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'- FREE AFTER SEVENTEEN YEARS. -Governor Paroles Life-Tinier From Edgefield-Killed Man in Drunk en Spree. Columbia, March 28.-One of the proudest and happiest men in South Carol-ra t.x.av is John Carpenter, of Wart enville, whose son, William 0. Carpenter, has just been paroled by Gov. Blease, after having served 17 years of a life sentence, imposed at Udgefield, for murder. The condition *f the parole, aside from the general and usual one of good behavior, is that Carpenter shalt not use intoxi "ating liquor as a beverage, because his crime was committed during a drunken spree. Young Carpenter has gone home with his father. The elder Carpehter was one of the best soldiers in the th South Carolina infantry and he as the unusual record of having Jought throughout the four. years of the War Between the States, doing kis fall 'duty, without receiving a wound or being incapacitated by sick ness. At his next birthday he will be 80 years old. His invalid wife is 76. "Governor Competent to Decide." Mr. P. H. Nelson, of Nelson, Nelson & Gettys, was the solicitor who con victed young Carpenter and to him the elder Carpenter applied for aid when seeking a parole for his son, but Mr. Nelson was unable to help him, be *ause he has made it a rule never to make a recommendation to the gov irn~r as to cases tried by him, unless there appeared to have been some er ror of law or manifest injustice done. "The governor is competent to decide for himself," said Mr. Nelson, "as to whether a convict has expiated his crime by length of service." W. H. Brigham Paroled. Gov. Blease today paroled W. H. Brigham, the - wealthy Marion county farmer, whose sensational trial at tracted so much atteintion in the spring of 1910. Brigham was convict ed of assault and battery, the charge being that he unmercifully whipped an old negro woman who was work ing on his plantation. Brigham's case came 'before Gov. Ansel on a pardon petition, buit the governor refuseld to pardon the .man. There were some strong state'ments used in the papers at the time. To day Gov. Blease paroled Brigham dur ing good behavior. Brigham- was sentenced to serve 18 months in the penitentiary. He had yet about six months to serve. SENATE PAGES ENOW A FEW. Including Some Things That Would Jolt the Constituents. Some person, speaking from the bottom of the well of truth, has said that no man is a hero to his valet. The philosophy of the observation might have been greatly strengthen ed if the sage had thought to add~ that no United States senator is any great shakes to a senate page. If the folks at home knew their1 senators half as well as the pages in' the senate know them there would be sfecial elections ordered . in quite a number of our fair States. Also if these same pages could be permitted to dictate a few thoughts for the con-1 gressional Record, setting forth their personal views about their employers,' the circulation of that staid old sh eett pwould be doubted almost immediately. There is a popular impression that the senate pages are studious youths with bulging foreheads, learned in the c, isitution and deep in the mysteries! of enteprecedents. They are sup posed to converse -exclusively on par liamentary and senatorial language, even when engaged in the youthful~ pastime of matching 'pennies in the cloak room. These ideas probably-are erroneous. Intimate association with senators does not necessarily tend to elevate, says the Kansas City Star. Persons ha.ve been known to s.it right across the table from a United States sena tor all night and not hear anything more constitutional mentioned than the fundamental law that three of a kind beat two pair. While it is per fectly true that this 'is good law, be-i sides being useful information, it, could be acquired without going to-a United States senator, and probabi much more cheaply. These wrong impressions about the high constitutional atmosphere that surrounds a senate page come natur ally enough from the superficial ob servation of visitors in the galler. Looking down fronm there it is easy to suppose that when a senator claps his' hands and a page hurries nloiselessy to his side and inclines a respectful ear, that the fortunate youth is re ceiving information of the highest imn port. Doubtless he will write it down to' -wiretoP diary before he sleeps t!m~ j.a and in later years will putlis where eager mu lions will read it. Also doubtless he wont', for the chances are the dis tinguished senator merely requested the page to tell that nothersome con stituent who has been waiting out in the marble room for the last hour, to wait another hoijr, by which time the distinguished senator will have slip ped out another door and gone to lunch. Mark, too, how another distinguish ed senator is writing something out with great care while the page stand; by to receive the message. Its im portance must be great, for see how the senator reads it over to the lad, pointing out each word with his pen cil. The page nods !rLelligently, folds the note carefully and speeds away. Doubtless he will return presently with his arms full of learned books and the :anator will make a speech that will eciLo "ow i,he corridors of time for as much as a week. But if the watcher in the gallery could follow the winged page on his errandl it would not be to the congres sional library, but to the senate res taurant in the basement of the capi tol. And if he could look over the chef's-shoulder and read the note with him, he would see that the distin guished senator is mighty particular about the way his chops shall be broiled. Yesterday, it seems, they were not to the senator's liking, and the chef will take notice that if he falls down that way again he will hear from the committee on rules, which runs the senate restaurant and pays the chef's sala?y. If the senate page should take a notion to disclose the secrets of his prison house he could a tale unfold that would make the muckraking magazines look like periodicals sub sidized by Wall street. He could tell exactly. what that whiispered .message was th,t passed between a leader on one side of the aisle to a leader on the other side at a critical moment during a roll-call. He could tell what went on the cloak room when a deal was on to trade one little bill for another little bill, and incidentally to break a party measure. Evan the familiar designations by which pages know their masters would make mighty good copy. One senator somewhat known for his querulousness invariably is referred to by the fraternity as "Grandma," ~which is 'hardly parliamentary even in the cloak room. It would be interesting to know what becomes of senate pages when! they outgrow the job. They have been known to become senators, but that is- rare. There must, of course, be thousands of ex-pages who now are doctors and lawyers and merchants and oth'er things. Probably a close observer and a student -of human na ture might be able to pick them out. It might not be an absolutely safe rule to follow, but as a broad princi pie and if early training counts for anything it may be laid down that any person who says a good deal without meaning anything at all; who insists whe~n reminded of an~ thing that he was "coming to that pres ently;" who wriggles out of an argu ment by saying his opponent did not "do him the honor to listen to what he said," and then goes ahead and~ says it differently; and who whispers moistly in your ear when there is nobody within 40 bloicks who could possibly 'hear-that sut a p:erson had been a senate page--or a senator. GOING STRAIGHT TO U. S. SENATE Sooner or Later Gov. Blease Expects to Get There. Columbia, March 29.-Gov. Blease will be a candidate for the United States senate. He said today that' he is "going as straight to the United States senate as a martin to its gurd." Senator Tiliman said the other day that he will run again if his 'health permits, but it is doubted by many that 'he will again be in the race. Gov. Blease said recently that 'he could beat any man exce-pt Tillman for the~ senate. -In the event Senator Tillman is not a candidate in 1913, Governor Blease will be in the race. Otherwise he will 'be 'a candidate'for the senatorship lat er on. That is the way the' situation appears today. Governor Blease has received en-' couraging letters, he state, from all parts of Scuth Carolina. He is told' in .these letters that he is stronger now politically ;han ever before. One man wrote him today: "Go ahead and give 'emr h. STEET BIUTY. St-reet duu. must he~ p:id by the st of April, or parties will be brought before the mayor. J. R. SCURRY, 3-28-2t. City Clerk arnd Treas. 4 A Coming to Newberry The Well Known and Ever Popular James Adams' Big 10-Cent Society Vaudeville Show. Company will open here for one week's engagement, commencing on Monday night, April 3, with a com plete change of program each and every night; nothing repeated during the week. The theatre loving public will be pleased to know Mr. AGams and his company will visit our city again. This company enjoys the reputation of having nothing but high class ar tists and always pleasing the public. The company carries a ten-piece concert band, which will play a.splen did concert at 2 p. m. :vonday, April 3. Don't fail to hear this treat. They' also carry a splendid six-piece or chestra which will render selections for entire week. This company has the reputation of drawing the largest crowds that visit Newberry. Lovation of large tent pavilion is on east Main street, J. A. Burton lot, east of Summer Furniture store. WILKINSON SUCCEEDS MILLER. I Trustees Chose President of State Colored College-Nix Rein stated. Columbia, March 29.-Prof. Robert Shaw Wilkinson, of Charleston, the only member of the original faculty remaing in the employ of the institu-! r'.wt. wts today h ?u err-sid of, the State Normal and. Industrial col lege at Orangeburg, succeeding Thos. E. Miller, who resigned recently un der pres uro fror. Governor Elease. According to Governor Blease, in whose office the meeting was held atI noon, no nominations were made. "It l was moved," said the gov -rnor, "that the board etner on the election of a president. On the first ballot Wi! kinson received four out of seven votes, and on my motion his election was made unanimous." The Rev. N. C. Nix, formerly vice president of the college, whose con nection with the institution ceased in 1910, following a fight with President Miller, was elected to a full profes sorship at today's meetinig. Nix owns' a fine plantation in Orangeburng coun ty, inherited from his father. , He was educated at Clafiin. A.t present he is pastor of Mount Pisgah Baptist1 church in Orangeburg. He had been mentioned for the presidency. President Wilkinson is from Char leston. He has been a teacher in the college since its foundation. Among the other candidates who were strongly endoige-1 were Prof. N. .. Frederick, .for home years principal of the Howard public school in Co lunTia; the Rev. J. J. Durhamn, of Aiken, p)resident of the colored State Baptist convention, and Prof. W. W. Coodk, of Washington, Miller's son-i'n law. Location of large tent pavilion is' on 'easts Main streset, J. A. Burton lot. J ew "Rock Hill" Lightesi Running, Most Stylish and Durable on Market qP'atented Long-Distance Spindles, oiled without removal of wheels. qPatented Side Spring. Strongest braced Body made. qNew style Seat. q Every feature of high class make. qPhaetons, Surries, Runabouts of same High Quality. qour guarantee your protection. R OCK H ILWL SPostal Card To Us Will Bring An Agent To You At Onc~e ROCK DILL BUGiGY COMPANY - M. Sath Carolina. SUMMER BRO. "Rock HiW'" Agents, Newberry, .C. / I CHICAGO E. ST. LOUi "SUPREME" and "SOUTHERN BRAND You can't mechanical coni want, but there should know w] " He should I can depend ui By no surei by the use of our excellently They are in absolutely fine a bution and uniform feeding ing substance but the most sc packing plants which insur seasons alike. They prcven This is why the "SUPS founl better by thcs. who 1 deAler for a copy of ur 191 A. D. Hudson. Newberry, S. C., S. C., J. S. Wessinger, Chapin, is often said to rnakea sale "tIs just as good as Let no such argumentpre- P vadl,to wean you from ~ L I your time, -tried friend, LzMN NEW0RLEAtiS,US.A. STATrE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Frances L. Haltiwanger, Texani Samuel, Lenora Eleazer. Mattie E lewine, Kizzie C. Chapman, John J Haltiwanger, Holland S. Haltiwange! Wilbur M1altiwanger and Lula Fulmer Plaintiffs, * ~ agaimst Burtell, Haltiwanger, Defendant. By virtue of an order of the Cour herein, I will sell to the highest bid ler before the Court House at New berry, S. C., Monday, salesday, Apri 3, 1911, within the legal hours o. sale all that lot of land near the towi f Newberry, County of Newberry State of South Carolina. ccntaining wo-thirds (2-3) of an acre, more a: less, bounded by lands of B. C. Mat thews, Nat Gist and an unnamet street, which will more fully appeal n a plat now of record in Plat Boolk D, at page 53, in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances fo1 werry County. Terms of sale: Cash. H. H. RIKARD, - 4-3t-taw. Master N. C. S. C. FLORIDA-CUBA! 'Wy Notl Take a Trip t FLORIDA or CUBA?" They have been broughi within easy reach by the plendid Through Train Ser vice of the tlaiC Coast Line Railroa(i Write for illustrated book lets, rates or any other infor ~nation, which will be cheer uly furnished.! T. C. WHITE, Gen. Pass. Agt., Wilmingtonn N. C. S KANSAS CITY ST JO fIAHUFACTURERSop BLo BIG" ATLANTA, GA. 1ways tell what a fertilizer is by look lition and may have every earmark o are other considerations that are moi ien he is buying plant food for his cr< wow from what source his ammonia )on it to feed his crop constantly and way can he guarantee himself full p prepared Blood, Bone and Tankage nd dry mechanical condition, thus ins of every plant. They do not coitain ;ientifically prepared animal matter fr( s quick and constant action througi t shedding and keep the stalk healthy E" and "SOUTHERN BIG" Brc ave tri t:em beside other fertilizers Ycar Boc .:d r o what others thinl .MFR -1LE BY Smith Mercantile Co., Einards, S. C., Sheal . C., Jas. H. Eargle, Pomaria, S. C. The Man ' Any man can go wi forts before he can sal a savings account.- II in time of idleness, as policy against, sicknes for his loved ones in < above all it is his test self-denial, industry, independence. Luck but little part in the industrial life. It is the man who' he can and saves a wins. He wins beca1 I fit. That is the'law. ONE BIG ROU will start you on the ro ~ placed in our Savings by adding mor'e of t11 I and every week you'll j worry about the future. WEPAY 4~ TE Newberry' Sai OF- NEWBER~ Capitpl - - a JAS. MdINTOSH, President. Prize Offers from .Lead Book on patents. "Hints to ive "Why some~ inventors fail." Sen search of Patent Office records. C Acting Commissioner of Patents, :ai the U. S. Patent Office. @0 CREELEY&I S~HINGTO3 EPH OKLAHOMA CITY cONPANY OD, BONE and TANKAGE FERTILIZERS ng at it. It may be in good f being just the thing you e important that the farmer )p. is derived and whether he !ontinuously till maturity. rotection in this way than fertilizers on all his crops. uring free and even distri mne ounce of any ammoniat )m our six large .wet and dry -and vigorous. .. tnds have been Call on your of them. ly & Derrick, Little Mountain, lho Wins* thout many com ely dispense with is his, paymaster ad his insurance ~s; it is protection ~ase of death, and imbnial of manly forethought and and. fortune play drama of modern works every day rhat he can, who ise he'is the most 'ID DOLLAR ad to success if it's Department, and e samne kind each have no cause to LE rings Bank. ~RY, S. C.. $50,000.00 J.NORWOODjr i..g ManufaCturer. ntors." 'qnventions needed." I dl rough sketch or model for ur Mr. Gireeley was formerly. id as such had full charge.of cINTIRE o .O r,D.C