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JOIiN J. JONES REFUSED PARDO,. Lawyer's Petition Premature States Gov. Blease-Not Recommended by Judge or Solicitor. Columbia, March 27.-The hope that John J. Jones, the slayer of Abe Pearistine, of Branchville, cherished tbhat he might get a pardon vanished today, when Gov. Cole L. Blease re fused .to interfere with the verdict of the court. which was that Jones shall serve ten years and one month at the State penitentiary. "Pardon refused. March 27, 1911, Cole L. Blease, gover nor," are the words written across the back of the petition in Governor Blease's own handwriting. The an nouncement of the refusal was made, early today at the chief executive's office. Reason for Refusal. In a statement this afternoon, Governor Blease indicated why he re fused the Jones petition. "The peti tion had no business being present ed," said the governor. "It was pre mature." No indication was given whether or not a- later petition would meet with favor. Gov. Blease is not inclined to pardon prisoners without some reason, despite the criticism to the contrary he has received. A pathetic letter from Mrs. Pearl stine, a petition that the pardon be granted from S. McGowan Simkins, reading clerk of the house of repre sentatives; letters from lawyers and a refusal of Solicitor Hildebrand to recomimend, with the absence also of favorabde recommendation on the part of Judge Memminger continue part of the records in the pardon peti tion refused by the governor. Solicitor Hildebrand wrote that the ,case was on appeal to the supreme court; that the detencant's counsel themselves say that the petition - for -a pardon is premature, therefore, he does not recommend executive clem aacy. From Dead Man's Widow. Mrs. Pearistine asks if life is so .,keap in this State that one may com mit such a dastardly crime as that with which Jones is charged. and yet .go free. S. McGowan Siinlins, reading clerk of the 'house, from Edgefield, presents -iepetition for pardon. He says he does so from a humanitarian s.tand point and not with any pecuniary1 benefit in view. It is striking that the Min petition does not come from the ~county in which Abe Pearlstine was killed. Mayor Williams, ,of Brancliville, -writes that he wants Jones pardoned as hie felt that the man was killed in defence of his own life. In the Jones petition there was a letter from Senator Appelt, asking the governor to not grant the petition for pardon. Letters from the attor ueys asked that a hearing be given if For Relief" *I fell and sprained my arm and was in terrible pain. I could not use my hand or arm without intense suffering until a neighbor told me to use Sloan's Liniment. The first application gave me instant relief andc I can now use my arm as weil as ever."-MRs. Hi. B. SPRINGF.R, 9721 Flora St., Elizabeth, N. J. is an excellent antiseptic and~ g r. Eiller - he als c us, contusions. and u:iil .draw the po is onl from sting~ of poi-4 sonous muscts. 25.,50 rad C10 pardon were contemplated. There are other letters, but they are not of much significance in view of the fact that Governor Blease today refused to extend executive clemency to Jones. Jones was sentenced February 1 for the killing of Abe Pearlstine in, the Branchville postoffice. The sen tence is ten years and one month. Won't Consider Avant Case. Gov. Blease ha.s refused to co'nsider a retition for the pardon of W. B. Avant, the man who, with Dr. G. 0. Bigham, on September 15, 1909, kill ed Dr. Bigham's young wife on Mur rell's Inlet, twenty-five miles from Georgetown, and who, with Dr. Big ham, after being sentenced to serve three years and six months in the! State prison, escaped. The two men left the country before the appeal had been concluded in the supreme court and have never been under arrest, ex-1 cept for the short time Avant was in the penitentiary for safekeeping and was released on habeas corpus pro^ ceedings. Gov. Blease told the lady who came to ask for Avant's release that he would not consider the peti- I tion unless the man were given up I and placed under arrest. The young wife of Dr. Bigham was killed just at dusk, arAd the men claimed that they called to her and "the object" would not answer, so I Avant fired and Mrs. Bigham fell over 4 and died in a few minutE's. The case attracted much attention in George town and throughout the State. Two Paroles. Gov. Blease today paroled during good behavior Hamp James, who, in October, 1903, was placed in the peni tentiary for the killing of Handy Bethea in Marion (now Dillon) coun ty. His sentence in 1903 was com muted by Gov. Heyward from death to life imprisonment. Today Gov- , Blease -pardoned James during good behavior. Reuben Cunningham, who, in Oc tober, 1910, was sentenced to one year in Lancaster for housebreaking and larceny, was today paroled dur ing good behavior by Gov. Blease. The petition was presented by Senator Strait The parol~e in the Hamp Jamies case was made upon Senator Manning's statement to Gov. Blease. It was shown to the satisfaction of the gov ernor that an injus.tice had been done the prisoner. In the Lancaster case the ,parole was granted because the man had erysipelas. TRYING TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY. Authorities Institute Probe Into New York Fire-Thirty-.three Bodies Unidentified.. New York, March 27.-Fixing of the blame for the loss of 141 lives in the Washington square fire of Saturday drew to a focus today the energies of the district attorney's staff, the fire ma.rshal, the coroner, the State labor department and Borough Presi dent McA.ney, of Manhattan. Grand jur;men turned -personal probers. What the probers found, evidence that doors at exit swung inward, the crumpl'ed fire-escape in the air shaft, the one fire-escape blocked by iron shutters, an empty water tank on the roof, .ana the habit prevailing among the cutters yf 1;ting cigarettes a few minutes befr:-- tiitn "c will be placed speed.ily i' .-'orx thie ,gra "d jury lor' action'. Fire Marshal Beers summoned the proprietor of the Triangle Waist com pany and several employees to testi fy. Nerer Had Fire Drill. "So far as I can discover," said District Attorney Whitman, "there never has been a fire drill in this fac-j tory. In my opini'on it takes 700 girls three hours to reach the street by the one fire-escape in that building. Nine-tenths of the employees can not speak English, yet I couMd not fiind a sign in Yiddish or Italian pointing! out the fire exits. The fire marshal said he was con vinced that a cigarette, lit by a cut ter and thrown in a heap of clippings, had start'ed the fire. A relief fund for the sufferers is headed by a $5,000 donation from An drew Oarniegie. Unidentified Deaid. 'Ihirty-th.ree bodies, shorn of all senmblance to 'humans, lie tonight at! the Charities' Pier Morgon. unidenti fied. Twelve more, mostly girls in meir teens. are fighting for their lives in the hospital. Many funerals were held today and many more are scheduled for tomor row. The unidentifled will be h'Md as long as possible to give relatives and friende an opportunity to clim them. Sc]n. Ugure ulace the death list at MS. Oer 133 bodies were taken from De cee r: thec dias.ter and eie.ht in :sur.geons say, by others whio ;Miii liae, but nave uo ch ~nce fo r~qv~r. - THE NEWS OF WHITH1rE. New St9re Being Built-Other Ini proveneuts-Mrs. Jno. Fant Buys home in Newberry. Whitmire, March 30.--Mr. Z. H. 3uber has returned from a trip to harleston. Rev. R. E. Mood spent Thursday nd Friday in Columbia attending the' state teachers' association. Mrs. Sarah Porter, after a visit of everal weeks to New York, and other >oints north, has "eturned to Whit mire. Mrs. S. A. Jeter and daughter, Miss Trances Jeter, hav. returned home Lfter spending the week-end with Mrs r. Smith Hardin 'and Mr. and Mrs. ;obt. Moffatt, in Chester. Mrs. Jno. P. Fant and son, Edgar, pent two days of last week in New >erry. Edgar Fant returned to New-i >erry yesterday. He has accepted a osition in Gilder & Weeks drug store. Mrs. Jno. P. Fant has purchased a iome in Newberry and will movc here in the near future. She has 'ented her home here to Mr. S. P. Mc Daniel, who will occupy it and con :inue to keep the nrarders. Mr. Furman Shealey spent several lays of last week at his home at Prosperity. Mrs. S. H. Baston and children have eturned from a stay of a few days at Xoldvite. Mr. James P. Bishop and hands were busy last week lowering the Irug store lately occupied by Dr. H. K. BoByd. This adds to appearances >n that street. Mr. James P. Bishop is laying the oundati'.n for a large brick store for bhe Miller Bros which will occupy the vacant lot between the store of Mr. David Duncan and the drug store. Mr. J. W. Donnan and daughter, (iss Lucy, of Laurens, spent the week-end at Mrs. .4o. P. Fant's visit ing Miss Lula Donnah. Mrs. Harriet McCarley fell over rome of the timbers teft from the con struction of Mrs. ino. McCarley's house, and hurt her hip -ight badly. We hope it will not result in anything erious. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wicker gave a pound party at. their home near here last Friday evening. Quite a numbers of the yourng peopfe from here at tended and report a pleasant evening Nita. *POWELL'S INJURIES FATAL. Baggagemaster of "Dixie Flyer"- Dies in Hospital. Wa,ycross, Ga., March 27.-Ninth on the death list of the wreck ofs the Dixie Flyer, fast passenger train on the Atlantic Coast Line at the Alapapa riv'er trestle early Saturday morning, J. E. Powell, of Jacksonville, express messenger, died; here late tonight. He was seven ~houirs in the wreck and was a mass of bruises. He died, not recoering consciousness. .His wife was 'with 'him when he died. It Is believed that the l-ist is not yet comnpleted. No Way of Telling. Savannah,a March 27.--General Sup erintendent Brand, of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, returned this af ternoon from the -scene of the Alapapa wreck of Saturday. "The accident is one that occurs at any time," he said. '"We know now why it happened, but there was no way to know it was going to happen. It is seldom that ag engi.a breaks an axle as did this one." Passenger lills Himnself.. Jacksonville, Fla., March 27.-R. S. Turner, of Griffin, Ga , a jiaseenger on the "Dixie Flyer," commnitted suicide by shooting today. He is believed to hve been insane. That Felder Letter. dgeeld Chronicle. The letter that Governor Blease has given the press purporting to have leen written by Attorney Felder, of Atlanta, to Mr. H. H. Evans, or thie old dispensary board, is a hot number, and pla'ces the author in a very unen viable position. Of the authenticity of the letter we have no doubt, for no mind, however ingenmous or resource ful, could have invented the dark scheme, and gone so minutely into de tails as to its operation and outcome, unless he knew about it, and had work ed it up. It was a bold offer to go in to a dishonest deal, r'or snancial gain, a readiness to sacrifice principle and friends for aggrandizement. Oh., the power of money, and how great a tempter, and how many abs'olutely worship at its shrinec: We -have no sympathy with those who looted the State~ during the dispensary reign, and have always commer;ded the attorney general in his effors o run themn down, and yet vwe do think that money was 'expended with' a layish hand, ~ud that the enormous fees paid tc the attorneys were entirely out of pr portIOn to t~1i.~ rVi('E~ rcnderei. $1.75 Now ft e th THETRI-WE . THEHE ITH THESE you i W Human Life, of B Ruralist, of Atlant farm wisdom. The Tri-Weekl, newsiest, best, brightest Almost a daily, yet at The Tri-Weekly Cons events. The news of the co sue. Each week the departi Delivery, Poultry and others dressed. If you want The Tri-V can get it at $1.00 per year by sent free on request, giving The Consituien I A club of 40 or 50, or n required for daily mail servic good in the gulf states as on Clubbed with The All OFFERS shown froi (1) "TALKS FROM FARMI be in the hands of every practical sttution under same title and mad be mailed to you immediately upon (2) THE SOUTHERN BUR monthly, edited by a farmer on his (3) HUMAN LIFE, of. Bostc people living in the publie eye nov (4) 'McCALL'S MAGAZINE to the mother and the homekeeper. oul Remember, our own p; Monday, Wednesday and Fri< one from the alternate free off Send at once. Get rig combination to The D. A. Dickert Chapter. Children of Confederacy will meet t he residence of Mrs. D. A. Dickert onSaturday' afternoon, April 1, at 4. o'lock. Carolyn Caldwell, f Secretary. ( I ~ Notlee. The regular quarterly meeting of ( Cunty Farmers' union will be held a ~ld next Saturday 11 a. m., April 1. 1 The rules governing the union corn ctest will be perfectea and ordered bllsheL. All locs'. are requested to report ~ sbscrptons to thie Farmers' Union rn contest fund. J. B. O'Nea11 Holloway, S County Secretary F. U. STREET DUTY. 5teet duty must be paid by the 1st! ofApril, or parties 'will be brought fore the nyer. J. R. SCURRY, 2Et, oty Glerk and Tres:. a ( NOTIC!E OF SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION. SATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. n consideration of a sufficiently sned petition from the voters and feholders of school district No. 58.1 own as Silverstreet school district. king for an election to vote a special o mills tax to .be used .for school rposes in said district, the election r the said purpose above named Is1 hool house of said &nstrict, conduct-~ hreby ordered to be held at the dby the trustees of the district as mangers, on the 7th day of April,, 111, beginning at 8 o'clock a. mn., and lsing at 4 p. mn., a registration cer tiicate and poll tax receipt being cessary to vote in this election. All ters favoring the tax will vote es," against the tax "no." J. S. Wheeler, S. J. Derrick, E. 0. Counts. County Board of Education. STREET DUTY. Street duty must be paid by the 1st ofApril, or parties will be brought bfore the mayor'. 3. R. SCURRY, -28t. City Clerk and Treas. DR. IFELDAU ill answer emergency calls in con ection with his office work. 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In consideration c* a sdfficiently Newb igned petition from the voters and ree holders of School District No. 14, ounty of Newberry, State of South Sicl laroin, known as Prosperity School .distre )istrict, asking for an election, in ac- The ordance with an act of lie general sedim] ssembly of the State of South Caro- Pas ia, approved on the 14th day of Feb- fuil, uary, 1911, to -decide the question of Bac seuing coupon bonds to thie amount Hea >f three thousand dollars ($3000.00) if quent o much be necessary, payable in five Thw -ears and bearing interest at not ex- help. eding the rate of six per cent. -per Dol num, payable annually. rem The. said bonds or lde proceeds of he - sale thereof, together with any unds in hand of county treasurer, toIstte e applied to the payment and retire-I aent of outstanding bonds \of said -' ~chool District. Newb The election for th sa purpos bove named is hereby ordered to be&SO eld at the town hall i~n Prosperity, S. inlts ., in said School District, on the 18th sache .ay of April, 1911, beginning at 8 andhe i'clock a. m. and closing at 4 o'clock - in a A registration certificate and poll alway ax receipt being necessary to vote in , his election. For The following named persons are centsi ereby appointed jo conduct said elec- New ion: E. W. Werts, W. T. Gibson and Staei vi. H. Boozer. All voters in favor ot Ret iew bonds vote "yes," against new take ionds vote "no."* Geo. Y. Hunter, J. L. Wise, N R. T. Pugh, rustees of School District No. 14. Nol -dersi! NOTICE! .as A -- Mrs. All parties owing the old firm oft Probi r. W. Kibler & Company, which clos- fSout! d business January 1, 1911, will 1911. please settle at once. Accounts not medi aid within ten days will be handed discb o or collector. persc J. W. Ribler & Company. mke Newberry, S. C., March 8, 1911. 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