!L HetablUhed in 1891. - FOBT MllX, S. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1815. ? J1,3ft Per Year.
STATE NEWS ARRANGED
. FOR QUICK READING.
The ex-National Cjjjard met in !
Columbia vesterday with a view
of reorganizing the militia.
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Mendel L. Smith, of Camden,
was elected Thursday by the
legislature as judge of the "fifth
judicial circuit, to succeed the
^late Judge Ernest Gary.
W. E. Austffll, manager of the
Insurance Trust company of
uanney. nad tne mistortune to
have his right feet badly mangled
while attempting to board
No. 39 Thursday morning while
the train was in motion.
Reorganization of the National
Guard of South Carolina is to
begin at once* according to a
statement by W. W. Moore,
adjutant general, after a conference
Monday night with
Governor Richard I. Manning.
There are 177 State convicts in
South Carolina, according to
figures announced by peniten
tiary officials. Of this number
*120, 80 men and 40 women, are;
confined in the penitentiary; 153
, at tha State farms and four on
the county chaingang.
The McDuffie county contest
will be brought before the State
board of canvassers today. The
Greenwood county board held
that the election for the new
county was illegal and the. case
was appealed to the State board
for a decision.
T-he secretary of State has
issued a commission to the Harshaw-Cloud
company of Yorkville,
with a capital of $7,000.
The netitioners are F. F Flnnd
and W. O. Harshaw. The company
will do a general dry goods
business.
The 16th company of coast artillery
at Fort Moultrie, has been
ordered to leave February 18 for
New York to embark for the
canal zone, and two months
later the 116th company of coast
artillery at Fort Scriven and the
40th company at Fort Howard
will proceed to Panama by the
same route.
W. M. Cook, a young white
man, charged with breach of
trust, pleaded guilty in the
criminal court of Richland county
and was sentenced to two years
in prison. Young Cook was in
the employ of the Columbia:Mills
company and, thrpugh the padding
of pay rolls, is said to have
embezzled a considerable sum of
money.
Owing to the stress of the
times John E. Nunnery, owner
of The Semi-Weekly News,
formerly the Chester Lantern,
has turned the paper over to
the mortgagees, C. C. Edwards
and Samuel E. McFadden, and
it will be offered for sale the
first of February. The paper
will be issued twice a week as
formerly and will not be stopped.
Howard B. Carlisle, senator*
from Spartanburg county, has
introduced in the upper house
of the general assembly the two
measures, passage of which is
desired by the prohibitionists,
thie submits the question whether
manufacture and -?ale of
kalcoholic liquors and beverages
kehall be prohibited throughout
Hhe State to a genera! election to
He held September 14. The
gHher is intended to make availUl.
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hc tu it certain extent tne went)
j|Sr of the federal government ,
l^kricting shipment of liquor <
I^^Lprohibition territory. (*
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ANTICIPATES NO TROURLE
OVER MILiTIl HUDDLE
Adjt. Gen. Moore/ ot South
Carolina, who was in Washihgton
for several days straightening
out the trouble with the South
Carolina militi^, caused by exGov.
Blease disbanding the
troops, returned home Friday
night. Gen. Moore was in
ference> several times with the
officials of the war department
and stated before leaving for
home that so far as the departmonf
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iwiiv uiuv.iain aic L'uiicenieu
there is no trouble in sight. He
found the secretary of war and
the army officers very glad to
talk with him about the matter
and they assured him that the
fullest cooperation of the federal
authorities would be extended
the South Carolina troops.
The only real question about
the matter, according to what
Gen. Moore said, is whether or
not the order, issued by ex-Gov.
Blease is legal. This ques^n is
now being examined by^^ood
legal talent. If the Blease order
is illegal, that settles it and
Gov. Manning can rescind it,
thus restoring the troops to their
former ritatus
If, on the other hand, the order
is declared to be legal, then the
different companies must be reorganized.
While this will cause
much additional work to fall on
the office of the adjutant general
for a few months, every thing
will go on as usual after the reorganization
work has been
completed.
Gen. Moore does not "take the
situation at all seriously and said
r.hat in either case the most
injury that would come to the
National Guard of South Carolina
by the Blease order would
he a temporary inconvenience.
There will be no delay in holding
the inspections throughout the
State and within a few months,
at most, everything should be in
good working order again, even
should the Blease order be de
viui^u ir^cii.
Thousands Die in Earthquake.
From 25,000 to 50,000 remains
the unofficial estimate of casualties
in the earthquake that rocked
Southern and Central Italy early
last Wednesday morning. The
amount of damages to property
probably will never be known.
Such details as have been made
known, however, leave no doubt
that fully 100 towns and villages
were utterly demolished or partly
wrecked and that the loss of
life was great..
Scores of people Monday remained
beneath the crumbled
buildings throughout the earthquake
zone, some of whom were
thought to have still been alive.
Lee Breaks Two Records.
The following from the Birmingham
(Ala.) Ledger of the
4th will be read with interest by
the t>eople of Fort Mill and vicinitv:
"Having become a slave to the
habit, T. K. Lee, of the Birmingham
Athletic club rifle team, has
made two new world's records
with his trusty rifle. Lee has
just shot two more possibles,
making nine consecutive possibles.
"Last week Lee shot his seventh
consecutive possible (200
shots) this season, breaking the
world's record established by
him the previous season. In the
two matches for this week, Lee
n^-st made an eighth possible in
the Arms and the Man match,
and then followed that up with
his ninth possible in the National
Rifle association match. Thus
Lee has broken two world's records
this week and each time
established a jiew world's record."
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MUST ANSWER CHARGE
OF FORT MILL ROBBERY
Thomas Nolan,. alias ^Pennsylvania
Tom," who was paroled
by Gov. Blease and immediately
rearrested at the penitentiary on
January was given a preliminary
hearing here Thursday '
before Magistrate Robert P.
Harris. Nolan was held under
bond of $5,000 to await action of
the grand jury at the April term
of court.
The noted safeblower, the
leader in the principal, safe burfflarips
in fViia Sf-oFo rlnfinnr fV>? I
0.^.. ... IL/VMVV VlUk lug WilU
last four months of 1902, was
brought here from Yorkville
Thursday morning by Deputy
Sheriff F. E. Quinn, who transferred
him from Columbia to
Yorkville on January 6 for commitment
to the county jail, to
which place he was returned to
await the convening of the court
of general sessions on April 19.
No attorneys appeared at the
hearing. Inspector Gregory examined
the witnesses for the
State, and they were crossexamined
by Nolan. Both the
inspector and the defendant
made brief arguments op the
conclusion of the testimony.
Four witnesses were sworn |
lor the JState. W. B. Meacham,
president of the Savings Bank
of Fort Mill, testified that the
front door of the bank was
forced open during the night of
September 29, 1902, vault and
safe doors blown open. The
money lost "by the burglary was
3,690.36, including a considerable
quantity of new coins consisting
of Columbian half dollars, dimes
and nickles. Some jewelry was
also secured.
A. A. Young, blacksmith, gave
an account of how he was called
to the bank on the following
morning by the late Capt. S. E.
White, then president of the
bank, who inquired as to whether
the sledfce hammer, chisels and
. r iviv wj viiv/ uui f?iai 3 Hi
! the bank, were his property.
When he admitted ownership of
the tools then in evidence, Capt.
White told him to consider himself
under arrest. It is needless
to say th^t Mr. Young did not
so "consider."
W. B. Glover, who resibed six
miles north of Fort Mill at the
time of the burglary, near Flint
Hill church, but who is now in
the employ of the Southern Railway
company, identified Nolan
and "Portland Ned" (the latter
by photograph) as the two men
that came to his home on the
afternoon before the burglary
and arranged with his mother to
do some cooking for them.
"Portland Ned" soon left and
went in the direction of the railroad,
but Nolan remained for
about one hour and then carried
off in a basket the chickens,
biscuits and potatoes cooked by
Mrs. Glover, going in the direction
taken by "Portland
Ned." He next?*?aw the defendant
in January, 1903, when,
with his mother, he attended
the preliminary hearing at Columbia
of Nolan, Howard, Duggan
and NcKinley.
Inspector Gjregory testified to
the arrest of the defendant on
January 6, 1903, the evidence
found on the search of certain
hoilSPR tllAn
??iiiv.il iic cAiuuiieu |
to the magistrate, certain statements
made by Nolan at that'
time and other developments of j
his investigation.
Report reached Fort Mill Mon]
day to the effect that John L.
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? *? una. maty rarnsn, mc
latter a resident of Fort Mill. i
were married Saturday afternoon .
in Charlotte. !
80V. BLE4SE RESUMED [
SUCCEEDED BY SMITIT I
Perhaps the greatest surprise
of the administration of Cole L. 1
Blease was the announcement of 1
his resignation as Governor of
South Carolina, which was <
flashed over the wires Thursday c
afternoon. His reaiomnfinn ?pnt >
to Secretary of State McCown,
was supplemented by a brief 1
message to the General Assembly *
informing the members that it ^
also was tendered to them.
Lieutenant Governor Charles c
A. Smith was immediately sworn k
in as the State's Chief Executive
to serve out the unexpired term, [
Chief Justice Gary of the State '
Supreme Court administering
the oath of office. Mr. Blease s
and several State officials then
accompanied Mr. Smith to the *
Governor's office. Legrand G. *
Walker, president of the Senate, f
automatically succeeded to the
Lieutenant Governorship. 1
No previous intimation of the c
Governor's action had been 1
given and no reason for it was
assigned. The present Logis
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mLuie is cnieny composea 01 men 1
who are his political opponents *
and it was said that proposals *
to institute impeaehment proceedings
against him were made 1
at a meeting of legislators Tues- '
day night but that no action was c
taken.
"I hereby resign my office as
Governor of South Carolina" Was
the full communication of Gov- ^
ernor Biease to the Secretary 1
of State. It was written by ^
hand and in red ink. Both the a
Governor and his friends re- e
fused to add anything to the f
brief statement.. The message 1
to the General Assembly was v
equally terse. c
"I hereby tender my resigna- 0
tion to you as Governor of the 2
State of South Carolina." *
"I love the pardoning power," v
Blease once said. "I want to 0
give the poor devils another 11
chance. I hope to make the ^
number an even 1,000 before I ^
go out of office." n
Records show that the Gov- *
ernor surpassed even his own c
expectations. Just before re- 0
tiring Thursday he issued 27 c
clemency grants. Four men ^
sentenced to life imprisonment v
for murder were paroled .and
four others received commuta- *tions.
Thursday's action made n
a total of 1,708 prisoners granted ^
clemency during the Governor's ?
four years' administration.
Full pardon* recently were h
granted approximately 1,000 F
prisoners who previously had a
been paroled, this action re- 'r
storing their citizenship. Super- (j
intendent D. J. Griffith of the State
penitentiary, said that less J
than 125 prisoners are now held 11
there.
In* his last message to the
South Carolina Legislature last
Monday Governor Blease said:
"I have attained the highest
ambition of my life. My life's
work so far as my personal
interest is concerned, has been
completed. If my people want
my services in future I will give
them, but I shall ask for nothing
more."
Three Governors in Six Days.
With the inauguration Tuesday
of Richard I. Manning, of Sumter,*
South Carolina has the distinction
of having had three
governors in six days.
Governor Blease resigned last
Thursday, with only five days to
serve. Gieut. Gov. Chas. Smith
was then sworn in, pending the
beginning of Governor Manning's
term.
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THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
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General New*.
General Gutierrez has fled ?rqm
Vlexico City and the convention
las elected Gen. Garza president.
The store of S. H. Kress &
3o., Charlotte, was completely
lestroyed by fire Saturday night.Stock
loss, $20,000, insured.
The United States warned Caranza
about confiscation of foreign
owned oil wells in .Mexico
ind the embargo was at once
aken off.
Senator I^odge says the United
States is unprepared for war.
Some estimates plac^the dead
n Italy's recent earthquake at
>0.000.
The French acknowledge some
aiccess by the Germans.
In its report to Congress, the
lOUSO nnval PnmmiHoo
_? www pi uv juta
'or two dreadnoughts and severil
smalTer vessels.
Every. building in Avezzano,
'taly, was destroyed in the re;ent
earthquake, and only two
)er cent, of the city's population
?scaped.
On account of the unprecelented
high-price of wheat the
government as ordered an invesigation.
A son was born at the White
louse Sunday to Mrs. Francis
3owes Sayre, President Wilson's
laughter.
- The Clyde Clement Case.
Clyde Caldwell Clement, of
jDartanburcr. rpppivprl Viic fifa*
nformation Friday relative to
Governor Blease's favorable
iction on his petition for clemncy.
The message was tele>honed
to the sheriff's offio* and
rajismitted to the young man,
vho h*ad been a prisoner in the
ounty jail since the afternoon
f February 3, 1914, as accused
md later convicted principal in
he drowning of his alleged six
week's old infant in the water
f Lawson's Fork creek on the
light of January 30. At the
^.pril term of court Clement was
ound guilty of the charge of
mirder and sentenced to serve
he remainder of his life in the
itate penitentiary or on the
ublic works of Spartanburg
ounty. The co-defendant, Fleta
'endlcton, mother of the infant
/as acquitted.
When Clement received notice
hat Governor Blease had commuted
his life sentence to 10
ears, the young man smiled and
ppcared brighter than he had
>een for several days past. He
old his informer, however, that
ie did not know if he was surmised
or disappointed. Clement
cknowledged that he had been
uite despondent lately, and had
10 idea what the governor wojjId
lo in his case.
LAST
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ror rire o
New Spri
Are coming in now.
good Shoes and Dry <
selling at less than whol
you well to see the bar;
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L. J. N
Now in the Jones Building.
STATE'S NEW GOVERNOR
INAUQURATED TUESDAY
Richard I. Manning Tuesday
was inaugurated governor of
South Carolina. Mr. Manning
succeeded Charles A. Smith,
who, as lieutenant governor,
became the State's chief executive
upon the resignation of
Governor Blease January 14.
Governor Manning in his inaugural
address urged passage
of a compulsory school attend Mui:
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?mvc: iaw witu a provision lor
lo<*l voption; recommended appointment
of a legislative com- '
mission to investigate working
conditio^ and to prepare a working
merPs compapsation act for
submission to tne 1?16 legislature
and. urged repeal of the
State income tax law. He also
recommended amendment of the
child labor law to raise the age
limit from twelve to fourteen
years.
Referring to the State militia
which was disbanded by Governor
Blease last week, Governor
Manning declared he "favoretf.
a strong, well maintained, well
disciplined national guard." The
"new governor paid a tribute to
President Wilson, saying:
,"We are to be congratulated
on having at the head of the
nation a man of great discernment,
courage and ability who is
dealing with national questions
in a statesmanlike way."
Pleasant Valley Items.
Correspondence Fort Mill Times.
Hon. S. E. Bailes, one of our
representatives in the State
| Legislature, spent Friday, Saturday
and SuiTday at his home in
Pleasant Valley.
The farmers of this community
have been able to do
very little work on 4he farm
lately on account of the bad
weather.
We are very glad to know of
[Miss Alice Patterson's recovery
from pneumonia, and her schoolmates
gladly welcome her again,
into their midst.
Mr. Robert Ross, who has
been visiting his mother, Mrs.
C. H. Ross, has returned to
Raleigh.
Miss Vena Patterson entertained
a crowd of young people
at her home "Friday evening.(
The young people of Pleasant
Valley are busy preparing a play
which they hope to be able to
render publicly in the near
future.
Messrs. R. B. Wolfe and N. D^Duncan
made a flying trip to
Waxhaw Saturday night.
The Pleasant Valley school is
progressing very nicely under
the management of Mr. N. D.
Duncan, principal, and Miss
Lillian Fickling, assistant.
L. E. F.
call]
ale Prices.
ng Goods
We still have a few
Goods left that we are
lesale cost. It will pay
gains we are offering.
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