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Volume 19 CHKRAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C.. AUGUST 19. 1915 Number 42
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SEPTEMBER 29 <
MAfcLOY GETS ANOTHER CHANCE
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Sensational Affidavits Filed Stating i
White Men Admitted Deed? 1
Solicitor to Investigate.
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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: '
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"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.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT REPLIES TO
I AUSTTRIA
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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
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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
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come and soon the work that is done
L washes away,
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[s Yuan May Assume Emperor's Robe
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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,