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CV X BtrRY S jRLA E VOLUME XLIX, NUMWBER 39. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLIhA, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911.TWOAWE, I AYU. GOVERNOR REFUSES A PARDON TO W. T. JONES BARE CHANCE OF NEW TRIAL HIS ONLY HOPE. Convicted of Wife Murder-Sentence Life Imprisonment-Third Appeal Pending. 1 Columbia. May 14.-W. T. Jones. the wealthy Union county farmer, who is under life sentence for the murder of t his wife, has been denied a pardon by -Governor Blease. Barring the meagre possibility of a reversal of the circuit judge in .he appeal now before the su . preme court for a new trial, and the possibility of future executive eiemen cy. the noted prisoner will have to come to the State penitentiary soon and comxnmence the serving of the long sentence. "In view of the statement and rec ommendation made by the Hon. T. S. Sease, then solicitor, and now judge of the 7th judi,iaI circuit, who prosecut ed the case against the petitioner for pardon; of the history of the case giv en by the Hon. R. W. Memminger, pre siding judge at the trial at whIch the petitioner or applicant was convicted, and also of the present st, t as of the case, I am constrained to deny this application for pardon, and the same 1 is, therefore. hereby denied. . "Cole L. Blease, Governor. "Columbia, S. C., May 13, 1911." Governor Blease announced his ac tion on the petition for pardon today. 1 Prisoner In Union Jail. W. T. Jones is now a prisoner in the Union county jail. where he has been since his arrest upon a warrant charging him with causing his wife to. take poison. or actually administering 1 it. It has now been nearly three years I since Mrs. Marian Jones, the wife of the defendant, wient to her death. In those years a legal battle, the like of which has rarely been known in a murder case in this State, has been waged. Following the conviction of Jones, at the January term, 1909, in Union, a jury having found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to a life t,ermn, a motion for a new trial was -denied by Judge Memuringer, the pre siding judge; from this an appeal was taken to the supreme court. Here, in a decision handed down March 3, 1910, -the supreme court refused to grant a new trial. A rehearing was sought and again on May 9, 1910, Jones lost, for the supreme court in an order signed by the whole court, refused to let the ease again be argued in the highest tribunal of the State. Before special Judge W. B. Gruber counsel for Jones next appeared and made a motion for a new trial. This Judge Gruber turned down, and uponi t-he a,ppeal from the order refusing a Snew trial the case is now in the su- 1 preme court. Governor Blease's ac tion, therefore, comes in advance of the pending decision upon the, last i phase o~f the case by the court. Gov er'nor Blease, it is known, has awaited the decision before himself acting in the case, but the delay caused him to 1 -aot now. Farmers' Institute. Clemson College. S. C., F May 9. 1911. Dear Sir: While we are going to spend a good deal of time this sum mer- in operating our live stock train,1 yet we know that there will be a great many sections through which we will not be able to carry the gospel for im proved agriculture in this way. We itherefore have no idea of neglectingI Sthe regular farmers' in:titutes and it will facilitate my work very material ly if sections desiring these institu tes will make theN- application as promptly as possible.' I will appre - ciate it if you will bring this to the attention of your readers. r ~ Yours very truly. D. N. Barrow, Superintendent. Misses Jul-ia Irby and Jenette Mac F'arland have about completed ar rangements for opening up the Laur ens hospital in the building to De va- 1 cated by Capt. Smnythe. They expect to 'be abl-e to have a formal opening] June 1.-La.urens cor. The State. Now tha-t Newberry is arranging for one, I Lare,s ha our congrntniations. WINDI -LUUP COMMISSION. feeting Will he Held in Columbim This Afternoon-Several Matters Before Commission. The State dispensary winding-uI ommission. which was called to mee1 -esterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. wil neet in Columbia at 3 o'clock this af ernoon, the meeting having beei >ostponed until that time. It is pro able that at the meeting this after oon a decision will be announced i: he Columbia Glass company matter Lnd it is also expected that a lettei vill be written to the firm of Ander ;on, Rountree. Felder and Wilson. ii esponse to the commundcation fron :hat firm to the commission. The commission also has before i ,e Scruggs claim for services in con iection with secu.riag the testimon: >f the late G. H. Charles. The natur f this claim is stated in the Scrugg, Lffidait, published in another column ISS SWYGERT INHERITS SIX MILLION DOLLAR ut Continues to Teach in Mill Dis trict-First ioquest Came From Columbia Man. Atlanta. Ga., May 12.-Heir to $6, 00,000 and with $30,000 now in hei >ossession, Miss Lillian Swyger.t con inues to folfow her chosen vocatior df schocl teacher in the mill districi >f tbis city. Miss Swygert came t< Ltlanta six years ago. to take a posi ion as teacher. Soon arter ner ar ival she fell heir to $16,000 upon th( eath of her grandfath-er at oClumbih . C.; $14,000 upon the death of hei alf-sist.er and several thousand ad itinal left by another relative. Lasi oember she was left $6,000,000 iT e w1l1 of an uncle in Germany. Th( atter be4upst has just been mad< mnown. olumbia Record. The Swygert family is a large one Ltld ihere are many persons in Rich and and Lexington counties bearin, hai Jm To one of the ColumbiE -csicents was read the above telegran 'riTay morning. He said he knew o jo rel'ativ'e of his dying in Germnan. md leaving such a princely fortune as i0(.0,000, nor did he know of thE 14.000 and $16,000 bequests men ioned. Long Talk of Great Sachem. The annual report (or long talk ii he Indian figure of spech) of thE reat sachem, Otto Klettner, to th4 reat council of South Carolina, I. 0 L. M., at Greenvirlle in April, is ax nteresting paper, and would be read ble matter to others besides Red Men hen the report was submitted thE act was noted that all previous rec >rds had been broken and surpasse( >y Mr.; Kle.ttner as great sachem o: he order in the State, showing hi: ecord to be the best that has beez nade since the organization of thi ret council 22 years ago. This is ine and noble record and places higi n the front ranks the man from New erry, who wears 'his honors so mod istly and whose generosity of spiri yrompts him to express the 'hope anm te wish that his successor to thE :hair of great eachem will even exce hat record. During his reign thi isdom of Great Sachem Klettner was nstrumental in bringing the order uj .o the highest standard and his in uence was felt throughout the State It would be well for the great counci: o heed the counsel of its retiring pre iding officer in his 'excellent report s submitted to the order and for thE ribes generally to adopt the wise sug' ~estions therein constained, as it is ound advice beneficial to the citizen' hip of the Sta.te at large, exclusive SE yell as inclusive of Redmanship. ThE sport concludes with sentiments tha vould ennoble any order and any cit en if carried in the heart-uegln 'nd only the Master shall praise us knd only the Master shall blame." There is a colored woman 105 yeari yf age living in Newberry. She hat >etter come to Charleston and spent ir second century.-Charleston Post But the old woman is satistled ti vpend her second century in Newber - although Charleston is a might) oo ace to senda nthing in. LITTLE ROCK WELCOMES CONFEDERATE VETERANS OLD SOLDIERS GATHERMG FOR ANNUAL REUNION. Arkansas City Gaily Decorated and Elaborate Entertainment Plan ned for Soldiers. Little Rock. Ark., May 1I.-Aitnough the opening session or the twenty first Reunion of the United Confeder ate veterans %4ill not be held until Tuesday morning, local railroad of ficials estimate that 7,000 visitors ar rived in the city today. Many of the veterane are being assigned to the Lhomes of Little Rock. Tonight the veterans' encampment, Camp Shaver, is open to the visiting veterans. Unit ed States army tents hava been erect ed in the City ,ark to the number of more than 1,00), and fitted up with cots. Here accommodations have been provided for 6.000. Well Provided For. Meals will be furnisned the veterans by the city. A lunch stand ues been erected where -the veterans may obtain free lunches. and vaudeville- shows will provide part of the entertainment. The encampment is- in command of Gen. Shaver, who coimanded a bri gade at the battle of Shiloh. The city is gayly decorated in honor of the first Reunion ever held in Ar kansas. The buildings along the prir. cipal business- streets are almost hid den under masses of red and white bunting and United States and Confed- I erate flags. Mile of White Pillars. From the auditorium. where the sessions of the veterans will be held, to Cam.p Shaver, a distancv of more than a mile, rows of white pillars ex tend on each side of the street. These are connected with strings of incan I descent lights,. and to top of the pillars Ilights of red and white; the reunion colors, flash forth at night. The preparations have been thor ough and systematic, and the reanion pr-omises to be one of the most suc cesasful ever held. despite the fact that; Little Rock is the smallest city that~ ever entertained the reunion. Reunion Headquarters. Genr. Geo. W. Gordon, of Mempnlis, anid Gen. Win. E. Mickle, of New Or-, leans, will arrive tomorrow and open headquarlters at the Hotel Marion.. Monday wifll be givlen up to the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, who will hold their first session Mon-' day night. Addresses will 'be deliver ed by the national officers of the or gnization and by Richmond P. Hob son and John Fox, Jr. TO ORANGEBURG NEXT YEAR. Grand Lodge Odd Fellows Adjourns At Grenville.-Officers Elected: *Greenville, May 11.-The South Car lina Grand Lodge, 1. 0. 0. F., held its closing session in the opera 'house to day. Orangeburg was decided upon as the next meeting place. The election of officers of the Grand Lodge was 'held just before adjourn ment. .Jas. G. Long, Jr., of Union who for the past year has beein deputy grand master was made grand master. To succeed Mr. Long as deputy grand master is J1. H. Craig, of Anderson, formerly grand warden. As grand warden to succeed Mr. Craig, Keeneth Baker, of - Greenwood. 'wa-s elected. Other officers of the Grand Lodge who were lected this morning a-re: J. L. Michie, of Darlington, grand chaplamn; M. P. Wells. of Edgefield, grand con- - ductor; A. M. Do-ggett, of Piedmont,1 grand marshal; C. L. Pad'gett, of Un ion, grand guardian; J. J. Cooper, of Unon county, grand herald. Dr. S. F. Killingsworth .of Columbi-a. was re elected grand secretary, and R. Endel, of this city, was re-elected grand treasurer. Besides the eletion of these officers,I Wade H. Cobb, of Columbia. was elect ed representatire to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. ic~h meets in Tndian LIapolis next September. Messrs. J. J. t McSwain, of this city, and L. N. Zealy. Iof Columbia. were electd trustees of the 0r,phan' Home at Greenville. Wade 1 Hampton Cobb. retiring grand master, t .THE~ SKETcHPESeLO SUICIDE THREAT HALTS POSSE. esperate Plan of Greenville Man t Avoid Arrest.-The Ruse That Worked. Greenville, May 11.-After holdin1 tt bay for nearly two hours the coun ,y sheriff and a corps of deputies, b: ressing 'against his temple a cockei evolver and threatening to blow ou is brains if any member of the poss Ovanced a step nearer, Robert Hen on, a white man, was arrested on th utskirts of the city this afternoon an4 odged in the county jail. Henton wa nduced to surrender only when bon cessary for 'his release was show im on the spot. In arsWr to a cill zert in about 2, )'clock, the sheriff and his deputir ade a hurried departure for tb. ;cene of trouble. It was reported th?, enton 1-nd shot his wife ard wa rout to a-nnihilate the neihbo- '1oc rhe man learned of the sheriff':; ar -oac~h and forthwith sent a c,ouria :meet the wardens of the law an' form them that if they attempted t Test him, he would shoot his hea' Halt at the "Dead Line." Drawing near the scene of the shoot g. the sheriff beheld Henton standn; his front yard with a pistol clap.pel b is temple. The man had es'ablish da "dead 'line" about h-im an~d i 4&mn tones raised his voice aloft an' ~ed out that if thea posse advanco e inch nearer the trigger would t )l"iar dl a climate warmer than tN' nearth would receive his soirit. The man had a look of determina n in his eye, which caused the poss o"stack arms" on the edge of th dead line." With that, peace nego iations were opened up, b'ut all il 'in. Henton remained firm in hi iclaration. When it was seen that th egotiations were off strategy was re orted to. A "sletuth" made a circuit o e woods and was about to close i' n Henton from the rea.r, when he w'a: iscovered. Another "sleuth" devise4 e scheme of -offering Henton some ir to drink and closing in on bin hile he was drinking. Scheme Fails to Work. Accordingly, a bottle of coca coh as passed over to the would-be sui ide, much af-ter the fashion 'meat il assed to a bear on the end of a stick~ anrton took the cooling draught. bu I the revolver to 'his temple whil' edrank from the bottle. 'and kept hit e on the posse. Extended argumen s brought into play, but all in vain It was then thiat a proposal was nade which swept Henton off his feet Sumbit to arrest and I will go oi u'r bond immediately," read the pro osal which brought Henton to sur ender. Marital troubles, it is understood as at the bottom of the shooting. 11 e meantime. Henton's wife fled. to ether with the man in the case, foi nedical aid. After the arrest. Hentor )gged to be carried by the hospita .osee his wife. It was a cold recep m he was accorded by his wife. -Hi S HOW WVH^T aME, V05i TOM$ A 5T doom T O GOVERNOR ATTACKS COTTON MILL MERGI THINKS THEY WILL PROVE JURIOUS TO STATE. Believes it An Effort to Control Pi of Cottin and Price of Labor in t All Cottoij Mills. Governor Blease in an interv makes tlh!e cotton mill mergers, Parker merger, in particular. He gave out the following intervii "In my opiniot the mill merg will prove very injurious to the I ple of .the State, as a whole, and there was so much fuss raised at the railroad merger, I am surpri that some people are not taking an terest, as the law directs, in looking to the mill mergers. In my opinior is only an effort to absolutely con the price of cotton and to control price of labor in al cotton mills. 4 supreme court has already i against black-lis1ing anci gave da ages against the head of th.is meri in onie instance, where this was pi ticed. When the merge,r 'a cornyle and the operatives are imposed uj and see fit to leave a mill, it is o neesary for the presi?dentc to uro Isecret word to the superintendents his mills to give that family no ~ployment; hence, the party has no dess, because he can not obtain proof as to his being blacklisted. Says Effort to Control Votes. "It is also an effort to control vote of the cotton mill people, ais been attempted for some years p but in this they 'will fail, for the ' people of this. State are of our c blood and kin; thiey are intell-igt f ree and ind.eipendent and will not coerced or controlled in their vo and, they wilil resent it, even if jcosts them their jobs. Another thi the mill merger is ca-using people cange their 'homes; taking them fr one place and carrying them to wh Ithe central offices are located. I surprised, in this respect, that Colh bia has not waked up long ago, for long as the officers of these mills residents. of other cities, and the fles are in those cities, just that 14 olumbia will suffer by the experier and the fact that the offices are all other cities is injurious to Columt h owever, Colu*mbia does not seem Icare much about being myuired." State's Finances Gratifying. "Yes, I have noticed the figures en by the Secretary of 'State in morning papers, stating that mi millions of dollars have been inves in many new enterprises since -first of the year, and that he has tu -ed over two thousand dollars more ready this year thain he did for the ti-re twelve months of last year. T1 of course, is very gratifying to me, e gives a very flat contradiCtion to reports .in the recent campa,ign the 'Blease was elected governor it wo hurt the State financially. 'This port of the Secretary of State and recent borrowing of money for taeat such a low rate of inter -rAj.K -r TAA cS is a vindication of my administration and naturally makes lay frDenxds anid ~mysel~f very proud, and I am satisfied ythat the prosperity of our State will continue, and that if a few elanerers N- and sorehaeads were dispensed wit!h, * that all would be peace and harmony. Individually, I- aim healthy, not ce wealthy, but very happy, aind I am not the least worried about criticisms.' 1Report of Road Inspector No. 8 Town iew Iship. he ITo the SupervisOr. of Newberry - County.-Dear Sir: I beg to submit my wreport as road inspector for No. 8 Z rs township. Having inspected the -said o- roads, I find them in very good con as a dition. owing to the dry .ifall and ut spring. One or two overseers have ed worked theair roads. The rest have n- not done anything to their roads. Find n- all roads too narrow with side diteh it es filled up with trash and weeds. A -Ro good many places the farmers are lI ship4 the plowing out in the roads, leaving not ur eenough room for one buggy or wago eld to go along without bumnping over openA er- turros. I recommnetd -that said far er, mers working the publdic roads be e- made pay rentfor same. I find hde asIu, road from Dead Fall leading to Old o, Town has no overseer. I reco amend nly that Mr. Dan DeHart be appointed to na that road. Also fdin that from Beaver ofDamn creek by Mr. John Wicker's -' place without overseer, and recom e- mend that Tom Neal (col) be ap he pointed on said road, and that he he 1bastructed to cut one ditch on both , sides of road about two feet deep by te two feet wide at the creek, each aort hetwenty-five yards -long, owing to the Samount of blue mud. s'Find the bridge over Beaver Darn, ml close to Utopia school house, in v'ery n bad codition. The banister needs to it be .replaced with new lumber. And beI also the approach to the Werber s,bridge, the banister is also very rot it ten. I recommend that the superv'i ng' sor send part of his gang back on the to road leading from Newberry straight em to Dead Fall, and widen the road at ere the pine about 200 yards from the am Weloh brainch. It is impossible to ~pass if you meet at this point. as Respectfully, are J. F. Stephens. >I May 13, 1911. e, DICkINSON QUIITS CABINET. ia; Bosevelt's Man Stimson to be New to IWar Secretary. Washidngton, May 12.--Secretar-y of War Jacob McGavock Dickinson, of iv- Tennessee, the Democratic member o>f he the Taft cabin'et, has resigned. Henry ny L. Stimnson, of New York, recently de ted feated Republican candidate for gov he ernor, was appointed to succeed him. in- This announcement was made at the al- whita house tonight, and caused great - surprise. In the letters, exchanged xis, between the president and Mr. Dickin nd son, no reason, other than that or the pressing private affairs, is given for if the -secretary's retirement. The pres 14 ident will confer with Mr. Stimson in, eNew York York tomorrow or Sunday. he but the rew secretary of war will not he be sworn in until the return of the *e mesent to WVashinetoui on Monday.