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VOLUME XXVI. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914. NUMBER 32. paroles and pardons for over one hundred Than One Hundred Pris oner# Now Remain in State Penitentiary. K. 1 v Columbia, Nov. 25.? Oue hundred and two convict# receive# freedom at the bands of Ooy^e#?r Cole L. Bleusc tbl* afternoon ,a*'a Thanksgiving of ? tciln;' The Ant includes ? life termers, thirty-one serving .sentence j /or manslaughter, and fifty-live serving terms of other offenses, such uh house breukiiiK "?><! larceny, assault and bat tery with intent to kill, carrying con L . . alt <1 weapons, violation of tbe dls jK*nsarfv law and otber minor infrac tions of the law. This brings Gover nor Mease's clemency record up to ^ panlons, parpled or sentences L commuted in iy? administration of less than. four years. This leaves less tnau one hundred prisoners in (he State Penitentiary. The most noted In the list is W. T. Jones, the Union County white farmer who wan serving a life sentence for the mu^l^r of his wife. John E. Hough, ' the Kershaw County white man sen tenced to be electrocuted for tbe mur der of his father-in-law, got his sen tence commuted to five years in the Htate Penitentiary. It will be recalled that the action of the Governor in parolllug Allen Emer son, of Anderson, and It. A. Itichey, of Abbeville, played a prominent part in the campaign of last summer. To-day, the Governor removed the conditions nnder which Ilichey was paroled and paroled htm during good behavior. Emerson was granted a full pardon and can now return to the State to live fully restored to citizenship. Harry I)ean, a Spartanburg County man, who drew a parole, killed his neighbor, Miller McKinney, In 1904 'and Kot a life sentence. He escaped seven years ago from the Penitentiary and returned to the Penitentiary only last Wednesday and surrendered. There were fifty-three whites, forty -six ne groes, one Indian and two not stated hi tbe list of the prisoners liberated. - - Following lis a list of thos^'receiv lug clemency from Kershaw county : John E. Hough, white, convicted at the March, 1913, term of Court for K<*r ?Hhaw County, of murder, and sentenced to lx' elect rpcuted on April 25, 1013. Sentence commuted to life imprison ment in the State Penitentiary, at sucn labor as he Is able to perform, March 28, 1918. Sentence commuted to five years' imprisonment in the State Pen itentiary, at such labor as he is able to perform, from the date he entered the Penitentiary to serve abo\*e men 0 tloned sentence. Commutation dated November 25, 1014. James McGirt, colored, convicted at the November, 1914, term of Court for Kerslnpv courtty oT violation of the dlsix?nsary law, (two cases,) and sen tenced to pay a fine of $100 or to serve four months on public works in each cage, Paroled during good behavior, tnul upon the further condition that should he ever again be convicted of violating the dispensary law he shall be required to serve the sentences Above mentioned. The fines above men tioned. which have l?een levied and collected, are hereby ordered returned to the said James McGirt by the prop er officer of Kershaw county. Dave Johnson, colored, convicted at the November, 1014, term of Court for Kershaw county, jof. assault and bat tery with intent to kill, and sentenced ,to pay, a fine of $100 or Io bpjtp. nfo. months niK?n the public works. Sen dee commuted to a fine of $50 or six months imprisonment upon the pub lic works, November 25, 1014. Eleven Hoboes Doing Time . Oil County Chain Gang. I'olice officers and county officials founded up a /party of hoboes Id ariff near Camden Tuesday, and as h re Kult eleven were captured and placed in the county jail. .'The men were all white and were making their way to Florida fnranaorthern cities. AH -were Jyplcal tramps -and -had- boon around fhe 8eal>oard road In the northern scc tlon of the city. Not until" they came Into Camden and were begging at pri vate homes were they arrested. A hearing was held before Magistrate lyncher Wednesday ? three plead guilty *0 vagrancy and 'were sentenced -.To twenty days ; eight stood trial and were sentenced to thirty days each? All art' now doing, time on the county <'haln gang just north of ^he city, where *,r- West is building the new rarftd Kershaw. Chamber of Commerce Meeting. T1k? regular monthly meeting of The Chamber of Commerce will be **d at Hccorder's Court Room, I>ec. ? ? p.w y "if-y horrible murder IN SUMTER COUNTY. Accu?ed Young Convict Taken Out Steel Ce?e by Mob ?nd Body Riddled. cw,M"T.r ""<> i,tii . . ? The hor murder ??f 11 y0UnK married wo ' ' "f,"ood '????}'. followed Kwlftly I,* '"? 'y'H'hlt.K of her k, mur. L.T l,u<t WIIHOU, u hexro convict , ' chain Kan*, wore eveutH h..t greatly nroused the I ? ' Hhlloh community, In the cvi,,.??. ?a?tern part or the countv, to-day. . ? ' | JlH' young wmiiiiii \va? attacked |H \tX?mul flnd 12 ?,0,o<k tot* morning, I < folding to Information received hero, lg? "Hsullanf nit i,is victim'? throat, ! " re?"ltlug ?oon thereafter, but mil a oio she bad walked son le distance effort to spread the alarm thru out the neighborhood. The chain gang waa working near the tome of the young woman to-day, ant? I Is stated that Wilson, who was only sixteen years old, left his work, went to the house and committed the crime and then returned to the chain gang <amj* where he wan later taken by a mob and lynched. The negro-" !h huI.I to have attacked be woman while who was In the lot about her domestic duties, and Just after her husband had left the house to go hunting. Her throat was cut almost from ear to ear with a rassof, which the negro Is said to have stolen from a guard. It Is stated he dashed towards her little son, who was at I tracted by his, mother's screams. The frightened child ran towards the pub lic road and the negro ran across the flekl and Into a strip of woods near by, where he dlscardod parts of his clothing and a hat, upon which bldod was discovered when the articles later were found. The woman made an at tempt to reach a neighboring house, but fell a few yards from where the deed was l>erpetrate<K It seems that Wilson went to the houstf for water for the chain gang. He Is said to have told her that one Of her hogs had gotten out of the pen. The woman went out with the Inden tion of getting the hog back lu the pen, when she was set upon by Wilson. Sheriff Bradford, with Guard Rob bins, tfroni the Penitentiary, left here* for Hhlloh with a posse late this af ternoon to capture the supposed con vict, but later' communications stated that the negro had been caught and lynched. The posse from here returned at 8 o'clock to-night and gave the first particulars of the murder and the sub sequent vengeance of the m'ob, which they were too late to prevent. According to information obtained from members of the sheriff's party, a mob gathered soon after the news of -the crime spread and soon positive evidence fixing the guilt on Wilson was secured. The boy was found at the convict camp, where the crowd over powered Supervisor Pittfe and took the negro away from him by breaking Into a steel cage. Wilson was carried half a mile down the road, where he was strung up. with his head downward, and his body was riddled with shot and gullets. * Although mortally wounded, the young woman endeavored to give the alarm, but expired after walking sev eral hundred yards. Her .tounjj son went to "her, but was chased by the negro and escaped by .running away, the assailant evidently being afraid to pursue rurtuer. ? - ? ~ ? The boy gatfe the alarm and a mob soon gathered. The county is thick ly settled and the news spread rapidly. It was not long before the crowd se cured tangible clues which led to the capture and lynching of the man be lieved to have committed the horrible crime. The scene of the murder and lynch ing is al>out 80 miles from Sumter. 'Hiking to New York. The "Alco Four" as they style them selves are Ih Camden to-day and will ?be at the opera house to-night in con nectlon \vlth the^regulHr motion "pic ture program which will be the "Squaw Man." These young men left Cordele, Ga? October 15th and since that time have walked 343 miles. They are mak ing every town where there is an op era house, where they render song#. Press clippings carried by the young fellows of towns where they have ap peared speak in the highest terms of them, and they promise to highly enter tain those who attend the opera house to-night and tomorrow night They are on their way to New York and intend walking all the way, singing in chnrch es/ school houses and auditoriums.. Misses Nan and Rhetta DeLoache are spending the holidays with friends In Columbia. ~ : v:: T ? PORTUGAL MAY ENTER ON SIDE OF ALLIES. Queen Mary Send* Letter of Thank* for Santa Claus ' 'i Ship to Europe. Loudon, Nov. 24.? up to late tonight then- was no <)ODQltUl?0 news froui the Polish battlefield, where a decisive vic tory for ell her Russia or Germany would vitally affect the couiw of the Winter campaign both in the East and In the West. IVtrograd declares the Russians have Inflicted at leuxt a temporary reverse [in the Germans between the Vistula and Warta Rivers but doe* not claim the fortunes of war have beey perma* nently settled. A Paris Matin corres pondent describes the Germans an lice in#. Berlin announces officially that the Issue ha? not yet been decided. Qtl the snow covered Ileitis of Bel Mlyyto and Franco quiet <M>ntlnues, the only unusual Incident being the bom bardment of Zecbrugge and Heyst by British warships. A few sheila struck hotels where the German staff was quartered and other buildings. The German shore batteries were unable to reach the warships In reply. The Hague reports that railway com munication with Antwei ju has been sus^ landed and that 110 travelers will be admitted to Belgium during the next few days. The Germans are believed to be preparing for another assault on the Allies' defences, but, for the time being there Is a neater approach to rest for the armies spread out , from Ostend to Verdun than at any lime in the past two months. The Portuguese Congress today de cided that country sl/ould cooperate with the Allies when It considers the step necessary. The Minister of War will issue a decree por partial mobili zation. The greatest loan In England's history ? 300,000,000 {KHitids sterling ($1,750,000,000) has been successfully floated by the Bank of England, both large and small investors being among' the buyers. The country awaits an nouncement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as to the amount of- the subscription with the l>elief that they will exceed considerably the amount? of the loan, and that the colossal tran saction will have an Impressive effect upon .Great. Britain's enemies. Berlin reports thai the Btmdesrat has passed laws to prevent and to punish speculation in gold, to fix. the price of iKjtatoes, to limit consumption of bread in Berlin and to extent! the moratorium applying to bills of exchange In Alsace Lorraine, East Prussia and parts of West Prussia another 30 days, making its extent 150 days. It is expected the prloe of wool will be fixed this week. The British Government has taken up all the stocks of leather. The hunger-stricken Belgians on the border of Holland are pictured as re? sorting to brigandage. Reports say a state of anarchy is approaching. _ Queen Mary litts sent to Mrs. Walter H. Page, wife of the American Am bassador, a letter of thanks foi; the mission of the Santa Clans ship Jason, which is bringing Christmas gifts from Amerlcau children t^ children in Eng land and on the continent. The Jason will arrive at Davenport tomorrow. She will be given an official reception by munlpallty of Plymouth and by rep resentatives of the Government. ' '? ? 1 Lancaster Farmers In A Shooting Scrape. ? Lancaster, Nov. 21. ? In -ft difficulty yesterday : naar> Tabernacle, thii wwn ty. Bayes Steel shot and mortally wounded John Cambill, both prominent white farmers of this section. The cause of the shooting is not known. Sheriff Hunter went immediately to the scene, but no arrests were made, the Steels promising, it is said, to come and deliver themselves up in case of Campbell's death which, it ?is said by the physicians, is certain, he being shot through the brain with a single barrel shot gun. Married. Marled, on November 21, Mr. John Boone ajrtt MtBs-tiprtrodcr MlttH, both of the Mill village. Probate Judge Mc Dowell, officiating. Married, on November 22, Mr. Mollis Z. Broughton and Miss Laura Baker, both of Westville, Probate Judge W. L. McDowell, oiPelftting. 1 j Married, on Noveml>er 22, Mr. O. P. Jones and MIsh Sallie Rabou, both of West Wateree, Hev. T. L. Cole officia Married, on November 25,.Mr^JCddie Howell Boss, of Blaney, and Miss I>u ra Alberta Motley, of Jacobs, Probate Judge \v. I j.' McDowell, officiating. Married, on Nov. 26, Mr. Robert Reynolds and Miss Eva Freeman, both of Longtown, Probate Judge McDowell, offleia ting. . .. i$100,000 DAMAGES ASKED FOR INJURIES RECEIVED. Mrs. Beaaie Mat, Turman Awarded $6,500 Against S. A. L. Railway. Olir of the lilKK*'?t damage* Mills ever brought lit thin county will come up to-day In the civil court when A. I'. Lyles, of Fulrllcld couuty will a*V thy court to award hlin $100,000 damages for injuries alleged to have Ihhmi aus. twined 011 the Seaboard Air Line Hall Way In Florida about two years ago. M. L. Smith will iipi>ear for Lyles, while Mclver, Stoveu.sou uud l'llncc are representing tlio railroad company. It ts expected til n't this caw wilt ocru p> the remainder of the session of the court, there being j.mau.v witnesses to Im? examined. The following eases have been dis posed of In the past two weeks: Mary Motled Kilcr, et al, against Wm, J. Motley, et al, suit for recov ery of land. Verdict for defendant. Alex Scott, et al, aghlnst the North western Hallway of South Carolina: Verdict for plaintiff of $000. Jo(? Gasklns against Postal Telegraph Co. and Western Union Telegraph Co. Suit for failure to deliver message. Found verdict for defendant. Motion for neW trial overruled. ('. W. Harrison against (J. W. Cros by, suit f?r payment on motorcycle. Jury found verdict for defendant. Alice Dial against W. R. Gardner, et al. Suit for recovery of land. Ver dict for plaintiff, and awarded $1. dam ittgCM. \v ' . Ja?. (!ooj>er against Seaboard Air Line Railway. Suit for damages sus tained. Verdict for defendant. . Court was engaged all of Thursday in the case of Ed. Neal against Sea board Air Line and Southern Express company. The negro is asking $50,000 damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained at Hamle^, N. C;, when he was struck by a shifting engine, the view of the engine having been ob structed by an express truck. K. J. Best and L. A. Wittkowsky are rep resenting the piaintlflf ; M. L. Smith and 4>ouglas McKay for the Express .Co., and Mclver, prince and Stevenson for the Seaboard. A case attracting a great deal of at tention at this term is that of Mrs. Bessie May* Turman, suing the Sea board Air Line. Railway and the Pull man Company for $75,000, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained when a Seaboard train dashed into a 1 siding near Denmark on a date in 1009, but the suit is just now being brought. Attorneys Edward Mclver, and Stevenson and Prince are repre senting the Seaboard, and Douglas Mc Kay for the Pullman Company, while E. J. Best and M. L. Smith are repre senting Mrs. Turman. Quite an array of witnesses and prominent physicians from different cities are In attendance. All of Wednesday was taken *up in ex-, amining the witnesses. The physicians for the defense were Dr. Wm. Weston and Dr. C, E. Owens, of Columbia ; Dr. Strickland, of Moncure, N. C. ; Dr. Kinsman, of Hamlet, N. < \ : Dr. John W. Corbett, of Camden; Dr. Harris, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Dr. Efl&l, of Tampa, Fla. Physicians far the plain tiff were0 Dr. L. A. Griffith and Dr. S. W. P. Butler, of Golumbla; Dr. Hoover, of Bamberg; Dr. W. J. Dunn, of Camden ; and Dr. Welleman, a lady physician, of Columbia. , The Jury in the case of Mrs. Bessie Mae Turman awarded her damages. Jn the sum of $6,500. Clemson Trustees Meet. Clem son -College, Nov. 24. ? The reg ular Noveml>er meeting of the board of trustees of Clemson College has been held at the college. The princi pal business of the meeting was dis cussion of the financial condition of the institution. , ; ;~T? ? -? ? n- I~ri ? r~ ? ?7 Camden Lady Named As One of The Officer*. The State Conference of the South Carolina Daughters of the Revolution cftme to a fcloee Thursday night, after here. . b ' Most of the" officers held over, their terms not expiring. Only three were to be elected at the session Thursday afternoon. The election for these places resulted as follows: Second vice re gent. Mrs. W. B. Ardrey, of Port Mill ; auditor,. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, Rock Hill ; assistant historian. Mrs. E. C. vori i Trenckow, Camden. Greenville -was selected as tlie next meeting place, the conference to be held during the week beginning No vember 15. ? Rock Hill Record. county oOcecs raided a hlg distillery in that county Friday. The raid in said to have been the first made in Ivfturea* in many years. . '?>* ? - / < iswa&ii THREE MEN ARE DEAD; ONE SWIMS TO SAFETY Auto With Four Men Plunges Over Bridge Into Black Creek Near Florence. Monday's Florence Times. All Florence was shocked and sad* yesterday morning by the dowm of the tragedy which occurred Katur iluy night, when three Wfilt known men Of Florence loat their llvea by drowning when the automobile In which they wore tiding pltinged head lojtg over the lllgh bridge over 1)1 a ck Creek Into the fifteen foot water twenty feet boloW. ftobert H. Harrison, ? \??UNg me* CllHUU A. I). Taylor, and John F. Ititchcr, JrM employee** of the Florence Ohm. Coiuittuy, are dead and J. W. WUhoii, the manager of the pin plant is very seriously Injured, The fatal accident occurred at what is Juiowii as Muses lli-ldgc, four ndlc* north of this elty, shortly after 0 p. in. The throe dead men were drowned and WUhoii, the fourth, only wuvod him self" by (I miracle. l-'rom what can be lea mod and from the testimony given to the eoioncr, It seems that Taylor left home about 9 o'clock to go t<? a garage to get some work done on his automobile. After leaving the liouHe he picked up the three men and went out for a ride. Havlug mude a trip around what is^ known as the "Joop" they returned and one of them left the oar and WUhou joined the party. They drove out ucross High Hill ('reek in the directlou of <Black Hwamp, and a* they were pass ing over the high bridge at Black Creek, going at a good speed, the car sudueuly swerved to the right into the guard rail on the bridge and over the middle of the stream, turning com pletely over. Wilsoji, not knowing where he. was, but llndlng himself under the wute^, managed to get free and dived from the side of the car. The stream, be ing one of the swiftest in the county, swept him some 200 yards down the current, but after considerable effort in the darkness, he managed to reach the hank, where he pulled himself out of the water. Not knowing where he was, but hearing dogs bark, and afterwards hallowing of hunters ifl the woods he began hullowing himself. He finally managed to reach the road, and after some time assistance came to him. He was nearly frozen,1 and was curried to a nearby house and resuscitated. It was then that he told of what had happened, hut us it was dark uo effort was made to locate hip three companions other than to call for them. Wilson was sent to the city by friends about 3 o'clock Sundtfy morn ing. Then it was that the news spread like wild-Ate. It w?? only a short time before the Black Crook road ^as literally lined with automobile**, vehicles and, pedes trians, going to learn the true state of affairs, and to assist in the search for the txxltes. The car, whieh had plung ed' headforemost into the stream could not l?e seen, but upon dragging, was found about ten feet away from the bridge, lying right side up in about 11 f teen feet of water. The stream was searched, . and about 800 yards, below, the bridge the dead body of Harrison was'tound standing straight up against a cypress tree with a part of his head out of the water, his back directly against the tree, where, it is thought that he tried to save himself, but was finally drowned. > The search was continued aml_aI>out 1 o'clock the body of Taylor was found .on the bottom of the stream about ( midway between the bridge and where Harrison was found, lying flat on the bottom of the creek in fourteen feet of water. The search was continued un til shortly before 0 o'clock Sunday af ternoon,' wheii Rltcher's body was found between the tree where iiarrison's lwx^y was found and tl*e north bank of the creek, lying 4n fifteen feet of water. Hitcher's body was within three feet of Harrison and It was suggested that the two men must, have died in each other's embrace, or: were separated. on ly when the death struggle t<^k place. They were riding in the back seat and Taylor and Wilson in the front seat when the accident occurred. * There were no scars to ahiount to anything ! on either body and the attending phy slclau stated that their death was from drowning. f Harrison conducted a mercantile business on North Dargan street and wa s married some years ago to IQW Whltton. lie leaves no children/ but a wife, sisters, brothers and an aged mother. He was about 35 years old. Taylor was married last April to Miss Georgia Buchheit, of this city, he has no relative* hare. He came here from Aaheville, N. C., and had been with the gas company for about two w 1 . FOR BELGIAN RELIEF COMMITTEE IS NAMED. Effort Will Be Made to Gather Aid for Citizens of Belgium Who Are Destitute. .lolnlng the state-wide movement for the relief of U??- Belgian Nufferers who have lo?t Hiclr all by the Kuropesi war, Mr. rim*. J. Shannon, Jr., of this city, has i uh'u $ppolutcd chairman of the work In Kershaw county, and fee In turn acting under the uuthorlty con ferral u|ton bin i?y the Central Relief Committee bun appointed the follow - 'lug named men t?? aid in the work la, thin county : , N. r. Uettya, fcutfptf , , A. % Kennedy, LugolY rt Sain lloyklu, Jtoykln / 1\ <!. Peebles, Camden, rfd r? 1J. F, Haild, i.lhorty 11111 JO. 1>. Rlakcney, Kershaw ii\ m. Wooion, Camden tj, T. Mills, Camden It is earnestly topped that our people will respond readily to the aid of the** ' stricken people Ajf contributions mag he Heal to the First National Dank In this city and sanio will be Immediately forwarded to the (Antral .Committee. The following letter from the Bel glum Relief Committee of South Oaro linn, signed by Bruce Walker Ravenei, chairman, has been received by Mr. Shannon, whiclj is self explanatory; "The undersigned committee, acting under authority of the Columbia Cham ber of Commerce hat* started a state wide Hotlth Carolina movement to raise cash, foot 1st uft's, clothing and other contributions to be sent to Bel glum t6 the woiuen, children and oth er non-combatantH who are facing star vation and misery. "The committee ha* decided to tp point a Chairman In each county in South Carolina to gather up cash and other contributions and we beg to noti fy you that you have been appointed as Chairman in your County, and we urge you to take KtepH to collect every tiling possible iih outlined above. Please forward cash, iih collected, to the Treas urer of t.llls committee, R. w, IIol combe. and hold all -foodstuffs, cloth ing and other supplies until we notify you as to where to send them, You are authorized to appoint as many subcommittees In your county iih you may see lit. "Thin movement Is put on primarily for the relief of suffering humanity, but- we believe It wlll.be a tremendous help to South Carolina In the bringing to our State of an Intelligent aud pros perous i>eople, farmers and manufac turers. "At present our Idea is to gather food stuffs, clothing, etc,, throughout this state and send It by boat direct from Charleston to Belgium, and the committee Is now working in an effort to secure a boat for this purpose. This Is a great opportunity to help these sufferlug people and al?o a great op portunity to show the world what South Carolina can do, and to advertise Charleston- as a deep-sen . Trans-Atlan tic port. "We feel sure that you will imme diately lie eager to take hold of this work to help this committee. . This movement only started a few days ago, but the resiiOnse has lieen very gener ous as cash and food stuffs are being contributed liberally. We ask that you will keep this committee advised as to what you are deling. ^ "We will enclose In every sack, box - on jiaekugo, literature regarding the ; climate, soil and general good points of South Carolina as a place to live in, and everything will sbe labeled "From South Carolina." " ' / MeUnrln Won't Accept SWirjr. i i ? ? Columbia. . Nov. aSl^-Jolm L. Mc- . in a statement to the people of South Carolina to-(lay, asking for co-opera-*' tion In inaugurating the state cotton storage Hysteui, say? that he will not tako a cent of the salary nllowvd him under the act and only aBks tor Ifla av luiiiuiui \1 1* \r^?I 4inriu Knu AAtntU^ft. x a |fi uni *?? ma i * irit i m tit in iirtn t vttn jn??i t| ed the machinery and ia now busy put: ting the Hystem into operation. M f _ . - ? --| years. He wan about 30 years of age. Rlchter only came to the city j-ecently from HeiHlerM?ft, N. C., and Wa^tB; ' married. The three bodies were brought here Sunday afternoon and carried to Waters undertaking establishment to be prepared for burial. A The affair, while it created no snfell amount of excitement has cast a gloom over the city throughout the day. The automobile was gotten out about 2 o'clock by means of grab-hooks, block nnd tackle, and considerable fojcc. It was not hadly damaged other than the top badly smashed, wind shield broke* and feMer, hoot ,<i>.