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YOLC.HE LI , NUMBER 93. NEWBERBT, S. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, tu? A TEA1. Governor's Tt List Numbers . i N rnrr rnAM liruiFnDV ? rue riu/in ncnuuu COUNTY ARE PAROLED ONE PARDON, 97 PAROLES, AND TWO COMMUTATIONS. * Prisoners To Be Released Will Get I Home in Time for Tlieir Thanksgiving Dinners. * Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Nov. 24.?Governor Biease will tomorrow observe Thanksgiving Day this year by exercising executive clemency in an even one hundred cases. Only one pardon is granted. In the list are two commutations of sentence, and the remainder, ninety-seven, are paroles during good behavior. There are five Newberry cases in the (list, as follows: Wallace Peigler and Reuben Peigler, young white men convicted of aggravated assault and battery and serving sentences of three . rionrco Wilsnn. colored. f[J Cdl o cavu , \ji w* ?? , serving a life sentence for murder; Tom Boston, colored, serving a Ave years' sentence for assault and battery with intent to kill, and Tom Swindler, serving a life sentence for murder. Below is given a list of the cases in which clemency will be exercised. The papers will go over to the secretary of State's office tomorrow, and will immediately be forwarded to the | penitentiary and the various chain .gangs wthere the prisoners are located,, in time for those released to eat their Thanksgiving dinners at home. The reasons actuating Governor Blease in each case are set forth offii daily in the records of the governor's | office. Taese reasons published in full for the one hundred cases would k make some thirty or thirty-five colI umns, and it is impossible to publish W them in full. The reasons in several I of the Newberry cases are given. All tlae reasons would make interr octinpr rpa^ine There is one. in parti ' A o- ? - cular, which is interesting. It is the i case of Samuel K.| Williams, convici.I ed in Charleston of violating the Act I providing punishment for safe-crackI ing. In this case J^dge George E. Prince, who* tried it, wrote two letHlers?one in June 1911, and one in ^September 1913. Judge Prince asked ^ he governor please to commute the Hpntence or grant a parole. "I now Reel," he said, "that I gave him too ^severe a sentence, and if I now had the authority to do so, I would with I cheerful, alacrity suspend the remain der of said sentence." "I first gave him ten years and one month,'' said the (judge, "and because of some insolence |in open court, I added four years ^nd (lieven months." The reasons in each and every case "will be printed and transmitted to the sena:e. It will be observed than more than two-thirds of those receiving clemency are negroes. In some of the cases p.here was no one at all to present pleas te- petition for the defendants, and Hie exercise of clemency is the result Hbf the governor's investigation of che |^^Follo\ving is toe governor's Thanksgiving List: The following will be W Paroled Daring Good Behavior. Murray, J. E., colored, convicted in j Calhoun county, May, 1910, of bigamy, j | and sentenced to five years' imprison- j ftment. & Woods, Ellis, colored, convicted in Darlington county, October, 1909, of Oniirder, with recommendation to merB, and sentenced to life imprisonWf Wright, John, colored, convicted in an-caster county, October, 1910, of Hnanslaughter and carrying concealed ' gvveapons, and sentenced to seven years and six months* imprisonment, land a fine of $200. V Wright, Arthur, colored, convicted j DiAMond nnnri f xr Tnno 1 Qf.fi r\f I aughter, and sentenced to ten ' imprisonment. >on, George, colored, convicted ; wberry couny, April 1898, of j Luer, with recommendation to mer- i. and sentenced to life imprison-1 Villiams, Samuel K., white con lanksgiving One Hundred l victed in Charleston county, October, . of violation of an Act providing punishment tor sate-cracKing, ana sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. Williams, James, and Williams, -Jasper, white, convicted in Orangeburg . county, September, 1906, of man- j slauguter, and sentenced each to ten j years' imprisonment. Westmoreland, W. H., white, convicted in Cherokee county, October, 1912, of violation of dispensary law,! and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or i I serve ninety days. Vann. John, colored, convicted in ! Richland county, January, 1909, of! manslaughter, and sentenced to fif-! teen years' imprisonment. 1 Turner, James, alias A. E. Barrett,' white, convicted in Richland county, | September, 1912; of larceny of bicycle, and sentenced to two years' ini-! prisonment. . Tucker, Frank, colored, convicted I In Cherokee county, June, 1908, of manslaughter, and sentenced to ten | years' imprisonment. Sweet, Will, colored, convicted in j Laurens county, April, 1913. of assault J and battery with intent to kill, and j sentenced to fifteen montns' imprison- j ment. j Summer, Leo, colored, convicted in j Lexington county, September 1913, of housebreaking and larceny, and j sentenced to six months' imprison-j menu Sugs, Rocksey, alias Roxy Scruggs, i colored, convicted in Greenville county, September, 1905, of murder, with.; recommendation to mercy, and sen- i tenced to life imprisonment. Suddech, Henry, white, convicted in j Greenwood county, January, 1912, of involuntary manslaughter and carrying concealed weapons, and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Suber, Nannie Lee, colored, convicted in Richland county, January, 1911, of mUrder with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Strotiiier. Lem, colored, convicted in Abbeville county, septemDer, iyuy, of murder, with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprison- i ment. Stover, J. P., white, convicted in | Greenville county, May, 1913, of breach | of trust, and sentenced to eighteen I months. Stroud, colored, convicted in Chester county, April, 1902, of murder with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Smith, Henry, alias John Smith, white, convicted in Lexington county, June, 1913, of breach of trust, and sentenced to one year. Smith, C. C., alias Ceola Smith, colored, convicted in Spartanburg, January, 1911, of murder with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Sligh, John, colored, convicted in Lexington, September, 1913, of housebreaking and larceny, and sentencec to six months' imprisonment. Sheppard, Jolhn, colored, convicted in Greenwood, March, 1910, of housebreaking and larceny, and given five years. Scott, Dump, alias George Randolph, 1 ?3 o Kn r?rr colored, COIlVlCteu HI OJJai (.aiiuiw November, 1905, of murder with recommendation to mercy, and given ? life imprisonment. Roberts, Paul, Jr., colored, convicted in Barnwell, December, 19il, of manslaughter, and given seven years. Richardson, Carolina, colored, con- ; victed in Richland county, April, 1899, of murder with recommendation to mercy, and given life. Rice. Whitner, colored, convicted in Anderson, May, 1911, of murder, with recommendation, and sentenced to life. Petty. Henry, colored, convicted in Cherokee, June, 1912, of burglary and larceny, and given five years. Peterson. D. or Tommie, colored, convicted in Lee, June, 1903, of violation of dispensary law a^'l g'ven six months. Pendarvis. .loin: W. white, convicted in Dorchester. ADril, 1912. of manslaughter, and given nine years. Peigler, Wallace, and Peeler, Reuben, uliite, convicted in Newberry, November. 1912. of aggravated assault i (CONTINUED CN PAGE 4.) rOI'KT OF COMMON PLEAS. A Lot of Business Disposed of?The Cases and Verdicts?Pleased Witli Judge Sliipp. The court of common pleas for Newberry county remained in session practically all of last week. The . : ,1 ITS* i A r\ jurors were uisiinsseu uu r i iua> aii ternoon. Judge Shipp, however, held .'a session of the court on Saturday, when equity matters were disposed of. ! The calendar at the beginning of the 1 1 court had seventeen cases entered for I ' trial. Several of these were settled, j so that no jury trial was necessary, ; and a number of the cases were con- : tinued. I The first case tried was that of' 1 ! j James D. Tidmarsh against the town i of Whitmire. The case has been on I the docket'for several years. The con- j | tention of the plaintiff was that several ' | years ago he deposited with the mayor j of the town of Whitmire tiire sum of [ $140.00 in cash as bond for the apj pearance of two men charged with 'violations of the ordinances of the ! town, that the conditions of the bond ! had been met, and that he was entitled j to a return of the money deposited by jMm. The town of Whitmire admitted the money named being put up as a bond, but alleged that tto'e defendants for whom the bond money was put up were fined sixty-five dollars, and ; that Mr. Tidmarsh had agreed to pay I ! the fines out of the bond money. The town was willing to return to Mr. Tid- ' marsh seventy-five dollars of the money deposited by him. The jury took the view that Mr. Tidmarsh was only a x- J ~ ?J .1 ? i nl iri V) i r? oonasman, anu iuuuu a ?ciun/i m favor for $140.00. Fred H. Dominiek, Esq., represented the plaintiff, while thi defendant was represented by H. C. Hollowa^, Esq., and Messrs. Blease j & Blease. An ineresting argument was Sieaid j by Judge Shipp in the case of Mrs. j Julia 0. F. Parry South Eastern j Life Insurance company, on a question of amendment of the answer of the defendant. This case was tried^ once before by Judge Memminger, who ! directed that the insurance company should pay the amount of a life insurance policy on the life of tlhe late J. W. Parry, to his wife, the beneficiary of the policy. The supreme court granted the appeal , of the insurance company for a new trial. At this term of court, the com-! pany wanted to amend its answer, j whidh request was granted by the court. Fred. H. Dominick, Esq., attorney for Mrs. Parry, gave notice of intention to appeal to the supreme court. So the case will not be heard by a jury until the legal question is first settled. Messrs. Haynes. > i TT r'.AATi I worm ana xiayneswuim, ui uiccuville, and Mesrs. Hunt, Hunt and Huntsr, represent the insurance company. Judge Shipp ordered that :he insurance company must pay Mrs.' Parry $25.00 for the expenses of herself and witnesses coming to the court. The defendant, in the case of M. M. Satterwhlte, plaintiff, against Her' Workman, defendant, pressed for trial, but the plaintiff was not ready. The court allowed a continuance, but I provided that Mr. Satterwlhite must pay Mr. Workman $30.00 for the ex- J penses of his witnesses. The plain tiff was represented by F. H. Domi- J nick, Esq., while Mr. Workman's at- J .torneys were Blease & Blease. This case grows out of an alleged claim of ; damages to Mr. Satterwhite's woods | by fire which started on Mr. Workman's adjoining plantation. On Wednesday the first case called for irial was that c* W. C. Clough, plaintiff, against Western Union Tele| graph company, defendant. Mr. Clough, who lived at the Oakland cot ton mills, in December last, was sent the following message by his brother, who lived in the town of Walterboro. "Edward is dead. Come if you can." When the message was received it came marked from Waterloo, and Mr. Clough went to that town, wlhere he expected to attend the funeral of his nephew, young Edward Clough. The nephew died, and his funeral was had, !n Walterboro. The plaintiff claimed damages for mental suffering on account of uhe negligence of the telegraph company in erroneously transmitting the telegram. The jury found for the plaintff the sum of $.">00.00. Toe defendant made a motion for a new trial which the judge refused. It is stared thai the case will be appealed^ to the supreme court. Blease & Blease were Mr. Clough's lawyers; the telegraph company was represented by Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. ! The court was also engaged In the tr ial ot iae ca.-.e ui .joii.. w. rfauue. s against the Southern railway com-'' pany, in which Mr. Sanders claiincd ' the sum of $120.00 for cord wood burned by the railroad company. The , jury gave him $71.25 and interest on that amount. The plaintiff was repre- | sented by Fred H. Dominick, and the Southern Railway company was represented by Johnstone & Cromer. The case of Hattie A. Miller, as administratrix of the estate of Ellison S. Keitt, against Jos. L. Keitt and Thomas W. Keitt, occupied considerable time. The plaintiff claimed that the late Col. Ellison S. Keitt, :he "Sage of Enoree'', was led into signing an agreement with, his sons, tine defendants, whereby personal property of the value of about $3,000 was turned over to them, through fraud and mispresentation- The defendants denied that there was any fraud, and alleged that Col. Keitt, their father, transferred the property to them for value, and of his own free will and accord. The jury found in favor of the defendants, who were represented by F. Barron Grier, Esq., of Greenwood, and Hunt, Hunt, & Hunter. Messrs. Johnstone & Cromer represented tJlie plaintiff. Judge Shipp directed a verdict in . favor of the plaintiff, in the case of the National Bank of Newberry against Wallace B. Todd, for the sum of $1,400.00, the amount due on a promissory note given by Mr. Todd to the bank. The bank was represented by Mesrs. Johnstone & Cromer, while B. V. Chapman Esq., was the attorney for Mr. Todd. The case of Robert L. f?ewie, and his wife, Mrs. Rebbecca Lewie against the town of Newberry, ended in a verdict of $1,100.00 in favor of the plaintiffs. This suit grew out of injuries received by Mrs. Lewie from a fall she had in a Ihole in the sidewalk of Main street, near the residence of Mr. F. , N. Martin, on the night of December 25th, 1912. The town claimed that Mrs. Lewie was negligent, but the testimony was very strong in her contention that the town was at fault. Blease & Blease represented the plaintiffs, the town was represented by Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. All in all quite a lot of business was disposed of by the court, and the calendar is now in very good shape. The jurors, court officers and attorneys are well pleased with His Honor,'' Judge S. W. G. Shipp, who presided at tie court. Wihile he is firm, and strictly attentive to the business before him, at the same time, he is pleasant and patient in the performance of his duties. " ! i 1 Sunday School KalJy. ! Dr. W. C. Pearce and others will be . - - 1 t -J. 4.1* ~ 1 in Newoerry on uecemoer ist, m me . interest of Sunday school work. In order that tais work may be brought more prominently before the people in our town and in our county fc.ie pastors and superintendents of our j city Sunday schools met to map out a | program for a mass meeting; Sunday afternoon before the Monday of Mr. Pearce's visit. A Sunday school mass meeting will be held at the First Baptist church at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, November 30ta to which ail the schools of the town and county are invited, j The following ministers will make j _ _ i five minutes lalks: Revs. Edw. Ful-j enwider, J. E. Carlisle, J. W. Carson, | E. D. Kerr, A. M. Gardener, J. N. Booth, E. P. Jones. All of the choirs of fcne various Sunday schools are requested to take part in the singing for this meeting. A meeting is called for 3 o'clock Monday afternoon December 1st to convene at Central Methodist church at which all ministers, and Sunday school officers and teachers of the entire county are urged to be present. On Monday night at the church of the Redeemer Dr. W. C. Pearce of Chicago, associate general secretary of the International association, one of the best known speakers in the Sunday school world problems, will make an address to all who are interested in Sunday school work in the county. We expect with Mr. Pearce , Revs. W. I. Herber\ W. H. K. Pen dleton, E. 0. Watson, and Hon. j Horace I v. Boinar. This meeting will ( begin promptly ai -S. o'clock. ^ Arthur Kibler, f GOVERNOR BLEASE ASKS NEWSPAPER FOR PROOF WHITES EDITOR OF THE COLUMBIA STATE. Will C lose Up Alleged "Barrooms'" If; Editor Will Furnish Him Necessary Proof. Columbia, aov. zz.?Governor | Blease has called upon the editor of The State, the morning paper published in Columbia, to furnish proof . of open bar rooms in this city as it was charged existed in a recent editorial in that newspaper. "Now, if you desire your community rid of these institutions of which you complain in your editorial, furnish this proof, and as Governor of Soutij Car- , olina, I promise you results," says Che governor today in a letter addressed to the editor of The State. The matter is of general public in terest throughout South Carolina. Governor Blease's letter follows: Editor The Columbia State, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: On my return to the office from a visit to Jacksonville, I find, in your issue of Thursday morning, November 20, editorial, page 4, column 2, headed, "Columbia Bar-rooms." I have had stated to me on several occasions I that there were club rooms in Colum-; bia, the names of wJiiich I do not here | care to mention, but I assure you that1 their membership is composed of the very best people of Columbia and some of these clubs have been in existence , ever since I remember the city of Co-1 lumbia. It was stated to me that j whiskey and beer were being sold in j these clubs. I reported the matter to j my chief constable, who immediately j made thorough investigation of the | matter, and I requested my informants i to make affidavits to these sales, but each time I was met with the answer, "Oh, no, don'i: use my name in connection with fc'a'e matter, I would not for anything let tli^se people know that I had gone into their clubs and enjoyed their hospitality and gone out and betrayed them; I merely wanted to tell you whiskey and beer were being sold/' Therefore, I have been unable to get the proof whirh was necessary in order to prosecute these parties. , But in this article of yours I notice the words, "We have recited the plain, glaring facts."' You will please, therefore, be kind enough to furnish me ( wita the names and the locations of these borrooms of which you speak, and the names of the party or parties j in control th'ereof, along with an j affidavit and the names of your witneses that beer and whiskey are being sold in said places, and I promise you j that within a few short hours after ..? v,otro f 11 r>niefhmo with fhis , j UU ?>ll<xn uavt iui iamuv/U niv ? I information . warrants will be sworn j out and these places will be searched and relieved of their stocks of goods and fixtures, and each and every man connected therewith will be arrested and either locked up in your county jail or placed under a sufficient bond to appear fbr trial. Now, if you desire your community rid of these institutions of which you complain in your editorial, tjurnish this proof and as governor of South Carolina I promise you results. I am sure you have this proof or you would not have written this edi orial. Now, will you please be so kii*d as to furnish it where it can be made use of? I note further you say that condi lions here are no better than in Charleston. Wihen some proof has been asked for in Charleston, sometimes it has been refused, and in some of the instances where it has been granted cases have been made but the grand jury, a; the records will show, have failed to act. However, if you have any proof as to Charleston, I will be very glad to receive it, and will again have the matter?ito use a common expression?put up to the grand jury. Very respectfully, Cole. L. Blease, Governor. Dr. J. W. Julian Very III. Coronaca. S. C.. Nov. 18.?Relatives Viotq Kaon nrkrifipH a t Dr. ,T. W. nci c; ua ? c ? . Julian, of St. Louis, Mo., formerly of fchis county, who had a stroke of paralysis about eight weeks ago, does not improve. The doctor is only seoii onscious and is perfectly helpless. Phis win hr> sad news to his many riends in '.his section. EIGHT COMPANIES ARE SAVED TO THE STATE AS R$SILT OF RE-INSPECTION OF COMPANIES. Only Five of Thirteen Fail to Make Good?Governor's Course Saved the Eight. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Nov. 24.?Governcr Blease was asked if he had receive I the letter from the war department i.i regard to the recent inspection of th: so-called deficient companies of tho National Guard of this State. He said: "Yes, I found the letter here upoi; my return from Jacksonville. . The letter bears date November 10, buc it reached this office only on November 20. "I am very mudh pleased with th? outcome of the re-inspection. As a master of course, I would have been very much better pleased if all the companies had been able to make goo<\ However, when I was requested t * muster out thirteen companies, it is well remembered that I absolutely refused to do so, and requested this rr inspection, which now has been hel I and completed, and as a result eigl: companies are saved. Five, I regrer. to say, it seems will have to be mu: tered out. But I presume I will given a little credit for saving the rc mainder of the companies. It is muc ' better to lose only five than it wou" :: have been to lose ilalrteeen, and had l done as I was requested to do ft first, these thirteen companies wou 11 have been mustered out, and we wouM not have been able to have save 1 those which the war department now recognizes as all right. "I regret very much that the companies at Chesterfield, Bennettsvill % Barnwell, Conway and Bamberg fai*^ j j. i. il. J? ea 10 present uiemseives m sutii i;y,; dition as ;.hat they could be retained. However, I feel-thoroughly well pa-for my fight in having saved the companies at Liberty Hill, the two Colur.i- , bia companies, and the Darlingtc-\ Elloree, Walterboro and Lancaster companies. It will be noticed, tc :hat among the companies which T have saved are the two very importa : companies of Elloree and Walterbor\ Of course, the others are not less i> portant from one standpoint, b conditions may arise which wou 1 th/asp twn vprv necessa^ " to t?lie protection of the white peor '.. of their communities. "I do not care to give the letter o ' in full, as I think it would be a mi take just at this time. I shall, hovever, address a letter to the capt3>. of each of these companies stating < > him the conditions as reportted by t' war department, and asking him to make one more attempt to get hims<" and his company in shape. I sha! then make final report of ..the en?i; * matter to the legislature, after cc >sultation wit& some military officer3, and ask the legislature to taJce wh; ever action is necessary, and I horo.. at the latest, by tne nrsi 01 rnrcn or April, to have all these compani 1 ir position to remain members of t' ? Jonal Guard of South Carolina/' Flower Department. T^e Civic association hopes tit women of Xewberry have taken a gf I look over their premises by this ti: " and decided on the improvements tl cv wish to make for next year. What r ? you going to go about that unsigh fence? You may have a beautiful he/ ' in the place of it at a moderate cr * and we shall be glad to give you t address of a nursury where you < get the plants. This month is the ti ': to set it out. If you do not wish to spend money on it, we can tell you where -i g t English Ivy to plant. It will sc r, grow and cover the fence. Do not forget that this is the rea? " for sewing lawn grass. We can "l least give you catalog information r"' this subject. Now is the time to sow sweet pe~ . also Salvia and Poppy seed. It i- ' tn nut rwit vinlpfs fTi: rfk umv vw , ?- .. and rose cuttings. Let us know what you have to r change or give way and what y-i would like f.o have. Mrs. J. H. West, Mrs. H. L. Parr. Mrs. W. W. Hornsby.