The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 06, 1928, Image 6
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Geo. Wightman Writes
To Governor Richards
George W, 'Wightman, of Ntewberry,
senda to The State, for publication,
an "open letter" to John G.
Richard*, governor of South Carolina,
dealftig with condition* at the
state penitentiary. The letter follow*,
with the exception of the concluding
paragraph, which is briefly
summarized.
My Dear Governor: In your many
campaign* in South Carolina for governor
you championed certain issues
that I thought were bent for the most
people of the state and as I believe
you to be a sincere, able, honest, fair,
fearless, determined Christian gentleman,
I have always voted for you.
You have done many things as
governor that I doubted the wisdom
of. but your sincerity 1 believed in
wholeheartedly for a while, and
would let no statement be made before
me to the contrary go unchallenged,
but you have proved to me
that you are either not sincere, or
\ou are very inconsistent; the proof
of which I herewith offer.
To begin with, you put the public
on notice thut you would not appoint
any one to office (where it was
wholly in your power) who drank
whiskey, or sanctioned the drinking
of it. You warned that you were
going to investigate each applicant
| for a job before appointing and that
his record would have to be clear on
this whiskey question. On this state[
merit you received the plaudits of the
' press and the people. This stateI
ment was given out before you wer?
I sworn into office. I am frank to
I state that so far as I can observe,
| your appointments reflect no more
true temperance than former governor's
appointments reflected. I hop
ed that your administration would
go after those higher up, cause them
to fear, respect and obey the luw and
thereby set a correct example to
those who hold humbler positions in
I life.
In this I have been disappointed,
j Your friends might say that you have
; tried to enforce this' law, but these
violators are too shrewd to be caught
by you or your constables.
The State of June it carries the
news story that at a meeting of the
board of directors of the penitentiary,
you presiding and in your presence,
T. Sloan Banistur^'ilci'k for the board
and bookkeeper for the penitentiary,
acknowledged to writing a note,
which was produced in evidence, ordering
a half gallon of whiskey, handled
it to the captain of the guard, and
the captain ordered a guard, subject
to his orders, to go get whiskey, and
when this guard returned Captain
Sanders inquired as to where the
whiskey had been placed and was told
in Mr. Munister's room, which is inside
the prison walls. Mr. Banister
acknowledged to getting the
whiskey. 1'he note as produced and
acknowledged was to "Alice," who
must have he? n well known to both. ,
Mr. Banister and Captain Sanders,
judging by the alfectionate manner
I in which she was addressed. Has it
, occurred to you that this is good dope
for your whiskey constables? J.
Olin Sanders, a former sheriff of Andersen
county, appointed by Governor
Cooper to fill a vacancy caused by
tin- resignation of Joe M. H. Ashley
and later removed by Governor Cooper.
"for cause." the records of which
j ri .noval are in your office, is the capjtain
of the guard.
1 went to your office, asked to see
! these records, read them, told your
1 Mr. Stricklin what they contained and
" " nm U . ,1 . ) I J* V"
isked him to tall you to read It and
naybe you would t? bettor posted a*
A) the penitentiary.
Now when I left you and the board
jf director* of the penitentiary with
this acknowledged fact, that whiskey
had been brought to the penitentiary
for Mr Hamster by order of Captain
Sanders, I was looking1 for my governor,
who had cried aloud, "Woe to
Ye Violators of the Prohibition law,"
to not only ask for resignations, but
pron-ed to prosecute; but I read in
the same account that you said,
"These things should not occur
again," which analyzed, means that
since a man breaks a law only once,
he is excused, though he brakes every
law. If every person in South Carolina
could break the law once get by
with it, then what would become of
the people?
Your consistency, sincerity, and
fairness ?
I was in the office of 'the penitentiary
when the two sisters sent
up from Pickens county for violation
of the prohibition law, and
who had served about six months
of a year's sentence, were discharged,
authorized by parole from you. These
two sisters impressed me as having
never had the opportunity, intellectually,
educationally or financially, to
be other than humblest laborers. I
listened to the reading of the condition
of your parole, which was for
them to leave the state, or if ever
seen in this state they were to be
brought back to the ;>enitentiary and
made to Berve the balance of their
sentence. The humble cottage that
they called home, friends or loved
ones, those sick or well, the graveyard
that contained the remains of
their departed loved ones, could never
be seen by them again. I have never
been strong on parolls "to leave the
state" and this case convinced me I
was right.
I know of others, who had as littie
as a half pint of whiskey in their
bedrooms, who were convicted, serving
sentence, petitioned you for parole
or pardon and you are letting
them serve their time, which is as
long as a year. I have my first drink
of whiskey to drink and am in favor
of enforcing all laws, including the
prohibition law, but why be so exact- ]
ing of some people and to others who j
arc in responsible. positions and who ;
know right from wrong, say to them I
"These things should not occur
again?"
You campaigned South Carolina,
declaring on every stump that, if
you were elected governor, you would
demand the strictest honesty in the
administration of the penitentiary.
with Superintendent Pearman
acknowledging to the fact he and
Captain Sanders have been taking
nv.lk, butter,, cream, pork, sausage,
beef, but hazy as to gas in private
cars, meal and grits, you are quoted
as saying. "These things should not
occur again." This same news story
gave as undisputed exidence that fou^
helpless prisoners were cursed in thj
vilest language by Captain Sanders
and you are quoted as saying, "Thesd
things should not occur again."
In 1923 the general assembly fount
the power to elect the board of directors
of the penitentiary their.-,
and the governor ex-officio member'
they thought it wise to empower ,
the governor to appoint the members
of the board, with power to remove
tor cause, and at the same time take
away from hipi the power to be a
member of thf^bonrd. I am co-author
of the law. It was not considered for
the best to have the governor appoint
and then, if he would to undertake
to drive his appointees to do
his bidding. I would refer you to
acts 1923, page 224, No. 149.
In one of your church talks, on
Snndayryoir tp the constitution."
The constitution guarantees
to a man accused of as low a
crime as that of treason (the lowest
of all crime) that before he sha.l W
convicted, he must be faced with two
witnesses, testifying against him as
to the same overt act, yet you were
willing to have me found guilty of
cause for removal by Superintendent
Pearman, who brought no charges,
against me of his own knowledge,
all of it was what others had told
him all of which I brant led a* a he
there and then, and demanded to he
faced by my accuser and you as
cha.rman did not permit or demand,
that I met my accuser.
(Mr. Wighbman in his concluding
paragraph recommends to the gov-^
ernor that he investigate for himself <
various alleged irregularities in the
state prison. ,The State . lacking independent
information, is not in po-.
sit ion to give purrency to such allegations
as thus presented. Mr. Wightman,
ufter citing alleged abuses,
concludes his letter: "After you have'
made these investigations and reported,
I will gladly point you to
other things that might show that
while 1 was not ao loyal to this mis-'
management of the penitentiary, I
urn loyal to my atatc and to riybt.") 1
Your? for litfht,
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
(Court of Common Pleas)
Henry Savage, Plaintiff,
against
Judith Williams, Frances Hart, Rosa
Deas, Abram M. Jones, Jessie
Adamson, Essie Adamson and Lizzie
Adamson, Defendants.
TO THE DEFENDANTS Jessie
Adamson, Essie Adamson and Lizzie
Adamson.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to answer the complaint
in this action, of which a copy is
herewith served upon you, and to
serve a copy of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at
my office in Camden, S. C., within
twenty days after the service hereof,
exculsive of the day of such service;
and if you fail to answer the complaint
within the timg aforesaid, the
plaintiff in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
HENRY SAVAGE, JR.,
Plaintiff's Attorney
Dated June 2U, 1(J28
TO THE DEFANDANT, Jessie
Adamson, Essie Adamson and Lizzie
Adamson:
Please take notice that the original
Summons and Complaint in the above
entitled action is on file in the Office
of the Clerk of Court, Kershaw
County, State <>f South Carolina.
HENRY SAVAGE, JR.,
Plaintiff's Attorney
Death of Mth. J. M. Knowles i
Mrs. Lavina Knowles, wife of Rev.
J. M. Knowles, died last Saturday
morning at 5:30 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Dessie Sowell, and
her remains were taken to Camdtn
Sunday afternoon for burial, in the
Camden city cemetery at 4 o'clock.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. G. P. Watson, pastor of the
Lyttleton Street Methodist chdrch,
of which Mrs. Knowles was a member,
assisted by Rev. G. W. Davis,
pastor of the Kershaw Methodist
church, who accompanied the funeral
party to Camden.
Mrs. Knowles, who passed her seventy-sixth
birthday December It,
1027, and her husband, Rev. J. M.
Knowles, came to Kershaw from
Camden about six months ago to
make their home with their daughter,
Mrs. Dessie Sowell, who resides jn
the Kershaw mill village. Mrs.
Knowles had been practically an invalid
for about eight months, and,
while her condition varied from time
to time,- her health continued to
steadily decline until she pasted
away on Saturday morning. Had she
lived until the eighteenth of July,
next, she and her husband would have
celebrated their golden wedding.
Mrs. Knowles possessed a strong
Christian character, was cheerful .in
disposition, and bore Jier long suffering
with Christian fortitude and resignation.
She is survived by her
husband, Rev. J. M. Knowles, and two
daughters, Mrs. Janie Krepps, of
- t-;- ' , . .
| near Camden, arm Mrs. DessieSriB
of Kershaw.?Kershaw Era. 9
Joseph Landrum Howell,
; prominent in political fights at 8pfl
. tanburg following the Civil war,4fl
there Wednesday aged 80 years, fl
was an active Red Shirt and hdjfl
listed as a 16 year old soldier,
| not see active service in the warjH
served seven terms as chairmasfl
' the commissioners and superviaor'jB
J pushed the building of the Spadf^H]
' burg county courthouse and cof^E
; farm. From 1911 to 1917,
major domo of the capital at Wl
lngton, and since then has been ia^B
jdining health. He is survived bylfl I
i widow to whom he was marrjtd
| years ago, two sons and thaw dau^B
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VACANT SCHOLARSHIPS
A vacant scholarship in Kershaw
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examination to Ik- held at the county
seat on Friday, July .13th. Applicants
must be at leust sixteen and
not more than twenty years of age,
and must meet the educational re
quirements for admission to the
freshman class, which are a certificate
from nn accredited l'ouf-yoa'*
high school, covering fifteen uhits,
or an equivalent examination.
Thi.-. scholarship covers tuition,
board, hospital, laundry, room, and
an allowance for uniforms.
The Citadel is a liberal arts college.
offering elective* in rivi) eng
nett ing. science, language and
literature, and business administration.
It has an excellent military system,
having been rated by the Wa: Department
continuously for many years
as "distinguished military college."
An inspector says of it:
It is so superior In all its methods,
it must be classed nlone."
It provides thorough physical training
of all students under competent
supervision, and encourages all slhletic
sports.
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Col. O. J. Pond, president.
C!bl. O. J. BOND. President.
The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.
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