Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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These two gentlemen were Interviewed.by a representative of The Washington Post and they are <juoted *-.C'r as follows: " Goy^Oote Lu Bleaso of ftdutft Osfos. Hwa, wh?t is in Washington to attend a ou 'unajitgtaJtfoh 1? provoked at the reports that" he has emptied the penitentiary of South Carolina. - " 'Every time I grant executive . clemency to a- person In the peniiitenv-y tiary or the allied institutions?the reform schools?it Is exaggerated, r and I "atn portioned a dozen ETAOINNNN I am charged or credited with having ? pardoned a dom or 6d convictB,' said " t- - * "Governor Blease at the Wlllard. "" -i. < 'During my term as Governor of South Carolina I have exercised my preroga- I * 1* | tlve. of granting eloniency to prisoners 1 ' "*f 6i.i-l>?^hQjw l.iOO eases, and of this " 4 ^ number not half have either l>een par- i doned or -paroled. I have commuted 1 the sentences-of many prisoners from terms In the penitentiary to seve on the chalngang employed in improving < . the public , roads and, in many ListanyCee, after a prisoner who served on . T - the roads tor a time sufficient to show ' - that he is capable of becoming a good y '' 'cLtlren, I have paroled him or pardon ,> _ ' ,.^7 - fed hitn. I hhve not emptied the penii " ^ tentlary. la the last batch of prison, ? 1 era* whose cases I considered for clem. ency on Thanksgiving Dry there were ^--xcnly a few granted pardons. Most of ' them had their sentences commuted ? " ' ^ ** io.work on the chalngang. There are ^ , numerous men in the South Carolina i penitentiary whom I never could pardoti or whose sentences I would ' com 1- mute. I know the HUffe'renee between a deserving man and a -criminal who i ' Is Irredeemable, I believe.* .** ( ? t " The' hysteria which overrun the , ; Fonth six weeks ago because of tlreTiiabljf?^ the *0.0.11 farmers to..inn*. H ket theU crop ?i tiroly dlsrapj car t ed,'-said Gen. Julian S. Carr of Dhr- t . hnin, N. C., at the New Willard. _ " 'There never was any real foundsf I oil for the calamity howl, and the tlm^calamity howlers wpfe previous, jj Their otrtci^ not only did not help t / ~ \ the farmers, butThjuTBu "the "credit" of j, , the South. It must be borne In mliul _ ' that the crop lias l>een made and to- j day the Sou?h has on its hands the a * . blgg&st cotton crop on record. t " 'When General I^ee surrendered on c April 9, 1865, not a cotton seed had , boon planted; our mules were gene, a our help had diesanyeared; credit was , ? inino liiit #11*1 olf I Bvmv| wu? vuv urn nut nit Ji and wait for help, nor did it whine, t The people went to work, and after a n little while we Iwgnn to recover. ji " 'The Europeun war 1ms stopped r the. marketing of our cotton crop for c ^ a time, but we are recovering rapidly, t B and we are not l>eging for help. We m " "shall profit immensely in the end, for n it will tea^h our farmers that it is the a part of wisdom to diversify, and this o ; ; is e lesson we required. It could not f have been impressed upon our cotton ii planters in any other way perhaps c than by actual demonstration. And i the waj^Jjoa given us this object les n . KOll.'- V wf n : a ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN PROWS ii SUCCESSFUL IN TESTS MADE e .; ? ' Washington, Dec. 13.?The Navy's antl craft gun linn been shown by * | tests to be amply competent to deal with nireraft, according to a report ' to the House Naval Committee by ,| ' Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of thr Jtim-au of Ordnance. "We have tried it against n kite at 3.000 feet altitude, a sufficient altitude to determine that it is valuable for thesays the rei?ort. 1 ? ' "'?f^ours<t that W not the final alti Lwi,. wnnlil no 0 orate. font we nro enabled tQ Judge * ' from the successes tfont we had at ? that range what ne would have at 1 higher altitudes. The range of the gun in the air Its afoout 7,000 feet. ( ",t is not quite as large as the gun f firing a 13-pound projectile for the * same purpose, font that will foe used in a different way. They are f<*>r ? vertical fire from aboard small ' craft." " ( The Admiral also reported that the Navy manufactured at Indian Hear. ' I loving ground, Maryland, 8,3V2,3$8 1 minis of pcwder at a cost of 80 and a r action cents u pound, and pur:Iiusm1 3,270,tWO pounds at 53 ccn^p , - 1 1 1.... n.? I .. 1 ?? J 111.Illl (Mil 111k i in |runi iijii ui ,ycm. jfc He stated that the Navy could build i4-ilich guns at the Washington gun factory at an "estimated cost of $00,000 each, compared with $104,000 paid for similar guns manufactured by contract. Admiral Strauss urged the neeesslf ) n.i ty. for increased storage facilities for ammunition supplies, explaning a plan to concentrate the increase at Fort Mifflin, near Phllldelphla, for ? the Fast coast, and the Puget Hound naval magazine for the West coast Segregate Art Treaaurca. Why not aat apart ona country where , . trt treasures of the world can he segreFated?/>.M?yfc? .Providence has been using American millionaire! as blind Instruments, In so far as they have awfc&V t been active in removing European art \ treasures to this country. BRITISH SUBMARINE SINKS BATTLESHIP .London, Pec. ,14.-?A coram uuku tfcn issued by the offioinlbuheau tn ? j.i. aim - .nc<*? the Tu ktoh'&attle* tlj ? .\?'*-ulh?h V:a -oeeu .?rpedc*t b\ V British subi ' e. "yrfel. 5 TU? olHcial bureau's ' falows; "Yfesterday subma?*m-? B-ll in?! charge of Lelut. own. Norman B. Hoi- (J brook of the royal navy entered the. l>nni?ttellu and hi'spite of the dilll- j Dulf current, dived under, five rows of (J mines nnd torpedoed the Turkish * Messudleh, Which was guarding the 1 mine fields. . Although pursued by gunfire and _ torpedoe boats the B-ll 1 returned safely after being submerged, on one oocgahnv 'or "hie hours. ** yvuen mat seen tne MessQdleh was * sinking by the steru. __ _ * * y 1 i WAR'S END IN SIGHT. t The Scfntleflc American in con- ^ tributing its own guess "as to how long $ Llie war will Inst ventures the opinion tt that the wearing out of machinery t rather than the exhaustion of men e vlll hasten the end. T t Large guns such as are used in bat- f :!eshlp turrets and'^coast defence fortl- c ications, cauuot fire more than 200 '?? shots without losing their" accuracy. t iVhen heat avd pressure are consid- ji ;red the great siege guns which the Real Estat Loans Insurance , ' oi All Kinds and , Bonds ermans have introduced must be' c< omparntlvely short lived. I H Infantry rifles- because of their gi mallness of bore- lose their accuracy^ ai ar less quickly than latge guns, but I hey wear out in time. |F The moter car and deyelopemeuts of C t, such as trucks and ambulances are b< Jghly cseutial in modern warfare, it a the field they are being subjected te lielr depreciation consequently Is hi apid. 9:i - '-16 European War officers estimate that H igh priced touring cars commandered M ruckg, last.lets than one week, while si y the government and used for staff ai uty, are good only from 6(1 (o 7D days. tft t is significant that the American utomobile market was one of the first T o which the fighting nations has reourso. War is terribly wasteful. In shelling C'i , single fortress a new gun may be endered worthless by repeated firing. When 30, 000 pien are captured with hem are taken their rifles and equip- g? uent Which either are destroyed or go w nto the hands of the enemy. An arm j p, ctreating in panic leaves behind it in quipment valuable enough to const!- m ute a king's ransom. ui The United States government an- II lounces in slowing down work in its (| rmories that the quoto of a million f the new Springfield rifles 'has been ol urnlshed. It was seven years in mak- p; ug a million of those weapons. One ti an imagine how work is being rushed ni n European ordnance foctories to r, nake good the losses and to supply low troops taking the field. Should ny army meet with a crushing defeat c< t might be unable to supply arms and S( quipment enough to make itself a actor in future flghtiug. ! p, | 'OMPULSORY EDUCATION IS ol FAVORED j* , Is' eacliers of York Ask Legislators to oi Support Measure 11< 1 I Rock Hill, Dec. 11.?The Eastern * llvislon of tlio York Teachers* Assoela- | " ion met in the auditorium of the Highr' ichool Saturday morning at 11 w p'? lock, about fifty out of the sixty eadhers in the district being in ' .ttendance. The sessions were both " nstructive and interesting. " A resolution was adopted asking the 11 jxecutive committee of the county as e iociation to go before the countj egislative delegation and urge that key ch?iu;ii?>n th>> c?mipu.-s< pcbool attendance law and the piedieal '' nspection bill at the coming session >f the legislature. ' \ P After the business session the mem. jers of the domestic science depart- s >i.t s rved a delightful luncheon ind an enjoyable social hour followed. ^ Afterwards the teachero visted the various rooms in the building and inspected the equipment. s One Chesterfield Negro Kills Another. On Friday night at a party given at a colored man's home on County Supervisors King's place in Chesterfield county, Cleave Streatershot another neero named Ingram five times. kiting him instantly. They , were 1 rlnklng and In frain ordered Streater 1 to leaye when the later pulled bis^n 1 an began Shooting. Streater is only ' 17 years of age and the negro killed was 22. 1 v Pros* Comment - \ . The United States is bound on the Bast by the Atlantic, on the West by the Pacific, on the North by mobilisation, and on the South by hedd.? The State. / # Will KJtO0UIUQ? 600B MM. JgU ~ .',. <>$?& f Hei*m* 1 .13.?Resolutions , eallivjrSb tHe 4e Serai government and i the Qtatheim ^tates tdr legislation to j. 8sre tor Immigrants who seek refuge j \ lii this ceuntj^nrter tin European t war were sJopS^toni^ht by the fm-jn migration eohferen^ called bEyr-1*1' t Southern Citanmercirfa cengrwss tr con - j v Jider the feafrflity ofMiatrtbuthig? n nigrants oflnng in thnA.' th. / !j A COmmitHBvwito annnlikd?k?lr jut gome poetical plana o^HRon. I t Dr. Clarence J, Owens, managing]^ llrector of the^ Southern (MtfUitfilm c xmgrees, declared in an adtess that. n he future development of the South ^ vas measured In terms of an efffjfeifent ndustrl&l and agricultural imtnlgrti ion. i. Xt the afternoon session Secretary 11 Vtlson predicted that many of th-:^ ^ legtlfute immigrante who would coma o the United States from Europe af- v er tho war could be placed on South- 1' m farms If proper efforts are made 0 secure them. He explained the efoyte of the labor, postofflce and agrlultural. depatmcnts to bing together ^ the jobless man and the inanlcss job, * he landless man and the manless' tl and.,, - ? J. f. Dekinder, an expert on Duoh o: e f F i J ~\fre Make a specialt Phone 84 May *' *? - A ' r? :* iy "m * ~ " ' 1 ?: ^Ionization, ^Oio recently came from : oil and, gaid many Duch and BelIan fartnei% ruined by the war, were axioug'to come to the United States. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of lortda, president of the the Southern pinmercial congress, presided at the ^ taainn Hniifch?Fn atatou (presented by officials. j The committee, chosen to deolde on' deftnitto' Mani to .encourage C^Txibio xmlgation Is composed or Dr. weds, T, R.lVeston, Chattanooga j; ugh Maeltao. Wlllrnincton, N, C., !. V. Richards, Industrial commls. oner, Suuthern railway, Washington, id Robert M. Mixson, a me ii'uifr of le South Carolina legislature. OBACCO GROWERS CALL FOR ACTION 'op should be Tied and Graded for! Sale on Warehouse Floor. Mullins, Dec. 12.?A representative ithering of Marion county citizens as had in Mullins tliig morning, the; urpose of meeting as advertised be ! ig to discuss the advisability of me-, orinlizing t'he legislature to make it alawful to sell tobacco 011 a ware-. [ouse floor unless Itlie graded and eil. v Several men of prominence from ther counties were on hand. The inkers, the merchants, the editors, ic farmers, the laboriers, warehouse- J ien and tobacco buyers all were well epresented. All were of {one ilnd, that something should he done y t'he legislature to remedy present mditions and brohibit tobacco being ?ld ungrade.il 1 Experts claimed tliat at least 20 er cent.t increase in price would be _ obtained if the proper legislation was 1 Tectcd. The meeting was addressed: jr N. . McMUlaa, James K. Williams,! J. A. Gray, J. Dock l'rovatt, John C. j ellcrs, A. D. Jackson of Horry and thprs. Some' concerted acton wll be taken i tret the matter in proper shape, it is roper commttcea were aponted and nderstood that the tohueco growrs all over the State are in sympathy f th the movement. The proposed plan wll gve a money ruson and will give employiimffd to liotisamls of white i?eople. yfacn \vNt | 1011 and children who if/tim cuttoir? creage is reduced w11d4u,vc nothing \ Ise to do. f s The legislature wjR\ also he ashed ^ 3 reduce the ehajigl^li^^elling loaf sbacco in the Jtftate of Ilia. The llw p<rloe of the season JusT losed has thoroughly aroused the peole fo actiojw. ^ ( dcMiier Vo Carry 18,000 Hales of Cotg ton to Genoa. Savannah, Dec. 14.?The Norwegian , iteamer Hermon will' sail within the " text few days for Genoa. I My, _ with j" She largest cargo of cotton that has I eft this port tills season for n foreign I Jountry. The Hermion's cargo will sonsist of 18,000 bales of cotton. Ilcr :argo, If sold In this country, would >e valued at approximately Jt7i?.(W jut because of demand for the staple n foreign countries at this time its tralue will undoubtely be consider- , ibly more. The Hormion is oue of seven RicflmeM iu port loiwl'n.? cotton tor foreign countries. Daily Thought. A strange volume of real life in the packet of the postman. Eternal love and inetant payment.?Douglas Jerrold. p. ? ftOViMltliig ("arsis neatly printed 50e. ' t iua make the dyes to color jjjjSn OeflV^d^-yrlng to 'Hi'", Vftten the South begins tcfl ts plantations. it will Boon ^^jfth lie moHt prosperous section of the tJfcaT'.i ml Status. The main adrautaolll^4 rould lie In obtaining control of ottbh market and not only netting ariuv r la^itnlttlhR the prices on raw dOKf^ a of on the manufactured goods, , eal solution of the coton problem' h i ot In the reduction or control ofV-3j., croupe, hut In manufacturing all ^ y he raw product Into flnlshM^gooA, k n cotton the South bus" n great nam orld?and. the key to. its Ln imtrrtl of this monopoly is in tmSKTi, >u will. '? t< Irvln Col?l), famous the only u rho tfifc| interviewed Kitchener .^fj1' lliartoiufc, says: "If 1 cculd?V''hffJ lie htory of llelgium as I saw ould crowd the Recording Angel ot^L b f his job." ' RE I NjS y of writing fire Iasura&ala nard-Ra!eyRe? ?lir Uitd^ .. r IfX EAR ^AMTA OLAOiAlsJP While o' course I know^^Ve So I'll make nty note /^^Hrt Still I want to thank ^ mhi ijiope you re well an' nappy, la1 'Cause I know you can't be sick ot But I'm writin' you, Dear San^JVas Sost to tell you of a little girl B^t' It was next clay after Christma^5b< When I first made her acquainfano< That I couldn't help but like h^jr?j If you'd only been there with i$e aj An' I had my dollie with me?-yc!u re 'Twas the one you gave me, Santa, i An'!her eyes they filled with tear drc An' she answered?I'm a little girl Why, her papa's dead dear Santa, a An' she never does get nothia' in t So I let !her have some candy an' s< As I had a lot o' dollies I could spc So I made her Christmas happy, an An' I told her 'bout you. Santa, liov That you'd likely call next Chii*tn you might, So it's in her interest, Santa, that 1 Now I want to say, Dear Santa, i|f 1 An' it wouldn't bo a-askin' somettmt -That in callin' 'round this Chrl/imc You will please include some pt'eter Rut in case you haven't got none,lor You may bring her some o' mine()fo An' I'll be much gladder, SanataMf An' I'll be much gladder, Santaijf , -. p Deposit y|>i 'it Ihe Bank < Churenv ^ > Jf f'i'KON(iKK T1IAN ALli 01111*1! HA N V -? _ I compoui EwuifflMI 0 . in savin t 1 Fresh Beef, Pork and F , H. A BURCH PBOni Covington Hotel Bid CHERA^ * . Subscribe ' 'he Chronicle. A. I>. CHAPMAN | Livery and Feed Stables Sand And Grovel for ftnTe. CHKIlAW, 8. C. Next to RouarJ Hotel Reasonable prices. Pronipt Servicer Iv [jlMnoinitio temterg _of both honaos j|N^. Willi I'rmtileut Wilson th^^j oftfiuy should have a rest from Na< Umnl legislation. Right of way will e given appropriation hills with conill and the Government's purchase ?| following. , it WliUe no spcelal investigation of iHttary I*OWfledness seems in prosoot/ much attention will center !*?;?* investigations* before regular liaise committee. Tlie naval comtittee will resume consideration of IhV appropriation bill tomorrow with ccfetary Daniels > gain on the star. 1. The immigration hill, with Its fftyy test for a: ens will again c jiiler debate in (lie senate while that raly walls for the appropriation 1?* lis .? from the House. Its su;s artV^S^Hist tha^ it will lie pasted IfhpMftV it was . ot included in th?"resident's outline of legislation. Conservation measures?the waterower site .nnd the mineral leasing Ills probably will Ik* reported from ie Senate Committee on Public U R A N < nd represent only the best Promptly? & Tru^t Co., Aj r~~ jT\ I krl #anta larrtrtf i l^*^rtof,Wri*e a line to you' busy gettln' letters like you do, one, an' I don't suppose you'll ar the things you brought last i ougfa I guess you are, no doubt, ^some of us would find It out, I meant to say before, s livin' here next door. e last one that we had, e, an' she looked so really sad 'ou would like her too, I know, tt had seen her lookin so? member it I guess. vith the little Princess Dress, >ps when I asked wniat she got that Santa Claus forgot." in' her mama's awful poor, he Christmas Trees no more, >me little dishes, too, ire her one or two. yway, the best I could ? / you were so very good, uas, then she thought perhaps 'm writln' you. tonight. t's all the same to you, f that you couldn't do, is like you always have before its for this little girl next door, your stock is gettln' small, ir I wouldn't need them all, she's happy Christmas day, she's happy Christmas day. I ur money jf Gheraw , s. c. / KS 1* THE COUKTY reded quarterly gs department ..**"*** J UfJiP K*4.* r:*< 'ork Sausnage 'S MARKET J 80 g.. .Second Street A/, S. C. 1. 1 . ^ gran -ran TyTTmrriT~ t~" nrs r ^ FOIt RENT ' r 9 v' Two coanecttng offlco rooms In new Post. Offlco building, fro kpht*. water and boat. 3eo us for r&Loa. V > < I:crnw Insurance * Trust Co. aLL..- .1 . - Lands carty Jn Jahohry. Hearings M begin tomorroow before th? Senate *1 Philippine Committee on the Boom -bin forgive larger measure? of eelf- g government to the fllllpli?o^^j|kwie tbe part of each day In tliei WbagV^alao ban will l>e glyen ever toexeeuftrt^aq-. Cot a t-Hcpf^rea tySv*c ?>lsirfp purchase TOmrstj^jjfe 1^ cjm.^ "BlTttee of ? oil? houses. - jF o? BBYAN CALLS FOB^fiwirWttiCNric wil ^Washington, 14.?Secretary [ wll IU)nn annouu^Q today he had called .the a meeting fj)fWednesday of the com- j lng iuIwdiH>j^nlue recently apolntted by (poa the governing board of the Pan-Amer- , the irnir^anion to devise plans for a more .wo' neutrals In the war. - ?l0' Although the rectn naval vletory In (ruB the South Atlantic has put England era in control of the commercial eltua- , ^n< tloil. diuloinents hero nw? ennHnnlncr wOl their efforts to hove all belligerent! n warships excluded from tho waters of ^ 1 the hemisphere. an<! on tha Toniim, Flo,, l>ee. 15.?No damage j, to Florida's citrus fruit resulted from fun to cold wave during the past 48J wa) hours, aeording to rei>ortH received here today. There were no frost re- got ports from the southern part of the1 ^ State. * bu) Sa* GOVlsitlng Cards neatly printed 50c. I 1 Z> EI We * old line companies 8er app ?ents csercw' your W , -?Stretch THIS \ Owing to and the d< dons gene Cut Ol the price c Newest Holida To N consisting Jewelry, Hand'1 Sets Endl >Y Uur line is withl cli Con . and c Yours res f I . I The Cr ? , v C SALE T &L. . ?^ ?-'' " ' '" SSI* ."' ' ' " ^ =? FOOT OF TON CON. PI KACT FOX COAL FOR EXPORT " ?-t? . Tt partanburg. 8. C., Dec. 14.?That Jenklns-MqRobertS'Burdlne-Dura coal interests operated as the isolldated Coal Company of Ken- ; ky, with mines located on a line ginff the Blkhorn Extension of the ' Kail load, have contracte<l * thede>ta?ry ot 80,000 000 tons of 0,1 1 win** Vh^fhBouthern porta. Is .1 to foreign that i* 1 move .through South^&^^rts' 18 ^ report here. CkjnflrnaationHhJ^^" m; but there lg decided Interest lnfflii. islbllltles of such a movement for ^ railroads of this territory. It W aid mean .that the Elkhorn exten- SVl n nf ?ha Pllnkflal^ ,1 ? 1 J 1 fu ^ vk vuv vuvuuoiu iuau wuuiu uc ihed to completion and put in op- <K' tlon without delay, as this is the 5 over which the bulk of the coal uld move as far as Spartanburg. )in here to Charleston or Savannah ')r would be handled by the Southern I the C. & W. C. The freight alone ,c such a movement would be more n a million dollars. to 'or some time there have been fp nors that tre Italian Government ed s in the market for large amount coal that would move through til itfhern ports, while South American ntries have also been mentioned as ing for delivery to. Charleston or ?h annah. Mi !a he Chroncle, One year, One dollar, 'w ,u 'jr ae ire eager to th ve you T< and - Z ireciate 'u business " to lab i Your D .vy *1 _ - w,, r - - i-': ; . IS HOW YOU C the low price of epressed business rally we have dec ne-Fourtl >f our entire ^tocfe and Swellest lir ly Goods ever broi Chera A * . : of Watches, < Silverware, Cut < tainted China, , T and Novelties i Ipqq LVUU f UI JE." is complete and i held, everything ided in the sale le in Ea iiake your selecti vhile the line is complete. oedtfullv. m. </ y own Jewell Hheraw, S. C. ERMS SPOT I. ..I ^ ? I I II I I * .1 ^"?1 .ANT. IRISH POTATOES NOW ie Federal Depart went of Agriculture Tells How to K|lt Wggest i Yield of Potatoes. 'We would suggest to the farmer it hd geS falg potatoes Unto the ound at- the very first favorable portunlty as weather conditions are ?t to t)e very uncertain daring the inter months and the quicker the anting the better for results in this ction," declares a prominent eeedsU. "The department of agriculture at fc^hington says that our yields t?ujJjW>e materially increased if., our .rNwia trtat tor ^ -tter Heed seed r acre," continued the seedtraian. The following information has been caned from a government bulletin i potatoe planting.: 'Treat for seab by Immersing your ed stock for two hours in a soln?n containing one pint of formalin x.10 gallons of wateF; on removalom liquid cut and roll in air slacklime and plant deep. Cotton seed pal may be used successfully for ferllzation. "Use only hlg!h grade seed. The e of high grade seed would increase e returns fropi the potatoe crop of e country by many millions of dolrs," nnd the department also tells i that Scotch and Irish growers plant J&m t less than 37 bushels of seed per -*? re; while the average American - ..V# ower plants about 9 bushels per Don't, give up; try again. tTake e advice of the Swede to hia son din, who was being pursued by an igry bull to the very edge of a {.agraSl dad ditch: "Tump, Yonny, yump; . u can make It in two yumps." The fanner who raises something , cat-has a crop for which there Is" ^ I * A ^ ' w 4 cotton condi CASH | if} jy :ided to ' li Off f : of the le of Jght W * Clocks, Glass, oilet ety ' ' / ' nothing is inrly ons % < ry Co.