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JDST FELT GOOD Got. Bleue Granted Several Pardons to to lake Others Fee! Good. PARDONS ALWAYS READY rfo Our Genial, Good Feeling Governor Kays He Thinks Everybody Should be IlaDpy, and He Wants Only a Reason From a Convict and He Will Make Him Happy. "I felt so good when I came down town this morning that I decided to grant three pardons." This statement was made Wednesday morning by the chief executive and he later extended clemency in two other cases. Blnce January 17 he has extended his power of pardon to over three score prisoners. He says he likes to make people happy and that if a prisoner can show any kind of a reason that he will be pardoned. Gov. Please said Wednesday that he would dismiss the members of the State board of pardons but for tut fact that it might humiliate them. "The members of the board are of no use to me," he said, "but if they will resign I will appoint another board and I will submit cases to the men I will appoint. For the purpose of restoring his citizenship Gov. Please Wednesday pardoned T. D. 'Mitchell, who was convicted some time ago in Lexington county on the charge of conspiring to defraud In a municipal election held in New Prookland. A One of $75 was imposed on Mitchell. The pardon was granted upon a letter addressed to Gov. Please by Mitchell, which read: "I was convicted in Lexington county several years ago for conspiring to defraud at a municipal election in the town of Prookland ana was fined $75 for this offense, which fine I paid. I now have the honor to petition your excellency that you do grant me a pardon in order that my citizenship might be restored to me." Charles Holloway. a negro, Berving a life sentence from Edgefield after conviction on the charge of murder, was paroled during good behavior. The negro was recently transferred from the State penitentiary to tne Edgefield county chaingang because of his health. He was convicted In 1905 with his brother. Arthur Holloway, for killing Alex Barnes, another negro, at a church row. Arthur Holloway wns pardoned by Gov. Ansel V . v and died soon after leaving the penitentiary. S. McG. Slmpklns of Edgefield appeared in behalf of the negro. George Robinson, serving a fiveyear sentence from Marlboro for manslaughter, having been convicted in 1909, was paroled during goou u*fcavlor by the governor. Geo. Robinson killed Sam Purvis. Robinson's wife had left him and had gone to the home of Purvis, who had married a sister of Mrs. Robinson. It appeared on the trial that Robinson had been convicted in Chesterfield county for larceny of live stock from a woman and had served hie time. LVf. S. Taylor, serving a sentence of five years from Spartanburg, having been convicted in 1908 on the charge of assault and battery, was paroled during good behalor. A pardon was refused to George Moody, serving a life sentence from Darlington county on the charge of murder. He was convicted in 1899 for killing Henry Jones in a general fight on the public highway. The crime occurred in 1892, Moody escaping. He afterward returned to the State, gave up, was tried and convict ed of murder with refommen*uvi to mercy. The death sentence Imposed upon Jackson Cunningham by the Greenwood county court was commuted to life Imprisonment by Gov. ltlease. The commutation for the negro was granted upon the recommendation of the jury and well-known citizens of Greenwood county. Thousands to Collect Iji:<.l5. Demanding relief to the extent of the United States has entered complaint before the Interstate Commerce commission against the Pennsylvania railroad, the Southern railway and the Philadelphia, Italtimore and Washington railroad. It is estimated that the cost of collection will be at least 100 times the sum demanded. Aeronaut is killed. The balloon Dusseldorf IV, which ascended at Krefeld, Prussia, was carried over the Zuider Zee, an arm of the North sea, and because of loss of gas was obliged to descend. The basket struck a breakwater violently and the balloon pilot, Paul Kaiser, , was instantly killed. Found Dead in lied. Louis Cassawav, a negro, his wife and three children were found dead in bed at their home at San Antonio. Texas, Wednesday. It Is believed they were murdered during the nlcht. The I?ollce have no clue to their assailants There Is more sound in a hollow gourd than in a full one, and the same is true of an empty head. GIVES THEM A HOME HELPLESS OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH PROVIDED FOR. Believed That This is Largest Single Gift Ever Made This Church in the South. The definite announcement of the ] acceptance of a very large gift for the work of benevolence has Just been announced by the special committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina. The ofTer was made to the synod last November by Mrs. Melissa B. Lovman of Chapin, for the establish meot of a home for the helpless and the aged, and for the beginning of a i deaconness training school. ( All papers for the transfer of the , property have been regularly executed and the establishment of the home will be made at once. The gift of Mrs. Lowman consists of about 1,000 acres of fine farming land, well wooded and watered, in the vicinity of White Rock. With 1 this goes houses and lots In the towns of Chapin and White Rock. There are also several houses and improvements on the plantation. A conservative valuation of Mrs. Lowman's gift, including nearly $2,ouo in cash, places it at $25,000. The gift provides that Mrs. Lowman and her three helpless children shall be cared for during their lifetime. The committee having in charge the management of the donation consists of five members: Rev. W. H. Greever and Rev. C. E. Weltner of Columbia, Rev. J. R. Haigler ot White Rock, W. P. Roof of Lexington, Jas. W. Shealy of Ballentine. The committee has selected Mr. Shealy to superintend the farm and home. A matron will at once be placed in charge as soon as a suitable person can be secured, and thus the work of caring for the helpless ?iihi ufii-u unes 01 xne cnurcn will at once be put into effect. It is also a matter of note that this is perhaps the largest single gift ever nvade to the Lutheran church in the South and marks the beginning of what must grow into a large and useful elmosynary institution. The establishment of the deaconnees home and training school, contemplated in the gift, has not assumed definite shape so that an announcement as to its location can be made at this time. FIVE PERISH IN MINE. Explosions of Block Damp in Mine at Mineral, Kan. Five men, one of them John Jopling general superintendent of the coal department of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, are dead as the result of an explosion of blacx damp in the company's mine at 'Mineral, Kan., Monday. There were three explosions, the first just after Thomas Cheek and John Burgham, shot-firers, went into the mine. Both were killed Instantly. The second came when William Jeffreys, another 6hot-flrer, went underground to rescue hie fellow workers. By lying ttai Jeffreys saved himself. As soon as he reached the surface a rescue party composed of Jopling and two miners, Samuel Watson and a foreigner, rushed Into the pit to search for Cheek and Flurghan. Less than 3 0 minutes later there was an explosion which killed Jopling and his men. CHARGED WITH KILLING. John A. Odom is Shot to Death in a How hy Two Others. John A. Odom, who was shot at Rrightsville school house Friday night, died Monday morning. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict that his death was caused from gunshot wounds inflicted by tleo. \V. Dullard and William Harrington. Conflicting accounts have been given of the homicide and it is impossible to give details that are not contradicted. Odom was shot several times, first by Hullard and last by Harrington. Odom cut Harrington after Hullard had shot Odom. Harrington is regarded as being in a very serious condition. Hullard has been arrested by the Sheriff from Bennettsville. Made a Wrong Diagnosis. Two children of ;Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Cox, of West Point, O., played "doctor" and "patient" with the result the "patient" is in a critical condition. Thelma was the "patient" and her four-year-old brother, who was the "doctor," told her to drink some "medicine" from a phial. The medicine was corn-cure. Drove to Morgue, Then Die<l. Jesse Hussard, a prominent farm, r living near Loganeport, Ind., drove to a morgue in this city last week and calmly shot himself through the head Worry over business matters is believed to have unbalanced his , mind. Discouraging to Fighting. , Rursla. it Is reported, will not 1 make that military demonstration on the frontier of China. Probably she < has been doing some figuring on the t cost. t CAUSE ALARM \ Sleepless Night ftr the Popilation of a Large Illinois Towi MINERS FACE MILITIA Foreigners With Shot Guns Prove the Americans From the .Mines? Three Companies of Illinois Xn tional (iuanls Arc Hushed to the Krone of the DNiarbanrf. One thousand strong and well irmed, the foreign-speaking coal miners of Benid, 111., conducted a sunrise demonstration Tuesday agains'. their English-speaking brethren of the town of Gillespie, commacullns those who stood upon the sidewalks to get In line. The procession came from Benld, stopped at mine No. 1, passed through the main street of Gillespie, thence on to mine No. 3 and back to ' Benld. Caution of the older citizens and business men of Gillespie against violence probably prevented bloodshed. Throughout the night vigilant clt'zens of Gillespie patrolled the streets of the entire town. They had hern warned that the Benld miners wut marching on Gillespie. When the first music of the demonstration from Benld was heard the citizens were prepared for sh'ge Some had sought refuge in the rooms above store buildings along the ma>n street, declaring they would shoo: if the marchers came into the town. Nevertheless, the procession passeo through the village and not a shot was fired. An knn. 1? ? ' TA T ? __ XIII mi 111 mivi VIII. ?i. J. I.IIIIK, commanding the Fourth regiment, Illinois National Guard, arrived from Springfield on an Interurban car an.1 took charge of the situation The Effingham and Paris companies were the first to arrive of the troops or dered out at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday morning by Governor Peneen. The other commands arrived before 9 o'clock, nearly all of them coming in on the interurban line from Sprinsfleld. It is Col. Lang's plan to march his troops from Gillespie to Ilenld, 2 1-2 miles by wagon road, and disarm the belligerents, many of whom are in a disagreeable temper. If necessary, Col. Lang is prepared to proclaim martial law in Benld to enforce his plans for quelling the disturbance. Citizens of Gillespie Insist there will be bloodshed in Benld when the troops attempt to disarm the foreigners. The 700 foreigners who left Benld early Tuesday paraded to mine 7 of the Superior Coal company and drove the Americans from the shaft. They then returned through Gillespie and continued to mine No. 3, where the Americans left the workings on the approach of the disturbers. The miners were headed by a fellow workman, who beat a drum. No move will be made on the foreigners by the militia until the arrival of all of the troops. Besides the infantry nnH n Hoi Hn? ^ ....U viuviiufi fSUII (MUlUUIl, llUUp If, First Illinois cavalry, is expected from Springfield. The trouble started at Renld a week ago when the foreign miners became dissatisfied with working conditions and induced the Americans to quit. The local union officials, however. ruled against the move and ordered them back to work. The Americans returned to the Aines and since then the foreigners have been trying to persuade the Americans to quit. The trouble became acute Monday night after deputy sheriffs of Macoupin county were driven from the mines. Governor Deneen after receiving a report from Col. Shand of the National Guard ordered the militia to proceed to llenld. Renld is a mining town less than three miles from Gillespie. Early Tuesday morning several shots were fired in the vicinity of mine No. 1. This aroused the whole town. Watchers soon afterward reported that the Renld miners were marching upon the town. When upon the outskirts of Gillespie the marchers switched off and traveled to mine No. 1. To the foreigners' surprise none of the employes of the mine appeared for work nt either No. 1 or No. 3. The marchers then paraded through Gillespie. The arrival of the State militia at Renld early Tuesday morning found this mining town quiet. The miners who have heen bearing arms for several days suddenly left for one of the nearby mining camps. Their departure was heralded by the beating of drums, shouting and firing 01 guns. The troops from Springfield were first on the ground and these were followed by the militia from Danville. When the whistle blew for work in mine No. 1 Monday mornine, bowever. the American miners were prevented from going to work by ">0n foreigners, who marched from Henld ?nd defied the local authorities. Sev ral fights occurred and one man was hurt. In view of reports that the foreigners were preparing to march lpon Dillespie and apply the torch ; lie citizens in a meeting directed an LETTER TO BRICE IN WHICH FELDER SCORES BLEASE HOT AND HEAVY. Hakes Many Grave Charges Against the Governor, Which He Says He Can I*rove. Hon. J. S. Brice. Attorney at Law, Yorkville, S. C. My Dear Mr. Brice: I own receipt of your valued favor of the 16th InBt. I congratulate you most heartily upon the fact that the governor of your State has recognized that you and your associates of the winding-up commission are gentlemen of unsullied reputation and Irreproachable character, and has tMtlflod thorutn by decorating you with a badge of honor. I feel that the unselfish, patriotic and distinguished services rendered your State in connection with the winding up of the affairs of the late lamented dispensary fully entitlo you to the very great reward which you have received at his hands. You would be untrue to yourself if you did not preserve sacredly the written document which evidences your dismissal from the commission, to be handed down to your children's children as a prize of inestimuble value. When the history of the great services which you and your associates have rendered the State, the sacrifices which you have made in connection with the thankless position from which you have been dismissed, is made known, as it shall be, and that, too, in the not distant future. I feel sure that you and each of your associates will receive from a grateful, though outraged people the welcome plaudit, "Well done, thou good and faithful servants." Yes, the time will come, and that too, very soon, when the people of South Carolina will be made familiar with the motives and purposes which have prompted the governor of the State of South Carolina to do the things which he has done, in his m.ul, insane and misguided efforts to shield his associates of the plunderbund from merited punishment. He has done nothing which has surprised me. I know when he w,u> a candidate for office; when he was elected and when he was inaugurated, that he would "leave no stone unturned" to shield and protect the criminals of the State of South Carprofessional, political and personal intimacy, and his prostitution of the great office which he disgraces to the service of those people is but the reolina, with whom he was on terms ol demption of pre-election pledges made by him, which were based not only upon a good, but a valuable consideration. Indeed, the obligation that he is uncier antedates his candidacy for the governorship, being coeval with the inauguration of the dispensary system in the State of South Carolina. During its existence his relation to this institution and the men who have conducted it, personally, politically and professionally, have been of such a character that the course that he has pursued in relation to them since his elevation to the governorship has been absolutely unavoidable, and can be explained upon the theory that "The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib." I see that he is further gratifying his malevolence by slurring your distinguished and faithful attorney general, my law firm, my associates and myself. It is passing 6trange that this creature who has been, by fraud, accident or mistake, or a combination of the trio, elevated to the chief magistracy of a once glorious State, who personally is sans the instincts of a gentleman, professionally the ethics and attributes of a lawyer, and who politically is a hireling scavenger of filth and falsehood, recreant to every principle of honor and lost to every sense of propriety, should essay to slander and befoul gentlemen, "the latchets of whose shoes he is unworthy to fasten." T shall await (T fear in vain) the appointment of the investigating committee that he demanded, to reply to so much of his recent message as relates to me. the absurdity and falsity of which is abundantlv established by the fact that during the four years of my activities in the prosecu? ! * ' on tji juiii Rovfi nur s associates, not n word has been uttered before the insinuations made touching the matter referred to by him. When the time comes for action, as come it must. I would have it understood that in my treatment of your governor T shall act strictly upon the advice of the late lamented Rev. Sam P. Jones, given in a notable sermon preached by him to his congregation, to-wit: "If you shave a gentleman, use a razor; if you shave a hog, use a brick." Assuring you of my very high regard, believe me, Yours very truly, Thomas 15. Folder. Rouble Crossing Teddy. And then again, Mr. Taft may have ordered the muster in Texas to prevent the monopoly of public attention and interest by Col. Roosevelt's swing round the circle." ?..U .. appeal to Covernor Reneen for aid. Scarcely a person in the 2,400 population of Gillespie slept Monday , night. SOME HOT TALK T. B. FeWer, of Atlanti, Replies to Got. Blease's Alleged Exposure CALLS A SPADE A SPADE The Atlanta Lawyer Serves Notice on the Governor That Unless the Commission Investigation Act is Signed by Him in the Next Thirty Days He Will Kxpose Him. To the Editor of The State: On the 18th inst. I addressed a letter to J. S. Brice of Yorkville, S. C., a copy of which I beg to hand you herewith enclosed and which 1 ask that you publish, ae it will, 1 think, suffice, at least for the present, as a reply to the last deliverance of the general counsel of the plunderbund, Cole L. Blease, late of Newberry, now of the State at large. It seems that the aforeeald "Cole man" is a man of very unique and versatile talents, a sort of "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," a genius possessing a dual character and dual characteristics. In the capital city of your State his sign reads: "Cole L. Blease, Governor. Pardons for Grafters granted while you wait." In Newberry it is: "Cole L. Blease, Attorney and Counseller at Law. Practice confined to representing my friends, who have been and are now my partners in crime." When he wrote, as "Dr. Jekyl," his memorable message demanding the appointment of an investigating com mlttee, he was not aware of how much of liis record 1 knew, in addition to the fact that as State senator he received $100 per month from the I.anahans of Baltimore to intluence business for them, but he found out very soon thereafter that 1 had all t ho fart k ntul ttint ???11 _ tee was appointed which was demanded by him, the "fur would fly." An emissary from him and his gang appeared in Atlanta shortly after he discovered how much of his record I knew, with the statement that the governor "knew some things on me, and if 1 would not tell on him. he would not tell on me." I hade him convey to his chief and his chiefs fellow-criminals the message that 1 had never done a dishonorable act in connection with the State dispensary of South Carolina and that his governor knew this as well as 1 did, and that if the governor had any documentary evidence showing any improper connection with the late dispensary or its officials, they were forgeries, and that if any of his minions testified to any improper relations, the testimony would he perjured, and he knew it; that in common with everybody interested, 1 desired the fullest, freest and most searching investigation, and that he might say to the governor and hi3 allies that my attitude towards him would |be "fay on, .Macduff and damned be he who first cries hold, enough." My associates and myself have discussed on more than one occasion the propriety of noticing the vaporings of this mental and moral pervert in the public prints and concluded that it would be indelicate and unwise to do so in advance of the organization of the committee demanded by him (but the creation of which I knew he would contrive to defeat). I serve him with notice here and now, unless he approves the joint resolution demanded by him of the legislature within the next 3 0 days, so that the committee can proceed with the work at hand. I propose to write a history of the dispensary, with particular reference to "His Kraudulency's" connection with it, from his employment by the plunder bund as "Attorney and Senator" down to his employment as "Attorney and Governor." In passing. I shall devote a page or two to a brief history of his campaign and the source whence he derived his revenue, which was raised to defray his "legitimate campaign exj>enses." T shall obtain a list of the registered voters of the Stnte of South Carolina and mail a copy to each. 1 assume when this is done, it will he concluded by everybody in your State, outside of the penitentiary and the lunatic asylum, that the conduct of this modern "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde,' since he commenced his career of crime by stealing the speech of his collegemate down to date has been such as to create a panic about the habitues of a rat pit and to bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of the inmates of a brothel, and that instead of wearing the immaculate purple robes of the governorship, be should be clad in the filthy striped habiliments of a convict, I shall not be proVoked to further trespass upon your valuable space during the next 30 .lays. 1 trust that during that time I 6hnll he able to force this man to sign the joint resolution. If I fail fo do so, I shall enlighten the people of your State as to the record of this man, by furnish Ing evidence which will he entirely satisfactory to the most skeptical, as to 1 S years. Thomas R. Felder. Atlanta, March 20, 1911. "HUB" EVANS' CASE + ? DEATH OF WITNESS RESULTS IN DELAY OF TRIAL. j i Governor Illoa.se Exults?Says It Was Never Intended That Evans Re Tried. "I knew all the time that they U'oro )v1 11 fll { It IT TKnW nawoe -w -W wauUilK^t A HCJ Ut t CI IlllCUUVU to try Hub Evans. They know that Hub will tell too much. 1 knew that when the death of Charles was announced, and I so stated to several that Lyon would make that an excuse for putting cfT the trial." This statement was made at Newberry on Monday by Gov. llleaBe, when informed that the trial of H. 11. Evans, under indictment for receiving rebates as chairman of the old dispensary board of control, had been postponed until the next term of court in Newberry county. Gov. Blease seemed to be exultant over tho announcement of the postponement. He smiled and seemed elated over hi6 opinion as to why the trial had been postponed. The case against H. H. Evans was continued on motion of the State. Solicitor Cooper represented the attorney general, J. Fraser Lyon, and asked Judge Watts to postpone the trial until the next term of court. Ho said that he had been requested by the attorney general to state that tho case would have been ready for trial OXCfMit for ciuMph '' Charles, former clerk of the old State dispensary hoard of control. Mr. Charles died a few days ago at Birmingham, Ala. "They will not give me a trial. They deny .me the right of being tried." This statement was made by H. H. Evans following the postjionement of the trial. The attorney for II. H. Evans Is Eugene Mease, a half-brother of (!ov. Mease. He was in the court room and protested against a continuance of the case. He said that 11. H. Evans had demanded a trial at the court at which a true bill was found and again at the succeeding court and the defendant demanded "his constitutional right to a speedy trial." Eugene Itlease declared that it seemed to him that the attorney general or some one else was trying to hold the indictment over the head of 11. H. Evans as a lash. Judge Watts ordered a continuance of the case with the condition that there shall be no more orders for continuance on the State's motion. 1 TWO VERSIONS. ] (From the Postal-Record.) To Phyllis. ^ (As lie dictated it.) v Phyllis, up in the niorninff" Spirit of love and spring. Phyllis, lithe as the willow. Voice like the birds that siu^, J Phyllis, full of the sunshine Sparkling like drops of de\ Phyllis) Phyllis, O Phyllis! r, This is a song for you, Phyllis, why do you linger? Why do your feet remain? Phyllis, we wait your coming Over the bloom-decked plain Phyllis?a brimming beaker .) Now your health we quaff Setting our hearts all leaping Lighter than wind-blown chnfl. l>o Fill I's. . (As' the stenographer took it.) Fill us.up in the morning. Spirits'of loving spring! i Fill us tight as a pillow? Hoys like the birds that sing, Fill us full of moonshine. Sparkling like dropsy due ? Fill us, fill us, oh. fill us! ' This is too strong for you. Fill us! Why do you linger? Why are your feet in pain? Fill us! We wait your cunning Over the gloorn-neeked pla'.e Fill us a brimming beaker Now to your healthy ,rraft. Sending our heartshorn leaping Light as a ringboned calf. 1)11:s \ lli:itOi:*S DKATII. Man (Jives I'p His Life in KfTort to -Save Lift* of a Hoy. At Cleveland, Ohio, an unknown hero djed in an ambulance Monday afteri)iy?n aTter he had snatched Ernest HhVer, a child of six. from in front of a moving train on a grado crossing. The man's attempt to savo the hoy proved fruitless, the lad dying in a hospital Monday nivht. Tito man, a Hungarian, saw the child Handing apparently bewildered c>n the tr ink.'*. A train was coining from each direction. He ran forward, picked bp the boy and escaped opo train but tftmnbled in front of the other. Nothing was found on hint to establish identification. ? Tolls of tlie \\ infer. About IL'T. persons perished in ?c. |VS liiuh befell New Uti Canadian and NeV Foundland v? ^ crail. A\.ULcli iii?T di.-aster%n wcsHfn tipper1n/Vr^Ti ^Wll'dWHWi s during the fall and winter season n )w ending. The financial loss is estitnated at $1,000,00b.