The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 29, 1913, Image 3
PAROLES GKEEX AND PAIGE.
/ E. D. Green and John L. I'age, Convicted
in 189.? for Killing Hi n ( arson,
of Spartanburg County.
Columbia, April 26.?E. D. Gr-e-n and
John L. Paige, two young whit-e men of
Spartanburg county, who were convicted
of having: murdered Ben Carson
J while he was lying asleep because of
* the love which Green bore Mrs. Fannie
Carson, wife of Ben Carson, were today
paroled by Governor Blease on condition
of good behavior. Mrs. Fannie
Carson, who engineered the plot by
which her husband was foully put
out of the way, v.*as paroled by former
Governor Ansel.
The crime happened in Spartanburg
county eighteen years ago and was
r said to have been one of the most coldblooded
ever perpetrated in South Carolina.
Ben Carson, with his wife, Mrs.
Fannie Carson, were living on their
farm in upper Spartanburg county. He
was a young and respected farmer
and his wife was a very attractive
woman. With them boarded E. D.
Green, a young school teacher, and
John L. Paige, another young white
man, lived on the Carson place.
(Story of tiie JIurder.
Green was a young man, with good
manners, and he and Mrs. Carson were
said co have been rcuch in -each othi
er's company. Ben Carson, all unsuspecting,
was going about his daily
tasks umindful of the plot which was
hatching in his own house. Mrs. Carson
and young Green, it is alleged, soon
became so enamored of each other
that they began plotting to get rid
of Ben Carson.
Once Mrs. Carson is said to have trir\Aio/\n
V>lmchand hut fflilpd- It
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k was then that she is alleged to have rei
sorted to sterner and more certain
k methods.
Consulting with Green and calling in
the aid of Paige, the plot is said to
I liave been hatched. One quiet moonI
light, night as Ben Carson was sleep
ing he was killed. A window had been
left open and it was charged that
Green and Paige silently stole through
the window and into the room where
the sleeping man lay. Carson was
brained and his throat cut with a 'azor
>
B to make assurances doubly certain.
The Three Suspected.
Suspicion at once centered on Mrs.
H Carson, Green "and Paige, and thtey were
arrested and arraigned for the murder
IUI l cuui -omvuvu, i.i*
Carson turned State's evidence, and on
the stand told of the awful plot, of her
love for E. D. Green and outlined the
scheme by which Ben Carson was put
out of the way. The trial took place at
Spartanburg in the fall of 189"), with
Judge Jos. H. Earle presiding and Solicitor
Schumpert prosecuting: the
cases. Mrs. Fannie Carson and John L.
Paige wsre found guilty of murder
with recommendation to mercy and
sentenced to life imprisonment in the
State penitentiary. E. D. Green was
found guilty of murder and sentenced
I to be hanged. An appeal in nis case
to the supreme court resulted in a new
trial being ordered and in June, 1897,
with Judge Buchanan presiding and
Solicitor T. S. Sease, now judge, appearing
for the State, Green was found
guilty of murder with recommendation
to mercy and sent to the penitentiary
for life, where his two companions had
already preceded him.
Many Appeals for Clemency.
No similar case had so stirred Spartanburg
and the upper part of South
Carolina. No sooner were Mrs. Carson
and the two men in the penitentiary
than efforts were begun to secure
clemency for them. Appeals were
made to each governor, but without
avail until Governor Ansel's term.
I when he finally pardoned Mrs. Fannie j
Carson and permitted her to go back j
to Spartanburg.
With Mrs. Carson free, effort to get
Graen and Paige out were renewed.
Finally a petition f*>r Clemency in
Green's case filed with Governor
Blease contained 1,215 signatures, 23
of whom were ladies of Spartanburg
county. Judge Soase, who prosecuted j
Green at his second conviction as solicitor,
recommended clemency and
1
many of the leading citizens of the |
county were on his petition. A strong I
petition for clemency in Paige's be- i
I "half was also presented, ana n ?a?
signed by 40 of the citizens of Spartanburg
county.
This morning Governor Blease had
Green and Paiga brought fiom the
Penitentiary, where they have been
confined for eighteen years to his office,
and the two men were handed
their paroles in the governor's office.
Green's aged father vras present in the
office and he was moved with emotion
and gratitude on again beholding
uj?o froQ nun Thp governor told
BP I11& sun a in"". ^
H them to go back home and try to redeem
the past and to make good citi
zens.
Green and Paige returned to Spartanburg
this afternoon. Mrs. Fannie
Carson, since her freedom, has b?en
M living on a farm in Spartanburg coun
CITY EDITOR GETS OFFICE.
Con'rrc^man .Tohnson Will Reeom#
mend 1\ H. Fike for Appoint
ment.
Spartanburg. April 23.?Congressman
.loseph T. Jolinson announced toda>
that he would reeomnvnd Pierre
H. Fike, city editor of the Spartanburg
H<? mid but until recently Mr. Johnson'>
secretary, for appointment as
postmaster of Spartsnburg. The annorncenvnt.
which was made after
Mr. Johnson, in his law office had listened
patiently for several hours to the
c'airrs of the active candidates for the
plac?. was as much of a surprise to
Mr. Fik? as to anybody. He had not
sougnt tne nonor. ine posiuon pav s
tliirty-on-e hundred dollars a year.
Mr. Johnson recommended W. R.
Dillingham for appointment to the
postmastership several weeks ago, but
soon afterward charges were made,
against Mr. Dillingham's record by
friends of W. F. Young, assistant post-;
master, a rival candidate for the postmastership.
Mr. Dillingham released
Congressman Johnson from his promis,
and accordingly Senator Tillman
before whom the charges were
laid, decided that an investigation was
not warranted. Mr. Dillingham later
renewed his application for the place.
The controversy has caused much bitterness.
which it is hoped "the appointI
ment of Mr. Fike will abate.
He Is a native or L.aurens county,
a graduate of Wofford college, and
was engaged in newspaper work on j
the Herald for ten years before beI
coming Mr. Johnson's secretary. He
returned to the Herald only last
Monday.
SUES GAFFXEY LEDGER.
Henry Buice Alleges lie lias Been
Damaged to Extend of $2o,000.
Gaffney, April 23.?A complaint was
served today on Ed. H Decamp and
the Limestone Printing Company, of
which Mr. DeCamp is proprietor, serving
notice of an action to be brought
against the printing Company for
$25,000 for lihel. The suit is being
filed by Henry Buice and alleges in the
complaint: "That on or about the 20th
day of August 1912, the said newspaper
known as the Gaffney Ledger and the
defendant, Ed. H. DeCamp, its editor
and proprietor, published and circulated
in paper the folowing libelous
matter about plaintiff:
" 'On the other hand, the very worst
men in Cherokeen county are supporting
him (Blease) to a man. Let us
see if this is true. Henry Buice, one
of the leaders in this county, is a
murderer. He killed a man, shooting
him from ambush, without giving the
" " -1? ? ?? hiQ
poor ienow a. cucmcc iu u^ivuu mu
life. He has been charged with
blockading and running a blind tiger.
This is the class of men in Cherokee
who are l-eading the Blease forces,
others of them have been charged
with arson and thievery and wife
beating and wife desertion."
The above excerpt is from an editorial
which appeared in the columns
of the Gaffney Ledger during the
heat of the gubernatorial campaign,
nnvio ortivips .p-veited greatest interest
Jl 11V UA w
in all parts of the State. The plaintiff
alleges that the article impeached
his honesty, integrity and reputation
and exposed him to public hatred,
contempt, ridicule and obliquy,
and to injure his character, business
and reputation and by reason of that
fact the said plaintiff has been damaged
in the sum of $25,000.
The plaintiff is represented by a
Blacksburg lawyer while Mr. Decamp
has retained Butler and Hall of the
local bar and will fight the case to
the finish. \
USED A BICYCIE
Was Determined to Attend the Oratorical
Contest Exercises in Kock
Hill.
Rock Hill Herald, 25tn.
John Paysinger, of Xewberry, .is a
senior at Wofford college in Spartanburg.
I He has a bicycle. In fact he rod-e to
! the college on this wheel.
I Yesterday morning he left Spartanl
burg, headed for Rock Hill, on this
wheel.
His only other accessories were four
bottles of coca-cola.
% He arrived in Rock Hill last night at
9.30 p. m. He rode on the train from
Yorkvill-e. Oh, no! he was not tired.
He was only that much more anxious
to get to Rock Hill, the nearer he got,
j so he took the train. Yes, he fetched
* 4 In
the Tvneei aiong. aisu ~
Mr. Paysinger is a splendid young
fellow and much liked by his fellow
students but he does like to ride
his wheel.
I
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One-fourth of all the cities in the
United States having medical inspection
in public schools are in Massachusetts.
j
I Invited to a We
Month
If so we have a larj
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presents to seie
Sterling Silver Ci
Fancy China St;
Vases 1 Pi<
I Aluminum \
Better goods for the
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Inas gooa siapie; iriueeu itingej
for at the moment."
We have that variety of ]
Satisfactory results guaranteec
Only $1.00 pei
| Purcell <&
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Fains in the Stomach. N. C.,
If you continually complain of pains , stoma*
in the stomach, your liver or your neys \
kidneys are out of order. Neglect may! not w<
!
lead to dropsy, kidney trouble, dia- Elect
betes or Bright's disease. Thousands and I
recommend Electric Bitters as the now f
very best stomach and kidney medi-; impro^
| cine made. H. T. Alston, of Raleigh, | Recora
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k of having your walls J j
with material that is
scted by water in any
If the "kids" splash
in the bath room you
lave to worry about the
coming streaky or faded. J
roof leaks it does not / "f
nother bill to repaper the 1 ^
If the walls become /
sap and water will bring OtRtSI
>ack to their original W/
If the walls become ?J "
?e material won't come F f
water resisting feature
Dne of the many excel- $
alities of y, ?
i-Co-Flat j M
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icrfect, flat, interior [\
finish
beautiful and artistic. The <
ter-co lor-like tints and colors I &&& ^
nderfully to make rooms de- Li mBf Jm
and dainty. It is sanitary MJ SEE WM
rr is nothing dangerous or flL
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ub off on the clones. Alio- LB
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rcorntive material. Try it in H r^SSl^
th room. Get color sugges- 1111
d information from llJ
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;ays: "Your cotton
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pure seed for sale. 8 vlU I
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Scott.
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for some time, a
build up trade bj
patrons right.
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! found the eczema
who suffered with pam in the | stand back of it v
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ih and back, writes. M\ kid- you can depend ui
re re deranged and mv liver did advice not in orde
. , A ?. j . , A of medicine to s
Drk right. I suffered much, but cause we know
ric Bitters was recommended bu?ine,ss we h<
,, , TVe keep in stoc
improved from the first dose. I known.skin reme<
eel like a new man." It will of"km "troS
re you, too. Only 50c and 51.00 sh ?r tetter. we
' size bottle of D
imend-ed by all druggists. And, if it does i
m.
?d $150 in Six
tN Illinois farmer whose sp
poultry bought an Int<
Commercial Car for no ott
than that of spending n
with his chickens. At tl
months he wrote the agent, 441
ght from you has put $150 in rr
ady. When I am at work my tim
)llar an hour, sometimes more.
1 it's worth about half as much,
saved me two hours a day for sh
hours, one hundred and fifty doll;
ou may be able to profit quite as
purchase of an
IMA^l AMnl C* m Al*
iiciuviiai vuiuiiici
That Has Made Its Way by the
n International Commercial Car
three times as much work as a 1
^on, at a cost per delivery much 1
bles you to cover twice as much
hundreds of farms the car he
ugh to pay for itself in a couple c
usefulness is almost endless,
ber tires redu.ee tire troubles
ses to a very low figure. The v
h enough to give ample clearanc
is. The ignition system is of
i motor is simple and easy to ur
t - i- n.
3 lever conirois tne car. or
itive and powerful.
^rite today for full information i
International Commercial Car ??
is its keep.. A postal card will do.
tional Harvester Company
(Incorporated)
Columbia
v.,. r
A welcome addition to any ps
xany time?any place.
Sparkling with life and wholesomem
Slfiw Delicious
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Thirst-Qucnchii
Demand the Genuine?
Refuse Substitutes^^^^^p
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COCA-COLA COMPANY,
Whenever you see an Arrow think of Coca
'ersonal Guara
to all Skin S
Gilder <
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i business in this town bottle will cost
,nd we are looking, to to judge.
always advising our Again and ag
few drops of t
ell you that we have slVn- ^
l remedy and that we stantly. And tl
rith the manufacturer's permanent.
ie, backed by ourselves ^ rah
jon it that we give our " tl
:r to sell a few bottles ^nterereen anc
kin sufferers, but be- SS^HnCTedi
how it will help our i?? ?
"1P our patrons. Shed and co,
!< ar.d sell, all the well vrashed away t
Jies. But we will say this D. D. Dv
e suffering from any \\'e have mai
ble. eczema, psoriasis, t*1*'" oae famil;
want you to try a full remedy to a
. L). D. Prescription, there and w> ^
aot do the work, this 0Ii 0ur positive
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you nothing. You alona
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his simple wsush applied
ikes away the itch, intie
Cures all seem to ba
escription made by the
ratories of Chicago, la
hymol, glycerine, oil of
1 other healing, soothing-,
ents. And if you are
th itch, you will fe?l
oled, the itch absolutely
:he moment you applied
ie fast friends of morm
y by recommending1 this
skin sufferer here and
Vfirt you to try it HOW
uurpay guarantee.
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