The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-07-22


with venders Of various compounds
which produce drunkenness but which
are sold as medicines.
In this connection, he introduced
the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted by rising
vote:
"Whereas the State of South Caro-
lima is being flooded with so-called
patent medicines, known as Jamaica
ginger" beef, wine and iron,' bitters
and various and sundry other concoc-
tions which contain large percent
age of alcohol and are sold as bev-
erage ;and.
| "Whereas, the manufacturers of ali
these so-caled medicines is beyond
the law of the state, being situated in
Richmond, Va. and other places;
and.
"Whereas, the sale of such in our
state is not only prohibited by law,
but is a menace to good health, NOR
als and society;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
solicitors, sheriffs and other peace Of
ficers of the state of South Carolina
in convention assembly by the call of
the Governor, the federal authorities
be requested to investigate the manu-
facture and sale in our state of the
aforesaid concoctions by whatever
name known and see if the same in
this state can be prohibited and; be it
resolved further, that copy of these
resolutions be furnished District At
torneys Francis H. Watson, Of Colum-
bia, and J. w. Thurmond, of Edge
field, to each of our members in con-
gress, and that copy be given to the
press of the State.'
Influence of Movies.
G.. Croft Williams, secretary of the
State Board of Charities and Correc-
tions, gave the convention some in
teresting statistics to show that crime
was on the increase. One regretable
thing, he said, was the increase in
juvenile crime. 81 am satisfied" he
stated, "that the increase of juvenile
crime is reflex of the motion pic
ture, with it's blood and thunder ele-
men+, it's killing and other technical
incidents which excite the magma
ton of the growing boy and also l
am confident that the increase in the
number of homicides is but by-pro-
duct of war, for history shows that
following every war there is an IN
crease in killing
Mr.. Williams said that the boys in
the Florence school had been examin-
ed and Is per cent. had been found
to be mentally deficient and that Of
the women imprisoned by the United
States government for crimes against
morality, wher. examined 80 per cent.
of them were found to be 5elow the
normal standard in mentality.
Solicitor Blackwell of Laurens said
that the law passed at the last ses-
sion of the General Assembly proaib-
iting the sale of extracts, bitters and
other high percentage alcoholic COM
pounds for beverage purposes was an
absolute nullity, but that vendors in
these so-called medicines could be
prosecuted under the prohibition law.
That Abbeville Lynching.
He told of the recent lynching Of
a negro in Abbeville county. He
was shot to death and thrown into
the Savannah river. After a few
days his body came to the surface.
1T was then cut up and the pieces
thrown back into the river. Although
the sheriff and the coroner's jury
have been investigating the killing
and have inserted advertisements in
the newspapers, they have not sue
ceeded in getting a shred of evidence.
When he goes before the Abbeville
grand jury, he said, at the next term
of court, he cannot get bill for ne
has nothing to go on. At this point
Solicitor Blackwell told of Balti-
more paper being circulated in his
county. He said he inquired at the
postofice and there was 35 subscrib-
ers in Laurens, and probably it en-
joys large circulation among the
negroes of the State.
Sheriff Cannon Blease of Newber-
nv said that he had no trouble in pre-
venting the sale of extracts in his
county, because he had prosecuted
several merchants and they had been
c-l ,nd bod ooacod carruino the