The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-07-21
NEWS in GENERAL

Three negroes sat as accredited
delegates in the Republican state con-
vention in Norfolk, Va, last week, al
though several contested delegations
of negroes were barred from the con-
vention.
The former German emperor is ig-
noring the repeated demands for pay
ment of his municipal taxes on the
plea that his stay is involuntary, to
which the municipality retorts that
it has net the slightest objection Of
his departure from Holland.
Prisoners in the Western peniten-
tiary at Pittsburg on Monday broke
all bounds of discipline, fired four
buildings and for time kept the in
stitution in an .uproar, while prison
guards, deputy sheriffs and police
men, reinforced by armed citizens,
battled to put down the disorder. Six
convicts were shot and two others
cut in the battle. Prison officials said
that three or four of the wounded
would likely die.
Tom Gibbons of St. Paul is
matched to meet Georges Carpenter
in October for the worlds light
heavyweight championship.
Eight masked men waylaid Rev.
Philip S. Irwin, white, archdeacon
and head of the work of that church
among south Florida negroes at Mi
ami, Florida, at the close of evening.
services recently and applied coat
of tar and feathers to him. He was
then placed in a sack and taken in an
automobile to spot near the busi-
ness center of this city and dumped
on to the street from the car. Ger
tain doctrines of uplift to the
negros delivered by Archdeacon Ir-
win, Objectionable to white residents,
are said to have been the reason for
the deed. His assailants have not as
yet been apprehended.
Through mercy recommended by a
jury CT. men, Mrs. Eva Catherine
Kaber, of Cleveland, O., escaped the
electric chair, though found guilty
of first degree murder for plotting
the assassination of her husband,
Daniel F. Kaber. 1t was the hope that
mercy would be extended by those of
the opposite sex which induced her
counsel to exclude women jurors on
the ground that they are "more cold
blooded and merciless than men," AS
. result of the recommendation for
mercy, Mrs. kaber was sentenced to
life imprisonment in the. Ohio re-
.-fnrmatoru. for uonan- at Maryxille by.
Judge Maurice Bernon. Had the
jury not recommended mercy the
court would have been compelled to
sentence Mrs. Kaber to die in the
electric chair.
President Harding's move for
disarmament conference is assuming
far greater magnitude in world af-
fairs than first indications disclosed.
AS the preliminary negotiations
proceed they are revealing all sorts
of unexpected diplomatic ramifica-
tions and leading into fields which
In the beginning had seemed far
removd from the purposes of the
conference. But officials apparently
are thoroughly confident that the
widespread effect of the prcsidnt's
proposal will in the end prove an aid
in accomplishing the frank exchange
of ideas for which the conference was
called.
Further credit for the purpose of
harvesting and marketing the coming
cotton crop will be extended in what
ever amount may legitimately be re-
quired, it was announced by the fed
eral reserve board and the governors
of the reserve banks of Richmond, At
lanta, st. Louis, Kansas City and DALI
as.
Brother Isaiah" has earned the
name of Miracle Man." by perform
ing before large crowds in California
There is no record of his having COM
pletely cured any cripple or deform-
ed person. Many claim to have been
cured by the aged man Immediately
after leaving him, but scientists and
doctors investigating his healing DO
wer said that these people suffering
from mob hysteria and believed
themselves cured, only to find them
selves as bad off as before if not worse
after the excitement wore off. He
left Los Angeles suddenly, after al
cry was raised, and cannot be found
anywhere.