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r" . ?ra,?B ? NEWBERRY. SOrTH CAROUKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1#I2. TWICE A WEEK, IUI A TliB. VOLUME L, MIdib ??. Sam Boozer Re Until Jai ^ic Ronnrnmen.de iwiivu ?w Solicitor Cooper Recomi Given for Furti Special to The Herald and News i Columbia, Dec. 12.?Gov. 01 ease < this morning reprieved Sam iioozer until the 2nd day of January, l?i?. Iu| addition to the showing made in the i petition Gov. Blease receiver a sonal request by telephone this 'morning from Mr. James A. Burion, fore-j man of the jury which convicted Boozer, asking the reprieve, stating that for reasons known to the people of Newberry, he could hardly stand the idea of the negro being electrocuted tomorrow. : A petition for the com.nutation or the sentence of Sam Boozer from elec. trocution to life imprisonment in the j penitentiary was presented to Gov. | Blease on Wednesday. The petition was presented by Mr. G. G. Sale, who was appointed by the court to defend Boozer on his trial in the sessions -court. It is signed by many of the citizens around Dyson, in Greenwood, county, where Boozer was reared, who testify to his good character and peaceableness, and is also signed by many citizens Of Newberry, where Boozer has lived for several years, and who are familiar with the facts surrounding the case and the trial of Boozer. Six of the jurors who tried (WRT LOWERS CURTAIN ! 0> HILLSVILLE TRAGEDY hv rjuiny Sidna \ Ufn IT 1UU> t U \ W.7V V.f VI- r / and Wesley Edwards Very Long Terms. Wytheville, Va? Dec. 11.?Final settlement of all cases resulting from the killing of fiv& persons in the Hillsville (Va.) court house by the Allen clan March 14 last was reached this morning, when Sidna Allen pleaded guilty to second degree murder for killing Sheriff Webb and Wesley Edwards pleaded guilty to the *-V>nhqrooc nonHiri p- ap-flinst him. till ^ UCll ^ V i V/ i i va * * * q w% j ? ? ?? ? ? ? ? ^ . Thirty-five years in the penitentiary is the penalty Sidna Allen will pay. Allen's nephew, Wesley Edwards, will Spend 27 years in the penitentiary. These two sentences were the result of a compromise this afternoon following a verdict of voluntary manslaughter in the case of Allen for the murder of Commonwealth's Attorney Foster, the jury fixing the penalty in that case at five vears' imprisonment. Allen already had been found guilty of second degree murder at a former trial for the killing cf Judge Massie. for which he had been sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary, and the other indictment pending against him for the murder of Sheriff Webb was compromised by letting him plead guilty ta second degree murder and take a 15 years' sentence, the conbine'd sentennes making 35 years. Three in dictments against Wesley Edwards also were compromised, he taking a sentence of nine years' imprisonment on each. Didnt Prote Plot, in the second trial of Sidna Allen, which ended today, nine of the jury on the first ballot stood for acquittal, and the other three for murder in the second degree. Following their dis charge, the jurors in an interview declared that not one of them thought the evidence presented by the State was sufficiently strong to sustain the charge of conspiracy. This ends, so far as the courts are concerned, a tragedy which was without parallel and which stirred the country from one end to the other. On the 14th of last March following the conviction of Floyd Allen of an offense which would have sent him to the penitentiary for one year, members - ^ ? 11 ? nlonniph m/Mintiin OI IOC icium ? i-iciLiuioii uivun tutuers. opened fire in the court house on the (ourt officials. At the first volley Jiu1?:4 Thornton Massie fell mortally v ;ciJ when the smoke clo * sb? r:IT W?1*!) ai-ci Com rspited nuary 2, 1913 d by Judge G v and Jurors. nended Respite ? Time her Showing. the case also sign the petition asking commutation. The electrocution is set for Friday of this week. ? -"nrnnimiili, tliaf A Solicitor uooyer ic^uuuutuuo u.cv ? reprieve be granted so that the case may b more thoroughly looked into, and Mr. Sale would be glad to securs a reprieve in the event the governor does not care to grant commutation on the J showing made. Mr. Sale says that he j has not yet been able to. see all the | jurors. i It will be recalled that Boozer killed James S. Gilliam in March, 1911. on Mr. John C. Hipp's place in No. 7 township while standing in Mr. Gilliam's yard, in the presence of a nuni-i ber of othpr persons. He yas tried before Judge Ernest Gary at ine .mat, 1913, term of the sessions court, and declared guilty of murder by the jury and sentenced by Judge Gary to be hanged. In the meantime Mr. Sale appealed the c??e to the supreme co-jrt which acted as a stay of execution. The supreme court affirmed the judgment of the lower court, and at the November term of the sessions court Judge Memminger sentenced Boozer to be electrocuted on Friday,December 13. If the governor does not interfere Boozer will meet death in the electric chair on Friday. found dead. On the following day one of the three jurors who were shot died of his wounds, as did also Miss Bettie Ayers. who had been a witness against Floyd Allen. The Sequel. Floyd Allen was arrested on the day following the tragedy, being too badly wounded to escape. The arrest of the others implicated in the shooting followed at various intervals, the two men whose fate was decided to day having been the last caugnt. Of the six men who have been convicted of complicity in the shooting, two?Floyd Allen and his son, Claude ?are under sentence of death, while the four others?Sidna and Friel Allen, and Wesley and Sidna Edwardshave each been given long terms in the penitentiary. Victor Alien, a son nf TTinvri was annnitted. and Bvrd Ma i rion was discharged because of lack of ! evidence against him. I - ; Respite for Aliens. i Richmond, Va? Dec . 11.?On the ; statement of attorneys for Floyd Ali len and Claude Swanson Allen thai j newly discovered evidence is sufficient I to make the granting of a new trial b> i I the supreme court probable, Gov I Mann this afternoon granted a respite to the two men until January 17 j They were to have died in the electric I chair Friday of this week for theii i part in the Hillsvilie murders o! ; March 14, when Judge T. L. Massie : Commonwealth's Attornev W. M. FosI ter, Sheriff L. F, Webb, Juror Augus. tus Fowler and Miss Bettie Ayers i were killed. I The governor did not express ai opinion as to the new evidence, bui reanested the attorn*?vs tn sien a na per stating that they believed it to b( material. An application will now b( made to the supreme court for a rehearing on the petition for a writ o: error. Doctor Quit Talking ! A doctor who had a custom of cul ' mating the lawn and walk in from j of Ills home every spring engagec | O'Brien to do the job. He went aw a: for three days, and when he returnee found O'Bri 11 waiting for his money | The doctor was not satisfied with hit ; work, ai-d said: i "/"k*r><-in ivhulo u-allf i? r-fii'pr*1! W ui n II, luv, * M?n ^ W v. wv with gravel and dirt, and, in my esti ination. it's a bad job. O'Brien looked at hiin in surprise | for a moment and replied: . I "Shur", <?cx\ thorn's many a ha' i j b of y--i v,-> vi h zr:v..l am ' ' I. : 0- N *. % i BLEASK GETS MESSAGES FROM ALL OVER COUNTRY CONGRATULATIONS FROM PEOPLE ON RICHMOND SPEECH. /?f rettpr? and Teletrranis aiiimiMiii v* ? ? .. _ Have Poured in, Deluging Governor's Office. j Columbia. Dec. 12.?Since Governor Blease's address before the conference of governors in Richmond last week, the governor's office has been deluged with telegrams and letters of commendation and congratulation. These messages have come from every section of South Carolina, and from every section of the American Union. Men and women, Republicans, Democrats, Socialists, and those of almost every "? 1 4-U * political creed are represented uy we senders. Some of them, it may be seen from the chirography and the verbiage, are from people of high literary attain! ments; other writers state that they are poor people and have never had the advantages of a literary education. All of them are equally appreciated by Governor Blease. One writer begs for an answer, just wanting a "moment of the governor's time." All of them are being answered, but it will take several days to get out all the replies. All of the great news agencies of the country gave a great deal of space to the governor's remarks, and the big newspapers of the country, played him up in the headlines and carried his picture prominently on their front pages. While the governor was in Washington on Saturday, in company with the other governors, to attend the luncheon tendered by President Taft, he occupied the front pages 01 the Washington papers, under big head lines. There are some good "stories" in the hundreds of messages of congratulation the governor has received, but it would be almost a physical impossibility to go through them all and pick out the human interest side. A few quotations from some of them, however, might be of interest. From Atlanta comes a telegram from a family of husband, wife and two grown daughters, whose forefathers were from South Carolina, thanking Governor Blease for his stand. From McDavid, Fla., comes a telegram to the "best governor of the Southland." From Philadelphia comes a message of "sincere sympathy, congratulations and admiration." From Marshall, Tex as, a gentleman writes that "if ever the opportunity presents, you have won my vote." From Decatur, 111., comes the congratulations "of a common man from Illinois." From ail ov. - er Mississippi telegrams and letters : have poured in. There was a strong let: ter from Hattiesburg, from Jackson, Miss., there is a telegram, signed b\ " nine citizens, five of whom are doc. tors, saying: "You express the senti J ment of every true American and we . | wish we had more Bleases." ; j From Union City, Ga., come<s a let* J ter in which the writer says- "Sinct f reading your speech before the gover nors at Richmond, Va., I have wishec that I lived in South Carolina that I - might have the honor of voting fo. 5 such a man as Gov. Cole. L. Blease.' From Atlanta comes another congrati ulatory message from a man with a t wife and eight children, and anothei . telegram from a family saying, "We i admire your matchless manhood anc ? desire to cheer your manifest courage.' . From Ft. Meade, Fla., comes a mesf sage from a man whose wife was t j South Carolina girl, who says that ht rejoices tnat "ner native siaie Jia<s l governor who is willing and not at'raic ; to speak out in plain terms in the prot j tection of our women." From Mobile j Ala., comes the statement of a mat . that "we are especially delighted witl j your manly words." .j From a lady in New York: "Got s j bless you, governor; your sentiments ! are mine to a dot." j | From a man in Philadelphia: "Ii - this age when public men are so ofiei time-servers and political puppets ^ b; g to congratulate you upon you) manly action at Richmond, Va." I From a lady in .Jacksonville, Flo.: t i i"ii L- vviiih tlie proi'oui.ilo-t r"?pec . t'.t I c:0'!::*?ic stand' ya: have taken for the ladies of your State, j . . . . 1 was 26 when the Confederate war began and till that time such a ] crime (as that the governor spoke of) was unheard-of. " A message from Washington: "You! are everlastingly and eternally right. J There's entirely too much trimming j and apologizing by your .New soutn { man." From a lady in New Orleans: "God bless you, Gov. Blease." From Dallas, Texas, comes a telegram of congratulation "from an old college chum." From Charlottesville, Va., comes the "congratulations of a South j Carolinian." From St. Louis comes j the sentiment, "God bless you." From Philadelphia: "Will you allow a Vir-j ginian to congratulate you upon the j noble stand you have taken, not only i for the womanhood of your State, but I I that of the nation." Fr .11 Columbus, j " ?*?nococrn nf warm r-r>n_ ! yjiiiu, tunica a 111^0^1*5^ v? **. ^ ? gratulations from a lady. "From Tallulah, La.. Chattanooga, Tenn., Newark, X. .1., Chicago, several points in Kentucky; from Point Marion, Pa., El Paso, Tex.. New Britain, Conn., Guthrie, Okla., and every section of the broad country, have come hundreds of other letters and telegrams. TO PREVENT MARRIAGE BETWEEN TWO RACES Roddenberry Introduces Bill of This Sort and Makes Sensational Speech Advocating It Washington, Dec. 11.?uenounciation of the legal procedure under which "a brown-hued, black-skinned, thick-lipped, brutal-hearted African can walk into an office of the law and demand an edict guaranteeing him legal wedlock to a white woman" was one of the many sensational features of a speech in the house today by Representative Roddenberry, of Georgia, in favor of a resolution he had introduced earlier to prevent inter-marriage of whites and negroes. Mr. Roddenberry prophesied that the legal sanction of mixed marriages ultimately might bring this country to a conflict. He declared that "no brutality infamy or degradation in all the days of Southern slavery possessed such villianous characterises and I atrocious Qualities as the permission I of that marriage by the laws of thi; country." The measure, a dirsct result of the recent marriage of Jack Johnson, the negro pugilist, with a white girl, did not get to a vote. In. Chicago, Mr. ftoddenberry said, not only is the white slave traffic carried on, but "the white girls of this country are made the slaves of African brutes, sanctioned by the laws o! the State and solemnized by a forn: of the marriage ceremony." Mr. Roddenberry added: "We. sa\ 1 this is a great country, with its morals traditions, virtues and examples, de serving to be emulated and envied bj the other countries of the -earth. Bui we see an African witli mucn nruta force, with no moral character, witt : no stamina, entering the office of z probating magistrate or other lega officer in that city and calling on hin ; to issue 'to me, Jack .Johnson,' a mar riage license to wed a young Amerii can woman, of our own blood, oui 1 own color." The speaker declared that "in th< fellowsh'p between the blacks and th< whites in the South the blacks re. L spected the superiority or tneir ror mer masters and would commit self J destruction b fore entertaining ; 1 though of matrimony with a Cauea sian gifl." ' 1 Church of the Redeem?!*. (Rev. Edw. Fulenwider, Pastor). ^ Nothing preventing, the following will he the program of divinee service: at the- Lutheran Church of the Re ' deeaner next Sunday: 1 11 a. m.?The regular morning sen 1 vice. The pastor will preach op th< subject: "Great Before God." Text * J \e 1:15: "For he- shall be groat ii the sight of the Lord." The les-som will be drawn from the life of .lohi 1 the Baptist given in the gospel lessor 1 for the day, Matthew 11:2-11. At this service- the quartet, wil 1 sing, by request, "Beautiful Isle o Somewhere." This composition war : sung at McKinley's funeral in Canton t Ohio, by Entorpeun qi'art^t.,-\Vhil i ' lb-} words v.r ?not very expressi<. > th jt\ R. A. Richey G Year's 1 Parole Recon mended by Pan less Invalid? Under $5A to Governor on No\ Special to The Herald and News. . Columbia, Dec. 12.?Gov. Blease to-J day paroled R. A. Richey, of Abbeville, j 011 condition that he give a bond for j $5,000 personally to appear before the! governor on November 23, 1913, to do ! and receive what then and there shall be ordered by said governor, and spend the future condition of good behavior. Richey was convicted of mistreating a young girl in his home, and sentenced in 1910 to serve, ten years. When; his appeal was denied by the supreme | - - ?A Vi ?V\c If cianoH 1 COUri, 'd, ptJLlLIUIl ill 1113 u&uaa, uiguvu . by a large number of citizens of Abbeville county, was presented to the governor, notwithstanding the petition the governor did not feel this was a case t where a pardon or parole should be granted. There have been brought before the governor, however, statements from music is grand, and the quartet sings it beautifully. 7.30 p. m.?There will be a special young people's service under the direction of the Luther League and college Y. M. C. A. Dr. Thornton Whal ing, dean of the Presbyterian Theological seminary at Columbia, will preach the sermon. Dr. Whaling is a fine speaker, and will, no doubt, have a splendid message for all who attend. There will be good music. The public is cordially invited to all the services. im . News From Manila. 7t it depended on g.Hii ig news from Manila by way of tne newspaper it would be old by the cim-j it got K:*e. The following is ao': ne?vs tv> Ne v^-ny, but the Manila Qa.ly Bulletin of November 1 was han.iecl in on December 9, with this paragraph: "A girl was bom to Dr. a!:?l Mrs. D. C. Turnipseed, the genial quarantine ^ officer of the port, on the morning of 1 the 31st of October at St. Pauihospital. Both the mother and young Elizabeth are doing well under the , care of J)rs. Dudley and Burdettr." The same issue of the paper coni tained the following: "El espiritu del progreso, tan de: sarrollado, en Manila, debiera ser 1 aplicado a satisfacer la necesidad. intensamente sentide, de una institucion publica que armonice'con las nruchas , de que los manilensei; pueden hacer - alarde con legiti.no orgullo." .i. i? ?Y>aQ nc T YV men UCHlg Hi injjicicu mvuua. t "The progressive spirit abroad in 1 Manila migJit well be applied to a long i felt want in keeping with the many dei sirable public institutions of which 1 Manilans may well be proud." i ? Cut It Oat. . Abbeville Press and Banner. r It is to be wondered if the South Carolina newspapers, which are giv; ing so much of their space to the ser? mons of Pastor Russell have taker the trouble to inform themselves as to the teachings embodied in these discourses, we oeueve nui, uc;aw. t we do not like to think that so manv of them would knowingly lend rheii aid to the dissemination of doctrines so much at variance with the teachingof our Christian ch irr:?os. I Jndge >V. H. Hunt. J Baptist Courier. Our moderator. Judge W. H. Hunt in his gracious speech of acceptance . of the high office at Abbeville, gave " notice that he would not allow hi 3 name to be presented to the next con vention for re-election. The brethrer 1 received this with genuine rege.rt 3: Judge Hunt has every requisite need'i od in a presiding officer of the Souti i 1 /- >,>ponvfintion. He is a | \ ai wmia nuyv.wv | master of parliamentary law. He 1' knows the brethren, the hoards, tk* f | works and the prob'ems of the eon. 5 j vention, and withal he brings to th( u task such a spirit, dignity and cour5 t=rv, ?neV; ? it*-ion of nvfh^ritv anr t* humanity, firmness and brotheriniess Wanted Darole on Bond don Board?Richey a Help100.00 Bond to Report vember 23d Next. the superintendent and physician OE the penitentiary, from prominent physicians of Cadumbia, including Dr. Knowlton and"Dr. Mcintosh, and from physicians of Abbeville; and it is further stated in the papers and certificates that Richey is a helpless invalid, not being able to leave his bed, and has to be handled as a child. The certificates show that he can never improve, but will continue to languish, and finally die if kept in prison; but that if given the benefit of air and sunshine he may improve. The governor further had before him the recommendation of the board of pardons recommending a parole and saying that from statement? made to the board by the matron and prosecuting witness in the case there were grave doubts arising in their minds as to die j guilt of the petitioner. The case has attracted State-wide interest. as constitutes him not only an ideal presiding officer, but also a harmonizer, whose known moderation and justina m o Irn trnnViloo /in tha T* o 1 j uiaixu ti v/u uivu vu wav uw t cmuvrov I impossible. In his large personality every cause and brother find their due place and recognition. He will be remembered with love and admiration by his brethren. PEAKCEonian Persistency. The Welican is a little publication i issued in connection with the South . Carolina agency meeting held in Columbia in celebration of the victories of the Mutual Benifit Life Insurance 'agents for 1912. The.following from : its columns concerns the agent at Newberry, who shows up well; ' "There is a difference betwen judicious persistency and persistent in* judiciousness. Agent E. D. Fearer practices the first mentioned, as a requisite to success in writing life in. a Qnmo tinio Qorn ho >1QH Q n k?'.ll anct. kjv lUV vuuv U^v uv uvuvt -T-applicant who refussd to bes examined by the company's regular medical examiner, insisting on being examined by his family doctor. Mr. Pearce at I last complied with the applicant's i wishes, and he was examined by his ! physician. The application was re' turned to him by General Agent Mattison, until an examination should 'be furnish;d from one ot' the company's examiners. Right h re is where Pearce showed his genius in the prac tice of persistency, tie asKea me ay-, J . / : proval" of his examination by an I plicant if he would object to an "apauthoriz-ed examiner for the company. The applicant readily consented to | this suggestion. The examiner tcok the original examination paper, looked i over it in the presence of the applicant, I and then on a regular blank proc=ed^d | to ask the usual questions of the apj plicant, and completed the paper by ! making the required physical exami! nation. On this examination a policy I a-ac issued hv the company, which * I " !1 was subsequently delivered by Mr. . ! Pearce. So much for Pearce's practi, cal persistence patiently practiced. The Angel Child. Albert was a soif Tin-eyed. spirit^a') looking child. ' "Nurse," he said one day. leaving : his blocks and laying his hand^ gently J i on her knee, "nurse, is this God's | day?" , I "No, dear," said the nurse, "this is 1 " ? v " I i nui ^uuuu.v 9 it ji ui ucui*^ . i j "I'm so sorry," he said, sadly, an<l j went :k to his blocks. 'I The next day and the next, in his II serious manner, he asked the same ' question, and the nurse tearfully said ' to cook: "That child is too good for this world." "* Tiro/i rnnoaf. > On Sunaay me qucswu ed, and the nurse, with a sob In her voice, said: "Yes Lambie, this is God's day." I i "Then where is the funny paper?" : ' ?New Orleans Picayitm. y * a /