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T5he CherawfChronicle ? _ S' ? _ jf.'; Volume 19 CHKRAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C.. AUGUST 19. 1915 Number 42 - '* _____ RESPITED TO ' SEPTEMBER 29 < MAfcLOY GETS ANOTHER CHANCE i Sensational Affidavits Filed Stating i White Men Admitted Deed? 1 Solicitor to Investigate. ? l ( Columbia, Aug. 10.?Because of sen ? Rational affidavits filed with him, Governor Manning this morning respited t the death sentence of Joe Malloy, a t neero. from August 18 to September i 28, tbia year, in order that the case c may be reviewed by the board of par- * dons. Malloy was convicted of the I murder of Prentiss Moore and Guy < Rodgers, two white boys, in Marlboro 1 county, the killing oocuring 011 No- ( veuil>er 24, 1910. Malloy has had two 1 trials and his case has been before I the State and the Federal supreme I courts. Malloy was brought to the State penitentiary Saturday afternoon. While the Governor's office refuses ' to give the affidavits, enough of $?e contents are known to state that -they allege on the night of Noveml?er ( 24, 1910, that two white men visited , a house in Marlboro county, appeering t to be crazed with drink. They were chanting and singing about the mur j der of two white boys, one of them t ~? "Wo horn IHUmI tlVO White MIUUllilKt " t tut v ??v? boys anil left them in the swamp. 111 sent one of them !to hlell." !Other I \ ' boasts along this line are alleged in \ the affidavits, which, if true, absolves Malloy from guilt it is thought The -j two men have since left Marll>oro ? county, it is said, and their where- t about* are unknown. Collies of the affidavits have !>ee? ~ sent to Solicitor Si?ears fur an lnvrs tigation. Frentlss Moore and C?uy Rogers, two White boys, left their homes in Ren bettsville on Thanksgiving day, 1910 to go hunting. On the Saturday fol , lowing their Innlies were found in a i ditch not far from the home of Jo< Malloy, Prentiss Moore having l>eeii < killeil by a gunshot wound in the back dear the shoulder blade, while (iuy | Rogers was murdered by a solid mass cf shot tearing through his left breast. 1 Several days were consumed by an in ?estigation before1 the coroner, and. rfterwnrds, a negro detective was em < ployed. Later Joe Mallov was nr. rested, charged with the murder of the two boys. The negro was tried and convicted In the July, 1912, term of court for 1 Marlboro county and sentenced to be electrocuted on August 9, 1912. The dase was then api>ealed to the Stati , Rupreme court on the question of the , admission of the testimony of Char lotto Easterling and Steven Toms anil other minor questions. Also a para- < graph in the apjteal was to the effect | that sentence to death by electrocution Was ex post fact in that at the time 1 of the commission of the nine the penalty was by hanging. On the?*1 later grounds the case was appealed to the United States supreme court, after ; the State tribunal dismissed the apical The federal supreme court affirmed . the judgment of the South Carolina | Courts in 'an opinion handed down , April 5, 1915. and Malloy again was | sentenced to be electrocuted, the date ( being set for August IS. 1915. I Since his conviction Malloy has re < mained In jail in Rennettsvill, until he was brought to the penitentiary here Saturday afternoon, lie continually , bus asserted Ills innocence and has ; presents an unbroken demeanor of hopefulness. There are many people In Marlltoro county who are nmvineed . that .Malloy is innocent, it is said. He has l>een defended hy W\ F. Steven. | pou of Cheraw, one of the leading ?ueint?crs of the South Carolina har. Statement Issued. The following statement was given nut hy the governor's office this morn tug relative to the respiting of Joe Malloy: ' i "Friday there were (submitted to fiovernor Manning afldavits of parties claming to have heard certain i other parties admit the killing of which Joe Malloy has been oonvieted. These affidavits wore of such nature as t< demand a rigid investigation before the infliction of the death penalty. Governor Manning immediately put in a call for Solicitor Sjiears, who how SERMAN6 ATTACK RESERVE BOARD Charges That Board U Influenced By England In Ho Effort to Aid South Hold Crop, Washington 16.?-An evidence ol be interest which partisans of (ier nany in the present war are taking n the cultivation of dissatisfaction in he South over the cotton aitoatlon as iffected by the interference with ship nent-s to the Teutonlo countries, is seer n a letter received by the editor of ? jennan-American newspaper publish. k1 in one of our large cities. This editor charge* the board wltt telng influenced by England because he board has decided to allow the re liscounting of paper secured by agri ultural products, thus facilitating the itorage of cotton. The editor charge; hat the Administration, by thi; ourse. shows that it prefers to sef he South prevented from selling itt Diion, anu iurreu ?u iiwre n 111 war*-, muses, rather than embarrass Great Britain In pressing the point about Inerference with shipments at sea. One Gotten Sign. rhe State While the North and East har< >en reveling In the prosperity su terinduced by war orders, the South lat by and watched Its chief prod ict fluctuating in the scales of values md has suffered because the market md fallen to a minimum. And hope vas not Then, when the allies began theli Himhardment of the Dardanelles, am! :he great dreadnought Queen Eliza >eth's 15. inch guus belched theli uirden of hate at the Turkish forts, i dispatch appeared in the news>ai>ers evoking no little Interest In he South. The statement In a "coton letter" that everytlme one ol Big Lizzies" guns spoke a hale -of ottnn was totally eliminated from onsideration as a l?ear factor brought tcople to a realization of the.new ole of cotton la warfare. 4 o ?? IvooA ovnlnclvhu If tt'QC n na-T &wi rA|>ivni?vn( <? =aid, cotton was absolutely necessary, flvery gun tlmt roare<l In Flanderf ?r France, in the Dardanelles or thf S'orth Sea, in Poland or (Jalkia, II vas explained, use<l up a portion ol he woild's visible supply. Still, few there were who graspei! he extene of the consumption. Now omes Sir Charles Macara, presided >f the Master Cotton Spinners ol treat Britain, with the estimate thai me thousand tons of cotton is con aimed in every day's fighting of th? War of Nations. Thnt. brought down to bales, mean* hhat every day sees four thousand >ales used. A month's ojierationf uid over one million 500-pound bales ire used. Extend the war six month? ind the surplus of the 1914 crop ii tone. Then, with the 20 per cent, redue ion in the 1915 crop, as evidenced ir the Department of Agriculture fig ires, the South should be fre< 'rorn the self-imposed burden ol werprodnotlon and the 1915 crej <honld sell at normal prices. Southern farmers need not expect 15-cent coton for a long time U ome. A war Impoverished work an not aflord t? i?ay that price. Bui the farmers can look for a prlc< vhlch, with economy and efficiency in planting, backed by intelligent llvlrslficatlon, will bring the Soutt jack to Its sound basis of prosperity.-Columbia State. Mrs. (leorge K. Porterfleld. of Mon roe. N. C., Is the guest of Mrs. Thoniai \f. Knight. The navy department yesterday sen ?nt pro|?osals for bids, to lie openei St>ptcml>er J 4. on thirty-eight aero plane motors. The Amerh'an schooner Isadora Is be i...i.i ?,?. tin iroauiirv nfUriuls a IIIK nrni 17 11iv ? ?v ?. IVnsacola jiendlng an investigation o the destination of a supply of arms ant ammunition on dork there consigned f that ship. > ' t r had left Darlington that morn ius for a vacation. The coverno Hi.ally reached him over the phnnt late that afternoon and conferred wltl him. 'Ilie result was that he 1>m<prepared the reprieve j>apers ant also sent copy of the affidavits t< Solicitor Spears for bis investigation.' GALVESTON WALL 1 PROTECTING CIYT, PEOPLE SEEK SAFETY I . Residents of Sabine and Coaat Places | Moved to Plaeet of Refuge From Danger, | YESSELLS OVERTURNED. , Brownnvllle, Texas, August 16.? i The army wireless station here re- i i celved a report from the transport 1 > Bufort at Galveston, tonight < that water had risen ten feet and \ - that several vessels bad been over. 1 ; turned. i ' Dallas, Texas, August 10.?The full 1 1 effect of the West Indian hurricane f which passed through the Yucatan i 1 channel yesterday was felt along the i - Texas gulf ccaxt late today and to- i night the wind reaching a velocity of ] ' 70 miles an hour. Up to a late hour J no loss of life or serious damage to j property Jor shipping had been re- i Deposit you The Bank < Cherav STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER fi 4rQC oonspour ' / tn saving 1 T?M***?' ' ported. ( Galveston reported the sea well was ] withstanding the force of the wind I ^ lashed waters and with the exception < of minor damage as the result of the ] I flooding of the streets on the hay side < of the city, the property loss was ^ negligible up to 11 o'clock. ! ^ The majority/'of the residents at < j. Sabine and Sabine Fas* as well as i the numerous summer camps and re- I , sorts along the coast moved to places I of safety last night and early today. s At Galveston residents along the benon | I abandoned their homes and s]>cnt the ( J /light in more secure buildings in the , ( business districts. ! The towns of Rollo River, Caplain , and Boliver were reported under wa. i ter. All of these towns were desert , . ed last night i Late tonight a newspaper cor- i respondent attempte<l to go from port i ? ^Arthur to Sabine in an automobile but i f was forced to abandon the trip. i ) "The wind would have mown mu machine away if we had continued the i 1 trip," he declared. } Efforts to charter a boat to reach i ' Sabine were futile, sailors refusing f to make the trip. ' Wire communication with (Calves. 1 r ton, which was maintained from Houston early tonight, was cut off at 10 1 o'clock when the last of the wires between the two cities failed. Later reports received by wireless at Brownsville from the United States transport s Bufort in (la Ives ton has reported several vessels overturned by the storm. A ten-foot tide was reported. ^ Efforts to communicate with 'thq j Texas City army headquarters across the bay from Hal vest on tonight were futile. ( Communication with Beaumont. Texas, also was cut off shortly after i 10 o'clock and it was believed by the * weather observer at Houston that the ' hurricane had left the gulf and had ' Vtruck the mainland between that city 1 and Galveston. A train was started from Houston : over the Southern Pacific railway to- i night in an efTort to reach Galveston. At last reports the causeway l>ctwcen I ? Galveston and the mainland was inj tact and it was believed that the train , I would bo able to cross early in the j morning. j j Subscribe To The Chronicle I U. S. GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO I AUSTTRIA } w : REMINDS TEUTONS OP ACTIONS Says In: Baer Wnr Vienna An dBer 1H Peaad Ns Objection To : Trade With England In g i War Materials. W|iWngton, Aug. 16.?Tbe State lepaftnent last night made public the reply. ? the United States rejecting vlijws set forth by the Austro Hungarian Government in a rectnt rote contending that exportation of ivar munition from American to Aun tria's enemies was conducted on such i scale to be "not In consonance Kith the definition of neutrality." Thongb friendly, the note flatly defies the Auxtro-Hungaraian contention ind recalls that that country and Gernany 'famished niuntlone to Great Britain during the Boer war, when BaglAljd'H enemies couhl not imitort <neh jmpplles. In this connecttoti the lote * Jibggests that had Austria and r money in of Cheraw Js. c. m IN COUNTY COMBINED Ld^ [taarterly s department' ? iermany refusal to sell arms to Great Britain at that time "on the ground hat to do so would violate the spirit if strict neutrality," the Iui|?erflal and ' A I-U4 ?.14W 4 noyai uovernmein. ihikiu ?hu jirai?r fore*.- urge its present contention. The Store insists that the United States is ursuiug a strictly neutral xwrse and adhering to n principle on ivhich it would depend for munitions in the markets of the world if it should Im? attacked by. a foreign Power. The iprlnciples of international law, the communication concluded the practice of nations, the national safety of the United States and other nations without great military and naval establishments, the prevention of increased armies and navies, the adoption of jteaceful methods for the adjustment of international dlffernpes, and, finally, neutrality itself, are upftose to the prohibition by a neutral nation of the exportation of arms, ammunition or other munitions of war to belligerent Powers during the progress of the war." The United States asserts that it cannot accede to the suggestion that It change or modify the rules of international usage during the progress of a war on account of secial conditions, und declares that the idea of heutrallty advanced by Austria would 'Mnvnlvo n ti ah t eo 1 iioHam In o m ooo iu'""v n II TIII i <11 uaiii'ii HI a iua^ nf perplexities, which would obscure the whole field of international obligations, produce economic (confusion and deprive all commerce and industry of legitimate fields of enterprise already heavily burdened by the unavoidable restrictions of war." Cotton exi?erts recently interview, ed have exxpressed the opinion that the cotton farmers of the South will surprise people by their ability to hold their new crop. It is said that much more progress has I teen made than is generally supposed in the perfection of preparations for warehousing the sta pie. The grower will have the advantage this time of not ladng taken without warning as he was last year. The shock had as much to do with the turn, hie In 1014 as anything else. The Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountalu system Tuesday consented to the ap|H>intment of receivers as requested in n petition filed in the Federal District boiirt. LEO FRANK TAKEN FROM STATE PRISOI HURRIED AWAY I* MACHI> - MlUedgevJUa; Oa., Aug, 10.?A mo variouelyeetlmated at between 25 an 75 in number overpowered Warde Smith and guarde at the State priso farm near here at 11 o'clock tonigfc rtulrtlflw rtni- T AA M YTVonl? O II auu 4U IV.ni/ few 4ATV *-4??ua ? rushed him away in anauto 4nu rushed him away in an automobih First reports that It might b friends of Frank were dispelled whe a prisoner said he had heard a men ber of the mob say that Frank's bod would be placed tomorrow on th grave of Mary Phagan at Marlettei Frank was serving a life term for th murder of the girl. The mob was orderly but worke with quick precision. Eight autonn biles took the men to within a shoi distabce of the prison. They first cu all wires from Milledgeville. Five men went to the house of . T. 8mlth, warden, covered him wit pistols and stood guarl oMpr him Other men went to the house of J. ft Burke, superintendent of the prisoi and hell him under cover of thei guns. Practically every other member c the mob then rushed to the stockad gate nearest the dormitory wher Frank was heing housed. Only ye? terda.v did the physicians disohnrg him from the hospital where he ha been since being murerously a; saulted in the dormitory. As on the night Frank was attache only two guards were on duty. Th inob qultely overi>owcred Chief Nigl Guard Hester and the other man o duty, proceeded to.tfce dormitory an within- a few minutes seized Fran and rushed him back to the autonn lilies. Those who had been holding .Snilt and Burke left as soon as Frank \vu brought out and Joined their follow The automobiles, rei>orted to numbc eight, then were started in the dim *lon of Eaton. Nothing more ha been hoard of them hours after the left Only one member of that part <j the mob that went to the dormitor talked. He gave the commands to tli guards which were backed up by tli arms of the other members pf tli mob. A prist ner who was sleeping in tb domitory is responsible for the stab ment that the spokesman |sald tli mob intended to take Frank to Mar etta and that tomorrow morning hi &H>dy would lie found on the grave f ^iary Phagan, for whose murder tb prisoner was serving a life senteno Story of the Lynching. Marietta, Ga August IT ?J*??> ft Fran) if dead, a victim of mo1) ln\ Shortly before 7 o'clock this mornln he was hanged to an* oak~ tree In woods two miles east of here, aft( having been removed from the Georg] prison farm one hundred miles awa late last night by a band of aboi twenty-flve men. Thu? ended tl career of the man who for two yeai had maintained his innocence of tt murder of Mary Phaan. 8WEAMNGEX PRAISES SCHOOL OF COUNTY. Strong Commendation From Sta Superintendent of Edu* - 1 f nut rorontlv frn 1 r IVill (t ICllCi VICIU vuv IVVVMV^ k. v the office of the State Supt. of Educ; tlon. we quote the following: "Today I have Peon examining tl City, Town, High, or Rural schoi reports. So far the only reports r< celved from Chesterfield county ai Cheraw, Pageland and Jefferson. Tne Cheraw report is one of tb best coming to my desk. The fir distribution of enrollment and the a erage attendance of 92 per cent, eoul not be better. When will it be po: sible for this school .'to undertak some industrial work? Thp Jefferson situation has in proved In many i expects. The situation at Pageland indicate a healthy growth. I hope the truster and patrons will continue to co-opt r?tQ In maintaining a good school," "GREENVILLE ONE OF THREE COMING CITIES." ^ Thurlow Bflk, Who Hm Recently Vis-" ited Principal C'l'rs of the Pic1 ^ mont Section of th? (Vollnaa Puts Only Charlotte and Aeheville In Her Class. b ? d Mr. Thurlow Belk, of Cheraw, who has been sending the summer at n Campobello, Mineral Springs and it Asheville and other points is visiting d his sister. Mrs. J. T. Delaney. Mr. 11 Belk who went the public highway b by way of Charlotte. Gaffney, Spar* ,e tenburg, Heudersonrille, Asheville, n thence by Chick Springs to Greeni vllle, says at first he was surprised y at the red hills of Gaffney and Spar, e tanburg, but later learned this soil i. to be very strong and productive. He e was most favorably impressed with Charlotte. /Asheville "and Greenville, d and thinks them to l>e the coming >- cities with Spartanburg and Heu* dersonville as close seconds. He it fears, however, the people of this section underestimates the Pee iJee sec! tion, climate and soil and only hoped h Cheraw could secure some of the ^ money, energy and ginger of the Piedmont cities.?Greenville Daily b Piedmont r Cotton and Human Life. e *sTew Orleans Timers-Picayune. e Realizing that President Wilson is thoroughly conversant with the situae tion, I think the newspai>ers of this A country would make a serious mis4. take to try to force him to act against his own Judgement in dealing with j England on the subject of cotton shipments. Senator Smith appears to lt place cotton on a parity with humuu life. The destruction of the Lusitania ,1 was one of the greatest crimes ever k committed. property loss can be > considered in the same 1 iirtit as the wanton destruction of butimu life. I jj bnve mere faith in Wood row Wilson s than in Hoke Smith, and am confident the president will provjb the ^nore helpful advocate and friend of the cotton producer, und that he will deal (J with England in a manner that will have the hearty approval of the Southern farmers. , The trouble with our so-called road >f building is that we go a I tout it without e intelligent supervision, and we mean e by that, that we do not have some one 0 who knows how. and is tra.nod in tli line, to locate and suiiervise the construction of the work and the. rains 10 come and soon the work that is done L washes away, e i [s Yuan May Assume Emperor's Robe >f l(^ Peking, Aug. 1(5.?President Yuan & Shi Kai is discussing with his immediate supporters anl Prof. Frank Johnson Goodnow of John Hopkins j ^University, leagal adviser to the ChilK nese government, the question of prog claiming himself emperor. a Prof. Goodnow, it is understood, ?r approves the project. He obtained [a the confidence of Yuan Shi Kai during ty former critical times and has been jt consulted on this question since his ie arrival a month ago. rs The news became public by the ie deliberate publication in this morning's newspapers of accounts of the formation by several prominent men g of an association for the purpose of discussing whether a monarchy is not the better foi in of government for arliVlo nnotPft Prof. OIlMICl. A Jin *? vtv.v t? fi'Oln< ? as rring taut for Chin* a monarchy is a better form of government man a repuotic and that "conditions are different in China and a America, and it is impossible to transplant a system from one country to another,'' le Dl It was learned from one of Yuan p. Shi Kai's immediate supporters that rc if the project proved feasible (he plan Is to establish a monarchy within two i0 years. ic The news has created a aensation v- in Peking and is being telegraphed (1 throughout tin* country. 'c ' "The only way the South will recover from the cotton depression is for the United States to keep out <\f war." is was declared by ex-Senator Frank S. si White, in an address before the A ?.l luimn Cotton < (rowers' Association at ' Montgomery, Tuesday,