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PARDON HKVOKB UPHELD Ben Jk-a* To Berve Remainder of IIim I Sentence Bay* Judge < . Aug. 23.?The revoking by < n?\ i-rnor Richards of a pardon t gi hiiu-iI lit ii Ben*., Florence negro, r v,a:, sustained today in an opinion ? liy .Judge \\ . J J. Townaend of l he 1 riTiiit tourt. The ruling of Judge 1 iovsi oend, gr.cn at the end of argu- t. ii.nil of the eftbc before followed the t - ibn itting to him by J. C. Town- 1 -end, master in equity of Kx-bland oun'y, of "findings in fact" obluine I i at .i recent hearing ' 1 lii argument today followed the \ njioit of the master which was ren- i i;eit ? sever a) days ago, which held r ' oat no fraud had been practiced in t oi.'a. nng the affidavit from the wo- ( man r. * he car \ which wa- used to ( m a. i a surtpenviorj of sentence and j I a e i a full and complete pardon for i Less, who was convicted in Florence I (oun'y on a charge of rape. The t victim, a white woman, when ?he t learn (1 tha* she would probably face i a charge of jierjury in the state 1 courts, after Bess had been pardoned, t repuniated her statement contained ( in the affidavit in which she exoner- \ a ted Bess from guilt. i Representing the state in the hear- I j ing today was Attorney General J \ John M. Daniel, assisted by C'ordie t Page N. J. Frederick, negro at- f torney of ( olumbia, and A. L. King, .' i?f Florence, appeared in behalf of ; 1 Bess. I t The argument today centered 1 i around two questions propounded by t the court. Did the woman know the t contents of the affidavit? This question, said the' court, had boen iin- ] sweietl by the master in the negative. ! The other question involved was . 1 whether the affidavit wu^ obtained by i fraud or used fraudulently to obtain fraud. If the payment of the $T?0 which the woman accepted after signing the I affidavit was for the purpose of car- . rymg out the fraud, bribery would < result, the court said. i Counsel for Bess attempted to ; s).i<w that ail efforts of the woman < o\<: a period of years to obtain money from Bess for assistance that 1 she might render in an effort to get i a pardon for him, had come from ' h? w ??m.tn. and no offers were made by Bess or members of his family, or fiiends. No testimony to the con-j liaiy \va- included in the record in llm case. , In reviewing the testimony in the j case. Attorney General Daniel point-j cd out that John Timmons, Florence j merchant, before whom the woman's' alfidavit was made, testified that' "Bess had suffered long enough for i wnat he had done," indicating guilt i on the part of Bess although the affidavit over the woman's signaturestated that Bess was not guilty. Mr. Daniels also pointed out that Gover- ' nor Richards relied on the faith and accuracy of the affidavit in par-, doning him. "If this case results in Ben Bess going ha iC to the penitentiary for ( completion of service of the sentence.j (T thirty years imposed on him at time of conviction, it will result in an abominable, impossible and insuf- 1 ferable condition in South Carolina," , safd A. L. King, in arguing that no proof of fraud had been offered. "The constitution gives the gov- j ernor the right to pardon, but it does not give h.m the right to revoke a full and complete pardon and reincarcerate In the state penitentiary in a case like the one at hand," he continued. "The executive depart-' inert of the state government is attempting to suspend the statutes." he, declared, adding that "if the gover- j nor of the state were not interested in the case, it would never have reached the courts." At the conclusion of the hearing today, Mr. King announced that the case would be carried to the United States supreme court if necessary in order to free Bess. He also said that counsel was prepared to file an appeal to the state supreme court. ? i Nine prisoners, one a convicted' murderer, sawed their way out of the jail at Newport, Ky., Friday night Fight hacksaw blades were found in the cells. ???_ I Three persons were drowned and between 300 and 400 were rescued in boats when the waters of Rondout creek engulfed a country club near Fllenvillr. X. Y.. Sunday. Following its policy of getting rid of United States silver coins in Cuba, the government will shortly ship to the Philadelphia mint coins totaling half a million dollars. Miss Iu?ddie Sharp, 17, a London girl, last week succeeded in swimming the Fnglish channel from Cape Gris Net, France, to Dover, Fngland. She was 16 hours and 5 minutes in tW water. Miss Sharp is . the! fifteenth person to swim the channel. 1 | " *" BUILDING OF THE 3'Ca toad Surmounted Many Difficulties Jjeforc Completion ThU month of August, lt)28, inarktt he end of the fortieth year since the ails of the Charleston, Cincinnati md Chicago ittilroad were laid into t'oikville and from here on to Blacks- ] >urg, where the line was connected! ip with the rails that had already jeen laid from that point to Marion, S*. I . The building of the Three G'a raiload, now the Marion and Kiugtiville >ranch ?>f the great Southern system, ear .1 very precarious undertaking ind "ne that wuh accomplished unler very difficult circumstances. It Aa^ largely financed by its proraot !-. the Massachusetts and Southern 'o!,-w action company, a Boston corj?,:ation formed for the purpose, by meant- of bonds secured from the :ownships of the several counties hrotigh which the line was pryject*d. Most of the townships subscrib d bonds in various amounts for the luildiiig of the line through its terriory. The promoters of the Three "s road, as it was then known, likevise had u very large idea in mind n its promotion. The line as projected, according to its promoters, vus to eventually run from Charleson to Catlettaburg, Ky., but long beore it got across the mountains of s'orth Carolina, the eastern end of Tennessee and the state of Kenucky, the construction company had cached the end of its resources and he line was never carried further han Marion. One of the builders of the road was Major John F. Jones, who came to South Carolina from Springfield, Mass. for that work, and* it was, it ! might be said, entirely due to the wonderful executive ability of Major Jones to get things done regardless of almost uiisurmountabie barriers, lhat the rails were ever laid to Blacksburg. 'When the rails were lown as far as Yorkville, the financial resources of the promoters were about at an end. Before certain ither moneys could be secured from bond issues the contract called for the laying of tho rails into Blacksburg and the actual running of a train into that town by a certain date. The contractor putting down the rails was a man named Taylor. Taylor knew that the funds were about exhausted, but at the insistence of Major Jones he proceeded with the work and finally the rails reached Blaeksburg, the state railroad commission certified the fact and the bonds and the money therefrom werj fo rthcoming. Major Jones sometime ago told the reporter quite a funny thing in connection with the laying of the final rails inly Blaeksburg. The majors's story was about like this: "We were out of money and the only way we could get any more bonds was to get a train into Blacksburg over those rails by a certain (iate. I had notified the railroad commis sion that we were about ready for an inspection of the line and '..anted a certificate to the effect that a train had passed up bringing the representative of the commission. The rails were not all laid?they were still being laid as fast as human strength could do it. Finally the train carrying the commission's representative got so close up on the rail layers that we had to stop the train, and he was told that there was a car off the track ahead. That hung us up for a couple of hours. There wasn't any car off the track, the track wasn't there. But finally we did run that train into Blaeksburg, late that evening and ran it ovet some rails that had only five or six ties under them. But then we got the certificate, though the commissioner was inclined to hold out or us, and only grated the certificate after assurances were given that tht proper number of ties would he put under the rails within the next day or two and they were." As stated above the above is no1 quoting Major Jones verbatim, but it is in effect what he said in telling the story.?Yorkville Enquirer. Charles A. Levine, Atlantic flyer is preparing to attempt a flight fron England to America. Miss Boll wil perhaps he a passenger when th? flight starts. Authorities of Akron, Ohio, art carrying on an intensive drise againsl vice and the underworld in that city An attempt was made Sunday r.ighi to assassinate Kyle Ross, councilman who is in charge of the drive againsl vice. A total of $3,000,000,000 was moved through the street* of New Yorl recr.niy in broad daylight. Th< m? ney and securities were the prop erty of the Chase National hank and was moved to the new home of th< hank five block* away from the ok banking offices. gcaagHsgr" timmmmmmaaammmM Get* //is Living Raining Snaken in 9 Charleston. Aug1, 26.?*Many people choose peculiar livelihoods, -but H. E1-' liaon M .t< hell, who lives near here, has one <>i the strangest. He raises snake.> foi ,i living and likes his work. "Thiough experience," he says, "I have found that snakes are cleaner, more k acoful, more beautiful in 1 color, :n design and in characteristics, and more sensible than any wild animal I have ever known?includ-1 ing the racoon and panther." ^ Alone in the swampy .woods of Berkelcv county, Mitchell lives with his snakes. He sells them to zoos all over th. country, to scientific laboratories and a few to people for pets. Mitchell takes real pride in his strange profession. A former student of Kings College, Nova Scotia, ho studies the reptiles and their ways. And he invites the visitor to inspect'1 his stock in trade. A rattlesnake will not bother you, except its a last resort," Mitchell ex| plains. "They make every effort to avoid human beings. You see that little fellow over there? That's a cottonmouth moccasin but he's every bit as dangerous as this big rattler if antagonized." "What do you feed them?" Mitchell was asked. "Nothing," he replied. "They can go six months without eating, and I seldom keep them more than two weeks. It isn't necessary to feed them. Sometimes, however, they catch mice." George E. Brennan, late political leader of Illinois, left an estate of $.100,000. His wife and daughters are the principal beneficiaries under his will. Death of Mrs. J. W. Kilgo Mrs. Elizabeth D. Kilgo, aged 67, I wife of Dr. J. W. Kilgo, pastor of the First Methodist church of Lancaster, died Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock in a Charlotte hospital after a brief illness, where she had j been taken for treatment a few days previously. Mrs. Kilgo had been in poor health for several months and had been receiving hospital treatment. Of late her condition showed apparent improvement. Mrs. Kilgo is survived by her husband, who 's pastor at Lancaster; two sons, B. L. Kbgo of Savannah, Ga? and Jas. I P. Kilgo of Darlington; three daughj ters, Miss Kate I). Kilgo of GreenI wood, S. C.; Mrs. Emma West of ' Hendersonville, N. C\; Mrs. Martha j ^j^>son of Gibson; a brother, C. . N. Coppedge of Wadesboro, N. C., I and two sisters, Mrs. James Plunk| ett and Miss Martha Coppedge, both i o? \Y adesboro. I he funeral servic; es and interment took place Tuesday afternoon in Darlington from the home of her son, James Kilgo, I the Rev. R. L. Gunter of Columbia and Rev. B. R. Turnipseed of Rock | Hill, officiating.?Lancaster News. ! mmmm L1MEH0USE LOSES OUT ;< Enure Faction Beaten in Dorchester County Tuesday St. Geoige, Auk- -# ?"Bossy" j LimehoU)? , for 12 years sheriff of I Dorchester county and leader of the < faction which has controlled the ! county's government for more than a i d*et?>lc. swept to defeat along 1 with his entire ticket in the countj election here today. ( andulates of the "1). K. L., u" organization said by the Lirnehouse f<i ion to be controlled by the Ku KLix Klan, won every office except th<*t of auditor. Tonight Lirnehouse opponents are celebrating the end of :.;s reign in all parts of the county Herbert II. Jessen, youthful mayor ot .Summerville, won the race wit.'i I.imchouse for sheriff by a majority of 393 votes. R. Lon Weeks, St. George attorney, defeated State Senator H. H. Grcss, of Harleyville, by 3h5 votes. Jessen polled a total of 1,925 votes to 1,(116 for Lirnehouse. Weeks had a total of 1,955, while Gross's total was 1,570. Tonight "D. R. L." leaders are proclaiming a new day for Dorchester. Bossism upon which they had based their fight is no more, they say. They attribute the victory to the Dorchester's growing discontent of the dominance of the Lirnehouse faction. M. J. Moorer defeated W. H. I'earcy 1,037 to 1,5G1 for the house of representatives. The biggest single group of voters in the county cast their ballotes at what is known as the Dorchester poll in Summerville where approximately 775 voters were registered. It was here that both Sheriff Limeihouse and Mayor Jessen chose to spend the day. It was the strategic point. Congressman Tom tlonnally has defeated Senator Earie B. Mayfield for the Democratic nomination for the United States senate from Texas. Congressman Blanton has also been defeated for the nomination. i ! Mayor Bossy Gillis of Newburyport, Mass., having recently been sentenced to jail for 330 days for violation of city laws, is threatening to publish a scandal sheet under the name of "Bossyism." He says it would take him fifty years to tell al he knows about the people of , his town. , Resumes Tractive Dr. J. H. Thomas, well known colored physician ha? returned to the j city and resumed his practice at 933 South Broad street. L)v. Thomas at- ! tended the National Medical Association in Baltimore and also attended clinics in some of the best hospitals in Baltimore and Philadelphia, Pa,, and he feels that he is better prepared to give the service necessary for the relief of suffering humanity. ?Adv. Chester Colored Couple Killed Bp Voltage Edward Gladden, well-known and highly esteemed colored cltlw#i and hi* wift?? Perseiisa, met with instant ieath last night in an outbuilding in the rear of their home on Columbia street by coining in contact with an ordinary 110-volt drop iighi. The?V bodies were not discovered until this mo/nihg, A gash on the weman's head, which had bled copiously, was probably received when she fell and her head struck a plank. The Gladdens had attended preaching services, and had left their automobile on the street, owing to the torn-up condition of the bridge that leads into their premises.' They are thought to have gone to the building it) the rear to look after their chickens, or on some other errand, and may have gone together, or singly. At any rate the woman must have reached out to seize the light, and as she turned on the current she probably sank, and her husband, not realizing what had occurred, probably seized her, and as she was still tightly gripping the wire the deadly current passed into his body too. From the position of the two bodies others are disposed to believe that the man was killed first. Not until this morning when the couple's ten-year old son, Hilliard, who had spent the night at a neighbor's, began a search for his parents, was the awful tragedy known. In a short time a considerable part of the population of Chester had gathered. The eyth floor of the out-building in which the tragedy occurred is still very wet from the recent rains, and this condition may have been responsible for intensifying the voltage. Mr. J. V. Brookshire, Manager of the Southern Public Utilities % Co., said this morning that he was absolutely unable to say what was responsible, but would begin a searching investigation at once. He called attention to a number of tragedies of like character which have occurred in bathrooms when the floor happened to be wet. Chester has never been visited by a more unfortunate and regrettable accident than that of last night, which snuffed out the lives of two hardworking, highly thought-of colored citizens. The body of Persessa was badly burned on the left side, while her hands were a mass of raw flesh. The out on the head was profb&Jblf^ received when she fell. One of Ed Gladden's hands was burned, and his coat was charred where he had come in contact with the flames. In all probability he had reached out to his wife to protect her when he had realized that something was wrong, and died in that way.?Chester Reporter. Misses. Loree and Cecile Truesdale are visiting friends in Augusta. 9 i J -SHI BimiUNBJUEWg N^fl Hsppehlngs of l..t, ,,hl M t B Our Regular Corr?.#po^J|j< 9 Bethune, Aug, 28. Thr"*JlB of the local Ep worth 1 JN9 few invited guests jmnfcJ wiTB delegates from the Sumter ' "J*9 ence leagues, who were f.lvJW Bi* SurinK, in a last Thursday evening. *9 The Boihune schools vm|| b*?t 9 fall session Mondny mornj V tomber .'h<l with the follows. ^9 of teachers: J. C. Foster 5,?9 tendent; Mrs. K. K 'lumpkiSiBfl pal high school and u-a<-|i,.r' T'?B tory; H. B. Park,,, Thelma Stroman, Knirli.k' French; Miss Eloise Miller *9 emetics; Miss Eddie liradhsni i!fl and English: Miss I'. ..y K ' ?9 economics. Grammui -xhool?R sell Burns, princi j>;.T and athuB coach; Miss Carrie Vurbroueh fcB lish and reading; M Stella iB tune, history and (ieogruphy lfl Marie Horton, fourth grade- 9 Mary C. Grier, third grade- SB Beulah Pennington, secoud ' tJH Misp Helen Snelgrovc, ftr8t ^9 Tim rod grammar school, Mi?? 9 Miller, principal; Mis? Margie br9 assistant, Shamrock grammar sclufl Miss Mamie Coker, principal- ttfl Sue Hendrix assistant. ' The election passed off yen mB ly here on Tuesday. Aljnotf *B vote was polled. The results 9 given elsewhere in the ChronickB The residence on South MsinitiB owned by Mr. Frank Elliott and9 cupied by Mr. Askens and fsmH?? Hartsville, who had recently asB here to open up a furniture btui^9 was destroyed by fire WedntiJ afternoon. The family was awd^H the time and very little of thsj^B ture was saved. The origin #9 fire is unknown. Mrs. Betty Clyburn and daud^l Miss Orlena who have been ipB the summer with relatives m9 thune left Sunday for their ho9<;-:< Clermont, Fla. Miss Stella Bethune and Mn^H Z. Truesdell accompanied by Katherin and Margaret TruesdnB June Truesdell have been ?.9 mountains of North Carolina for 9 past week. 9 Mr. and Mrs. John Hosier initial son Tom, of Epps, Fla., are vhitii9 relatives here. Mr. Mayo Davis is in Detroit, Hi^B where he went to purchase Chry?9 automobiles. Mrs. Mayo Davis is visiting k9 parents at Dothan, Ala. - -(^9 Alvin ' Clyburn and Mack DnB spent the weekend at Myrtle Bw9 Mr. and Mrs. Paul SmitVsMj^| tie son John Watts accompanied 19 their sister and brother-in-law,J9 and Mrs. E. E. Austin from s9 Charlotte, are on a camping trip{9 the mountains. * | Mr. John D. Sanders, Jr, known young Chester boy, died il9 mosr instantly Wednesdasy^romjl juries received when he pole at Stuart, Fla., near b^9 while wdrking with a crew men for the Florida Light ttf{j^9 Company. 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