The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-07-03
THINGS IN GENERAL.

THINGS IN GENERAL
President Wilson sailed from Bres
Sunday morning on the George Wash
ington. He is expected to arrive ir
New York next Monday afternoon.
DR.. Walter Keene Wilkins, the aged
Mineola, N. Y, physician who
was last week found guilty of having
murdered his wife Julia, hanged
himself in his cell Sunday night. The
old man left long letter protesting
his innocense and declaring that he
had not received a fair trial. lie Sc
cured piece Of rope, climbed on a
chair in the bath room, fastened the
rope to the gas fixtures and kicked
the chair from under him. His neck
was broken.
When Robert Parr fired at Ollie
Jones on the street at Columbus.
Georgia, last Sunday, Jones was mis-
sed; but two innocent bystanders,
Charles Mcdaniel and j. r. Hayes.
were killed.
Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey, of Georgia,
in his message to the legislature on
taking the oath of Office for his sec
ond term, strongly advocated a re-
vision of the laws pertaining to
lynching. On learning Of threatened
mob Whence the governor should take
measures without waiting for a call
from local authorities for military
assistance, Mr.. Dorsey said. Lynch
ings, he added, should be investigated
by a special grand jury drawn from
the State at large, assisted by spe-
cial prosecutor; those indicted should
he tried lat such place as would be
most conducive to ascertainment of
the truth" before jury drawn from
the State at large. Some official
should be specifically designated to
ascertain if peace officers in the
county where lynching took place,
performed their full duty, the COVER
nor said.
Expenses of the "entire proceed
ings' should be taxed against the
county in which the lynching took
place, Governor Dorsey added.
The transport Martha Warrington
sailed from Charleston, last Saturday
afternoon with nearly 1000 Germans
men women and children, bound for
their native country. These are aliens
that have been rounded up by thc
Federal secret service agents, for un-
due activity during the war. None
of them were charged with serious
offenses, but all were considered
dangerous enough to this country to
warrant being imprisoned during hos
tilities. The Germans were under
strong guard and there was little pos
sibility of escape. Next week the |
country will rid itself of 1000 more |
undesirable Germans, when the Prin- |
cess Matoika will sail from Charleston |
with that number. The destination of |
the Martha Washington is Rotterdam,
from which place the prisoners will |
be shipped into Germany.
The R-34, giant dirigible balloon
with crew of 23 men left Scotland |
Tuesday morning in an attempt to |
reach America.
Sixty persons were burned, many
of them seriously, when the C-8, a |
big U. S. Navy dirigible, exploded |
and burned at Camp Holabird, near |
Baltimore, Tuesday.
Cotton production this year has
been forecast at l0,9S6,00O bales by |
the department of agriculture. This |
is only 70 per cent Of the normal crop |
based on the acreage planted. A |
heavy decrease in sea island acreage |
is reported on account Of boil weevil |
Acreage planted in South Carolina is |
given as 2,7O6,000 and the condition |
is given as 78 per cent. perfect.