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REFUSES PARDON WAY'S EFFORTS FAIL TO MOVE GOVERNOR BLEASE. Who Turns Down the Petition of the Old Msm Who Wants, to be Set Free. j The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Governor Blease has turned down the applica tion of J. M. Way, of this county for a pardon, and the old man will likely end his days in the State prison. The correspondent says eighty-two closely handwritten sheets of paper contain the appeal of Jefferson M. Way, a notorious Orangeburg life termer at the penitentiary, whose pe tition for executive cremency was Fri day afternon refused by Govenor Blease. Way was convicted, in Sep tember. 1906, of the killing of John D. Palmer, and was sent up for life. Of thin prisoner Solicitor P. T. Hlldebrand writes: "This man has a long and distinguished career as a murderer. No person in this commun ity wants him pardoned or paroled. It is said "hat he killed his first wife by choking her to death. He was convicted of the murder of Elliott Whetstore, and was in jail under sen tence of death for four years, but got a new trial and was acquitted. Then he killed Palmer, a most in offensive young man, for which he is now in the pen. He notoriously whipped his wife and grown daugh ters with a buggy whip, and defied the law in every way, and if there is a worse man I don't know him." Judge Ernest Gary wrote that the verdict was responsive to the facts. . On July 6, 1906, Way killed Palm er. The trial was one of the mosi sensatior al ever held in the county of Or?ngjburg. In Way's remarkable appeal to Govenor Blease he claims that he would himself have been killed had he not shot Palm er; that Palmer had had trouble with the church and wanted to be re venged: that his daughter had writ ten Palmer and that Palmer, in a drunken spree, came to his store and sought to kill him; that he fired in defence of his life. If Way's story were true, he is the most wronged man in the State today, yet the so licitor's statement is just to the con trary. The letter; in Way's handwriting, is one o! the most interesting things that has come to the Governor's of fice. The date had to be changed, it took Way so long to write the letter. One note-book is filled and the pages number up to 82, after 35 other sheets of paper had been filled with a recital of the events leading up to the killing-. NEWS FROM FOUR HOLES. Farmers Busy Planting Crops?Other Items of Interest, The fanners here are getting busy planting and preparing for a large crop. ; Quite a nice shower of rain fell here on Wednesday. . The entertainment given at Four Holes Academy on the 24th was en Joyed by all present. The friends of Mr. Fred H. Gram ling will be. glad to know he is im proving at his home. ? Mr. T. L. Gramllng Is out and around again after a few days illness With lagrlppe. { Miss Asabel Brinkley, a trained nurse of Sumter who has been in at tendance at Mr. Gramling's bedside since March 9th after visiting a few days among the children of Mr. ?ramling returned to her home in Sumter yesterday. Miss Brinkley made many friends while here. Mr. Herbert Till attended the play, Polly of the Circus at Orangeburg Wednesday night and reports having a good time. The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Ulmer who was very ill last week is doing nicely at the time. Etaster lis fast approaching and will soon be with us again. Mr. Frank Crossland, a Missionary from Brazil, gave a lecture at Four Holes on Sunday night. : The Bachelors' Club -of Four Holes gave the young ladies of the community a banquet on last Fri day night at Mr. Ed. Rickenbaker's. About twenty enjoyed the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Zeigler chap eroned the party. Supper or a Smoker. At tie meeting of the local Odd Fellowr. Lodge last Friday night it was decided that the aniversary ol the founding of Odd fellowship in America should be celebrated by this iodge. The aniversary will take place on the evening of April 26th which will be the 91st anniversary of the introduction of the order in this country. The committee in charge of the celebration is composed of (Messrs. F. C. Bryant, A. C. Walker, *r., an J A. H. Hoffman. The celebra tion will be in the form of a supper or smoker. Little Boy Run Over. Torr Van Orsdell, a young son of Mr. C. QI. VanOrsdell of this city, was injured Saturday morning by coming in contact with two mules hitched to a wagon. Although he received many bruises, his injuries are not serious. The accident seems to have been the result of careless driving on the part of the negro in the wagon, who did not stop to see what extent the little fellow was injured. The negro was arrested and placed in the guard house. Card of Thanks. riease allow me space in your pap er to thank our friends and neigh bors for their kindness and sympa thy shown us during the sicKness anc death of Mrs. C. L. Burk. Such kino ness shall never be forgotten. Family. DOINGS OF SOCIETY SOCIAL EVENTS OP RECTNT IN TEREST JOTTED DOWN. Expressly for The Times and Demo crat by Its Special Society Re porter. Orangeburg will be well represent ed at the Federation of Women's Clubs which will be held in Columbia during the first week in May. The formal opening will take place Mon day evening at Craven Hall with an interesting program. Mrs. Phillip Moore, of St. Louis, Mo., president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs will be present and will make an address. After the regular busi ness sessions the convention will be fittingly closed with a grand reception which will be held Wednesday even ing. The officers of the South Caro lina Federation of Women's Clubs are: Mrs. Julius M. Visanka, Char leston, president; Mrs. E. F. Bell, Spartanburg, first vice-president; Mrs. J. S. Booth, Chester, second vie* president; Mrs. J. L. Coker, Jr., Hartsville, recording secretary; Mrs. John Russell, Greenville, correspond ing secretary; LMrs. Frank Gary, Ab beville, treasurer; Mrs. Alexander Long, Rock Hill, auditor. The local ladles who will be present are: Mrs. LIgon and Miss Leila Marchint from the Winthrop Daughters an 1 Mrs. L. S. Wolfe and Mrs. John Cart, from the Dixie Club. Besides representing the Winthrop Daughters at this meeting Mrs. Ligon will make an address in behalf of the Daughters of the Amer ican Revolution of the State. ? * * "On with the dance. Let joy be unconfined." Before many suns Lent will be over and the gay whirl of so ciety w'U once more be in full sway. Immediately after Easter several im portant social events will take place. The Winthrop Daughters will hold their reception, the Orangeburg Band will present their minstrel, the last cotillion of the season will be he1'! and numerous card parties will be given besides other functions of in terest. Following closely upon these will be the much looked for visii of "The Peak Sisters," the district convention of the Daughters of the Confederacy, the Choral Club's Music Festival and the departure of dele gates of the several women's clubs for the federation in Columbia. * ? * An entire new set of officers were elected at the meeting of the Win throp Daughters which was held at the home of Miss Leila Marchant. This organization has decided to join the Federation of Women's Club and will be represented at the meeting in Columbia that will be held during the first week in May. The new of ficers named were: President, Miss iMeta Kortjohn; first vice-president, Mrs. James Albergotti; ?econd vice president, Miss Lena Wingate; secre tary, Miss Marion Salley; treasurer, Miss Maude Houser. Plana were also made for a big reception which will be held at the home of Miss Rena Wald the first Friday after Easter. ? ' ? ? The picnic season is now here. Numerous schoDl classes, Sunday schools, churches and other institu tions will take sojourns into the woods and commune with nature. Lemonade and sandwiches?to say nothing of the red-bugs?-will soon be the order of the day. The young folks will hail with delight this much anticipated time of the year. ?i ? ? ? ? During all this gayety and frivolity one should not forget the.significance of the occasion. The churches that observe Lent are keeping Holy Week and services are being held almost dally. On Easter Sunday the churches will be decorated and spec ial sermons on "Christ has risen" will be delivered. * * # Have you commenced your annual egg dyeing job? The children of the present generation are as enthusias tic over this feature of Easter as oi yore and numerous dyer are being displayed in the local shop windows. Then rabbit nests are as mysteriously hidden as before. County Board of Education. The State Board of Education ap pointed the County Boarcly of Educa tion on last Saturday. The appoint ments were made upon the recom mendation of the County Superin tendents of Education. Messrs. I. W. Bowman and Claude J. R:.st were ap pointed on the Orangeburg County Board. They have filled this respon sible positions for some years to the entire satisfaction and benefit of the public. Bryan's Visit Assured. The visit of Hon. William Jen nings Bryan to Orangeburg if now an assured fact, and he will be bore about the first week in .Tune to de liver one of his famous lectures. The chautauqua has been given out by Manager O'Dowd on account of lac'.r of interest taken by the citizen?. Hp brings Bryan here on a big guaran tee and the public, no doubt, will be eager to hear him. Elected Mayor Again. A dispatch from St. Georges says in the municipal election Tuesday E. B. Williams was elected mayor of St. George over Dr. P. M. Judy. Consid erable interest was manifested in the contest, and the vote was close. Mr. Williams' majority being about a doz en. It is hard to keep au Orangeburg man down. Postmaster Appointed. A special Washington dispatch to The State says V. C. Wiies has beon made postmaster at Lone Star, Cal houn county, vice ?. E. Buyck, and William Brice at North, Ora:igebure county, vice A. C. Chartrand. DEATH OF MRS. G. B. SALLEY. This Elect Woman Passed Away on Last Saturday Night. Mrs. Rebecca L. Salley, beloved wife of Mr. George B. Salley, died at the family residence in the Fork, af ter a long illness, on last Saturday night. Mrs. Salley had been a great sufferer for many months, but she bore it all with Christian fortitude and patience to the end, and passed from this world to enter upon the joys and beauties oi the better world. Mrs. Salley was an earnest, active Christian, a faithful, devoted wife, an affectionate, loving mother, and a kind, helpful neighbor. Her ideals were high, giving evidence in every word and deed of her noble life of the excellence of her pure, gentle char^ acter. Her life was one that is worthy of emulation by the young women of our day. Mrs. Salley was for many years ?. member of the Methodist church, anil exemplified in her beautiful life the tenets of the holy religion she pro fessed. Of her truly may it be said, she lived for others. Her remains were laid to rest in the cemetery ol Zion church on Monday morning in the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. Mrs. Salley was a daughter of the late James E. Moss, of this county. She is survived by one brother and three sisters, Cr.pt. J. M. Moss and Mrs. M. K. Holman, of Calhouii County; Mrs. J. S. Albergotti, of this city, and Mrs. Carrie Riley, of Bam berg County, and also the following children: Mrs. E. W. Brown, of An derson; Mrs. James M. Green, Miss Carrie Salley, and George S. Salley, of this county; Dr. Donald D. Salley and James E. Salley, of this city. The sorely bereaved husband and children have the sympathy of many relatives and friends. DEATH OF PROF. OTTO SPAHR Confederate Veteran and MusicLm Passes Away. Mr. Hermon Spahr, of this city, was called to Atlanta on Saturday by the death of his brother, Prof. Otto Spahr, of that city. In announcing his death" the Atlanta Journal says: "Prof. Otto Spahr, soldier, mu sician, literary man and a pioneer resident of Atlanta, is dead at his home, 175 South Pryor street, his death having occurred at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon, after a brief ill ness. He was 72 year of age. Pro fessor Spahr had for many years been prominently known throughout the South He was born in Germany, coming to America at the age of 21 years, and settling in one of the New England States. From there he moved to Virginia and later to Geor gia. "During the civil war Professor Spahr served as a member of the For ty-second Georgia regiment, C. S. A., and throughout the struggle was in timately associated with Gen. A. J. West. Following the war he returned to this Stats and married Miss Henri etta Partridge, of Upson county. In 1869 he moved to Atlanta, where he lived until his death. "For years Professor Spahr wa? a teacher of music and has been the in structor of some of the best known musicians of the State. For many years he gave public concerts, through which he became quite fa mous. He has also done some nota ble literary work, especially in trans lations of poems from German into English. He is survived by his wife and three children?LMiss Fannie Spahr and Herman and George Spahr." Jones Has No Appeal. The Columbia Record says it de velops, from an examination of the records , that John Jones has no ap peal pending; also that he is now bared from making any appeal di rectly. The only reference to the case appearing in r.he records of tho supreme court Is an order, issued January 29, by Chief Justice Jones, continuing a previous order permu ting of an application for bail. By this order, which was issued at the request of counsel from Jones, the de fense is given the privilege of renew ing its application for bail at any time, upon giving :ave days' notice to the solicitor. The application has never been so renewed. Very Sad Death. The Spartanburg Journal says: "Mrs. John R. Fowler died at her home Monday night at 9 o'clock, at ter a short illness of pneumonia. She was 24 years old She is survived by her husband, one small girl, one sis ter and one brother. She was a sis ter of Rev. L. P. McGee of the Meth odist chjrch of Laurens. The fun eral will be held Wednesday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock at the residence, 174 Morgan avenue, conducted by Rev. R. S. Truesdale, and the burial will be in Oakwood cemetery." Mr. McGee has the sympathy of his many friends in this city in this sad be reavement. Girls' Tomato Club. Miss Marie Cromer, of Aiken, State organizer of the Tomato Clubs, was in the city on Saturday and or ganized a tomato club for this coun ty with the folowing members: An nie Harley, Mana Claffy, Katherlnt: Claffy, Maude Radcliffe. Beulah Rad cliffe, Winnie Edwins and Bertha Bird. Miss Cromer made a good tails on the subject, of tomato clubs. She is enthusiastic in the work of tomatc culture. Rilled His Own Father. In attempting to shoot Jerome Harley at North on last Friday, Vic fir Phillips accidentally shot and killed Iiis own father, Mr. Gcorirt Phillips, It seems that the twe young men had a personal difficult? and Phillips went in his house anc procured a gun. He came out and ir attempting to shoot. Harley, he shoi his father as above stated. Boll Phillips and Harley are in jail. TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE WILL BE PLAINLY VISIBLE IN ALL PARTS OF STATE. People of this City and Vicinity Will Get Fine View of the Phenome ? non. On the 28th of this month people in this State will have an excellent opportunity of observing a total eclipse of the sun, which will be more plainly visible here than any other eclipse for years. The eclipse will be visible here as obscuring of two digits off the southern limit of tne sun. This means that from this point the moon will totally blot out a por tion from the lower pai't of the sun, which will represent in size two astro nomical digits. Many people will gei out their smoked glasses and amateor telescopes and attempt to learn some thing about the king of the planets. The eclipse will be visible in a large portion of the United States and nowhere better than in this section. The sun will set eclipsed east of a line drawn from Pittsburg to Mata gorda Bay, Texas. Washington, D. O, is at the northern Atlantic boun dary of the area of visibility. The eclipse will be invisible north of a line drawn from Portland, Ore., through Milwaukee and Pittsburg to Washington. The eclipse will be very small in the Western and Middle States. At San Diego less than one half of the sun's face will be ob scured, while at Chicago less than one-sixtieth will be eclipsed. The cities where it will be best visible are given below, with the time the eclipse will begin and end : Charleston, S. C, begins 6:14 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. St. Louis, Mo., begins 5:43 p. m., ends R:28 p. m. New Orleans, La., begins 5:22 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Raleigh, N. C, begins 6:23 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Jacksonville, Fla., begins 6:06 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Little Rock, Ark., begins 5:34 p. m., ends at sunset. Jackson, Miss., begins 5:27 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Chattanooga, Tenn., begins 5:52 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Savannah, Ga., begins 6:07 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Louisville, Ky., begins 3:56 p. m., ends sun sets eclipsed. Richmond, Va., contact at sunset. There will be another solar eclipse this year, which will take place on October 22. This will be an annulai eclipse, and will not be visible on the Western Continent. Astronomers will hail the eclipse this month with great rejoicing. Ai-| ready the great observatory on Mount Wilson is making preparations for ob servation A solar eclipse furnishes valuable opportunities for the study of the sun's corona. This portion of the sun is practically beyond the study of the astronomer under nor mal conditions, because of Its great brightness. When the moon passes between the earth and the sun, it is possible to train a telescope upon the corona in such a manner as not only to get photographs and observations of the corona, but what Is considered far more Important, to obtain a spectro scopic photo of the corona, which is expected to add greatly to the infor mation of astronomers concerning the composition of the solar body. ? Old Times Down South. Orangeburg should turn out en masse to hear Polk Miller and his quartette next Monday night. Heie is what the Augusta Chronicle says of them: "Mr. Polk Miller's enter tainment at Miller Walker Hall last night was a revelation even to South ern ears who have known from child hood the exquisite harmony of ante bellum negroes' minstrelsy and folk songs. In his quartette of negro singers, Mr. Miller has a medium for presenting old time plantation music probably superior to any other be cause the betrayal is true to life and because the ability of the four men is phenomenal. The quartette is a marvel. Of course Mr. Miller is al ways himself a gifted Southern gen tleman whose position in the world of Southern melody is like that of Thomas Nelson Page and Joel Chand ler Harris in Southern literature. His banjo playing has the true plan tation swing and his jokes and talfs are ever new. His singing is charac teristic ami sympathetic.'' Await Court Decree. Messrs. Wolfe & Berry of the Or angeburg bar, ceunstl for John J. Jones, the Branchville attorney, who shot and killed his fellow-townsman, Abe Pearlstine, last December, have announced that they will make no ap plication for executive clemency un til their appeal to the supreme court has been determined. Petitions in Jones' favor which have been lodged with the governor were filed, they say, without their knowledge. Eureka Chapter Growing. Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch Ms sons, No. 13, of this cit.v, is becom ing one of the strongest in this State. Its growth under Capt. W. W. Wan namaker as High Priest has been rapid. A class of eleven received tlie three first degrees on Friday even ing. This class is composed of youns men from this city, St. Matthews and Eutawville, and a fine body of young men they are. The Boosters Came. The Charleston boosters arrived on time Saturday and was welcomed to Ihe city on behalf of the Oranscburg Chamber of Commerce by .Turtle P.. II. Moss. Brief responses were made by Mr. W. H. Mixson and Mr.T. T. Tlyde. the next mayor of Chariest )n. The boosters only had a short time here, but they seemed to enjoy it tc the limit. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS PICKED UP ALL OVER TOWN BY OUR REPORTERS. What Is Happening Here and There. Local Items of Personal Interest to Onr Readers. Mrs. Albert Marchant Is visiting relatives at Pregnalls. The May Cosmopolitan is now on sale at Sims Book Store. Mrs. H. L. Gelzcr and daughters have been visiting at Charleston. Mrs. A. H. Marchant has returned home from a visit to relatives in At lanta. 0' account of 14th being "Good Friday" the banks of the city will be closed. Remember that the benefit at The ato Friday afternoon and night is for the Dixie Library. Dr. Lewis C. Wannamaker at tended the Blalock' Murray marriage in Columbia last week. This section was visited by a glori ous rain Saturday night. We hope all who needed it got a little. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Salley have re turned to their home in Spartanburg after a pleasant visit to relatives here. We are having a little winterish weather again but this is the last breath of the old ice king until next winter. Rev. W. S. Stokes, editor of the Lake City News, was in the city yes terday. The News is prosperous and doing well. Engraved visiting cards are neat est and best. Let Sims Book Store order yours now. $1.50 per hundred and upward. Good pictures and a big crowd is expected at Theatc on Friday after noon and night. Proceeds for the benefit of Dixie Library. Mr. and I.Mrs. J. H. E. Millhous, and Miss Vera Milhous of Blackville are visiting at Orangeburg College, the guests of Prof, and Mrs. W. S. Peter son. Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Gilbert of Co lumbia College were the guests of Prof, and Mrs. Peterson at Orange burg College on Saturday and Sun day. There will be an. Easter picnic at Trinity Academy Saturday, April 15th. The public ia cordially invited to come and bring well-filled bas kets. With great regret of the patrons and pupils the Evergreen school near Norway has closed. The teacher has gone home to Blackville to spend trie vacation with her family. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says Commis sioner Watson has been informed that the work on the first tile factory in the State was Saturday commenced at Bowman. Prof. L. L. Crum, of this city, but now a resident of Columbia, where he held a responsible position in the city schools, has been appointed a member of the Board of Education for Richland County. Goodby's School will have its an nual picnic at the school house on Easter Saturday, and it hopes to make it the best it has ever had. If you want to have a good time go to this picnic with well filled baskets. The local lodge of Odd Fellows had a very interesting meeting Fri day evening at which several candi dates were raised tc the third degree and several applications were acted upon. The order is rapidly growing in this city. A chance to buy your Easter slip pers very cheaply. Commencing April 12th the Theodore Kohn Store will place on sale several hundred pairs of Ladies' and Children's Slippers at very low prices See their advertise ment for details. The State Board of Education Sat urday made its final appropriations to the high schools on the appropri ation made for this purpose. The fol lowing schools in Orangeburg County were helped: Bowman, Branchviilc, Elloree, Holly Hill, North, North Providence, Pine Hill, Rowesviile, Springfield. Wm. M. Landess of Tennessee is spending a week at the home of his aunt, Mrs. J. W. Stokes, near this city. Mr. Landess has been connect ed with the agricultural college of Georgia and has been in charge of the live stock and poultry departments for the past month as instructor on the agricultural train that toured the State of Georgia. There will be an entertainment at Bethel school Friday night. April 14. Refreshments and boxes will be sold in the afternoon, beginning at. :"our o'clock. The enten ainment will be gin at eight o'clock. Son.gs will be furnished by Messrs. Tillman and Landy Sheally, Rev. Sam Danner and Miss Minnie Arant. Admission, 25c for adults and 15c "or children. Pro ceeds will go to the school. Delegates Elected. At its meeting on Friday evening the local lodge of Odd Fellows elect ed delegates to the Grand Lodge, which meets in Greenville in May. The following are the delegates: Aupust Fischer and W. W. Dukes, with W. G. Sease as alternate. L. H. Wannamaker v iil also attend the Grand Lodere by virtue of his being a member of the committee on (he S;ate of the Order on which he was named at the last session. Once More at Home. Prof. Herman L. Spahr, United States consul at Breslau, Germany, and Mrs. Spahr have arrived in the city on a visit to the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. Spahr. Prof. Spahr who is an old Oran^eburg boy, is warmly welcomed to his old home by his many friends who are delighted to see him. Easter Slipper Sale of Manufacturer's Samples. o i Wednesday, April 12, This is a treat for women and children in need for pretty Slippers for Easter. A saving of 50c to $1.00 on a pair should be a consideration for all saving customers. Good footv* ear is as necessary as a pretty frock or hat. And our shoes are good. For convenience in selection we have clevided the slip pers in four groups for easy choosing. All. will be plainly marked with tags naming price and size. Lot 1. Ladies' fine Slippers in patent, tan, vici and gun metal. 1 to J. Valued at $2.50 to $3.50. De pendable values. Only $2.12. Lot 2. Ladles' Slippers?all leathers. 1 to 7; Grand, values in smaller sizes. $2.25 to $3.00. Just right. Only $1.50. Lot 3. Girls' Slippers?patent and vici in ankle strap and oxfords or pumps. Were $1.50 to $3.00. Sizes 11}$ to 2. Only $1.28. Lot 4. Children's Beautiful Footwear?patent, tan, red, vici?ankle strap or oxfords. 2 % to 8. Val ues 00c to $1.50. Only 75c. THEODORE KOHN. Orangeburg, S. C. Embodying all the advance ideas of the world's most famous creators of style?The Walk-Over boot makers. Tans? Patents?Gun Metals?Special Materials Low and High Out Models for Men. $3.50 to $5.50 the pair. Renneker The Fashion Shop. and Riggs D. r Friend: Oh say, let me tell you what we had for breakfast this morning. It was nice oranges. Papa used to not like oranges and I would puck er up my face because my orange was sour but now I smile when I eat my orange because my orange now is sweet. You ought to eat oranges or some kind of fruit at your house because they are healthy. They cost only 30c per dozen. Grape Fruit, Lemons, Apples and Bananas. Your Friend, JACOB. P. S.-you get good fresh sweet fruits at Copyright 191 bj Ontcault Adreniilng Co., Cb(o JL A. CRAIG'S PURE FOOD STORE Sims Book Store for the best Stationery