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VOL. XXVIII MTANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER8 91.O2 HEAR KIND WORDf ENGLISH CHANCELLOR ENDOSS MONROE DOCTRINE WARM PRAISE OF WILSOI The American Society of Gieat Brit an's Capitol Enjoy Their Thanks giving Dinner-Lord High Chan cellor Haldane Toasts "The Presi dent of the United States". The Thanksgiving dinner of thi American Society of London, Eng land, was held Thursday night an( was noteworthy because of the pro nouncement of the British govern ment's endorsement of the Monro4 Doctrine by Viscount Haldane, Lor High Chancellor. Three hundre and fifty American men and women with a large number of Britis guests, wei-e present, and they repeat edly cheered Lord Haldane. Rober N. Fairbanks, president of the So clety, proposed "the King", and Loi-i Haldane proposed "the President o the United States". "I recently made a visit to the United States," Lord Haldane said "and came back not only with a vivid recollection of the cordial welcome I received, but with a deep sense of the high ideals the, British. and Ameri can nations hed in common-thE high Ideals of citizenship of the twc countries." Referring to President'Wilson. he said: "Before he became president Mr. Woodrow Wilson was a thinking man and a moralist. In studying his career I can not fall to be impressed by his detached character and find that he has not ceased to be a think er and a moralist because he has be come the holder of a great office. We see in him the aspirations and ideals of his nation expressed to the world. It Is not only his expressed declara tion that the policy of the United States is not.one of conq.uest. or an: nexation, but the world looks to the United States. with its enormous po sition and possessions, to carry on its traditions without adding to its pos sessions. That is our course also. Nor is it the case that. when the Unit ed States intervenes in any matter it is done for -its own advantage. It was not the case with Cuba. whom the United States restored to inde pendence.". Speaking of the Monroe Doctrine the speaker said that the -United States considered herself responsible for the liberties of -the smaller na tions of the Western Hemisphere. He could see what was in the mind of the President of that timer-that the responsibility rested with the United States to secure good govern ment and fair treatment for those countries. He interpreted President Wilson's policy to mean that the United States was ready to accept the responsibility of insuring good terms herself in those countries and to those who went there, and that the United States should set ups high - Ideals of policy, of justice and of righteousness. "I am not sure that any one should~ speculate upon the interpretation of that policy" continued the High Chancellor. "but I hayve thought my self at liberty to, say what I have. It Is true, indee'~tat a- high spir~it-and a high aim have been brought intc the policy of the United States in its dealings with adjacent countries and it is because the President has taken the attitude he has--a step which none can but admire, whatever it! consequences may be-that I propose good health to Mr. Woodrow Wilson, the President. and Mr. Woodrow Wilson. the man." Lord Kintore. another speaker oi the evening, spoke of the coming cel ebration of the centenary of peace between tha two nations. He said .h hoped it eventually 'woid 'b'e follow ed by the celebration of the millen nium of peace, but those arrangin! the centenary celebration intended that none which -might follow I1 would be more noteworthy. Sir Claud McDonald, who was en thusiastically greeted, gave interest ing reminiseenses of the siege oi Peking, in which he commanded thi international forces and said tha1 next to the honors conferred upoi him by his sovereign the proudesi moment of his life was when he was placed In command by the Americai minister of the American cantingen1 there and fought shoulder to. should er with them. Train' Hifs. Motor. -Three women were ,killed and an other wonen and-a' man -probibly fa tally injured Wednesday when freight train on the Pennsylvani railroad struck an automobile it which the party was riding at crossing near Hollidaysburg, Pa. Navy Wants $145,000,000. Navy estimates Secretary Daniel has sent to the House appropriation committee ask congress to vot $145,000.000 for the naval establish ment during the next fiscal rear. H! fstimate is $5,000,000 below las year. Turkeys Condemned. Turkeys. weighing 25,000 pound and valued at.$7,500 retail were cot degned by the~'hiladelphia meat in spectors during, the est week. The had spoiley while-ini transit on ac count of the unexpected warm w-eath er. "Hfard up; Better Dead." Albert Zinkie, 44 years old, of Chi cago, shot a-nd killed his mother an himself Thursday. A note found b the~'tidsthlfbtt' the - deed Tw committed because Zinkle and hi mothe were "hard up and better o STANDS BY HIS FRIEND PARDONS HIM ]BEFORE HE BE GINS SENTENCE. J. E. Hinson, Convicted of an Assault of Outrageous Nature, Pardoned by Governor Blease. The Pee Dee Daily, published at - Bennettsville, says Joe E. Hinson has been granted a full pardon by Gov - ernor Blease before ever beginning . to serve his sentence. The. Daily goes on to say: - "Hinson was charged, while a ru ral policeman, with shooting Walter Pruitt, beating E. P. Barber over the head with a pistol, punching 0. B. . Moye and Mrs. Moye in the stomach with pistols while Mrs. Moye was in 1 . a delicate condition, entering the f . Moye's room and lying across their r bed and child in a drunken stupor, i befouling their. clothing and the < room, cursing and abusing Mrs. Bar- v ber, and. other outrageous conduct t during a night which he spent at the t -home of E. B. Barber. h "The county supervisor employed i two firms of attorneys and the county t paid them $100 each to defend Hin- d son. His trial was put off from time c to time by his attorneys. After wait ing for several months for a trial, c Mr. and Mrs. Moye returned to their i Georgia home. Hinson was finally r brought to trial in March, 1913, for. i shooting Walter Pruitt. S "After a very strenuous fight In his b behalf by the attorneys employed by t -he jury he was sentenced to six c . ths in the penitentiary. The-at- e v ays employed by the county ap- s pealed in the case to the supreme a court, and Hinson was released on n bond. The appeal has never been I argued in the supreme court. f "The governor has no annulled s the verdict of the jury and the sen- I tence of the judge, and forestalled e the action of the supreme court. Hin son was an ardent supporter of Gov- I ernor Blease in his campaign for gov- t ernor, and it was freely predicted f that he would never allow him to t serve sentence. There Is a case still V peiiding in the court here against o Hinson for assault upon E. B. Bar- b ber. At the last term of court, the c grand jury recommended that steps v be taken to reimburse the county for a money which had been paid out to at- t torneys to defendant Hinson." b PAROLES SOME MORE. u S Governor Sends Out Some More Con ti victs on Paroles. r Tohn Benfaenin, an 'Assyrlan, who b was convicted in Kershaw County in a July of this year on the charge of a, murder and upon recommendation to t mercy was-sentenced to a life term in e the state penitentiary has been pa- 1 roled by the governor of South Caro- a lina. Benjamin was convicted on the t charge of killing his companion. Parole has been granted to Wil liam McKinley, alias Boyton Scotty, who was convicted in Alken County, t in June of 1907 on the charge of ,. housebreaking and larceny and sen tenced to ten years In the state pen- t itentiary.e Parole has been granted to 3. B. Kelly, who was convicted in Darling ton County in February of 1910 on the charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill and sentenced tot ten years in the penitentiary. 3' Parfolehas been granted to W. C. Britton, who was convicted in Green-t ville County in 190.9 on the charge of murder and upon recommendation to. mercy was sentenced to a life term in the state penitentiary.c Ie KILLING IN EDGEFIELD. Two Negroes Have A Difficulty Over t Previous Dog Killing. Monday night, on a plantation near rl Edgefield, belonging to the estate of a W. W. Adams, John Scurry shot and t instantly killed James Burt, the par ties being negroes. Some time ago e Scurry, It is said, killed a dog belong-'T ing to a Mr. Wood, and Burt inform- i: ed the owner of the fact, which, it' t seems, infuriated Scurry and, arm- c ed with a gun, it is alleged, he went d on a hunt for the decease, and find- t ing him at home, called him from thet house, and as Burt was approaching the front gate Scurry fired, the load c taking effect in the neck and throat. a After getting in his bloody work the It murdered fled and has not yet been captured, although the sheriff made immediate and hot pursuit. Tried to Rob Bank. A~n attempt was made to rob the Bank of Cades Monday night, the .burglars entering 'the building by bxEa'king the plate 'glass front. Fail ing to find anything of value outside!i the vault they made an attempt to open the vault doors, but were unsuc- 1 cessful. Robbed by Bandits. A. L. King. a Chicago mining man arrived In Douglas, Arizona, Mondayt s from a mine near Temosachio, State I e of Chihuahua. He said that a band of - twenty bandits shot his horse from< s under him and robbed him of $G00. I t He walked the last sIx days of his ourney. Strikers Use Dynamite. s The Michigan copper mine strike! 1 - now going on at Calumet, Mich., as - sumer serious proportions Wednes-.1 y day night when a heavy- chargre of 1 -dynamite was exploded by a time fuse1 -orn the outside of- the compressor' house at the Ahmeek mine. Orders Many Stamp. -The postmaster at Philadebhia Is! d jtaking no chances of rurnning short y of stamps for Christmas busieess. H-e s has .just ordered 90,230,000~ stamps, s| valued at $1,69e.,000, the largest sinl FAKE DRASTIC MOVE )EMOCRATS MAKE CURRENCY BILL A PARTY AfFAIR CAUCUS LiETS RESULTS ;enate Gives Notice That There Will be No Recess for Holidays, as Majority Leaders Plan Almost Con tinuous Sessions Until Bill is Push ed to Its Adoption. Axtreme measures were decided ipon Wednesday by the Democrats of he Senate t-o force the currency re orm bill to an early vote. Deter ined to prevent curtailment of busi Less activity and to relieve the un ertainty in financial circles as to hat form currency legislation is to ake, the Democrats agreed at once o make the bill a party measure to tave no Christmas recess unless the acasure has been passed before the ime set for the holiday, and to sit ay and night until final action is se ured. Three decisions were reached at a onference which began in the morn ag and which Wednesday night was esumed. The Senate leaders, work ag in harmony with President Wil on and his advisers, decided to sit ehind closed doors for the rest of lie week, not excepting Thanksgiving ay, until an agreement can be reach d upon the pending bill that will in ure united support for it in the Sen te. Actual work on it began Wed esday night. The fight Monday will e transferred to the Senate floor and rom that time forward daily ses ions will be held from 10 a. m. to I p. m., with no recess in prospect xcept for Christmas day. "Immediate action on currency gislation is demanded," said Sena yr Simmons at the close of the con ?rence, "to relieve the uncertainty tat exists throughout the business -orld. There has been a cessation f activity in many lines of business. C ecause congress has not yet made C Lear its intention as to currency re ision. We have determined to act I t once and without further delay S an may be necessary for honest de- S ate." "The senate has no right to hold I p the business of the country," said T enator James. another who took art in the conference. "The coun -y demands action at once on cur ancy legislation." The decision of ie Democrats to make the currency ill a party measure surprised and roused the Republicans. "This is erely a political move," said Sena- I )r Smoot. one of the minority lead-* rs. "It is designed to make it ap ear that the Republicans in the Sen te are obstructing currency legisla- V 6n." Two resolutions adopted by the d emocratic conference outlined the Lost exacting legislative program at ~mpted in the Senate in recent ears. One, presented by Senator ~ Gorman of New York, provided iat it was the sense of the confer rce that. beginning Mfonday, Decem er , the Senate should meet at 10 'clock in the morning, sit until 6r ithe evening, resume after a two ours' dinner recess and continue un 1 11 o'clock "until the currency bill disposed of." ,It further sets forth that, unlesst e bill is out of the way, no holiday cess shall be taken. "except an ad urnent from December 24 to De- t ember 20," over Christmas day. Not een New Year's will be a holidayI nless the bill is passed before then.C The second resolution, presented y Senator Reed of 31issouri, made ae currency bill a party measure. It rovided that the Democrats, in con- ( 3rence, should meet beginning Wed sday afternoon and by Saturday ight should complete the considera on of the bill. C In the absence of Senator Hitch- 1I ock, the only D~emocratic member r 'ho has held out against the admin- S tration bill.' it was exnected thatd be Democrats of the banking anda urrency committee would have little ifflulty in committing the caucusS ie support of the draft of the mecas-1 re presented by Senator Owen. It c 'as made clear, however, that somen f the amendments proposed by Sen tor Hitchcock would be written intoo e bill by the conference. * a AN ENGIlNEER~ lERO. udues Engine Although Scalded by 1 Water and Steam. William Carr, engineer, was bring ng his express train of seven coaches' orm Philadelphia to the Pennsylvan-T a terminal in New York MIondayf chn just before rcaching Trentone is locomotive's steam chest explod-t d. In an instant he was envelopedd steam and scalding water stream- f d over him. Carr, knowing he must Iring his train to a halt, closed the hrottle and threwv on the emergency rakes. As the train stopped train-c nen found Carr unconscious in his 1 ab his flesh' terribly scalded, hiss tand still on the throttle.t Lynching in Georgia. A ivlynt-hin oc'curred several days ~o in Walton 'onty. Ca., but wasi ~opt rquiet. "General" lloyd. a ne co. was hanged for ont''ring a far- I tmote in the farm's' (laugh er who feom at l!-n uf, hwvr inI fiecd at him as he fled. TylIor univ'erswity 5indOLnts for un fair >!aying in a game wi'th Southi.cestern mnivrsity. Lieut. E. D). Johnson. Phird Cavalry. U. S. A., was set uponi > students after the game and se 'erel beaten. ORANGEBURG IN LEAJ DATA AS TO GINNINGS UP ' NOVEMBER 14. Figures for State Are Corrected I Census and Made Public Followil Preliminary Report. Cotton ginned in South Carolij >rior to November 14, from t] ,rops of 1912 and 1913, is shown i tabulation furnished by the bure, >f the census. The preliminary tot or the State was made public No =mber 21. The report issues Thur lay exhibits the corrected total a he amounts for the different cou ies. Quantities are in running bale ounting round as half bales. Lin rs are not included: County. 1913. 1911 kbbeville . . . . . 22,968 20,51 kiken . . . . . . .37,798 29,04 knderson . . . . . 51,958 38,1' 3amberg . . . . . 22,139 15,41 larnwell . . . . . 44,21,6 34,01 leaufort . . . 5,169 3,7: lerkeley . . . . . 9,677 7,6V "alhoun . . . . . 19,356 15,-1 'harleston . . . . 8,8:02 -.4,81 1herokee . . . . . 12,761 10,0 hester . . . . . 23,094 23,12 hesterfield . . . . 22,388 23,6E 'larendon . . . . 31,154 26,12 olleton . . . . . 14,344 10,6C )arlington . . . . 25,9'19 31,44 )illon . . . . . . 24.209 29,6q )orchester . . . . 12,859 9,32 dgefield . . . . . 24,597 20.60 airfield ..... 18,044 18,92 lorence . . . . . 31,578 28,9C eorgetown . . . 2,411 2,1.0 reenville . . . . 29,286 21,46 reenwood . . . . 21.395 21,80 ampton . . . . . fi5,331 : 11,15 lorry . . . . . . 5,778 6,12 asper . . . . . . 4,S59 3, 9 Cershaw . . . . . 19,411 20,61 ancaster . . . . 16,985 18,76 ,aurens . . . . . 33,557 26,13 ke . . . . . . . 27,7189 26,88 .exington . . . . 19,486 16,46 Tarion . . . . . 13,160 13,92 farlboro . . . . 35,770 49,70 ewberry . . . . . 27,614 24,95 )conee . . . . . 13,662 8,4-9 )rangeburg . . . . 59,555 43,78 ickens . . . . . . 11,930 7,44 tichland . . . . . 16,982 15,64 aluda . . . . . . 18,612 17,74 partanburg . . . 49,539 41,17 umter . . . . . . 30,668 26,66 nion . . .' . . . 13,818 *12,03 'lliamsburg . . . 17,882 16.96 ork . . . . . . . 28,959 28,83 Total . . . . .995,488 883,53 HAD TO SLIDE. avannah Bride Eludes Her Iothe Who Locked Her up. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Pierc e groom a reshdent of Dawson, Ga nd the bride a Savannahian, made ramatic "getaway" Thursday nigI allowing their marriage on Wednel ay over the protest of the bride 2ther and the consequent inca3 eration of the lady in~an upper be oom of her mother's home. Befor er marriage Mirs. Pierce was MFi elen Creech, and her mother ver itterly objected to her getting mal ed. Thursday night, after bein cked in her room and separate rem her husband, Mrs. Pierce sli own the water pipe from the secon loor of the home and joined her hui and who was nearby. They appeale a two friends with motorcycles 1 id them in getting away from the ir f 31rs. Creech and were carried o ese machines to Pooler, ten mile way, where a passing train was tali DEAD MAN TURNED LOSE. overnor Blease Issues Him a Pardo from Prison. Among the prisoners paroled b overnor Blease in his Thanksgivin st was one who has been dead fc ineteen months. This was Jac cruggs, who was convicted of mui er with recommendation to mere t Spartanburg in July, 1907, an entenced to life imprisonment in th tate penitenitary. lie died on Apr , 912,.but was among the 105 give 1emency by Governor Blease Wei esday. The official record is: "Jac .cruggs, convicted at the July ter: f Court for Spartanburg Countyc .urer with recommendation to me> y and sentenced to life imprisor aent in the State Penitentiary, pi oled during good behavior, Noven cr 25, 1913." Cotton Products Statistics. Representative Lever said Wet esday that hie is preparing a,. bi 'hich he will introduce in the ne: w days to require the governmer 'xperts to publish statistics sho'win he amount of cotton seed oil pr< ucts on hand, including refined lar< ollowing the precedent already si eithi regard to crude oil, Mr. Levi emarks that government statistit LW show the details as to the sours f supply of cotton seed oil and ra ated products, but do not give t1 ame information as to conditions1 he purchasing end. Gets Favorable. Report. The Lever agricultural bill provi< ng for the employment of agriculcu 1 demonstrators to show farmers ti >est methods of work as developi >y the department of agricultulr gricul tural colleges and expem'se tations. will be unanimously repor d 'o the house next week bi t ouse committee on agriculture. Tried to JKill Himself. L. M. P,rush, a 19-year-old seams m the United States battleship Uta schored in Villefranche harbor. a :empted suicide- at a hotel at Ni( [rance, by shooting himself with -e-nker Thnurlday. SHOULD BE OPEN PORI DO COAL TRUST TRYING TO BOTTI UP CERLESTON. by Timan Fears Such is Evidenced I ig Interstate Commerce Commissic Inyestigation of Coal Rates. ia Senator Tillman is very much coi ae cerned about.the danger that Cha in leston, as a coal port, may be bottle tu up by the Coal Trust, and his coi al cern is increased rather than dimbi v- ished by the decision of the interstal s- commerce commission to investiga id Southern coal-carrying rates. T1 - Senator said Friday: "I have bee s, in consultation with coal producei t- in Westeri Virginia and in Easter Tennessee with regard to the co, situation in South Carolina. The i terstate commission has taken tb 0 matter upon the basis of the con 9 plaints coming from South Carolin 5 and has ordered an investigation c 9 the whole subject of Southern com S2 transportation. I believ'e this Is 9 move to put off matters and a gam 4. of how not to do it. .3 "I learn to my astonishment thE 7 in New York city-no vessel can g( 7 coal except from the Coal Trust, an 3 that Norfolk is in the same cond 8 tion, and that the same bunch c 3 capitalists who already have 4 monopoly at these two Atlantic pori 5 are scheming to obtain the sam 5 monopoly in Charleston. The monol 0 oly is due to the fact that they car 1 trol by interlocking directories tb 9 coal roads supplying both Norfol 5 and New York. Their purposes is, I 3: possible, to prevent, the developmen 0| of coal terminals at Charleston unt! 3, they can gobble up that port also. 9 "The situation is of great impori 9 ance to Charleston, but as long a 3 the city council is steadfast in it 7 policy not to allow the belt railwa 5 to fall into the hands of any outside 6 and to follow the policy of keepin 2 Charleston an open port, as far a 1 coal'is concerned, so that all produc 1 ers and shippers shall have equa 5 rights, this can not happen. I ax 7 thinkingpf introducing a resolutio: 'I -to investigate the workings of th 4 Coal Trust along the Atlantic coasi 4 and Admiral Edwards, who has re 4 cently been to Charleston inspectin 8 the navy yard there, asserts that th 3 military necessity is such as to war 5 rant the government in taking almos 7 -any step towards making Charlestoi an open port, and preventing anybod 3 -from monopolizing thei trade, an - thus throttling the commerce of th 5 city. I do not know what men I Charleston can thwart this scheme but It behooves every patriotic ma in. the city to keep his eyes oper There is a boundless future as a com T mercial port for Charleston now tha the Panama canal will cause th, trade of the world to pass by thi 3, port if there is wisdom and patriot ism in managing this one thing. a , - I -- t MAIL CARRIER KILLED. s Barnwell County Man Meets Deatl d From Shooting. e~ Edgar F. Phillips, of Ulmer, Il s Barnwell County, the rural mail car rier of parcel post fame, was suo and killed in the store of Willi Brant, at Ulmer, Thursday night a d last week by Grover Harter, a son o d Dr. A. J. Harter. The weapon use' .was an automatic pistol. Two shot were fired, it is said, only one a which took effect. The ball entere oPhillips' body in the region of th eheart, causing almost instant deatbi n From what can be learned Phillip sand Harter had been involved i: some previous difficulty, as a resul of which, it is alleged, the latte made threats against the life of Phil lips. There was a clash between th two men several days ago and' a war n rant was sworn out by Phillips charg ing Harter with assault and battery Phillips was in the store of Willi y Brant Thursday. njghLtgoeen. 7. an g S o'clock " mrnig 'some purchases r As he turned to leave, his arms ful k of bundles, according to eye-wit -nesses, two shots were fired from th y doorway. Phillips cried, "Boys, he' d got me," and staggering a few feel e fell behind the counter, where hi il died in a few minutes. lFALIB ON NEEDLE. Little Girl at Gaifney Injured b; Sharp Instrument. & While at play during recess at th 1- Central graded, school,. In Gaffne: county, 'Tuesdaye Cozhi Daniel, th little-daughter of'gIr. and Mrs. T. E SDaniel, fell and suffered painful it i jury from a crochet needle. The 1ii 11 (le girl had the 'needle in her han ct -whild she' 'was running, and whe: it she fell the instrument pierced he side, entering the flesh and breakin. off. For a time it was feared tha she had been badly injured and sh was removed to her parents' home r but later it was said that if no com s plications occur, she will soon recos e er. Stejped on a Rlusty Nail. t Foi' the second time within a yea D. John McAllister, a well know sugeon, of New York, is seriously i of blood poisoning. He stepped on 1- rusty nail while crossifig the stree1 His first infection resulted from a pi ie prick. eMerchant Kills Himself. L --Firig twohot's, whiich freighter t- ed the clerks from his stare, J. 'l i Jones. of Anderson, Tuesday turne the pistol on himself and fired a bu: let through the brain. mKilled by a Tlocomotive. h. Will Brooks, 22-year-old emplol t- ec of the Capitol City mills at Colunr e bia was run over and killed Tuesda a night by a switch engine of tb Southrn railway. BACK IN TilE TOML1 E PAROLED CONVICT ARRESTEI FOR OLD CRIMES ly n OOES BALK TO PRISON Governor Blease Sets Another Mur. derer Free as Well as a Bad Bur t- glar-"Oakland Sammy" Was Noi e ,e as Fortunate as "Portland Ned" e Who Escaped From Blease's Office, a s The Columbia correspondent of a The News and Courier says when L Samuel K. Williams, alias Jas. P. Kelly, alias "Oakland Sammy", was e released from the State penitentiary Wednesday morning, under a parole a from Governor Blease, after serving If five years of a fifteen-year-sentence l for safe-cracking In Charleston coun a ty, he walked into the Federal au e thorities' cluth, Deputy United States Marshal J. L. Adams serving a Fed. t eral warrant on Williams under a t charge of robbing a post office in d Marion, Ala., August 1, 1901. The yeggman was taken before f United States Commissioner R. Bev a erley Sloan, and in default of a $10, s 000 bond was committed to the Rich e land county jail to await a prelim - inary. The warrant on which Wil liams, alias "Oakland Sammy", was e arrested was sworn out by Post Of k fice Inspector Gregory before Assist f ant District Attorney Arthur R. t Young at Charleston on October 13, 1 1908, Mr. Young at that time being United States commissioner, and - charged that Williams robbed a post s office in Marion, Ala., August 1, 1901. s Williams is a big, heavy-set fellow, 7 weighing about 200 pounds, well pro r portioned, and about 50 years of age. 5 He did not express surprise at falling 3 into the Federal officer's hands on - being released from the State peni 1 tentiary, and took his arrest with 1 that stoical appearance which all of 1 the yeggmen have. He remarked ? that It looked as if he would be kept 1 in prison all of his life. Williams is - said to be wanted in several other : states. It is said that he escaped I from jail once in Montgomery, Ala., - and again in Florida while awaiting t trial. He is said to be an escaped 1 convict from Missouri, and In addi 7 tion to the charge on which he is now I under arrest by Federal authorities - there are claimed to be other charges I against him. Governor Blease turned loose on Wednesday Benjamin John, white, convicted at the July, 1913, term of - court for Kershaw county of murder t with recommendation to mercy, and sentenced to life imprisonment In the 5 State penitentiary. John, or the Rev. - Benjamin John, as he was known, was a Turk and had been in this country about two years. In com pany with another Turk, the Rev. George Simons, they were going Ithrough the country collecting sub scriptions to build, so they claimed, a mission school at Ninevah, Asia. 1They were in Camden last summer . anid were walking down the track of t the Seaboard Air Line towards Lug off, when they got into a fuss. John Skilled his companion and hid his Sbody under a trestle, where it was found. John had served about five a months of his life sentence. John, who speaks only broken English, was ibrought to the governor's office, Salong with two other prisoners who .were also paroled, in stripes and Swhile awaiting the making out of his 1 pardoning papers conversed freely in t his broken English. He said that he -e was going back to Turkey, as straight - back as he could, vie New York. He Ssaid that he had a wife awaiting him . in his distant home and and appeared - beside himself with joy at getting .out of the penitentiary. When solic iting subscriptions John held creden tials from the Archbishop of Alaaria ani' it Is back to that past of his Tur i key that he says he Is going. - William McKinley, alias "Bayton a Scotty", serving a fifteen-year-sen s tence for burglary and larceny, was ,paroled. McKinley entered a store e at Montmorencl, in Alken county, in 1901, and robbed the store and the post office, which was located in this store. He was rounded up by Post Office Inspector Gregory and arrested in Columbia January 6, 1903, and in F April was tried in the United States court in Charleston and sentenced to five years in the Federal prison in a Atlanta. After completing his sen r tence In the Federal prison McKinley, e alias Bayton' Scotty, was taken in .hand by the State authorities and at - Aiken, in July, 1907, was convicted - largely on the testimony of Post Of fice Inspector. Gregory of burglary 1 and larceny and sentenced to fifteen r years in the State penitentiary. The 105 prisoners granted freedom t by the goveror as his Thanksgiving a gift were all released Wednesday. ,Those in the penitentiary got out - early Wednesday morning and scores - of them called by the office of Gov ernor Blease to thank him for his giving them freedom. It is stated that only 186 men and 46 women re r main in the State penitentiary. The total number of prisoners pardoned and paroled by Governor Blease since he assumed office in January, 1911. .is 8S7. Good Town for Murderers. -Nikela Cavilovich of Chicago was sentenced to death by a jury in Ed -wardsvllle; Ill., Thursday night for the murder of his wife, April 3, 1910. This Is the' first time in 25 years the death penalty has been fixed there al though G30 murders have occurred in that time. Postoffice 'Burned up. -The.postoffice at Adamsburg in Un ion county was destroyed when fire e Icompletely demolished the store of 'F M. am. in which it was located. TRIED TO KILL AGAIN A PAROLED CONVICT TRIES TO CONDT MURDER. Elmore Wright, Who Was Let Ont of Prison Some Months Ago by Governor Blease So-.ts a Man. The Spartanburg Jcurnal says a shooting scrape at Moore station Tuesday afternoon resultet in the se rious injuiy of Ernest McAbee. ar employee in the stre of J. H. Wal den. Elmore Wrigit, a paroled con vict, alleged to have committed the act, was arrested by a spe-:ial cfficer from the court of Magistrate Kirby, and on a commitment charging as sault and battery with intent to kill, was lodged in the county jail Tuesday night. The trouble between the two men is said to have arisen over McAbee's reprimand of Wright for his bad conduct towards his (Wright's) wife, who is a first cousin of McAbee. It is alleged that some days ago Wright threatened the life of his wife. When Wright entered Walden's store Tues day afternoon McAbee, who was behind the counter figuring a settle ment for a bale of cotton, said to Wright: "You ought to be ashamed to treat your wife so badly, and if she was my sister, instead of my cousin, you would have to treat her better." Wright then said: "What have you to do with it." Then Wright is said to have pulled his gun and said: "I will get rid of you now." When McAbee dodged behind the counter to get something with which to defend him self the second shot from the pistol of Wright penetrated his right arm and lodged in the upper part of the lung. The man is in a serious condi tion and grave hopes are entertained for his recovery. McAbee is said to be an industrious man and highly respected by the people of Moore. He holds a responsible position with J. H. Walden, one of the leading merchants of Moore Station. About 18 months ago. Governor Blease paroled Wright, who was serv ing a life term for the alleged mur der of A. Kirken.dall, which occurred about five years ago. It was said af ter the assault that a negro stated that he had heard Wright repeat sev eral times that he irtended to be ack In the penitentiary before Chrismas. KJLLED ON HUNT. Atlanta Reports Fatalities as a Re sult of Carelessness. Two boys were killed and a third seriously wounded at Atlanta, Thurs day through the careless use of fire arms. Charles Bridewell, 11 years old, was shot and instantly killed by his brother, Braisell Bridewell, aged 15,. while the boys were hunting in a pasture near' the city limits. The younger brother was screened from the other's view by some .bushes, Into which the latter fired a' shotgun at close range. The charge of shot al most tore the little boy's head from his body. Later John Garst, aged 14, acci dentally shot himself through the stomach with a rifle while - hunting. He died while being taken to a hos pital. Charles Howell; 13 years old, was accidentally shot in the hip by his brother shortly after the two had started for the outskirts of the city to hunt. The bullet, from a small calibre rifle, later was extracted and it is believed the boy soon will re cover. WILL SOON BE FOR RENT. As the State Will Have No U'se for the Penitenitary. The Spartanburg Herald says we see by the papers that since assuming ofice the governor has granted 882 pardons and paroles. D. 3. Griffith, superintendent of the penitentiary, said Wednesday that he had received the papers liberating the 103 pris oners and that all would be turned out that morning. There will remain 18S men and 46 women in the State penitentiary. If we are not mistaken there were In the State prison when the present governor assumed office over 1,300 prisoners. Why should the remaining 188 men and 46 women be held in the penitentiary? Sprinkled With Shot. Barnard B. Pou, who lives about three miles south of Saluda, was shot Monday afternoon. His wounds are not serious, but those who have ex amined him say he is pretty well sprinkled with bird shot. About a year ago B. B. Pou shot a cousin who is now credited, it is said, with the shooting. Gave Life for Others. When a small boat in which they set out to rescue a passenger who had been swept overboard, overturn ed in the heavy sea between Seattle and San Francisco Fourth officer J. Shane, Quartermaster Oswald and Seaman H. Hansen. of the steamship President lost their lives. Houston Wants Appropriation. Secretary Houston wants Congress to appropriate $25,000,000 for the agricultural work of the government. His estimates will be submitted this week and the House committee on agriculture will begin consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill early in December. Asks Big Sum for Army. Secretary of War Garrison has transmitted his estimates for mili tary establishment before the House. He asks for $1 06,000,000, -'.hich Is $10,000,000 more than that of last MEXIWU is quial JUARZ IOUNED ARE BRO9 T OVER BOUNDARY LIE OIL DISTMT 13 SAFE Admiral Fletcher and John Lid Cable State Department That There is no Use to Land Forces In the Threatened Oil Districts-&tp nation Interests Washington. The rout of the Mexican Federals near Juarez by the constitutionalist forces and a wireless report from Rear Admiral Fletcher Indicating that conditions in the oil regions near Tuxpan were not as threatening as previously had been reported, on Thursday held the interest of om. cials at Washington in the Mexican situation. The wireless message to the navy department from Admiral Fletcher who Monday night left Vera Crus on the battleship Rhode Island with John Lind, the special American en voy, to investigate alleged threaten ing conditions in the oil district of Tuxpam and Tampico, brought evi dent relief to officials in Washing ton. The admiral's report regard ing the Tuxpam field, where British and American interests are situated gave indications that no immediate. aggressive action on the part of the United States to furnish protection would be necessary. Though no offi cial report has yet come with rela tion to the Tampico district the be lief is that the situation there will be found similarly controlled. The border situation, as a result of the vigorous operations near Juar ez and the possibility of another siege of the border city, aroused the war -department to action to afford ample protection for El Paso and the neighboring territory and late Wed nesday official orders were Issued for the movement from Fort Douglas, Utah, to El Paso of the Twentieth U. S. infantry, which will -be used to pre serve order within the city limits. This arrangement will permit the use of the two regiments of calvary now at El Paso, Fort Bliss and en-. virons to guard the border in each direction from the city. In addition' to these two regiments-the 15th which just arrived from Northern posts, and. the Second-there is a battery of the Fifth artillery, while Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, with a squadron of the Twelfth cavalry, will go to El Paso as soon as he has composed the threatened 'outbreak among the Navaja Indians in New Mexico. The war department, upon the re quest of the Red Cross, issued or ders which permit the bringing of wounded Mexican soldiers across the border into El Paso, the permission applying alike to federals and con stitutionalist soldiers. The first sol diers to be received will be wounded constitutionalists as they already have been brought Into Juarez in considerable numbers. The federal soldiers, -large numbers of whom are reported to be in pitiable condition farther south, will receive equal treatment If any agency is devised to bring them Into American terri tory. The Red Cross authorities find it easier to care for the-wounded Mexi cans in American territory than to enter into the international negotia tions which would be necessary In or der to cross the boundary, and it also is known that facilities- for the care of the wounded in Juarez are entire ly inadequate. The Mexican Red and White Cross organizations are disorganized and officials say there is no authoritative agency in Mexico with which the American society could work. HAVE THRILLING RIDE. California Dirigible Goes Wrong While in Mid-Air. Five passengers cari-led by Aviator Roy Knabenshue on a dirigible bal loon trip of twenty miles from Pasa dena, Cal., to Los Angeles and re turn, were given a thrill just before landing Monday. At a height of 1,400 feet above the landing place the engine suddenly stopped, when a water -pipe burst. As the craft start ed to rise Knabenshue, the sixth oc cupant, climbed along the dirigible's frail framework to the bow, where his weight pointed the balloon to ward earth again. Then more danger appeared In the shape of an orange grove toward which the dirigible was heading. The passengers began throwing ballast bags overboard and the balloon clear ed the trees. A moment later spec tators seized an anchor rope and tow ed the dirigible to its hangar. The ten-mile journey to Los Angeles was made in twenty minutes. Preferred Youth to Office. An applicant for policewoman of Chicago told the examiners that she was 27, but when informed that the minimum age limit was 30, admitted that she was 31. Another who made a similar "error" said she preferred being young to "getting on the force." Will Discuss Penny Postage. One cent postage promises to be one of the live Issues to be fought out in the regular session of Congress. No fewer than a dozen bills already have been introduced, and it is said about half of these provide for penny post. age outright. Big Cotton Fire. Fire early Thursday morning deb stroyed between 600 and 1,006~ bales of cotton at nemonnlis. Ala.