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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
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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.
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