout and officials of ft the. railroad telegraphers' organiza tions announced they would take 2 similar action. Thaee'were the only unions which had authorized a strike. The vote calling off the strike was unanimous by organizations, W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhoo<^of * iRailroad Trainmen, announced. The official wording of the resolution adopted was that "the strike be declared not effective." The vote in the indvidual unions was unusually close, however, the! firemen particularly holding lengthy arguments before agreeing to cancellation of the strike order, the labor k chieftains said. In some of the; j|\ groups the ballot was described as' "the closest in histor^ on a similar ! * question." ?.11 of the differences were ironed out by the different unions, however^ and the final show -down! found all of them casting their ballots for "no strike." * Had Little Chance. L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, said that the unions had decided to eall off : the strike because of "the growing public opiifton that the strike would / he against the labor board, conse-1 | quently the government, and not against the roads. 'fit was evident also that the entire I Washington administration was opposed to us and that we had little chance of gaining out objectives," v said Mr. Sheppard. ' * "We called this strike to gain cer? tain rights to which our men were f entitled," Mr. Sheppard told the As| * sociated Press. "It soon became evident, however, that the roads were succeeding in their misleading propaganda to the effect that we really would be striking against the governjv inent. This railroad propaganda f found its way to the United Statesrailroad labor board. This governmental agency told us that it would look on a strike as against it and the government and not against the roads, and that the full force of the government would be brought to bear against us if we walked out. Under such circumstances there was no.th* ing to do but annul our orders for the October 30 walkout." I "Strike is Off, Boys/' The first announcement of the executives' action was made by Mr. Lee. Rushing to the floor below the hotel meeting room where dozens of newspaper reporters were congregated, he smilingly shouted: ."The strike is off, boys, but I've only got one copy of the resolution and I'll show that to you tomorrow." All of .the union men were smiling as they came out and many of them jocularly pushed and shoved each other down the stairs. To all queries most of them merely replied: "It's all settled. See you tomorr row." B The code message calling off the! 3B strike, arranged in advance, will be B sent out tomorrow morning, the union KB heads said. a code word will be sent to each general chairman of the unions and he will in return forward ffiK the orders to each of the subordinate Sjj^B officials under him. bH negro to 'die Tv chair. n^BBury Convicts Tillman Choice on 9HH Criminal Assanlt Charge. ^^^^Bipartanburg, Oct. 27.?Tillman BBB^^Bice, a negro, was sentenced here H^B^Br to be electrocuted after the jury jKKBBB^ed a verdict of guilty of the of criminal assault. No date |^B^BB^Bcution was set. The crime was upon a white woman at near here, on October 4. The flH^B^B^Kwas on the stand and the woHHHHBH^ntified the negro as her asuHH^HLtically 1,000 men are lost each BB^HHVby discharge from the United gifiMa|fiBys navy. I > COTTON GINNING IS FAR ADVANCED LARGE PROPORTION OP CROP ALREADY IX. REPORT OF BUREAU. m Figures ^Lccompanied by Paragraph Giving Suggestion From Departmeht of Agricutlure. Washington, Oct. 25.?Cotton of i this year's growth ginned prior to October 18 amounted to 5,477,397 bales, exclusive of linters, corftpared with 5,754,582 bales last year and 4,929,104 bales in 1919 o that date, the census bureau announced today. Round bales included* numbered 99,371, compared with 240,099 last year; American-Egyptian included numbered 7,498 bales, compared with 14,312 last year, and sea island included numbered 1,204 bales, compared with 334 last year. The ginning report included a paragraph stating: "The department of agriculture on October 3, 1921, estimated fhat the condition of the cotton crop on September 25 was 42.2 per cent, of a normal, the lowest condition ever reported, which forecasts a total production of about 6,537,000 bales of 500 pounds gross. Reports indicate that a large proportion of the crop has been ginned." The heaviest ginning on record, prior to this year, was ithat of 1916 when 7,303,183 bales, or 64.3 per cent, of the crop, were ginned prior to October 18. The next largest ginning to that date was in 1918 when 6,811,351 bales, of 57.2 per cent, of the crop were ginned. Grinning by states follow: Alabama, 426,152; Arizona, 8,567; Arkansas, 448,484; California, 4,012" Florida, 3,127; Georgia, 637,120; Louisiana, 195,11;*; Mississippi, 512,007; Missouri, ^40,333; North Carolina, 444,964; Oklahoma, 347,140; South Carolina, 494,261; Tennessee, 158,660; Texas, 1,740,766; Virginia, 7,505; all other states, 3,079. HACHETTE FOUND GUILTY. Chain Gang Guard Found Guilty of Assault and Battery. Spartanburg, Oct. 29.?Tom Hachette was found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and Lee Porter was acquitted in a verdict returned late tonight in -the case of Tom Hachette and Lee Porter, former county chain gang guards, charged with murder in connection with the death of Thomas M. Keelan, of Elizabeth, N. J., a convict whippfed by Hachette while in command of a chain gang at work near Glenn Springs last August. Sentence will be passed on Monday by Judge John S. Wilson. Conviction carries a penalty up to ten years, in the discretion of the court. Thomas Keelan, who was serving a thirty days' sentence on the county chain gang for train riding, died suddenly after being whipped by Hatchette, assisted by Porter, for failure to work. Keelan claimed to have been ill, but was required to go on the road with the forces. He faltered and was then punished and sent into a ditch with a kick. Here it was he fell and was carried to the shade of a tree where he died in a few minutes. The trial of the case h? - msumed two days and went far ini . ae night before arguments were concluded and the case reached the jury. The verdict was rendered after two hours' deliberation. Judge Wilson in his charge to the jury made it clear that there is no authority for corporal punishment in this state and quoted the Constitution of South Carolina to sustain ithat position. An investigation of,'the case was asked by Governor Cooper, and even the Department of Justice was asked to make an investigation by relatives of Keelan in New Jersey. Hachette was sentenced to serve two years or pay a fine of $1,000. ? Cornfield Dispute. Vastine Hanberry was arrested last week by Magistrate L. G. Yarley, of Ehrhardt, charged with the shooting of Herbert Wilson on the plantation of Mrs. D. P. Smith. The two negroes are said to have been working in a cornfield, and became entangled in a dispute which resulted in Hanberry shooting Wilson with a shotgun. The load took effect in Wil son s side, but it is not believed tbat j -the injury is serious. \ SUGGESTED I PROGRAMS WEEVIL Some months a^o a number of business men of the state asked Dr. j W. W. Long and Hon. R. I. Man- 1 n.ing to form a committee of quali- { ? fied farmers and business men to for- ; mulate a pragramme for farming un- < der boll weevil conditions. These gentlemen appointed the following ] committee which met in Columbia i September 27: ; Dr. W. W. Long,, Wade Drake, J. j Ross Hanahan, R. C. Hamar, J. W. < Gaston, G. W. Duvall, Dr. W. : C. Brown, R. B. Cunningham, i B. W. Segars, R. I. Manning, and D. R. Coker. Mr. Coker was selected as chairman and : Mr. Cunningham as secretary. All were present except Mr. Hamar. The opinions of every member were fully expressed and all were agreed on the essential eatures of the programme as outlir :d below. A 'sub-committee was appointed to draft the programme, which commit tee met on October 5, all present except two, and the article below is the result of the considerations of j this sub-committee, which meets with the approval of the majority of the committee, and in its essential features with the approval of the whole committee. The programme was submitted to the extension department of Clemson college, which i | also approves of it. | "The march. of the boll weevil across the cotton belt has been ac- ' companies by panic and demoralization. Farmers, bankers and merj chants frightened by one or two years of heavy losses, have in many cases, curtailed operations and credits to the point where farming was ; stifled and labor was forced to leave i . . , ^ _.A ^ tne couniry to prevent awrvauuu. There are signs that a similar panic may occur in parts of this state unless means are taken to reassure the people and point out a safe course for agricultural opperations under boll weevil conditions. To this end a group of practical farmers and busi, ness men in cooperation with the extension bureau have studied the situation in the light of their own exi perience and that of other states and the accumulated experimental re- j suits of governmental agencies and beg >to present the following suggestions and programme as onef which will meet the situation, preventing demoralization and enabling our farming and business interests to continue profitable operations. It is especially important to prevent our people from stampeding intn new and untried fields of agri culture in which they will fail for lack of information and experience. Promising new crops should of | course be tested and where proved ! successful should be increased as rapi idly as the people gain experience but not faster. The problem is not so much as to what to do as it is how to reassure j the people and get the information of how to proceed to every farmer, renter and and sharecropper in the state. This must be done if it is done at all by the larger farmers, merchants, A n rv??A f A ATI 1 1 mOTl TlfVi A | uauAcio auu ^luicosiuuai mvu uv should make it their business to reach the isolated farmers and tenants and discuss with them the programme of operations under boll weevil conditions. The greatest responsibility rests upon the landowners. If they are going to continue to own their lands they will be obliged to see to it that thpse who farm them have correct information and closest supervision, for the average farm tenant must .have sympathetic correct instruction and active supervision until he thoroughly learns the new methods of operation. A few broad principles of operation for the whole state may be suggested: First. " D'estroy immediately all cotton stalks as soon as the crop is gathered. This will prevent the .holflliinor mi'llinnc r?f now WOPVllsl | Ua^V/UlU^ VI iUlilAVaw VA MV Tf f? vw ? during October. The old weetfils do I not hibernate until cold weather and ' the destruction of their food supply 1 will cause them to die before frost. The carrying out of this suggestion at once is imperative and every effort should be made to induce every farmer in the state to do this work at once, for, if only a few do it, it will have little effect in reducing next year's weevil supply, j Second. During the fall and win ARMING AE UNDER CONDITIONS ter destroy all cover in which weevils may be hiding, burning ditch banks and margins of woods and cleaning up around stumps. Fodder and hay stacks should not be allowed to remain near cotton fields. Third. Cotton should be liberally fertilized with a quick acting fertilizer containing about 50 lbs. of available phosphoric acid per acre, ammonia and potash to be used according to the character and relative fertility of the soil. All applications of ammonia should be put down before the middle of June. Over-doses of potash have a tendency to delay maturity. Where the weed grows tal] only a small amount of ammonia should be used as it always delays maturity and encourages overgrowth of stalk. Fourth. Early .planting of approved varieties of cotton with plenty ol seed. The farmer should save at least'3 bushels of good seed for eact acre -he is going to plant. He shoulc plant at least two bushels before April 1 in the lower half of the stat( and before April 10 in the upper hall of the state reserving a bushel pei acre. If a stand is not secured bj the first planting he should plant over not later than April 10 in the lower half or April 20 In the uppei half. If large quantities of seed an used good stands are usually securec from extra earlv nlantinas and thf experience is that under boll weeVi conditions the greatest crops are al ways made from the earliest plant ings. If stands are not secured at ? comparatively early stage the lane intended for cotton should be put into other crops. Fifth. Cotton should be left thicl in the drill. This distance should vary with the height of the nature growth of the plant, 3 inches or 4 inches not being too close as a mini mum and 8 inches or 10 inches as ? maximum. Sixth. The question of-poisoning for boll weevil is still in the experi mental state but your committee be lieves that poisoning with calciun: arsenate is valuable, especially i: done at the proper time time and un der favorable conditions. Heav^ damage from plant lice following dusting with calcium arsenate earl? last August makes us doubtful as tc this treatment when applied at tha: time. The weevils should also b? picked frojn the plant in the earl^ stages and as soon as puncture, squares are noticed they should b< picked up twice per week until mid summer. Rapid and thorough cul tivation at all times should be em ployed and the crop should be gath ered as fast as open to insure a higr grade. In no case should more cot ton be planted than can be properlj handled a tall stages and promptly picked by the labor on the farm, foi it is the height of folly to plant '< crop and let the boll weevil eat it u; for lack of attention or allow ii t( become blue in the fields for lack'o: picking force. The experience of many of on best farmers and numerous experl ments conducted under the auspice; of the experiment stations prove tha' it is absolutely essential in almost al sections to use around 300 pound; per acre of acid phosphate under cot ton. In most cases if the amount! applied varied much, either above oi below this standard, the crops wen less profitable. Everywhere it must be insisted 01 that the individual farmer and tenarn raise an abundant supply of food anc feed and that this food and feed b< properly conserved. The man with ? crib full of corn and hay, a smoke house full of meat and molasses, ? hundred bushels of sweet potatoes ir a storage house, and a garden full ol vegetables cannot be put out of busi ness by the boll weevil or any othei pest. Storage houses for keeping sweei potatoes should be everywhere as thi< is one of the greatest crQps we have and one which every farmer car raise. Special Suggestions. I. For lower coastal plain. With in 50 miles of the coast it is doubtful whether cotton can be profitablj raised under boll weevil conditions except during very dry summers following unusually cold, winters. II Dlanted at all the acreage should be small, planting should be done extra (continued on page 2, column 1.) DEAD BODY OF FARMER FOUND f I FLEMING CHAVOUS DIES NEAR ALLENDALE. BULLET SIN BREAST. Prominent Citizen Found <On Edge of Woods?Investigation Being Made. Allendale, Oct. 31.?Fleming Oha vous, former mayor of Allendale and one'of the most prominent citizens ol this entire section of the state, was > found dead on the edge of the woods 1 on one of his plantations near Alien dale this afternoon, with two bullei i holes through the region of his ' heart. I While evidence points to the facl i that his death might have been sell I inflicted, there is no reason that car i possibly be assigned for such an act He was seen only a ftw irirutes be - fore tbe discovery of his dead bod: E in apparently good spiiits, bavins : bought several cigars fr./.n a stor< \ i keeper nearby. While his health has 1 not been the best during the pa's 5 year it has caused him no ap J parent anxiety. His financial condi C tion was in every way satisfactory, i * appears, he being one of the larges r land owners and planters of this sec t tion. His mysterious death has cas i a gloom over this town and com * munity that has scarcely ever beei i felt. The sheriff is conducting an in I vestigation to find out if there coul< s possibly have been foul play in con 1 nection with his death. Mr. Chavous wad about 65 years o - age and leaves a widow, former!: i Mrs. Clementine Williams, of thii I section and two sons, W. A. Chavous i present mayor of Allendale, and as sociated with his late father in busi : ness and C. C. Chavous, cashier o I the Allendale bank, besides severa 1 grandchildren. Funeral services wil 1 be held tomorrow at the Baptis - church here and interment will tak< i place at Swallow Savannah cenieter: near here. ii ??? ' WOULD INVESTIGATE. % \ t Methodist Board Calls on Rules Com p mittee of House to Take Action. . Washington, Oct. 29.?The boan r of morals of the Methodist Episcopa T church, in its official publication, call: , upon the rules committee of the houa I of representatives ito investigate al i secret societies. 7 The position of the Methodists, a; j thus set out, is regarded as mor< ? than interesting in Washington. The publication says: "The rule . committee is now considering whethe _ congress should investigate the Ki . Klux Klan. We think it should. No , only that, but we feel that it shoul< . investigate all secret societies. 7 "For instance, we would like t< , know what became of the money col r lected by the Y. M. C. A. and Kniight; l of Columbus for welfare work dur } ing the war. Was any of this mone; j lefit unused? If so, what is beini ? done with it? "Is any of this money, contribute< . by people of all churches, being use< . to fight the Y, M. C. A. in Europe' 3 Is It true that any of it is being use* t to fight the Italian Methodist church 1 Have any American fratenal order; 5 j had anything to do with the atrociou . effort to induce the Italian goVern s menit to confiscate property of* tin r Methodist church in Rome and pre 5 vent its construction of a colleg* there? i "When the Methodist general con t ference expressed disproval of an: 1 interference by the United Statei > government in the quarrel betweei i Irish Protestants and Irish Catholics . why did congress in a formal resolu i tion take ithe side of the Catholics' i Was this due to the fact that th< f Catholic church has a fraternal ordei - while the Protestants have no simila: r order? "Just what are the influences bad t of the opposition to the rehabilitatioi 51 of our public schools?" i j I,t is not regarded as likely by lead' i1 ers that congress will undertake th? ! extensive programme thus mapped out by the Methodists. Where Venus Belongs. r ^ 5 Venus of Milo is not a member o . the "cabinet of the gods" at Washingf ton, but she ought to be eligible foi j the disarmament conference.?Bostor t Transcript. 1 Renew your subscription today. f * - . .ft* i BLANTON SAVES 1 | SEAT IN HOUSE ! I AFTER VIGOROUS SPEECH MADE IX HOSTILE TERRITORY. GIVEN SEVERE CENSURE. ? ' Resolution to Expel Democratic Member Loses By Bare Margin of Eight Votes. - Washington, Oct. 27.?Saved from I being thrown out of the house of t Representatives by a bare margin of 5 eight votes, Thomas L. Blanton, a 5 Texas Democrat, was publicly repri manded late today by Speaker Gilt lette, in accordance with a resolution i of censure, against which no man cast a single vote. I Then, a moment later, as he walkP ed out of the chamber with all eyes i upon him, he toppled over in a heap. . Some of his colleagues wrho had vot-, % - ed to expel him, picked him up and 7 placed him on a lounge. But he did 3 X not stay there long. Rousing himi self, he stumbled out, the tears s streaming down his cheeks, and as t he went away he was heard to ex press the hope that he mighT never - see the house again. t There was no doubt of the fact, as c; members expressed it, that the Texan - was utterly crushed and worn by his t experience of the day, an experience ? - that seldom comes during the life of i a man in congress. For an hour and - ten minutes, with hostile eyes upon 1 him, he fought to defend himself - from the charge that he had transgressed the law <by putting into the f Congressional Record a document de7! scribed as "unspeakably vile." 5 Steps iSrisKly to t<Tont. Before he got up to speak in his - own behalf, it was the view of Re-j publicans and Democrats that action f i upon the resolution to expel him 1 would depend upon his own attitude. 1 He sat with folded hands as Repret sentative Mondel, of Wyoming, the t -j 3 Republican leader, pleaded earnestly ' ' S 7 to have him cast out. And then, pale, smiling, he stepped briskly to the \ front, as the leader sat down. His voice hoarse and broken, he '"I touched rapidly upon the charges, ; " and then his old-time fighting fire returned. Right at the beginning he said he knew the house was prepared jj to expel him. sj CARR IN COMMAND OF CONFERS. | 1 Durham Man Succeeds General Van Zandt. -J 5 Chattanooga, Tenn., Oet. 26.?Gen. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, N. C., was s elected commander- in-chief of the r United Confederate Veterans to suci ceed K. M. Van Zandit of Texas. Rtoht mond, Va., was chosen as the next rei union city at the closing session here tonight of the veterans' convention. 3 The annual parade, the big event of - the reunion, will be held tomorrow, s Commander Van Zandt delivered a - brief valedictory to the veterans. V Richmond won the next reunion I city over Savannah^ Nashville and Sulphur, Okla. i The reunion went on record with i a declaration .that "these reunions? would be continued from year to year i so long as there are as many as four n ^ - 1- J ~ VI ~ fvoiral veterans ten auve auu iu naio? s to* the reunion city and so long as s the people of the southern cities see - fit to invite them to come." / ^ | CONVICTED OF MURDER. Negro Found Guilty of Killing Greenville Man. 3 Greenville, Oct. 28.?Will Hood, { negro, who shot and killed G. W. Smith, night watchman for the Pied. mont Lumber company here Septem> ber 29, was convicted of murder of 3 the first degree, by a jury in the court r of general sessions today. Eugene . t P Beeks, another negro who was tried for murder with Hood, was acquitted, . but he is now being held on a charge t of larceny. Hood and Beeks were being chased . by a posse of citizens after the pair > were alleged to have broken into the [ store of the F. W. Poe Manufacturing company, when the shooting took place. Mr. Smith had just started to work about 5 o'clock in the evening, when he stepped into, the path f of the fleeing negro, who shot him - four times, thinking, it seemed, that the white man had him trapped. l ? c* A mosque is to be erected In France in memory of the Mohammedans killed in the world war. /