Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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|p^ y . - " ; " - .1 ?(jc (CfKaterfidi) &iMwriis?r VOL. 39^-NO 26 CHESTERFIELD; S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNR 23.T92T - ? SEA PIRATES HINTED AT i 1 Washington.?Visions of Ro'shevik pirate crews sailing Cape Hatteras waters in true, swashbuckling, Spanish main syle, are beginning to haunt the minds of fisher folk dwelling along that shore. Secretary Hoover has been askd to take a hand in solving the mystery of four ccastiig craft vanished completely in fine weather. A short time ago a schooner rammed into the sand bars at the cape with all sail set and her pecple missing. No explanation of the disappearance has been found. Now, with three other craft mysteriously gone, natives along the coast hint darkly at crews of piratical Russians hovering at sea just over the sky line to seize peacful merchantmen. PPOW SHITS OH THE SEVEN StA$ J American ships, flying the Stars and Stripes will carry you and your goods anywhere Two and three generations ago, the Stars and Stripes were all over the world. Then they almost vanished from the seven seas. But today they are back again. Big splendid steamers, American owned and operated, carrytoa passengers and goods, are crowding their way into ail foreign harbors with the Stars and Scripas proudly fluttering from their masts. American exporters,importers, travelers?ail can help by shipping and sailing under the Stars and Stripe*. Oneratora at Psasenm Services Admiral LIm, 17 Sttu Street. New York. N. Y. Mmon Navigation Company, W So. Coy Street, Baltimore, MJ. Nfcmenn Staam Ship Line, 82 Beaver I Street. New York. N Y. New Yaek end Porto Rico S. S. Co., II Broadway. New Vork. N. tT VMS* MaM S. S. Co.. 41 Broadway, _ New York. N. Y. V. *. Mall S. S. Co.. 45 Broadway, New York. N. Y. . Free uae of Shipping Board films Uee of Shipping Board .wotion picture Mane, (our raUi, free oa request of any mayor, pastor, poatmawv, or crganilafien. A greet educational picture of ahipe and the tea. Write for information to H. Loot, Director Information Bureau. Room <>11, 1)1* "F~ Street. N. W.. Washington, D. C. SHIPS POR SALB (To A mtorits* rit/vai aafy) Steal eeaaaaere. fcetk ail aad aaal turners. Alee weed rteeeeera. weed kadle end oaeee-going toga. Perther lalereaatiaa obtained ky raeeaat. Forsailings of passenger and freight ships to all ^ parts of the world and all otherinfor motionp write amy of the above lines or U'S* SHIPPING BQ4RD WA H1NGTON, 1>.C. Clem: SOUTH CAROLINA'S 1,571 Acres of Land. Val Opei DEGREE COURSES Agriculture. (Seven Majors) Architecture. ^ Chemistry. Chemical Engineering. Civil .Engineering. Electrical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Textile Industry. Industrial Education. General Science. SHORT COURSES Agricultural. Textile Industry. Pre-Medical. SUMMER SCHOOL June *3?July *13 Agricultural Teachers. Cotton Graders. College Make-up. Removal of Entrance Conditions. Agricultural Club Boys. R. O. T. C?-Clemson is a mem T. C. students receive financial ass during the junior and senior classe P TH A NEGRO LYNCHED McCorniick, S. C.t Jun 19,--Heri bert Quarles, a negro, charged with criminal assau-t on a white woman of this county, was lynched by a mob here this afternoon. The negro was captured earlier in the afternoon. Following identification by 'he vie- j tim he was forced to climb a tree and was then riddled with bull?.-t?;. Two thousand citizens of contiguous South Carolina and Georgia counties took part in the hunt for the negro and formed a dragnet about McCormick county which wrs maintained from the time ihe er mc war perpetrated untii the negro was captured this afternoon. Following his apprehensior the negro was taken before 'he victim and identified as the aivailant. Members of the posse are also alleged to ha\ e identified him. The negro then, ii is said, admitted his nilt -md posse: "Tell all the colored pconle that this is the wrong thing and to1', tnein to try and be better *>eople ar.d never try the deed that I tr.ed." Takn to a graveyav 1 in the jiunp of woods where the assault was committed,' a plow line was tied about his neck and a trace chain a^out his body and h? was to'd to clin.b n tree. Coolly the negro climbed; 15 feet up he halted and a member of the mob followed him and chained nnd tied him. As the white man reached the grour.id a volley of shots were fired, the negro dying instantly. The crime was perpetrated early Saturday morning near Plum Branch. The victim is married and of a prominent family. McCormick, June 20.?Solicitor T. C. Callison, who arrived here last night for the purpose of representing the state in the cases to be tried at the regular June term of the court of general sessions for McCormick county, upon learning of the lynch:?_ * ti -- i ^ .-v * ... uiK"i iieroen veuaries yesterday issued the following statement this afternoon: "I have ordered the coroner of McCormick county to make a full and complete investigation of the lynching which took place yesterday and report the results of his investigation to me as soon as practicable. I regret that in view of the fact of the opening of court here today Herbert Quarles could not have been tried and convicted"trndKr tKfe laws of our state." FARM MACHINERY TO PASS THROUGH CHARLESTON What is probably the first specia' train to be operated from any Western Railway and with freight consigned out of Charleston, for a for eijfn usunauon, is now roiling over I the Southern Railway consigned to the Carolina Company. The train which left Chicago Thu^s- ; day night, consists of forty-two cars of machinery, tractors and fa-m irn-' plements manufactured in the Staler, of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, and is destined to Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic. The shipping board steamer St. Johns County,will arrive in port soon, j WANTED?Salesmen for 6,000 mile guaranteed tires. Salary 5100.00 weekly with extra commissions. COWAN TIRE & RUBBER CO. Box 784, Chicago, Illinois. ltp son C< COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING W. M. RIGGS, President ue of Plant over$2,300,000.00. E 'ated Under Strict Military Disc VALUE OF A TECHNICAL EDUCATION A technical education is the best insurance against hard times. In earninir ranncitv. it mav pnnnl an estate of $50,000. For the untrained an- the positions of poverty and obscurity. Times are hard in South Carolina, but the cost of an education at Clemson College is comparatively low?sufficiently low to be within the reach of any ambitious young man in South Carolina. Scholarships, free tuition and the payment by the United States Government R. O. T. C. students, still further reduce the cost. Do not allow the financial difficulties to keep you from entering college this fall to prepare yourself for the opportunities that lie ahead. ber of the senior divis<ffi of the Reier istance from the Federal Government, 8. For Full Information Writ# 01 IE REGISTRAR, CLEMSON CO! ationa Will Bo Consider#d In Th< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS IN GENERAL In a letter to Senator Harris, Georgia, who wrote to inquire as the status of the farm loan cre< machinery, former Representative F. Lever, now a member of the Fai Loan Board, says that all but abo $2,000,000 of the recent $d0,000,0? issue of federal farm loan bonds ha been sold, and that when that smi remaining portion shall have bei sold the farm loan system will 1 ready to lend the $40,000,000 to ti farmers of the country on a basis pro rata allotments (so much p farm loan district). The Third di tvict, including the States of Nor Carolina, and South Carolina. Get g i and Florida, is to be allotted $ 3 "0,00 cf the $40,000,000, soon be available for loaning, according n ? r ?? '-'i? A*, i. ivcvcia iftier. A reduction in freight rates ra:. irg from 4to 49 cents per hundn p unds between North Carolina citi a. d points in southeastern stator, at b '.ween North and northern cente v. -.is provided in an order issued 1 t! j interstate commerce commissi? tj become effective September 15. Assistant United States Attovm I. ac Grosfe tonight asserted that ci cumstances surrounding discovery i n :arly 500 machine guns aboard tl 8' .-amer East Side at Hoboken la 1 aesday indicated that they were ii tended for use against a friendly n ti.>n and that therefore their pre ence was unlawful. Mr. Gross, by d rcction of Attorney General Daugl ei ty, took charge of the investigatic being conducted by three feder; agencies into ownership of the mun tions aboard the steamer. Repor had reached government agents thi thea rms were intended for delivei in Ireland. Retail food prices to the averaj family declined 4.8 per cent. Ms as compared with April, while whol< sale food prices dropped 5 3-4 pi cent, in the same period, according 1 statistics made public by the depar menl of labor. General wholesa prices, including farm products, fooi building materials, metals, house fu nishings and miscellaneous commi (lit inu /lnnHnn/1 ar?r**?/\vi?v*otnl?? O MV V IIIIVU Uppi UAIllia y JJ* cent, during the month. Two submarines, flying the Iris republican flag, maintain a reguli undersea passenger service betwe< this country an<^ Ireland for officia and agents of the Irish republic, a< cording to Capt. B. J. Stanley,wount ed veteran of the Sixty-ninth reg ment of New York. He is also seen tary of the New York Council of tl American Association for the Recoj nition of the Irish Republic. Eamor De Valera. "president of the Iri; republic," arrived in this country i an airship submarine, Shanley d< clared and left for Ireland seven months ago in the same. Several Iris diplomats have patronized the san line, he said. The line is still in cor mission and "functioning regularly although he refused to give any d tails about the whereabouts of tl vessels. There are others availab for the same traflic in case of ar rush business, he asserted. Dona O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cor] who disappeared from the Unit< States after he had been given unt June 6 to report for Ireland as seaman by the department of labo is said to have returned to Irland b the submarine route. allege AND AGRICULTURE nrollment 1919-20, 1.041. ipline. SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXAM1 NATIONS The college maintain* one hun dred and seventy four-year schol arships in the Agricultural ant Textile Courses. Each scholarshii means 100 dollars to help paj expenses and $160 for tuition ap> portioned over the four years. Also 52 scholarships in th< One Year Agricultural Course these scholarships are worth $10( and tuition of $40. The scholar ships must be won by competitive examinations which are held bj each County Superintendent ol Education on July 8th. It is wort! jttMtowhile to try for one of thest scholarships. Credit for examinations passec at the county seat will be given t< those who are not applying foi scholarships but for entrance, /e Officers Training Corps. All R. O this reaching about $200 per yeai Wire: -LEGE, S C. > Order Received STATE OF GEORGIA DEFENDED BY SMITH of to Washington, June 18.?A protest iit against holding up the "peonage A. cases" as an indictment against the State of Georgia was voiced tonight ut QQ by former Senator Hoke Smith in an ve address before flhe Georgia Society of jjj1 Washington. .? en I You know pad should let it be bc 1 known," he saiid, 44that, with rare exceptions, the white people of GeorQf gia are law gbiding citizens and er treat negroes jjost and kind, and i8.. that the wholesale trade upon the th subject of 'peonage' which has renontl.. < J /aL > )r_ vvn?ij iuuuu ivo way into tne press ;of of the country* is unwarranted and t0 uniustfiable. to Unfortunately in all the States there occur, n?w and then, crimes I which shock the public sense, but this gives warnnt to no one to ine duige in geneqal condemnation of . that State." 2 n * ! Mr. Smith said the public generally I!" also should be informed that the negro who confessed to the murders n' on the Jasper fcounty farm and the ' white man who -was charged with disy recting the murders, had both been r- 1 promptly conviqted. of ( Sy?tExplained ie He explained fin detail the so-called st | "peonage" system by which a white a- farmer might 0ay fines imposed on a- negroe and then require the latter s- to work for him until reimbursement i- had been made. h- j Declaring that he did not condone >n peonage. Mr. Smith pointed out that al the practice perfnitted "the farmer to i- secure a needed laborer and the conts victed criminal to escape the disgrace it of working on the chain gang.' 'Dur y ing his term as Qovernor, he said, he I did not hear of a single case of re peonage. iv "I would not for a moment have e. you do otherwise than condemn law;r lessness wherever found," the speakto er continued, "and our influence t- 1 should aiways be given foi equality (e ' of treatment in courts without reI gard to race. r. Very Few Cases Found "It should be said to the credit of }r the state of Georgia that, despite the opinion to the contrary, which is seemingly held by uninformed people ir ' throughout the country, very few ;n ' cases, even of technical peonage, have k been found in ?*eorgia. c_ "During the wnrlrtbor became very scarce, and in a number of instances ,j_ farmers paid the fines of convicted 8_ criminals and took the latter to their 1 farm to work for them until, by their labor, these convicts had repaid their n fines. Legally, of course, there was no ih wa^ farmer could compel n these men, although convicted crinrinals, to remain on the farm and work out the amount of the fine, and so, ^ unless he exercised some kind of con10 trol over the negro he would have lost n_ | his services, as well as the money ? | which the farmer had paid out in his 'e_' behalf. When the farmers say that ie there is no other way to prevent the le negro from leaving his farm, despite 1V the obligation owed him, he apparently ly, in some instances, unlawfully re^ strained him. | | "The undue exercise of control jl j over negro laborers was limited to negroes who had been legally convicr . ted of crimes and who were paid out (y . by farmers and given an opoprtunity to repay these fines by labor on the farms. That these farmers, in some - instances, exercised control over ne_ groes to prevent their escape is probI ohlu frnu If ifl ~ l*-~ 1?L1? A .J ..H., ? ID aiau pruuamy irUf ' that this restraint was greater than | the law allowed, but neither the control nor the service were as severe ' as that which would have been placed upon these negroes had ngt their fines been paid and had they not, in this way, been saved service as criminals in county chain gangs. "I would be glad to see legislation in Georgia which would forbid the payment of fines for criminals and contracts by criminals to work out sentences in privatee employment by those who pay their fines. ' "We had in Georgia for a long time what was known as the 'convict 1 lease system.' Nearly all of the crim? inals convicted in our courts were r leased out to owners of coal mines, ' rock quarries, turpentine farms and i to large farmers. They were held in > | cm iciih' servuuae Dy the lessees, , State guards enforcing the discipline. ) I "The system was brokerr up during - ' the first year of my service as Gov; | ernor and I am pleased to state that r I actively contributed toward breakl \ ing it up." LONGEST DAY COMES June 2l8t was the longest day in I the year, according to the best avail> able authorities and the almanac r though other authorities and critics maintain that June 22, should ] be and is the day possessing the most r sunlight. The United States weather bureau in Columbia, has no records for the longest day of smaller division that the minuto and there are seven days on program with 14 hours and 26 minutes of* possible sunlight. ^ Pick your favorite day.?The State. L STATE NEWS ! Dr. A. M. oWods, the dentist of Columbia, who was convicte^ in the United States court for the Eastern district of South Carolina on the charge of violating the Harrison anti-nar, cotic law, was sentenced Saturday by Judge Henry A. M. Smith to pay a fine of $1,000 and costs and to serve a term of eighteen months in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. The body of Brig. Gen. William Woodbury Moore, the Adjutant General of South Carolina, who died in Columbia Thursday night, was taken on a special train to Barnwell. hi3 home where the funeral services were preached at the Baptist Church. A national guard company has been organized in Greer, thh company to be a howitzer company with a strength of 62 enlisted men and two nffienrc M. T. Boyd of the Corn well section of Chester county, while out on his farm a few days ago, ran across a terrapin that he had cue his initials on in the year 1895, and' cn which his brother, W. B. Boyd, had made similar inscriptions in 1901. The terrapin was spry and active to all appearances and gave every indication of living another quarter of a century or so, if not molested. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Thomasville, Ga., June 19.?Mrs. Fannie Bottoms anounces the engagement of her daughter, Gladys Thorpe Bottoms to Henry King Moore of Spartanburg, the weddinv to be solemnized July 2. SUBSTITUTE FOR PEAS Velvet Bean* and Peanut* Not Subject to Wilt W. H. Barton farm demonstration agent for Richmond cojnty, says in the Rockingham Post-Dispatch: Scores of farmers have complained that (O".' ? I'HF wilt,, di-or their leaves or die before mature, and when roots are examined, they are black and, later, become rotten This is caused by a disease known as "wilt" or "black root." The spores of this disease, once they get into a soil, remain, and the only remedy is to grow peas that have beem bred to resist this disease. The heat Vnnmr sistant varieties are the Iron Pea and the Brabham Pea. These will resist to the extent of 80 to 90 per cent, if true to name. The only safe plan is to buy these varieties from producers that are in heavily infested districts. Then you are sure of their resistance; for if they were not resistant, they could not have been produced on such infested soil. Even when vines are successfully grown, it often occurs that little or no seed mature. This is usually due to the fact that the soil had only sufficient acid phosphate and potash to produce the vine alone. Ilence the shortage of pea seed. Make a profit by selling your peas at $3 to $3.50 per bushel and get velvet beans which can be bought for about $1.60 delivered. 666 cures Bilious Fever. 40 We Are | ( Bhh HIGHWAY ASS'N ORGANIZED Clinton, June 18.?With represen tatives present from every town am city on the proposed route, the Cal houn Highway Association was or ganized here Thursday at a gooc roads convention held in the Com ' mercial Club rooms. A constitutior and by-laws were adopted, officers | elected and plans formulated for th( ! construction and maintenance of n . new highway connecting Athens, Ga., , which is on the Bankhoad highway, with Cheraw, which is on the Quebeci Miama highway. Strong speeches of J endorsement were made by leadinp citizens from the two states and a spirit of enthusiasm and determination appeared to be in evidence, that bespeaks success for the undertaking. The project, started a month ago, is ' now well under way, as the reports from all along the route showed yesterday, a large membership into the association having already been secured. The convention was called to ord.... K.. T in T 1 ? - -" " uy r. jacons, sr., ot this city, temporary chairman. After giving a brief outline of what had already been accomplished the matter of a permanent organization was entered into and the delegates to the convention, over seventy in number, were seated. The by-laws and the constitution as drafted by R. E. Hanna, of Cheraw, were adopted, after which th following officers were named to head the association for th?? coming year: J. F. Jacobs. Clinton, president; Martin J. Abnny, Athens, Ga., vice I president,Georgia; R. E. Hanna .Cheraw, South Carolina, vice president; VV. W. Harris, Clinton, secretarytreasurer; county directors: Lancaster, D. Reese Williams; Chester, A. L. Baston; Union, C. A. Jeter; Newberry, W. M. Sherard; Abbeville. J. M. Nickles; Elbert County, C. A. Arnold; Madison County, F. D. Smith; Oglethorpe County, T. J. Ervin; Clark County, W. C. Griifeth; Ches terfield, C. C. Douglass; Greenwood, Kenneth Baker; Laurens, C. W. Stone; county vice-presidents: Chesterfield, J. E. Agerton; Lancaster, George B. Cravn; Chester R. O. AtkinsAn TTninn w ^ ~? T ? , i?, v^. i/cavcr; LUUrens, James R. Copeland; Greenwood. Thomas W. Cothran; Abbeville. J. S. Stark; Newberry, E. E. Child; Elbert S. M. Orr; Madison, Dr. H. R. Ilamp ton; Oglethorpe, A. P. Dunaway, Clark, John T. Pittard. SLAYER OP GIRL PAYS FINE ' Moultrie, Ga., June 18.?John Henry Williams, negro slayer of a little twelve-year-old white girl, was burned at the stake today by a mob after he had been convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to be hanged July 8. The prisoner was taken from the officers as he was beinjj escorted from the court room and was rushed to the scene of his crinu where he was tied to the stump of i tree. Williams calmly smoked a ciga rette as the match was applied to tht fuel around him and he made hut lit tie outcry as the flames slowly burn ed him to death It was reported tha he made a full confession. Building Th< Than Ever Today, more than < Tires for passenger utmost in economy a Improvement after in been effected in them months. Our clinchei example, are now mi thicker tread and stroi bead. Our larger size C tires, and our inner bigger, stronger, mor before. You can get C from your nearest Gc Station Dealer. The Goodyear Tire &. F #. Offices Throughout , iji == 3>l.5U A YEAR IN ADVANCE AMERICANS FORCED INTO THE GREEK ARMY American citizens are being impressed into the Greek army by agents of the Athens Rovernmen- and - George Ilorton, United States con sui here, has made a vigorous protest I to Governor General Stcriadcs - against the continuance of the praci tice. For ninny months past, Amoris cans, r men 'vhy served in tb< ( army in France, have been taken i forcibly from their homes or trom , vessels arriving from the United , States and compelled to join the Greek forces. ! There have been scores of such : cases in Athens, Smyrna, Patras and i Solonika and only those able to es cape and get into communication with ; American consular officials have obtained redress. In many instances i they have been stripped of their I clothing and their passports and other papers have been confiscated. Whey they have protested, it is charged that they have been hand cutted, thrown into jails and mistreated. Consul General Horton declares this action by the Greek authorities is in flagrant violation of existing agreements between the United States and Greece, planting military exemption to persons naturalized American citizens prior to February 1, 1914 and those who, although naturalized since that time, have served with the Amrican army or navy. One case is cited as typical of many. Private James Raftel of New Yory City, who was cited for bravery in the Argonne campaign, and who has been receiving a disability allowance of $50 a month [from the United States governme:/ | was recently arrested by Greek ] authorities at Mitylene. He came to Greece as an American citizen to be married, but was brought to Smyrna under guard. He escaped surveilance and appealed to the American action resulted in the plan's immeconsul general here, whose energetic diate release. Raftel is now returning to New York with his wife. The Strand ! THURSDAY OLIVE TELL ?In? "CLOTHES" - FRIDAY ? 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