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MOKE LAW, LESS KE1) TAPE Governor Harvey Makes Statement About the Crook Case. Predicting that the people will unquestionably demand "that law enforcement be not delayed and nullified by means of legal machinery or ambiguity of terms," Governor Harvey on Wednesday issued a statement declaring that the decision of the state supreme court in the Grover Crooks case "will tend to emphasize the general opinion that the procedure incident to our criminal law is sadly in need of revision." The decision in question released Crooks, an Oconee county man, from the state penitentiary, where he had been committed upon orders from anvornrvr Warvov whirh rmmorted tO revoke a parole granted to Crooks by former Governor Cooper. The court held that Governor Harvey could not legally have Crooks incarcerated for breach of parole conditions, because this sentence expired in April of this year, after which, the court decided, the conditions of the parole were not binding. The effect of the court decision, it was pointed out in the opinion, was to establish the precedent that a convict's sentence continues to run after he is paroled. Governor Harvey's statement follows: The highest judicial authority, the supreme court of the state, has spoken. The status of the parole sys tem has been idefined^The interpretation of the law as thus decreed is the law and it is to be obeyed ana respected by all. It is well that the issue has been definitely determined. It is surprising that a matter affecting the liberty of people and the authority of the executive has been so long been left unsettled. It means that the parole system as understood all these years, will practically be abandoned. The system of paroles as previously understood seemed to be wise if properly exercised and rightfully enforced. The word parole will hardly be used by executives in future acts of clemency. Those already paroled will be the only beneficiaries of the decision. My connection with the matter -was wholly impersonal. I, of course, was merely acting for the public, and as heretofore legally understood. It is to be regretted that another weapon for law enforcement is found defective, but it may serve to stir the public to action. "The decision of the court will tend to emphasize the general opinion that the procedure of our criminal laws is sadly in need of revision. The people will unquestionably demand that less loopholes be furnished law violators by means of technicalities and delays, and that law enforcement be not retarded, delayed and nullified by means of legal red ???* + T?9/>hiTiprv nr ambieruitv Id y C V* VVUl W w of terms." IXFAXT CONDUCTS SERVICES. Hast Xot Even Been Pui>il of the Public Schools. Newton E. Hastings, Salisbury, Md. is only six years old; he has just entered the public schools of his home town arvd has had no conscious preparation or coaching for ecclesiastical pursuits; but he conducted services in St. Paul's Methodist Protes?tant church, Baltimore, last Sunday in the manner of an experienced minister. The infant preacher for the last six months has beer, speaking before congregations in Salisbury and nearby towns. Sunday's services were the first the child has conducted in Baltimore, and he came at the invitation of the Rev. F. D. Feynolds, pastor of St. Paul's. His father says that the boy has ha?d no Biblical instruction other than the Bible stories and passages which have been read to him in his home and at Sunday school. She Kn^w Him. A young and eligible bachelor was planning to refurnish and redecorate his apartment, and wished to have the walls newly papered. Knowing his landlord very well socially, he resolvin nail rmp evenina and make his wants known. On his arrival, he found his landlord was out. However, the charming daughter admitted him, and after the usual exchange of greetings he said: "I have come, Miss Rentworth, to ask two very important questions of your father, and hope that both may receive favorable answers. Miss Rentworth replied: "I'll be very glad to deliver any message on father's return." "But," he continued in a pocular vein, "one of these questions relates to you. I was going to ask your father for your hand, and for some new wallpaper as well." "If that's all," she flashed back, "1 think dad might give you my hand; but, knowing him as I do, I can offer you no encouragement about the wallpaper."?Judge. RECORD CROP OF OATS i Dillon Farmer Gets Yield of 80 Bushels to Acre. (From the Dillon Herald.) I.Mr. T. C. Sherwood, well known I farmer of the Little Rock section, has produced what may be the record yield of oats for the State. Mr. Sherwood planted the oats in January, gathered them in May and got eightyfive bushels to the acres. This would have been a remarkable yield for oats planted in the fall and harvested in June, but the yield is still more remarkable for oats planted in January and harvested in May. Mr. Sher| wood is a modest man and the fact did not become known until a few days ago when a group of gentlemen gathered near the Bank of Dillon w-ere comparing the net profits between 25 cents cotton and oats at 60 cents a bushel, and Mr. Sherwood, in speaking of the profit in oats of his wonderful yield. Fighting The Corn Weevil. Clemson College, Nov. 28.?The heavy 109s from the corn weevil, ! particularly in the Piedmont section, I has brougllk many inquiries for conj trol methods. Large amounts of corn have already been ruined in the fields. The use of pure seed of standard varieties and careful annual selection of ears well covered at the tips will do much to relieve the trouble, says J. H. Carbery, Extension Agronomist in Plant Breeding, who advises also that where weevil infestation is heavy, the corn should be shucked in the field to avoid storing the weevil for further damage in the corn crib. ^r liira nror intPr in .UcUiy rtccmo 11IU w I nubbin ears left in field, therefore such ears shoulid be carefully removed. Since most corn cribs are of open construction, carbon bisulphide can not be used very effectively particularly where large quantities of corn are stored. Under such conditions better results may be obtained by hanging building paper of cloth ! curtains around the exterior of the | corn crib, fitting closely to prevent 1 escape of the gas. Cloth treated with | beeswax or a mixture of paraffin and | gasoline will serve well and last a | long time, arid it can be removed and 1 replaced as desired. I Where the bulk of corn is too great ! to fumigate effective from the top I in the usual way, the liquid may be i conducted to the point of distribuI tion on the interior of the pile ! through small gas pipes. A thorough j fumigation of the corn will kill not ! only weevils but also rats and mice if means of escape are cut off. Smaller quantities of corn, peas, etc., may be fumigated in a close house, boxes, ! or other containers by placing a saucI er of the carbon bisulphide on top of I the erain. etc., to be fumigated and covering the container closely. Instructions as to quantities of carbon bisulphide to use are given in j Information Card 25, "Fumigating Stored Grain," which may be had | from county agents or from the Exj tension Service, Clemson College, S. ! C. We Sleep Too Liltle Most busy people sleep too little. I Not enough time is given to the nej cessary physical repairs which this j most strenuous modern pace dej mands. The vitality lowered and we are subject to ills of the flesh that other| wise would be averted. Old age is encouraged and our ' personality af| fected. It is claimed that as a race we I sleep too little. An infant's life is ' nearly all sleep. Gradually, as the I child grows older, the hours of sleep j are shortened to half the day or about eight hours. Youth, until the age of 20 is reached, requires fully 10 hours' sleep. Although nature demands less hours of sleep in summer than in winter, it has proved that eight hours of sleep is required for the average male adult in good health. By this is meant not simply eight hours in bed, but that amount of good sound, restful sleep night after night. Our power to work is intimately related to our ability to sleep, and there is no more reliable indication of sound health than the capacity to sleep naturally.?Baltimore Sun. Parlor Story. A southern restaurant serves eg'gs with all meat orders. A patron ordered pork chops. "Boss, how do yo' want vo eggs,' inquired the waiter. "Oh. you can eliminate the eggs.' The waiter repeated the order t( ! the colored chef and added "liminati dem eggs." The chief scratched his head, "Sam bo, yo tell dat customer ah ain't go no time dis mawning to liminate den j eggs and that he all will have to hav< dem cooked some oder way." ! SENTENCE IS COMMUMTED 1 Xegro Given Freedom by Governor Harvey. Columbia, Dec. 1.?Governor Har-| l vey this afternoon at 5.4 5 o'clock ; commuted the death sentence of I David Brannum, a negro of Orange burg, to seven years imprisonment , and fifteen minutes later suspended this later sentence "during good bel havior the Governor to so.'ely deter mine the compliance or non-comi pliance," with the good behavior ! clause. Brannum was convicted at Orange burg County about four years ago, of ; criminal assault on a youthful mem' ber of his race and was sentenced to i death. The negro appealed, and, \ l due to a change in the office force in Orangeburg, the solicitor becoming a 1 Congressman and the negro's lawi yer the solicitor, the case was lost i track of and the negro remained in j the State penitentiary without any definite status, except being under sentence of death with no date for execution. 1 Many appeals have been made to ' Governor Harvey in behalf of t'he ' negro, the concensus of opinion be| ing that the negro was not guilty of the crime charged, and that his 1 conviction was due to the excitement engendered by the unnatural' ness of the supposed offense. The Governor decided on clemency and ' so worded his papers that he thinks misbehavior on the part of Brannum in the future will cause him to serve the remaining three years of his sentence. Divine Guidance. The Williston Way. For the first time in its history, court was recently opened in Bam ' berg county by Special Judge Evans of Edgefield with prayer. Yet why shouldn't the blessing and guidance of Almighty God be asked in this most solemn andseriousundertaking? Our courthouses should stand along with our churches and schoolhouses as milestones of safety against the agencies Chat would tear down the fabric of society. The newspaper accounts of the trial of William Faries in York last week state that the jury assembled in the jury room and ' prayed for guidance and then brought in a verdict of first degree murder?the only verdict they could find for had they decided otherwise 1 the State could not justly execute the 1 inmates of the death cells in Columbia, yet these twelve men realized the 1 seriousness of their responsibility and wanted lig^ht from above. Judge Peurifoy in passing sentence on Faries, 1 who had taken the lives of four persons, two of them small children, said: "I recommend to you the Christian religion. It sustained the martvrs and will sustain you. Minis ters who will come to see you in Columbia (where condemned are executed) will comfort you. Your body will be sacrificed but your soul may be free through the gracious mercy of Jesus Christ." Truly a better day is dawning when our jurors and judges are looking above for light. May others follow their example should be our earnest 'hope and prayer. Fitting Text. ______ A colored preacher in Alabama had at one time served a short jail sentence arid was fearful lest his congregation discover the fact, as in his later years he had been a model of rectitude. One Sunday, rising to begin his sermon, his heart sank to see a former cellmate sitting in the front row. Quick thinking was necessary. Fixing his eye on the unwelcome guest, the preacher announced solemnly: "An takes mah text dis mo'nin' from de sixtv-fo'th chaptah and fo' hundredth verse of de book of Job, which says: 'Dem as see and knows me, aiid says nothin', dem will Ah see later.' "?The Argonaut. Dusting Off The Old Ones. Hello, is this chief of the Fire Department, Yes, this is the chief. Well, mv house is on fire. How long 'has it been burnin'? Half hour. Did you try puttin' water on it? Yes, but it won't go out. 1 Then 'taint no use in us comin' over, because that's all we could do. G'Bye' W. _ i Xot in Robbinsdale. I.Man went into German butcher shop and asked the price of pork chops. To the reply of 30 cents a 51 pound, 'he remonstrated that the butcher across the street asked only , for only 10 sends a pound." ''I would, but he's out," said the , customer. Oh, veil, ven I'm oud, I sell 'em } 20 cents. ^ Sisters Die in Well. t iMontpelier, N. D.?Seeing her sister i fall into a well, Mrs! Thomas Drake 3 tried to save her and also fell in. Both were drowned. PORTABLE AN D STATIONARY AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LAROJ STOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Worke, Supply Store. 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D. 1922 at which time and place all creditors and other persons in interest may appear and show cause if any ithey have why the prayer of the said I petitioner should not be granted. RICHD. W. HUTSON, Clerk. Charleston, S. C. Nov. 20, 1922. 12-14 NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. On Friday the first day of December, 1922, I will offer for sale all the household goods and personal property of the late Miss Carrie E. Bamberg, deceased. Sale to take place at the late residence of the said Carrie E. Bamberg. Terms of sale cash before any property is removed. W. E. FREE, Administrator, c. t. a. ICKOC B A filler for cake* a B drings. Try a jar. I I Gold Medal |l Jl'ST 8 For Quality I Tom I UE ShM ^CIRE [EWSHIPHENTJDSTARRIVE FOR LADIES c-Wool . . . . $ r k le Thread . . . All Colors FOR MEN e 3 Pair for $1.00 SHIPMENT OF 'an Abram H; Just Received IE LATEST THIIN< C. FOLK BAMBERG, S. 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