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VOL XLVII NO. 22 NEWBERRY, S. C.. TUESDAY. MARCH 16, 1909. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR PINSON CONVICTED. Sentenced to Serve Two Years-No tice Given of Intention to Appeal. Special to The Herald and News. Laurens, March 15.-Having retir tired to consider their verdict at 5.20 on Thursday afternoon, the jury in the case of the State vs. Cothran Pin son, charged with murder in the kill ing of Thornwell Boyce on November 6 of last'year, returned at 10 o'clock on Fridaf morning a verdict of man slaughter with a recommendation to the merey of th court. Judge Prince refused the motion of Pinson's attor neys for a new trial, and sentenced Pinson to serve two years on the pub lie works of Laurens county or in the State penitentiary. Notice of inten tion to appeal has tbeen given, and pending the appeal the 4efendant has been released on bond in the sum of $1.000. A synopsis of the .testimony on the trial of the ease wqs given in the last issue of The Herald and News. J. K. A. SENTENCED TO HANG. Negro Given Death Sentence For Murder of His Father-in-Law in Laurens County. Special to The Herald and News. Laurens, March 15.-If the sentence of the court is carried oet, the term of .court which ended here on Saturday will have resulted in the first legai execution in Lauren county in about fifteen years. John Henry Anderson, a negro, was convicted of murder in the killing of his father-in-law, Josh Carter, at a negro church, Cedar Grove, during last fall. It appeared from the testimony that Anderson had got into trouble and was on the "scout," as the negro witnesses expressed it, and his wife and children had gone to live with her father Josh Carter. While she was living with her father several of the children were taken sick with typhoid fever, and it was at the funeral of one of these children that the killing oeeurred. Anderson claimed that during tap sickness of his children Josh Carter would not let him come. to Josh's home to see his wife and children, and .would not let Anderson's wife go back with Anderson., This, however, was denied by Josh's wife, who said that Anderson had never been forbidden to, come to see his wife and children, and by Anderson's wife, who said that she herself had refused to go back to Anderson because he was on the 'scout'' and she was afraid he could not give her a home. At the church where the killing occurred one of Anderson 's children was being buried and while the ~corpse was in the chureh Anderson came in the church from the rear door. He said he looked on the facs of his dead.:child and his heart gave way, as he. expressed it. He walked' t'brough the church to the front door, and, as he was goint out the front door he saw old man Josh Carter com ing to the church. He said that as soon as he saw Carter he pulled his pistol and when Carter turned around to get out of the way he shot him mn the back. He said he had told Carter he was going to kill him, and he did it. Anderson was defended by Messrs. W. R. Riehey, Jr.. and H. S. Black well, by appointment of the court. They simply made a plea to the jury to save the negro's neck, urging the negro 's low intelligence. In the mo tion for new ,trial Mr. Richev related a conversation with the defendant during the trial, in which the defend ant told him that he had been par doned by the governor and riven the right to sell liquor or' shoot Josh Car.. . ter or do anvithing else lie pleased. The motion for new trial was refused, and when Judge Prince asked the negro if he had anything to say why sen ten'ce should not be passed Anderson told Judge Prince about being par doned. The negro's attorneys will urge Governor Ansel to commute the neg-o 's sentence to life imiprisonmnent on accounit of his lack of intelligrence and what they cordend is an impaird. conditon' of his mind. April 23 was fixed as the day fx the excun. J. K. A. GOOD FOR STATE TO BORROW. If This Obligation Didn't Exist Legis lature Would Be Reckless in Granting Appropriations. The Record. Dr. W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville, who as chairman of the senate finance committee, has been watching State finances for many years, while here today expressed himself in an opti mistie way about the present condi tion of the State's finances. He does not agree with the view that the habit the State has gotten into of borrowing from a hundred or so thou sands a year to half a million, which latter sam will have to be negotiated this year as was done last year, is a bad -policy. "True, ' said he, "this entails an item of from $8,000 to $12,000 in in terest charges which would not have to be spent were the State on a cash basis, but it has the effect of holding these fellows down in the legislature on the appropriations. If they did not have this obligation hanging over their heads they would make every appropriation asked for, almost. Mem bers of the legislature for the most part are not the large taxpayers and they have no natural restraint. I do not think it altogether a wise policy to have the State on a cash basis. And this money that is -borrowed is not a debt. It is an abligation with some thing definite and tangible, the com ing faxes, in view to meet it. If we borrowed money with nothing in sight to pay it that would be a debt. You newspaper fellows ought to get out of the habit of calling this a debt." "And I certainly do not agree to the proposition of making the levy such any, one year as to meet this floating debt and place the State on a cash basis at once," he continued. "I did favor half a mill as a sinking fund to take care of this situation at one time, but I am not fully persuad ed that even that would be a wise course to pursue. It is well for the State, as it is well for most individu als, to have an obligation ahead to spur th-e people's representatives on to care and economy." * Dr. 'Mauldin does not agree with Comptroller General Jones that the assessments' should be placed on a market value. "Raising the assessment will not reduce taxes or cause any more care to be exercised,'' said he. "On the contrary experience has demonstrated in the counties and in the State as a whole that increased assessments just inite more appropriations. The State levy has for the past 25 or 30 years ranged between four and a fraction and five and a fraction mills, al though within the past 15 years or so the valuation has gone up from $175, 000,000 to nearly $275,000,000. We have practically the same levy now on almost twice the valuation. And county taxes and levies run about the same way throughout the State.'' "Oh, yes,'' he answered to anoth er question, "it would be very well to have property better equalized, but I think this State will compare favora bly with any other in t-hat respect. I am yet to be introduced to the practi al plan by which it can be improv ed." The School Bond Election. To the citizens of Newberry: The undersigned, members of a join-t com mittee composed of the trustees of your schools and others appointed at a citizens' meeti.ng, take the liberty of addressing you in the interest of the schcools of our town. On the 24th of this month the ques tion of voting $40,000 in bonds for the improvement of our school sys tern will be submitted to the voters of the town, and we desire to present certain facts for your earnest consid eration. Present Conditions. . When the present school building was erected eighteen years ago, the trustees .thought that it5 would ac commodate the schools for many years. *So great was the increase in enrolment that in a few years it was necessary to divide the assembly hall into class rooms, and a little later the trus:tees were driven to the nec essity of using a cottage on the uroulds, that in not at all suitable for shooul l)t1rpo*ea, and of arranging a eass room in the basement of the buin. Still the shool is in actual and pressing need of room. This basement room is utterly unfit for school purposes; the ceiling is only about eight feet high, and it is poorly lighted and ventilated. And yet, day after day, this room is crowded with a class of more than sixty little child ren. The furnace has been overtax ed by the addition of extra rooms; smoke and soot find their way into the class rooms to such an extent that cleanliness is out of the question, and teachers and children must breathe foul air at the risk of ,their health. The building is crowded not only beyond the capacity of the rooms, but also beyond the capacity of the teach ers. In the six lowest grades there are four hundred pupils, making six ty-six to the grade. Some of the grades have been subdivided, but all of them ought to be; and they should have adequate quarters in which to work. It is little short of criminal that the town should compel the trus tees to conduct the schools under these conditions. New Buildings Needed. Our school system is too important to be developed by mere patchwork. If we are going to make improve ments at all, they should be in keep ing with the importance of the work and the size and growth of the com munity. We are of the opinion that there should be two new buildings. One new building should be equipped for thorough graded school work up to and th-rough the sixth grade. And it ought not to be on the present school grounds; each of -the schools should have adequate play-grounds. The other building should be thoroughly equipped for four grades, beginning with the seventh, and should be known as the High school True, the upper grades of the school are now known as the high school grades, but we believe that our town should have a high school in a high school ibuilding. This expanded sys tem would be of incalculable material 'enefit in advertising our communityl and adding to our population; but the main thing is, that it would enable our own children to get good school ing under comfortable and healthful conditions. The Cost. It is impossible to tell exactly what the cost of the improvement will be. Lots must be bought and plans must be prepared by architects before the cost can be estinmated at all accurate lv, and the trustees cannot bargain for grounds or employ architects un til the election shall have decided whether the bonds will bt, issued. But we have investigated the whole ques tion carefully in the interest of econo my and efficiency. We have consid ered the present cost of. supporting the schools as compared with the in come; we have estimated the probable g-rowth of the schools and the increas ed income on the basis of an increase' in the taxable property of the town and of the tax levy; and we want only enough money to erect and thor oughly equip the buildings and only enough income to conduct the schools efficiently. The point has been made that a levy of two mills for support would be too much. The present income of the schools is not sufficient for the work as now conducted; the new buildings will entail considerable annual ex pense; and decided improvements must 'be made in other directions. Su perintendents and teachers are better paid in other towns of this -size; whereas, under present conditions, ours are underpaid and overworked. But you must trust something to the honesty and good judgment of your trustees. And they are ready to give the assurance that no more money wvill~ be spent than is required to adminis ter the schools efficiently, and that due regard will be had for the rights of the taxpayers. Besides, an increase of two mills ill only add two dollars to the taxes of the man who pays on one thousand dollars worth of property; and, if he has children at school, he should re member that he is simply paying their tuition and is getting off remarkably light. The added levy will not make our school tax higher than that of oth er towns of the class of Newberry and will not make our schools better than, our children actually need. Another matter: If we vote the $40,000, still our bonded debt will be so far within the constitutional li WILL RESUME GRAFT PROBE. Attorney General Promises Revela tions After Expected Decision Has Been Rendered. The Record. If Attorney GeneraI Lyon's hope and expectation, .that the federal su preme court will hand down a decis ion in the justly celebrated dispensary case favorable to the State next month materializes the probing for the graft evidence in -the management of the old State dispensary will start up where it was shut off by the federal court taking hold, but with decidedly renewed vigor, and it is expected that by the beginning of rests of a sensa tional nature will be the outcome. Al so it is promised that additional and very important charges will be lodged against the nine prominent men under indictment. "After we have gotton busy with our investigation again," said Attor ney General Lyon today, "I don't think any body will have good ground for complaining that the probe is not going deep enough. At .the time we were shut off we really hadn't got to the interesting point. " In Mr. Lyon's opinion the State will save at least half a million dol 'ars if it is allowed to continue the investigation and settle according to the law of the State and the decisions of the State supreme court. The Carolina Glass company's claim has already been paid, amounting to some $17,000.. Outside of this and some ac counts due supply houses the State owes nothing in the light of the evi dence already adduced. "It has been established," said he, "that the whiskeys and stuff were bought not only in violation of law, but there is the clear and unmistak able -evidence of the grafting bleside. The State therefore has the moral as well as the legal objection to advance against the great bulk of the claims.' In this connection it is pointed out that decisions already rendered by the State supreme court will justify the commission in refusing to pay any claim in which it is shown that either the le w as not complied with or in which there was grafting. In the case of Col. Neal's administration of the penitentiary he negotiated a loan of $2,500 from the Carolina bank, and although the 'bank aeted in perefet good faith, and the State's agent got the cold cash and spent it for the State, the supreme court decided the money was borrowed illegally and the bank is still out its money. ALONG RIGHT LINES. It Is a Good Thing for the Church to Pay More Attention to So cial Life. Mr. C. C. Fetherstone, of Laurens, who was a guest at a 'banquet given by the men of Central Methodist church, Newberry, recently has written an ar ticle to the Sogthern Christian. Ad vocate im.pressig a vitally important truth connected twith church life as he -terms it, that "the.church would be vastly better off if 'she emphasized more the social side 'of religion.'' There can be no doubt of the truth and correctness of -the position of Mr. Featherstone. He concludes his ex ellent article as follows: "In my judgment, the Newberry chureh is moving along the right line. It is a good thing for the church peo ple to pay more attention to social life, to get together oftener and learn to know each other better, and thus break down the little prejudices and oil the rough places. How often is it the case that we dislike and condemn people because we do not know them?' How often do we feel that people dis like us, but when we eome to know them better we find that the fault is in us? "As a whol.e church we ought to reach out along broader lines. We ought to pay more attention to the cultivation of the social. We ought to utilize it more than we do for the glory of God.'' The Reason. "I happened to mention that two ean live :as cheapel as one, and he got irious.' " He's paying alimony. ''-Louis iCouarie...Tornal. erage and other improvemei:s if our citizens desire. But material improve ments can wait. Paved streets and a thorough sewerage system are desir able; the improvement of the schools of this town is absolutely imperative. We cannot postpone the education of our children. If we want the next generation to be intelligent, we must educate the children of this genera tion. If we want the next generation to be healthy, we must not crowd the little children of this generation into ill-lighted and ill-ventilated school rooms. Our Motive. We trust that it is not necessary for us to offer an apology for this ad dress. We do not mean to be officious. We do not profess to be more intelli gent or more patriotic than other cit izens and taxpayers. But we are speaking after a careful, thorough, and honest examination of the matter in al its bearings, and we speak earn estly because we fell that the best contribution that our ,town can make to this generation or the next is a ,modern, well-equipped school system. F. N. Martin. J. H. Wicker. Otto Klettner. J. M. Dennis. W. A. MeSwain. Jno. M. Kinard. W. K. Sligh. Geo. S. Mower. Geo. B. Cromer. 0. B. Mayer. Neir School Building. (By Rev. J. W. Wolling, D. D.) As it seems -to me nothing could be of more importance both to par ents and children than good school buildings. It has now become a vital question; how can our children be: well educated and at the same time healthy and strong? Whatever the other conditions of food and exercise it is certain they should h:ave good, ure atmosphere: in the school rooms where so many hours are sp6nt every day. A well ventilated room is abso lutely necessary. When some thiry to fifty boys and girls are seated in the same room the atmosphere quickly becomes contaminated, and the disease that one has is soon communicated to all. It is not sufficient to open the win dows which only creates a draft and may do more harm than good. The proper modern arrangement for ven tilation, by whieh the fresh air can, enter and the foul air go out, is real ly the only plan, and this can only be had in new u.p-to-date buildings. As for 'health the old log school house with its many discomforts offered bet ter chances to the boys and girls than the present building in this city. Btu even if the present building was per fet it is by far too small; one of the teachers with a large number of schol ars has to occupy the basement and another with a whole sectior' of the school is illy accommodated in an out building. Surely such as this cannot long be continued. It seems to me that there should be two new build ings with amcple grounds. It is important to conserve the health of the rising generation, bu( it is also true that the school buildings should have design and beauty and thus be an architectural ornam'ent to 'the city. The churches and the school buildings of a city give tone to every thing and are a sign of culture and progress. No small city in South Carolina has so many modern and tas-. ty church edifices as Newberry, and now it remains to put our school houses on the same basis. In this re spect it is deplorable to look at the present building--such a contrast to the church buildings. It should be the pride and ambition of the en tire county to make their county seat, the city of Newberry, the equal of any city as to .their schools. Let the buildings be put up, let ev ery man vote for the bond issue, and thus hasten .the time to meet the pres ent need. And then let the buildings be suitable and in good taste. Surely no one can object to voting thirty or even forty thousand dollars to be paid in so many years for so worthy and needy an object. The ris ing generation who will soon be get ting the benefits will in due time pay off their share of the debt ands the fathers of toda~y will have done a last in kindness to their own familes and to 'those of the future. Let all oe in favor of the issue. FOR DESERTING FAMILY. B. J. Spurlock Arrested in Tennessee And Brought Back to Newberry by Sheriff Buford Sunday. At the request of Sheriff M. M. Bu. ford, B. J. Spurlock, charged with de sarting and failing to support his wife and two children in Newberry, was arrested in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Con ner, and Sheriff Buford went to Chat tanooga and secured Spurlock, re turning to Newberry with him on Sunday afternoon. Spurloek was lodged in pail to await the charges which have been preferred against him. The warrant for Spurloek's arrest was placed in Sheri.ffBuford's hands some .time ago. Sheriff Buford loeat ed him in Rome, Ga., and secured re quisition papers for his return to SourAh Carolina, but when the papers reached Rome Spurlook had taken his departure about three days before. Sheriff Buford then located him in Chattanooga and, as stated, had Sher if Conner to arrest him. Chattanooga is on-V a few miles above the Georgia line, and as Sheriff Buford had re quisition papers for Spurlock's re turn from Georgia, Spurloek consent ed to return from Chattanooga with out the formality of a requisition from the governor of this State upon the governor of Tennessee. Spurlock was wo"king at the New berry cotton mill before he left New berry. When arrested in Chattan ooga he was working on a switch en gine. The following is from the Chattan ooga News in regard to Sheriff Bu ford's trip to Chattanooga: "Sheriff Buford, the chief peace of ficer of Newberry county, South Car olina, arrived . in Chattanooga this morning and will leave this afternoon for Newberry, having in.custody B. J. Spurlock, a young white man, a no tice of whose arrest by Deputy Sher iff John Tinker appeared in the News Friday. "Sheriff Buford is a gentleman of the old Southern school. Imposing in appearanee, polite in manner and a brilliant conversationalist,. he is the character of gentleman that has jmade the old South famous the world Iver. '"Mr. Buford, while here, made ef fort to locate an old army comrade, a Dr. Noland. -The sheriff stated to a reporter for>'the News, while seated in the private office of Sheriff Conner at the jail this morning, that be served' throughout the four years of.the Civil war as a member of Company K, Fifth South Carolina cavalry, known as Butler's old brigade or Hampton's command. This is not Mr. Buford 's, first visit to Chattanooga, he having passed through the city on one or two ocaions en route to and from the annual encampment of the Confed erte veterans. "Mr. Buford is well acquainted with the father and family of John Y. Garlington and J. S' Young, Itwo of the three young men whose ar rest recently at the request of Sheriff Coleman of Columbia, S. C., on charg es of false pretense, created consider able excitement here a few days ago. Sheriff Conner called Mr. Garlington over the phone as soon as~ Sheriff Bu ford arrived at 'the jail and held a kind of a "family reunion'' with Mr. Buford. Before the arrival of Mr. Garlington Sheriff Buford took occasion to tell Sheriff Conner that the Garlington family was one of the most highly rennected and upright in his section of the State and that the Young family was equally as promin ent. Mr. Buford did not express him self on the mat.ter affecting Messrs. Garlinton and Young other than to .sa he expected them to prove their Iinnocence when brought to trial. "B. J. Spurlock, the man who Sher iff Buford will take back to the Pal metto State with him, is charged with "havig deserted his wife and children in Newtberry, leaving them in desti tute circumstances. Spurlock denies that he was ever married to the wo man in Southi Carolina and claims that the wife found with him here is his only legally wedded spouse. He areed to return to South Carolina without the formality of requisition papers, though Sheriff Buford was taking no chanees and brought such ppers, issued by the governor of Sith Carolina, with him.''