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f ?? m i ??? VOLUME LI., NUMBER 42. .. SEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1913. -TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR, *0 GOVERNOR BLEASE ON j THE FELDER MATTER DOES NOT SUPPOSE ANYBODY SURPRISED AT FELDER. Or Anything That Feder Might Do? Car? Wo Snmiftsps "Tommy" Will 5 , Establish "Character." Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, May 26.?When asked for a comment ifpon the Felder dictagraph story coming from Atlanta, Governor Blease this morning said: "I do not see that it is necessary for me to give out any interview or to have anything to say. It is not in- j sid-e of my State and I do not sup-1 pose anybody that knows Tom Feli der would be surprised if he is guilty { or if this is a scheme worked up by j him to get a little cheap notoriety J and advertisemnt. However, I pre/ same that the members of the Atlanta bar will immediately furnish ^ certificates of character for their darling Tommy and show that he is above suspicion and a g-entlemon of the highest character, with an unblemished reputation as a man and at torney, and if a court of Georgia 3 should order his arrest that General Anderson will forthwith call out the militia and have him released, as General Anderson, his former partner j and life-long friend, knows of his -character and reputation and will not for a moment allow his Tommy to he interfered with, and I am satisfied that poor little misled Joe Brown lias had his pardon clerk already fix ing up a release for his innocent darling in case of any conviction. And as a matter of course, the guttersnipes who w?nt over to Augusta from South Carolina will hurry to offer their services to go on sw?et Tommy's bond, and also to appear in the courts, along with Seaboard Bill and his friend J. Fraser Lyon, who have heretofore been his bosom friends, in "his d-efence?all save Chairman Carlisle, who. I suppose, will be to busy j "Moseying" to leave his own State i ji/st now. "Consequently all will be well. Birds of a feather flock together, and of course if the lead buzzard rings "hie hpil the congregation will as Isemble." FELDER AM) HIS DICTAGRAPH, i Accused of Offeriner Bribe in Pbagan Case, Atlanta Attorney Savs He Will Expose Appalling Con. dition. Atlanta, Ga., May 23.?The Mary Phagan case took a new and decidedly interesting turn today. While the Pulton county grand jury was consid* ^ ~ ? - - J n ermg tne evidence so iar swmcu a=> to the murder of the pretty little 14-vear-old factory girl, there were developments tending to , show the case has become entangled in a local political fight involving the war that "has been waged against Chief of Police Beavers, who recently identified ^ himself with the reform movement which wiped out the segregated district in Atlanta. It Is alleged the political opponents of Chief Reavers and his assistants in the polic-e^department haVe endeavored to make the investigation of the Phagan case a factor in the fight against him. On the other hand, it is claimed the local police hav-e resented what they regarded as aspersions against them in the efforts to bring outside detectives to the citv to t solve the baffling murder mystery. Tt is also claimed they have -endeavored to entrap Col. Thomas B. Felder, a local attorney, who recently raised a fund to bring a detective of international reputation to Atlanta to investigate the murder of the Phagan girl. Colonel Felder is widely known throughout the South. He was the attorney for Charles W. Morse, the New York banker, when the latter obtained his release from the federal penitentiary here. Dictagraph Conversation. The Atlanta Journal printed l^te today what purports to be a stenographic record" of a conversation be* tw-en Co-onel Felder and G. C. Febnary, secretary to X. A. Lanford. local chief of detectives, with a third party present. The conversation is alleged to have been secured by means of a secret telephone device installed in a local hotel room at the direction of local detectives. The device is the one made famous by the deA ? ?*u liimcol f lecuves wuuiu r employed against Gov. Cole Blease, of '.South Carolina, during a controversy with that executive, which nearly resulted in a duel between the two hot-tempered southerners. The stenographic record in the local case was made by George M. Gentry, i 1 ~~\\T T 0.?kr>tr?v nrpci. I nepiiew ui >y. ?. ? dent of the Southern Bell and Cuml>erland Telephone companies. The Journal further presented a ' series of affidavits from local detec- j tives and city employees, including j Febuary, which assert that. Colonel! Felder offered them $1,000 if th?j j wrmiri niar-e in hk hands certain pa pers in the Phagan case which, he j declared, the local police had manu- j factured, or "framed," and which he j believed would be sufficient "to drive Beavers and Langford from office." Coleman's Affidavit One of the affidavits in question was made, jthe detectives said, by J. \V. Coleman, stepfather of the Phagan girl, who deni-ed that he had ever employed Felder to represent him in the prosecution of the case. This "affiant is thoroughly satisfied with the great work done by Chief of Police Beavers and Chief of Detectives Lanford," and urges the citizens of Atlanta "to stand behind the Atlanta police department." Coleman is also a city employee, in the sanitary d-epartment. The detectives say the papers Col. Felder wanted were in the safe of the chief of detectives, j They declare they told the attorney they might be prosecuted if they abstracted them but say he replied they could not be put in the penitentiary so long as "his friend Hugh Dorsey was solicitor general." They also declare that Felder said he could "con-! trol" the criminal court judge, Mayor I Woodward and Solicitor Dorsey. One ! of the affidavits asserts F-lder said ! he could get Gov. "Joe" Brown, or j Gov.-elect "Jack" Slaton to release I i any of the men involved if an attempt were mad? to jaril them. Denounced Beavers. Febuary-and A. S. Colvar, an investigator, in affidavits, declare Fehsler denounced Chief Beavers and Lanford as "grafters" and said: \ "I can call a mass meeting tomorrow afternoon and have 10,000 of the best citizens in this town meet at Five Points tomorrow night and go to the stationhouse and hang Beavers and Lanford to telephone poles, the two corrupt grafters and thieves." Colonel Felder tonight said he had positively declined to pay any money for the evidence mentioned in the affidavits. "I stated to them that I would in troduce a gentleman, namely, E. 0. Miles, who might be interested in securing possession of this evidence. I am informed that Mr. Miles, after meeting the party, introduced Mayor! Woodward and several other gentlemen who are interested in probing the police department. I will later make a complete reply to these,affidavits and in addition to this I will undertake to show to the people of Atlanta a condition which exists in respect to the so-called detective department that will be as appalling to them as it was to me." Felder said he interested himself in the Phagan case at the request1 of neighbors and friends of the Colemans, parents of the murdered girl. "Mr. Coleman," he said, "personally approved the employment." The grand jury adjourned until tomorrow for further consideration of the case against Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the pencil factory, where Mary Phagan worked, and Xewt Lee | negro night watchman there, who | had been held by the coroner's jury. WOODWARD ALSO TALKED FREELY IXTO DICTAGRAPH I At.hinta, Ga., May 24.?A further sensational thrill was provided in lorecord was: "We have got lawyers | quick and I have the pardon power c-al circles today when it became I known that a s cret telephone d vice I GOVERNOR SLEASE ASKS NEWSPAPERS QUESTION WHY THEY DON'T TALK OF MR. WILSON'S CLEMENCY. Hands Out a Question To Tlie Newspaper Men Who Visit Office?Let Newspapers Reply. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, May 26.?Governor Blease has "put up" the fallowing question to the newspaper men who visit his office: "I noticed in the paperfi a few days ago, where Mr. Wilson had pardoned a "Moonshiner". I "I noticed in Saturday's paper where j he had disposed of twenty-eight appeals for clemency?restoring civil rights to thirteen cases, granting pardons, commutations, etc. "Why don't you fallows report these matters to your papers, in order that some of the Wilson Editors of L'--~ ***?him fnr rininsr II11S C'LctLC: UcJ.Ii pi a:cv uiiu v - w what they have eben cussing me for doing?" had been used against Mayor James G. Woodward and Charles C. Jones, proprietor of a near beer saloon in connection with the fight between a certain political element in the city and the local police department. The developments of today added to the stir created yesterday when it was disclosed that the telephonic de vice had been employed Dy aetecuves in obtaining a stenographic report of a conference between Thomas B. Felder, a prominent local attorney who is interested in the prosecution of the Mary Phagan case; G. C. Febuary, secretary to Chief of Defectives "" " ?J J a c* Pnlrar ivanrora, auu a. o. vui The stenographer's report of the conference of Felder, Febuary and Colyar, purported- to show that Felder was trying to obtain papers in the Phagan case, which he declaim the local police had manufactured, and which he believed would be suffici-ent to "drive Chief of Police Beavers and Lanford from office." A tV,O ronnrt nf thP C.nvt iiCCUl Ulllj; lu Lin- i ~ - ference, Felder offered to pay Febuary $1,000 to get the papers from Lanford's safe. In SUme Room as Felder. The publication today in the Atlanta Journal of a record shows that Mayor Woodward and Jones were subjected to the telephonic device at different intervals on the same day? last Wednesday?and in the same hotel room as Felder. The affidavit of George M. Gentry, the stenographer who reported the alleged conversation of Mayor Woodward, states that Febuary, Colyar and E. 0. Miles, an investigator were engaged in the conference with the mayor. The record of this conference Quotes Mayor Woodward as saying he 1 was seeking evidence against the police department and particularly against Chief of Police James L. Beavers, who was identified with the movement last fall which resulted in eliminating the segregated district from the city. Mayor Woodward is quoted in the report of the conference as saying, with regard to the "papers" and possible remuneration for them, "I told T7! _ 1 j nA.toin i-\'i -rticu- wnilld hp X1 tJltltJI I iiO-L t/Cliaiu ptix wvo - willing to pay the money for him, and if he got the e^dence that would convict these people it would he paid, and it will be." Doesn't Care Whom it Hits. Woodward also is quoted as telling Febuary to "get everything that looks like graft. I don't care who it hits, and especially Beavers." Febuarv is quoted as expressing a fear that the men who obtained the "papers" might be placed in jail. Woodward's reply as quoted in the still." According to Stenographer Gentry's report or me leiepuum^ ord, Charl-es C. Jones participated in a conference with Colyar, Miles and Febuary. Jones is quoted as attacking Police Chief Beavers and Marion Jackson, of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, for their part in (COXTINTED OX PAGE 5). / SINGLE BLOW STRIPS BOTH LIFE AND TITLE LUTHER McCARTY KNOCKED OUT AND KILLED IN FIGHT. i While Thousands Look on. Dying* Glaciiator of Ring is Counted Out Calgary, Alberta, May 24.?Luther McCarty, claimant of the white heavyweight championship of the world, today took the count from Referee Edward Smith of Chicago, which marked him the loser in the ten-round fight with Arthur Pelkey, and eight min * ' *? Trx.-xl. ~ J Utr utes iaier cieci. ueaui was uauaeu uv a chance blow delivered somewhere in the region of the solar plexus after or.e minute ?-n<* 45 seconds of fighting time had eiaj sen. Arthur Pf.Jkey tonight was arrested on the chargc of manslaughter by the Northwestern mounted police and reO thnrt rimo nftprwflrtf On bail. icaocu a/riivx v v? Ther had been one or two mixups, of an inconsequential nature, then came a clinch. Referee Smith separated the men. Both squared, neither seeming to be the worst for the clinch. McCarty doubled / up in a crouching attitude. To the spectators, it looked as though he was taking another fighting position. He dropped lower, and lower, however. ?- - 11 J I His eyes rolled, 'men ne conapseu and fell full length on the floor of the ring. Counts Him Ontj The referee, assuming that McCarty had befn knocked out, stood over him to count off the seconds. It was the firal count for the young fighter. Arthur Pelk-ey, winner of today's battle a: Such heavy cost, stood at ~Viie follon urlvprsiarv. He I UlitJ S1UC U1 liikJ luiivn wvv. . scarcely could realize what had happened. By t.hjg time the referee had become alarmed. He called for a doc- ! tor and several responded. The ; mounted police were called in to ' clear the ring-of the crowd which had swarmed over the ropes. The Dhysicians worked over the stricken man for ei?M minutes. Then th-ey pronounca.'l him dead, but continued efforts to resuscitate him for more than an hour. There were probably 10,000 men in the arena when it became known that McCarty was dead. A few minutes before it had been a howling mob, but the news put a quietus on the spirits of the spectators and they filed quietly out of the arena. I Seemed in Good Sh^pe. Both men apparently were in splendid condition when they entered the ring. McCarty was the first to climb over the ropes. He was laughing and joking with his friends and assistants on/i armarpntiv wic in a confident V?? J ?w mood. A few minutes later, Pelkey appeared. Both men were cheered. : Pelky, a stronger local favorite, receiving the gre'ater volume of plaudits. The men shook hands, were photographed and the bout started. ? ?J ?o?t)A1tolT> Of +Vl<S 1116 men spsrrcu wuuuuai/ <*<, vuv opening, both handling themselves well. There were several mixups of no consequence, then Pelkey jabbed McCarty on the jaw. It was a good, Gtiff blow and McCarty winced upder it, but smiled. Then after about a minute cf fighting there was a fierce exchange and a clinch. In this clinch McCarty received the blow which caused iis death. The referee separated the fighters. McCarty stood near his comer with ' * ^ +Vi /% r? rr Pelkey iear tne centre oi iuc uu6, Both min wfre feinting. McCarty then assumed the crouching position for probably ten seconds before he fell to the loor. The crowd thought it was a k iock'jut, and the referee, after making the customary count, held the hand of Pelkey to indicate him the winner. An Old Engineer Dead. Greenwood Tndex, 92nd. William Meredith, for many years an engineer on the Columbia and Greenvill railroad, died at his home in Honea Path on Thursday, agted 76 year. Shoplifting has become so prevalent I throughout England that the drapery trade has organized to fight it. I \ EMPIRE DAY TURNED TO ONE OF TRAGEDY OVERCROWDED PIER COLLAPSES JUST BEFORE CELEBRATION. t Thirty-three Lost?Throng v Massed in Front of Auditorium Causes Floor to Give >Vay. Long Beach, Cal., May 24.?Too weak to uphold the burden of nearly 10,000 human beings assembled for the festivities of "British Empire Day," the land end of the big dou ble decked municipal pier in tronx i of the city auditorium collapsed to- I day. Hundreds of persons on the top deck wsre plunged down on the heads of ctli^r hiadreds crowded on the second d-ck. The lower deck then gave way and all were dropped down a chute of shattered woodenwork to the tide-washed sands 25 feejt below. Thirty-three persons, mostly women, were killed, by the shivered timbers of crushed to death by the falling bodies of companions and friends. Fifty more were seriously injured, while | hysteria and frigM caused the dis-1 abling of scorj-s of others. ' A section of the auditorium, which went down ia the crn*h, and the debris from it was added to the wreck that fell on lop of Vh-? injured and dead. XEWBERRY NEGRO PAROLED. Bob GoMen Given Liberty During1 Good Behavior?Reasons Stated By GoTernor. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia. May 26?Governor Blease has paroled Bob Golden, a Newberry negro. The history of the case is given in the official reasons stated by the governor, as follows: Golden, Bob, (colored).?Convicted at March, 1911. term of general sesoAtn-f fnr Newberry county, OlUilO LL'Ul v 4.V - , ? Judge R. C. Watts presiding, of manslaughter, and sentenced to serve upon the public works three years and six months. "Columbia, S. C., May 20th, 1913. "Hon. Cole. L. Blease, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: In the case of Bob Golden, convicted in March, 1911, before j me, at Newberry, of manslaughter, and j sentenced tr serve three years and six months, after reviewing the testimony and refreshing my mind upon the ca^e. I recommend that Golden be paroled, for the following reasons: "The testimony showed that the difficulty started' in play brought on by the d-eceased, Cain Henderson, and that Cain Henderson was drunk and during the play got mad and began cursing and the defendant cursed Cain and the result was somewhat in the nature of a mutual combat, brought ^ in Vila on, however, Dy uam ncuuciouu iu drunken condition. The defendant, I understand, has already served two years and two months of his sentence, and I am informed that he has made a good prisoner and has been a trusty during practically his entire service. Under all the circumstances, I am of the opinion that his good conduct, in view of the testimony, entitles him to O nornlfl at this time. a j^ai wv ? Respectfully, 'Signed) R. C. Watts, Presiding Judge." Also the following in a letter from Solicitor Cooper, who prosecuted the case: "I have so much confidence in the fairness as well as in the judgment of Judge Watts, that I am constrained to concur in the views expressed in his letter. I think this whole trouble arose over too much Christmas whiskey and that probably in this regard, I the deceased was more at fault than the defendant. I think that the testimony technically makes out a case of m 11 Hpr -hut that sub^antial justice is reached in a conviction of manslaughter, and in view of Goldings' good conduct, I shall not oppose clemency in his behalf, but as above stated, concur in the views expressed by Judge Watts." T'pon this showing defendant was paroled. May 23, 1913, during good ' T'havicr. i PRETTY GROUNDS AT GOVERNOR'S MANSION vdc dtrur 4 mnnri. ?pib<5t IJJUU/lkJlj ?*\ JJ.V A/UAJ A A KV JU LADY OF THE STATE." State's Residence for Governors Sho#g The Care of A Model HomeKeeper, i Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, May 2G.?A couple weeks ' ~ 11 x 1.1 ago, wnen a party or JNonnern tourists was taken by the Governor's Mansion, a member of the party, who has known Columbia and the Mansion for many ye^rs, remarked that the grounds were prettier and better kept than at any' time in the history of the Mansion. I have known the Mansion for some twenty years, and this is a fact. The credit is due to Mrs. tfiease, ana mis praise, which is most well deserved, will be of interest to the people of Newberry especially. The Mansion grounds present an especially lovely appearance at this season of the year. They are well w kept?in fact, kept better than at any previous time since these grounds have been used as private grounds by the governors of South Carolina. The Mansion itself has been improved and is a model home, Mrs. BJease having. taken a great personal interest in the improvement of the State's residence for its governors. Mrs. Blease is a model house-keeper and she has given the same attention?in fact, if the truth were known, I suppose, she has given extraordinary attention ?to the keeping of-the Mansion and the grounds. The keeping of thes-s grounds, and the caring for the grass, flowers and trofls I i c email undertaking. It has required care and attention of the closest kind, and executive ability of the same kind which Governor Blease has displayed in official matters, to have these grounds kept up as Mrs. Blease has had them kept up^. The appearance of the grounds? which is really one of the prettiest sites for any kind of home in the State, and one of the best located?is a cre-^ dit to the City of Columbia and' to the State. J. K. A. * j CLINTON DEFEATS WATTS MILL Clinton Mill Wins Its Fifth Consecu? tive Game By Defeating Watts MilL Special to The Herald and News. Clinton, May 26.?Before the largest crowd of the season the Clinton Mill team won its fifth consecutive game here last Saturday afternoon by defeating the Watts mill aggregation by the score of 7 to 5. The game was wellplayed and . exciting throughout In the third inning Byrd weakened, al lowing five lilts and six scores, ino visitors rallied in the sixth, when with two men on bases, Byrd hit for an easy home run. Ballard was relieved in the seventh by Smith who twirled league ball striking out eight men in. mree mmugs. Byrd featured for Watts, while Smith, carried off the honors for the home team. Clinton. AB R BH PO A E Leaman, ss . . .4 1 1 4 2 1 Poole, 3b . . .4 2 1 2 0 0 White, 2b . . .4 1 1 4 0 0 Smith, If . . ..4 1 2 0 0 0 Fisher, C....4 0 2-1 0 0 Watson, cf . . .4 0 0 1 0 0 Ballard, p . . .4 0 0 0 0 0 Stroud, lb . . .4 1 0 2 7 0 Riddle, rf . . .4 1 1 C 0 0 Totals . . .35 7 8 14 0 1 Watts. Hanmett, ss -4 0 0 1 0 1 Simpson, If . . .4 0 0 1 0 0 Swink, lb . . .4 3 2 2 0 0 Fisher, 2b . -4 1 2 2 0 0 Byrd, p . . . .4 1 3 4 0 0 Ruff, c . . . .4 0 0 3 0 1 Byce, rf . . . .3 0 0 0 0 0 Norman, cf . . .4 0 0 3 0 0 Culbertson, 3b .3 0 1 2 0 1 Hill, 1 0 0,0 0 0 Tntolc i Ifi 0 3 X V LUIO . . VV v -- Ballard, Smith and Fisher, Byrd and Ruff. Umpire Jacobs. v. y