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DSPPICO VESo HASTY PETIT ION. Judge memminger Reviews Gaffney Murder Case-Scenes of Trage dy Tividly Bcalled. Colunlia, May 9.-"So the verdict' vwas a right verdict and the sentence folilcwinz therefrom being fixed by law at life imprisonment, the ques tion now is only, are all the attendant facts and circumstances then and since such as to call for the reduction of the legal sentence? "My heart may, ard does, bleed for this young man, who so early in life should have had such serious conse quences follow in the wake or each: rash act of his that fatal night and. morning." Thus writes Judge R. Withers Iemminger, of Charleston, who does not recommend a pardon at this time for George Hasty, the noted Cherokee prisoner, serving a life term for the killing of Milan Bennett, an actor, at Gaffney on December 15, 1905. Governor Considering Papers. Governor Blease has been consid -ering the papers in the case, but he has not yet reached a conclusion. Judge Memminger, after setting out that he has given the matter consicl erable thought, gives a free expres-i sion of his views, being deeply im pressed with the appeal for clemency! for George Hasty and says that no doubt the letter from Editor Ed De Camp, of the Gaffney Ledger, voices the sentiment of the community that Hasty has suffered enough and goes into the merits of the petition. "Yet, if :t be," writes Judge Mem mijger, "so that one or both of 'these young women had departed from the Lines of proper and modest conduct .and Hasty was encouraged to believe that to be true and regulate his con duct towards them accordingly, not! reasonably anticipating hostile dem onstration from their male compan ions, those are, perhaps, matte which may be taken into considera tion upon an application for execu tive clemency. Says Verdict Proper One. "This point and that Hasty has! -nade a good prisoner are all favor able to the petitioner, but whatever weight these considerations may havi. (and without doubt they are weighty) and however much I feel inclined to .yield to them, I can not consistently recommend to your excellency that Hasty has as yet suffered sufficiently to expiate, and as an example for, the terrible tragedy, for the bringing~ about of which he was convicted and in the cast of which he was the princi pal character. "The view advanced in' the petitions that' his trial was at a time when public feeling was keen, is, in my judgment, of no weight in this case, because an examination of the record shows that the verdict was inevitable from the law and the evidence and a~ verdict otherwise would have been contrary to the law and the evi dence." Voicing the sentiment given at the opening of this article, Judge Mem mlinger then says: Chain of Wrong-Doing. "His case has always appealed to me as more a sequence of wrongs, all leading up to the fatal end-murder; at law; but not that premeditated murder which demands the extreme penalty and that the jury was right in recommending to mercy. That he should have mistaken the willingness of the women-that he should have chanced to get more liquor that morn ing-to have the pistol in his pocket -that that mere toy shouxld have pro -duced a fatal wound in the body of ,each of those men, thickly clad. as they were, hurriedly aimed as it was surely such a chain of ill chances all lea,ding to the death of these men in1 the prime of life, each full of the joy of living, no doubt, and to have been with in a few minutes more away on their journey of joy, was never so fatally linked before! "And it often comes to me to think that George Hasty, who no doubt had been to their May that night, must often have visions of the now dead I>avidson in his :ollicking role of 'Old Sport Davie," arnd B"nnett, draw ing out the tones oi his secoI2panying -music-all joy, pleasure, harmo::y, in nocent amusement for the multitude, and the flash of the pistol-the look .of cruel surprise upon their faces as they staggered about inth.at dingy ho tel hallway-a veritable shamble, that ~cold morning and thern agony and bloody sweat, and silence and sudden death. Not Safhiciently Punished. "Five or six years is not enough im pr=son1ment for the man who brought about all this and who has been legal jy and prope=rly convicted of murder -of the ruthless and unnecessary killing of one of the me u, tho'uth not zo be tried for the kiliUng of the other, Ni'r. Solicitor Otts states. ai. !!ere Tore, even cosdrn th k!.n de -i~nsibie, not to b.~ w'~ ~ l ~t ~a "This :nan for the killir; of Nhn he was convicted did no wrong. In the mere resentment against injury to property a man would remonstrat. as he did; how much the more strong ly as to the woman who was, at least for the time being, under his protecting carc. The mind must hark' back to all of this as we view this group. realizing that we have before us the substance of the living, but only the shadow of the dead. "Hasty has indeed begun serving an apprenticeship in going downward. He is now serving one which may some day bring him up again. I think the time may come when he should have another chance in life, but, in my judgment, it is not yet; and the: petitions should be refused." Sease Makes no Recommend-ation. Ex-Solicitor Sease writes: "As all the evidene is atca:hed to the petition I e no rrconmend:, tion to make one way or th. other." That Hasty will never be tried for the killing of Davidson, the other ac-' tor in the tragedy, is the st2-nent made by Solicitor Otts. Solicitor Otts writes: "I never interfere in sent.c:,s . pardons or commu.:ati j s aul23 t.2e governor refers suh matters o me. As to the other ind'raan: againA; Hasty I will never try the cas, as my witnesses can nic b' fouid. I will not interfere in the matteT." Before the Curtain. Detroit Free Press. "Did they call on the author of that new play for a speech?" "No; an apology." ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF STOCK OF JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, CUT! ..CLASS, ETC., AND FIXTURES. Sealed bids are invited and will be received by the undersigned for the assigned stock of goods and fixtures formerly belonging to Daniels & Wil liamson at N,_wberry, S C. The stock consists of jewelry, silverware, cutJ glass and such other articles as are! usually carried in a first class and up: to date jewelry store. Inventory of stock amounts to $7,199.99, (invocie cost), of fixtures, $1,546.25 (appraised~ value). The stock is -high class and in ex-t cellent condition and is the only ex clusive, jewelry store in the city of Newbery. Purchaser can rent or lease the store-room, which is centrally located: .nemain business street ofth The said saebdsmust beiled with the undersigned on or before: the 29th day cf May, 1911, at 12: oclock, noon, anid accompanied by a certified check for $200, payable to the -,ndersigned, as an evidence of! good faith. The right is reserved to reject aniy and all bids. In case the said stock of goods and1 fixtures be not sold for any reason o reasons on the 29tn day of May, 191r said stock and fixtures will be sold in bulk in the store rooms lately occu-I pied by the said Daniels & William son on the 5th day of June, 1911, at 12 o'clock' noon at public auction, to the 'highest bidder. Terms of sale: Cash. For any information in regard to same or an inspection of the stock, address Frank R. Hunter, Agent, New berry, S. C. F red. H. Dominick, Assignee. Frank R. Hunter, 5-9-taw-St- Agent for Creditors. NOTICE OF SPECIAL SCHOOL ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. In consideration of a sufficiently signed petition from the voters and freeholders of school district No. 14,! known as Prosperity school district, asking for an election to vote an ad ditional two mills tax to be used for school purposes in said district, the election for t.ho said purpose above named is hereby ordered to be held at the town hall of said district, con ducted by the trustees of the district as managers, on the 16th day of May, 1911, beginning at 8 o'clock a. in., and closing at 4 p. in., a registration certi-[ ficate and poll tax receipt being nec essary to vote in this election. All! voters favoring the tax will vote "yes," against the tax "no." J. S. Wheeler, S. J. Derrick, E. 0. Counts, County Board of Educationr. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of May, 1911, at 11 o'clc3k1 a. m., in the office of the Probate1 Judge for Newberry county, S. C., I will make a final settlement of the! guardianship estates of George R. Koon, Mattie Koon, Mary Koon and David Koon, and immediately there after apply for a final discharge as such guardian. MARY F. KOON, April 14, 1911. Guardian. BIG DEM .01 Cameron Ma Delicious lunch c free to all wh Thf Quick Cooking Wa: Less Fuel T best I every Never Rust Out or St E Bumn OutDor DoorS kind c Get Expert lecturer and E the "Cameron" Ma COME IN DJ TATE OF SOUTH CAROLIEN A, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.J Court of Common Pleas. [da B. Lester, Plaintiff, against [ucile Lester Moore, Claude L.. Le~-' ter, Newton R. Lester, C. Eugene Lester, Louise M. Lester and Iea trice E. Lester, Defendants. n the above entitled action, passed by Hon. R. C. Watts, presiding judge; e 1 .n the Eighth Judicial Circuit, dated Runal A~pril 20, 1911, notice is hereby given :hat all and singular the creditors of *, I he estate of Newton R. Lester, de eased, are hereby notified arid requir ed to present their claims against said estate, duly attested, to H. H. qPatent Rikard, master for Newberry county,j oidw n or before the 18th day of May, qPatente 1911. And said creditors are therein qStronge restrained and enjoined from prose- qNew sty uting their claims against said es- (Eeyf tate in any other proceeding, or else-- qvey where than in this proceeding. Said qPhaetor order is now on file in thbe office of same I the clerk of the court for Newberry oiur guw county. H. H. RIKARD, Master for Newberry County. April 24, 1911. 4-25,3t-1taw AUTO AND MOTORCYCLE NOTICE. 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