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The Fort Mill Times.
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Established in 1891. FORT MILL. S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914. si 2* P*r
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4THANKS8IVIN8 LIBERTY
BIVEH 101 PRISORERS
(The State, Thursday.)
Executive clemency .was exercised
yesterday in 101 cases by
the governor of South Carolina,
who made use of the same power
last Thanksgiving season in 105
cases, and who has to date used
it in 1,430 cases. Pardons, paroles
and commutations were
issued yesterday. A few are to
restore citizenship, but most of
them will work the release of
men serving sentence in the
penitentiary, on the State farms
and on county chaingangs. Fewer
than 70 convicts will be left
in the penitentiary itself. Last
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wetK uie numoer in ine prison
and 011 the farms was less than
200.
Sixteen of the men to be released
today under the orders
issued yesterday are serving life
terms for murder, 31 are serving
terms of two to 30 years each
for manslaughter and 54 are
held to hard labor for offenses
less serious. Fifty-three are
white, 46 are negroes, one is an
Indian. The race of one is not
set forth in the official list.
Among the more notable cases
are the following:
W. T. Jones, white, who was
convicted at Union in February,
1909", of the murder of his wife
and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the State penitentiary,
received a parole.
George Nichols, white, who
was convicted in Lexington
county in November, 1910, of
the murder of Paul Williams, a
young Columbian, and sen-1
tenced to life imprisonment in I
the State penitentiary, received
a parole on the condition that he
depart the State.
John E. Hough, white, who
was convicted in Kershaw county
*in March, 1933, of the murder
of his father-in-law and sentenced
to be electrocuted, his
sentence later being commuted
to life imprisonment, had his
sentence reduced to five years in
the State penitentiary.
J. Allen' Emerson, who was
convicted at the February, 1907,
term of court in Anderson county
of the murder of Thomas Drake
and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the State penitentiary
and who was paroled August,
1913, on the condition that he i
leave the State was granted a
full pardon.
R. A. Richey, white, who was!
convicted at the spring term of!
covrt for 1910 in Abbeville j
county of statutory criminal assault
and sentenced to ten years
in the State penitentiary and
paroled in December, 1912, on j
cert ain conditions, is paroled now
durihg good behavior, with these
conditions removed.
Henry Patrick, white, convicted
of murder, at the November,
1903, term of court for
Marlboro county and sentenced
to life imprisonment in the State
penitentiary and paroled in December.
1913, was given a full
pardon.
Krnest F. Grimsley, white,
convicted at the June, 1911,
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Of murder and sentenced to life
imprisonment in the State penitentiary,
was paroled. Grimsley
killed a woman and a man in
a Columbia restaurant.
Harry Dean, white, convicted
at the September, 1904, term of
court for Spartanburg of murder
and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the State penitentiary,
is paroled upon the condition
that he leave the State.
The monotony of granting executive
clemency to men was
varied by Governor Blease Sat^urday,
when he issued a parole
to Mrs. Isham Padgett, of Walterboro
a white woman who had
bee n convicted on the charge of
violating the dispensary law. The
governor explained that this was
one of the two paroles he remembered
having granted white women.
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Tax on Toilet Goods.
Vnder the provisions of the
war revenue act, on and after
December 1 every merchant,
drug store or other dealer who
handles any essence, extract,
toilet water, cosmetics, vaseline,
petrolatum, hair oil. pomade,
hair dressing, hair restorative,
hair dye, tooth wash, dentifrice, j
tooth paste, aromatic cachous, .
or any similar substance or ar-1
tide, by whatsoever name the
same heretofore have been, now
are, or may hereafter be called,
or known, used or applied as
perfumes or as cosmetics, and
sold or removed for consumption
and sale, shall have affixed to
each such package, box, bottle,
pot, phial or other inclosure a
nrnnriofomr ofo?v?r? 4.U..
fji vpi ivmii j OLaiup, wucrc IUC
retail value or price does not
exceed five cents, 1-8 of 1 cent;
where the retail price or value
exceeds 5 cents but does not exceed
10 cents, 2-8 of 1 cent;
where the retail price or value
exceeds 10 cents but does not
exceed 15 cents, 3-8 of 1 cent;
where the retail price or value
exceeds 15 cents but does not
exceed 25 cents, 5-8 of 1 cent;
and for each additional 25 cents
of retail price or value or
fractional part thereof in excess
of 25 cents. 5-8 of 1 cent.
For instance, if an article sells
for 30? cents there should be
affixed twp 5-8 of 1 cent stamps.
The same law imposes a tax of
4 cents upon each box, carton,
jar or other Dackaire rnnt-ninincr
chewing gum, of not more than
$1 of actual retail value; and if
exceeding $1 of retail value, for
each additional dollar or fractional
part thereof, 4 cents additional.
Would Bind the Ginners.
To further the movement to
obtain a reduction in cotton acreage
next year, owners of the
27,000 cotton gins in the Southern
States will be asked to pledge
themselves not to gin in 1915
more than half the amount of
cotton handled this year.
Details of the plan will be submitted
to the annual convention
of the Ginners' association to be
held in Memphis, Tenn., January
1 and 2.
As proposed the pledge would
require the payment of $10 to a
charitable organization for every
bale ginned in excess of the
stipulated amount. To partially
offset the loss in revenue, a slight
increase in ginning charges is
proposed.
Delegates from practically every
county in the cotton-growing
states are expected to attend the
convention. Invitations have also ;
been sent to the editors of more
than 1,000 Southern newspapers.
Parcel Post Service to Germany.
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[ x uaimaster oenerai rsuneson
has notified postmasters throughlout
the country to accept for
mailing to Germany and AustriaHungary
all packages which conform
to the prescribed conditions J
of the international parcel post
service. This service between
the United States and the
countries named had been suspended
because of the lack of
transportation facilities" due to
the war. Resumption of the
service will make it possible to
send Christmas remembrances
to European countries which
wonld otherwise have been im- >
possible.
Parcel post packages are now
mailable to all countries with
which the United States has
parcel post convections, except (
Belgium, Turkey and the North ,
and Northeastern France, where '
military operations prevent resumption
of the service.
The two-year-old daughter of i
Mr. and Mrs. John Garrison, of ,
Rock Hill, died Saturday night,
as a result of burns received Fri- j
day afternoon. The child was
standing in front of an open ,
grate and while the mother was '
getting a bucket of water from 1
the well its clothing caught on <
fire. ?
GENERAL SESSIONS TERM
WAS OF SHORT DURATION
(Yorkville Enquirer, Frklay.)
Court of general sessions adjourned
Wednesday afternoon,
having disposed of all cases, and
Judge Efird and Solicitor Henry
returned to their respective;
homes immediately after adjournment.
The three weeks' j
common pleas court will begin
Monday morning.
When The Enquirer went to
press at noon, Tuesday, the court j
was engaged in the trial of Peter
Karras, a Greek restauranter of
Rock Hill, charged with manslaughter.
Karras was the
driver of the automobile which
ran down and killed fourteenyear-old
Charlie Long: in Rock
Hill several weeks ago. The
jury decided that the killing was
purely accidental, and a verdict
of "not guilty" was returned.
Henry White, found guilty of
assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, paid a fine of
$25.
The jury in the case of Ike
Hall, charged with assault and
battery with intent to kill, returned
a verdict of guilty of
assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, and Ike was
sentenced to serve four months
on the public works or pay $100
to the county.
Solicitor Henry nol prossed the
case against A1 Williams, the
charge being assault and battery
with intent to kill, upon payment
of $25.
George Rose borough was found
nrnilftr nf oooonH
gunvj ?i oooaun til ill uaill'I ,V Ul
high and aggravated nature.
The sentence of the court was
that George should serve three
months or pay a fine af $05.
Steve Davis, tried for the
murder of Jim Berry, both parties
being negroes, was found
guilty of manslaughter and
recommended to mercy. He
was sentenced to serve two years
on the public works or in the
penitentiary. Davis is the negro
who voluntarily surrendered to
Sheriff Brown a short time ago.
C. M. Turney plead guilty to
assault and battery of a high
and aggravated nature. He was
sentenced to serve three months
on the public works or pay a fine
of $65. The fine was paid.
Beattie Wright was declared |
not guilty of assault and battery
with intent to kill.
The case against B. R. Small,
charged with violation of the
dispensary law, was nol prossed,
and the case against Roof Rolins.
the charge being larceny, of live
stock, was also nol prossed.
There being: no witnesses
against Andy Hood, charged
with assault and battery with
intent to kiM, the case was
stricken from the records.
James Miller, whose alleged
offense was the same as the
foregoing, paid a fine of $25 to
the court, and the solicitor
dropped the matter.
Enoch Byers, charged with
assault and battery with intent
to kill, and carrying concealed
weapons, paid $15, and his case
was nol prossed.
The case of Dan Davis, charged
with violation of the dispensary
law, was nol prossed on payment
of $50.
All other indictments upon
which the grand jury found
"true bills," were continued until
the spring term of court.
New Pardon Record.
The pardon record, for one
day, previously held by the
governor of South Carolina, has
been excelled by Gov. Colquitt
of Texas. A dispatch from
Austin the day before Thanksgiving
announced that the chief
executive of the Lone Star State
had liberated 158 prisoners. The
South Carolina governer's best
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. v. .u iuu vuocn in v/uc uay.
Since assuming office the governor
of this State has extended ,
clemency in 1,4321 cases. The
State. \
Conference Appointmeuts. J
The final Methodist Conference
for South Carolina, the State
having been divided into two
conferences, closed at Sumter i
Monday afternoon with the read- ?
ing of the appointments by e
Iiishop Denny. The ministers %
and delegates began leaving on
the afternoon trains for their
respective homes. t
The appointments for the Rock d
Hill district follow: 0
Presiding Elder R. L. Hoi- b
royd. 1
Blacksburg?H. C. Mouzon.
Blackstock W. M. Harden.
Chester Circuit? \V. T. Dun- f
can. t
Chester Station?J. C. Roper, c
Clover-F. VV. Dibble. *
East Chester?J. V. Davis. v
East Lancaster?W. C. Kelley. I
Fort Mill?K. Z. James. s
Hickory Grove?H. B. Hardy.
Lancaster Circuit?VV. C. Burgess.
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Lancaster Station?E. T. Hod- c
ges. t
North Rock Hill ?D. H. Atta- *
way. ?
Richburg?W. S. Goodwin. 1
St. Johns-P. B. Wells. <
West Main street?W. H. Polk. N
Rock Hill Circuit?J. I. Spinks.
Van Wyck ?J. H. Montgomery.
Winnsboro J. B. Tray wick.
Yorkville?Henry Stokes.
Methodist Conference Divided.
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mere are now two Methodist j
Conferences in South Carolina? J
the South Carolina and Upper
South Carolina. This question
was settled Saturday afternoon ^
in the annual conference at Sum- t
ter. after a vigorous fight, which j
has gone on for a year.
The 1915 session of the Metho- j
dist Conference will be held in
Trinity chnrch, Charleston, ,
while the Upper South Carolina j
Conference will meet next year
in Bethel Church, Spartanburg.
Rev. W. C. Kirkland was f
named as editor of the Southern j
Christian Advocate by the board (
of managers of that publication. (
The Rev. S. P. Hair and family *
left Tuesday morning for Black- 1
villo where they will spend two 1
weeks with relatives of the 1
former. c
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HATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
With the ?Jose of the last week
2 cotton warehouses within this
>tate, operated by private inter'sts.
had been added to the State
varehouse system.
In the case at Sumter of Duton
against the A. C. L. Railway
lamages to the amount of $12. 00
was awarded. Dutton was
:illecl while coupling cars about
8 months ago.
One of the most disastrous
ires that have visited Orange>urg
county in several months
ccurred at Cope Thursday night
>etween twelve and one o'clock, ]
vhen fire started in the store of ]
E. Ritter. and swept away ,
several other business buildings. ]
Attorney General Peeples has ?
riven an opinion that magistrates
:annot serve as registrars under ]
he vital statistics act. He says ]
hat a magistrate in accepting
;uch a position would be violat- i
ng the constitution and under
lecisions of the supreme court
vould vacate his ofhce.
The North Carolina conference
>f the Wesleyan Methodists will
ie held this week at Rock Hill,
beginning on Wednesday mornng
and continuing through Sunlay.
About 100 ministers and
4- * - i
cxy ucicf;ait-s are lJX[HTK'll lO flt- 1
;end the sessions.
The governor Saturday saved
W. Langford from the elec:ric
chair, when he commuted
Langford's sentence to 15 years
n the State penitentiary. Langford
was convicted in Hampton
iounty in October of murder and
vas sentenced to be electrocuted
December 14.
In its presentment last week
:o the Newberry court, the grand
ury of Newberry county made
complaint of the "deplorable"
ondition in which it found the
jooks of the county auditor, and
eported the magistrate at VVhitnire
for dereliction of duty in
ceeping records of matters which (
:ome before him.
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GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL.
Ity .1 P. Coat ? Supt
Following is tho honor roll of
he Fort Mill public school for
;he month of November:
First Grade John McLaughin.
Elliot Bennett.Charlie Steele,
damie Robinson. Ada Armstrong
V/alie Harkey, Inez Wolfe. Ida
.ouise Carothers. 11 at tie Eam)eth,
Cora Massey. John Jones,
J. W. Bradford. Willie Bradford.
Florence Misenheimer. B.
f). Ferguson. Alma McElhaney.
Second Grade Edith Parks,
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iMur mi-ijuugiiiin, raigene McKibben.
Willie Morton, Floride
Minis. Nannie Lee Phillips, John
McKee Spratt, Carl Thompson,
Julia. Mae Parish, Eflie Ritch,
Marion Jones.
Third Grade?Elizabeth ArJrey,
Katherine Massey. Mary
Kimbrell. Mary Moore, Bertha
Moore, Mattie Morton. Margaret
McElhaney, Martha Thompson.
Hazel Carter. William Hafner,
Cleo Wright, Ernest Wagner.
Fourth Grade Janie Bayne,
Anna Wolfe, Willie Bennett.
Frank Jones.
Fifth Grade-Annie Parks,
Marion Parks, Elnia Bradford.
Seventh Grade?William Grier.
Grace Erxvin. Beatrice Parks.
Beulah Parks Sadie Rogers.
Ninth Grade Marjorie Mills.
Grade 11 Frances Smith.
Germans Have Silent Gun.
A silent gun is the latest
weapon to be brought forward
by the German army in France.
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mi wining ?> a narrative ny vol.
E. I). Swinton, British eyewitness
at the front. The narrative,
dated November 2.'{. was
given out by the official press
bureau. It says:
"In our centre the enemy employed
a silent gun which may
be pneumatic or worked by some
mechanical contrivance. There
is no report of discharge, the
projectile travels through the air
without any of the warning made
by an ordinary shell, and the
first notice of its arrival is the
detonation. So far the weapon
has done no damage."
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