The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 29, 1912, Image 1
THE BaRJSTWELL
VOL. XXXV
BARNWELL. S. li, THURSDAY. AUGUST 29.1912
PRIMARY TICKETS
60?. BLEASW CflAROE PROVES
TO BE FALSE
PLENTY TICKETS SENT
Christie Benet, Secretary of Demo
cratic Committee, Makes Public
Letters Showing That J. T. Richey,
TURNED MANY LOOSE
B LEASE'S PARDOV RECORD IS
PRINTED BELOW.
In a Little Over One Year and Six
Months He Has Released Nearly
Four Hundred Criminals.
Governor Bleafle has exerctlgA •'
clemency In 3 82 cases since he as
sumed the office of Governor of
South Carolina on January 17, 1911.
Of those receiving clemency at his
hands 85 had been convicted of mur-
of Pickens, Was Given Ballots as der and were serving sentences and
Requested.
At the campaign meeting at Pick
ens on Wednesday In reference to
his charge that the Jones people in
tend to count him out, If possible,
Governor Blease said he had receiv
ed a letter from J. Manly Smith, ex-
sherlff of Lee county, saying that
State Chairman John Gary Evans
had sent the Lee county chairman
two thousand tickets for use In the
primary, whereas there are three
84 had been convicted of manslaugh
ter, making 169 homicide cases In
which the Governor granted clem
ency. Twenty-three persons convict
ed of assault and battery with intent
to kill have beep the recipients of
clemency at the hands of the pres
ent Governor.
The list of" crimes In which the
Governor has exercised clemency run
all the category from murder to per
jury, Including six who had been con
victed of rape, two of attempted rape,
three for crimes against children,
GRAFTERS TRAPPED
BURNS TELLS HOW THE DETROIT
GANG WAS CAUGHT
USED THE DICTAGRAPH
The Police Court Examination of One
Jbf the Boodle Aldermen Brings
Out the Testimony of the Man Be-
THE WAGES OF SIN
CAUGHT AFTER A LONG HUNT
FOR A BANK DEFALCATION.
TEDDY IS HIT AGAINl * ™l *™ck
Took the Money to Speculate In Real
Estate and Lost It In Several Bad
Deals.
PENROSE SAYS HE ACCEPTED
STANDARD’S COIN.
John A. Flack, the defaulting cash
ier of the Abilene State Bank, of Ab
ilene, Has., was arrested in New
York Wednesday afternoon by de
tectives of a surety company, lie ad
mitted his identity and sai l he would
hind the Snare That Landed Eigh- ^ a< ^ v * )ac ^ a, \ ( ^ 9 t a *' ( T trial. The
shortage, he admits, is more than
$75,000. He has been missing since
September, 1910.
Flack was taken into custody as a
result of a decoy advertisement In a
WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT
thousand names on the dub rolls of BOVen for ar80n . nineteen for vlola-
Lee County. I tlon of the dispensary law, one foV
teen Grafting Aldermen.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich.,
says testimony of W. J. Brennan, a
detective, was the feature of the po-j local paper. The advertisement of-
lic e court examination of “Honest fered employment In an East Side
Tom” Gllnnan, the first of the elgh- establishment. Flack answered the
teen aldermen recently arrested on advertisement and was taken In
bribery charges to be tried. It was charge by two detectives. He ad-
Brennan’s evidence that resulted in mitted his Identity, declaring he was
Whe arrests of the aldermen and Coun- glad to hear his own name once
ell Clerk Edward Schrelter.
. 'Brennan went Into details of the
more.
I’ve been going under assumed
trapping of the aldermen up to the names.’’ he said, “until I am sick and
time hs alleges that he. representing, tired of It. I want to be myself once
The Governor said also that the fKduc,ion> three for bl K am . v - Rich- himself to be an official of the Wa- more. I'm ready to go back to Kan-
Plckens county chairman had been land Count y hearls the Ust in the bash railroad, paid Gllnnan $1,000 sas and face th e music. I have no
furnished two thousand tickets less' clomenry column - having forty-one'for his influence In granting the rail- excuses to offer. I did what I knew
than asked for. Lee and Bickens are c:i8f ‘ 8 t0 her credit - Spartanburg road's request for the use of a city to be wrong. I lost my nerve at the
both Blease counties, said the Gov- l ' om, ' a second with twenty - five, street for building purposes. | wrong moment ajid now there Is
ernor. who decid-d the State chair- f:rt ‘ < “ nvl110 18 ,hird wlth twenf y- An -j Alderman Thlessen's case came up nothing left for to do but to take
man's alleged action In regard to the d, ‘ r8on 18 a cln8e fourth with nine- yesterday. Disposition was reserved my medicine.”
tickets showed “They are trying to t, ‘ en ' and r harleston has fifteen. | In the cases against Aldermen Broze, The former cashier attributed his
count me out ” 1 ’ rom tho timp *as Inaugurated Roenthal, Lynch, O'Brien and Koenig downfall to "land fever”. He took
The facts In the case are directly nnvprnor January 17, 1911, up to and the examinations of Alderman the bank's funds, he said, to pur-
in contradiction of the Governor's ’ he M T T1iadp h,B ro P ort t0 the r,pimp '. Mason, Ostrowskl, Tossy, chase “sure things” In city real es-
statement. In the first place the bal- f ”' n ° ral Assembly In January of this and Walsh will follow that of Alder- tate. which later turned out to be los-
lots for the State primary were not; yrar ' abo,)t onp y ‘ >ar ' B tlm °' the Gov -' ^
ian Gllnnan. Clerk Schrelter also ing propositions.
sent out bv John Gary Evans State Prnor had p * pr( ' 1,, '' d clemency in 317 was remanded for a week. \ "Before I left Kansas,” said he.
chairman, but bv Christie Benet of f '' 18f ' 8 ''mm that time on not nearly Brennan explained that he Is a “It was known among the officials of
Columbia, secretary of the State ex- f,R " ,any w, ' rp panted and ‘ho member of the staff of W. J. Burns the bank that there was a shortage
campaign opened very few convicts and that his home Is In Boston. He in my accounts. I thought, however,
have been the recipients of clemency told of coming to the city In April it was only about $?,n.noo to $35,OOfi
at Governor Blease's hands. Here and of takng offices as a representa- After I came to Vow York to rest up
tlve if the real estate department of mentally and physically I saw in the
M tinier. .
Manslaughter
Assault and battern w
kill
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1 forgery
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Ho'is-break'ng and larceny
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•cutlve committee
In reply to a letter written by Mr
Benst On July 13 asking how many ... .
ballots would be needed In Pickens , 8 ..Vj 0 _ pard ° n B *'
county. Mr Richey wrote on July 15.
“we vote about 3.500 In this county
and will bt* glad If you will send us
10,000 tickets " These tickets sera » . , ,
■ hipped to Mr Ritchie on August 1 5, and haftcry
by Mr. Benet.
On August 19 Mr Riche
Mr Benet acknowledging the receipt
of 10.000 State ?!r|<,(s and aided.
"I requeet l.V'Mi tickets Kindly
•end me the other two thousand a* I
will need that many ' Mr. RPhey's
first letter asked fur enlv Jo. tl-k
• ts. The additional If.Ootj tb kets
were sent Mr R.chey on August 2"
flov. Blease warped the re, .rd very
badly In hts spec h at Pu kens
Mr Hichey s letters to Se< re'ary
benet follows
“Christ!* Benet p§q S'ate sec
recary eve. ut i .iniu: .*’ee t'.>
1 um hi a S C
“1‘ear Sir Bephlng t > your fawr
of the t3 ma'ant t>ef t. sn' that w.
vote about 3 f.an In 'h.s c , t and
will b,. glad If you w 111 S' n ' * aNi i’
lO.i'O" tl< k« •» Th it w .1} g'ie US
enough marg'n t , pi sv on should
anything go wrutig w tb the t.ck't*
V > > u r s v • r y • r u i'
( Signed i J T Hn bey
“County Chairman Bickers C Mjntv
' Ihckens. S C July 1 5. 1 :> 1 2 '
“Hon Christie Beti't. Secretary
Htste Dent 'cratic Cot.umftte t’o
lOmbla, « C.
I'ear Sir I b.-g to acknowledge
receipt of od', ih! f. rr s for r. ' .• ns • f
first primary ais.i lonoo S'ate tick
ets I re u- ste l 12 1 . 1 t f ket*
Klnlly send me the other 2.0mj as I
will need that mauy
lours very tr ily.
(Signed I J T Richey
Coun'.' (. halfman
Pickens. S C, August 19, 1912 “
‘ Kindly ha'« balance of tlcke's
reach nie by Saturday If posaiLde. as
I want to ha'.o same In bands u f all
managers. M 'Uday. the 26 ” The 2 -
Ouu tlcksts In additb n to the lo.Ooo
already sent, wero shipped to Mr
Rlrhey on August 2 l1
In order to he absolutely sure that
the tb bets reached the county i bnlr-
man, Mr. Benet sent them postal*
with an attached card for reply, giv
ing the numb' r of tlchets shipped and
the date of shipment. Mr. Bend has
received acknowledgment of the re
ceipt of the tickets from practically
all county chairmen. Ho will wire
those from whom he has not heard
The lien County Case.
In his Pickens speech. Gov. Blease|
also *ald that J. Manley Lee, ex-'
sheriff of Lee County, had
him that only 2,000 tickets had been
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the Wabash railroad. He also en- papers that th* shortage was about
rag'd an adjoining office and had J'o.nno I then lost mv head com-
New England Historical Society,” pletely and could not summon the
printed upon Its doors nerve to return to my home town
7 The deteotIve then told of getting and friend* ”
7 acquainted with aldermen, of !m- With onlv $3fl0 he e*me to New
r, ■ reusing upon them the urgent de- y or v v !*h his wife and for the past
5 Vre Of the railroad for the Improve- two y.-ars he has been struggling for
12 ten’s of the street and of the oppo- .v's’cn’o d 'Ing odd Jobs on the
2 ft on to 'he proposal that was ex- dicks' In store houses and when the
rse<1 by several councllmen Fin- f. ar of deteclve* was not too great
he v.t.’ur*d In.’o ’.uslness offices In
the dowr’own district of the city to
,,ft
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Mfied Gllnnan came to hi*
arr.ingt nient* were made
i ' ■ «i ti g the S’ •■eet
elm nan. told me at that time he
n'c 1 'ii vs., me as a i ipe line t i St
" sail t h »• defect 1 y»»
Me i , 1 w mted for year* to get
'he \\ ih.isti railr ad. he Bald, and
urht he could ser'e the rotnp*ny
Peking Mf'-r Its tave* and o’her
"• ’•* !:i ti... i ty ha I He **11 hs
! v i- • a boa t $ 1 ■ " a month for
>" r \ • s
I !• •• ’•■ p*' I 'o say ' Alderman.
*':•«( * 1 * * s i g case has been re
el t»a k t i the c, n:!' • ee and I
'■‘Hen Is s . e d : t c ul'y, I* n t
do clerical
,-ork
BEATEN INTO INSENSIBILITY
state Authorities Scouring Country
for A s<>4^|ant«.
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OTHER DEAD.
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Mr Burns was
Pho*
John J f'lT'Y a
and head of the Hou»'on-"errv Man-
ii 'set u r 1 n g eonipany. was f, md In hi*
autoinohile along Hie roadside not far
Gorn hi* home at Seat trd, iiel
II, inlay It u supposed Hi*t roh-
(•rv was 'he motive for the crime.
h'’l ough Hr Ih rt v h»* not regained
^ Cl i leii* cor,si l usties* to |e|| any-
G'lng The *upponitlon I* ttiat Perry
*.is dr:' . tig along *o the u.'ll at. I was
a ,- aike,| Hum to-t.ind as '!.»* ha k of
1 :» head Is hud'v cr ish. ci *rid hole*
f "ind In the back cur'am of tho
tnai bite i fcoc tors s.vv his sk ill Is
'■a 'ured an I a tiulli’ wound was
■ 'I n: he bv k of *• •* load State
' it., r.tles. assis'. 1 to the |ioliie, aie
“ our.ng t h a' se,'.lot.n of ihe country
f"' 'be assa Hants
Mr Perry is about 5 it years of ago
arid has been '-ngig. ! in the lumber
business for the last '! :r'v \oars op
erating plaits In Mel tw are. Mary
land. \ Irginla and North Carolina
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REBELS lit T< IIKU AMKHK ANS.
Plans to Surprise Her But
Corpse Instead.
I Ind-
Edward Critn. aged nin-yfeen of
Moundsville. W \'a . secure/I a vaca-
t .on trom college and prepared to
surprise his mother by returning
hone without informing the family.
He quietly- slipped imp his mother's
lawn and tiptoed up to a window.j
w here a dim light Av
t here.
' I said. 'Mr Giinnan. allow me to
present William .1 Burns.’ and Glln-
t.an said, 'Pleased to meet you ' "
The witness then testified that
Gllnnan. when he realized his situa
tion, handed buck the money and
made a complete confession.
VI TO BANDIT IN ATLANTA.
Dodd and I’liillips Are Put to Death
In Mexico.
Two A mermans are reported to
li.t'e been deliberately murdered In
'he massacre of Nicaraguan troops by
thi Kehi Is at l.eon on August 19 One
was said to be Harvey Hood, of Mis-
s'-sippl and the other a man named
Phillips
The two men had been wounded
1 at:d were seeking refuge in a hospital
according to the report received at
i the statf^ department.
Dodd and Phillips were said to
a dim light was burning, he
written Paw his mother's body clothed In a But Police Department Hasan Auto havo heen'fighti'ng with government
, u | 8tl ^li'eVid died Xlonday and relatives' In Which to Chase Him. i AftPr th e defeat they were
sent to that county, choreas there k ,, n ‘ ul ea / a , r€Ianvos l 'taken to a hfspital t)a(lly wounded,
were three thousand name* on the C 011 ' 11 not ]oc ^ e ( rlm " ‘ '
club rolls.
Hr. Benet said Wednesday that
this was an error on his part which
he had corrected. Only 2,060 tickets
were sent to Lee County when L. L.
She had died Xlonday and relatives'
He fainted
from the Blujbk and is In'a serious,
condition. /
/
Prisoners to he Released.
The Jbts Apache Indian prisoners
Baker, County Chairman asked for j of war,, at Fort Sill, Okla , w ill he ro-
6,000. This mistake was corrected h'ase^ and turned over to the eecre-
Wednesday when Mr. Benet person-1 tary/of war, with an appropriation oft t'h'e'tlfl an™
ally delivered the additional 4,0001 ?y?0,000 for such disposition as he ! neck 8peed wlth
tickets to Mr. Baker who was In Co-j '/ay direct, according to the confer- his heels
lumbla. j /nce report on the Indian approprla-j ]t i8 an v i ntere8 t ing coincidence |
Mr. Benet purposely sent out th^tion hill agreed upon by managers of that the auto bandit has
the House and Senate.
The auto bandit has made his ap- ‘hen they were killed in the massaers
pearance in Atlanta. The new type whk-h followed. No further details
of criminal, produced first in Paris e^*' 8, ‘nt to \\ asliington.
and then in New York, will have to Trie killing: of Dodd and Phillips,
be figured with henceforth by the At- t !’ oll 1 ^ b 1 not entirely a parallel, recalls
lanta police, for a mysterious strang- . ” lining of Cannon and Groce by
er. in a high power touring car re- 'feia.as men In 1909, which resulted
cently smashed oosn a drug store, ' n an upheaval that oyerinrevv the
pod at break d ' rta,or out of 0, fi ce and him bo
yele cops on Europe an exile.
500,000 State tickets on August J/S
In order to allow plenty of time /or
correcting any such errors as that
ma3e In the shipment to Lee County.
Mr. Baker’s letter to Mr. IkejJet fol
lows: /
“Hon. Christie Benet, Seer^4ary ( Co
lumbia. S. C.
Dear Sir: In reply ttyyour circu-
yj*r letter of the 13th l/stant, beg to
named Freda Shafer gave him a
punch In the Jaw that disabled him
, .until the arrival of the police. The
•^y/hat we poll bet^fben 1,700 and hugger said he was In search of a
model for his New York studio.
Hermit's Love Was Enduring.
made his ap- Adolph Hufenhauser, a tyhchelor
pearance at a time when the police hermit of Hammond, Ind/ found
fi-i 1 'nvw'in-4. xi.. n , n department for the first time in its nearly dead from starvation, had Just
Girl I um new . Ian in Jaw. history will be able to meet him on written this note: "Strife/and worry
M. Silverfleld of New York city, > his ovyn ground. The police depart-1 may fade the bloom ob youth, but
was arrested at Wilkes-Barre, Pa., I ment has a touring car too, and It is leva’s first dream remains forever In
for entering private houses and em- believed it may prove of unexpected the heart.” Hufenhavtser came from
bracing women. A young womanluse in case the auto bandit appears Gertfcany more than/nfty years ago,
again. ^ -. . /
Honest Men Will OH Their Dues, is
an Old Adage that is Being Veri
fied by the Ijeaders of the Repub
lican Party Telling on Eatb Oth
er.
The Republican leaders are telling
on one another, and confirming what
the Democrats use to say of them
and the trusts. In & careful, delib
erate speech In the Senate on Wed
nesday, Senator Penrose replied to
charges made regarding a certificate
of deposit for $25,000 sent to him by
John D. Archbold of the Standard
Oil Company In 1904.
Senator Penroee admitted receiv
ing that sum from MlYAxch.bold, but
asserted it was part of a contribu
tion of 125,000 made by Archbold to
the Republican national campaign
fund, $100,000 of which, he said, was
to be paid to the national committee
and $25,000 to himself for use in
Pennsylvania.
“President Roosevelt hnd been ad
vised of the contribution,” Senator
Penrose said. He said that later Cor
nelius N. Bliss, then treasurer of the
national committee, asked for anoth
er contribution of $160,000 from
Archbold and his associaTee “Inter-
ostod In the Standard OH Company”.
“The demand was urgent, Insis
tent. I may say Imperative, and it
was represented that It came direct
from I’realdent Roosevelt," said Pen-
ro»* forcefully.
William Flynn, Rooeevett’s leader
In Pennsylvania, was scored by Pen
rose The Senator charged that In
1 9o4 Flynn offered him and Israel W
Durham $1,000,000 or $2,000,000”
.f they would foster hts caadldacy to
the Senate to succeed Senator Quay.
Senator Penrose read what purported
t > be copies of telegrams to Show
that Flynn asked John D. Archbold
to assist him In beln^ elected.
Senator Penrose also attacked E
V Van Valkenberg. editor of the
i hlladelphia North American, ami
•• f'-rred to the “effrontery, hypoerm-
v at. I mendacity of the Van Valken-
• - r riv nn combination”.
Ihe galleries of the Senate were
L id and wer* bright with feminine
, in response to the announce
:i’ r "'i' ttiat Senator Penroee was to
-, V
I •• "nor was crowded with Sena-
• r« ! member* of the House He
'■ mi tils speech from printed proofs
Ai.d talked slowly and impresalvely
At the eunclualon of his speec.i
the Senator promised further dle-
■ >" » Senator Stone of Miesoarl
a**' J him If he knew anything of the
r"ntr!bution of E. H Harrlman to
the 19«'4 Republican campaign fund
J he papers are on file and letters
“ sxM Mr Pen rose, “which I
"i' k diiMn* the campaign will see
t •• lU’ht <>f .lay 1 think If would he
■ rv tj. ntli'.xl to the country if they
o'.oil'd ti. ixnme public "
u here are they now'’" asked Sen-
a* or Si onm
II.i t., are hidden In the archives
• f c a:..p.xlgu committees. In the cel-
'trs utni vaults of business men. and
: the ' ffio« of lawyers.” returned
na'or I’enrose “I think the time
has come when these charge* should
!*r no-t and the American people
should no longer Y>e gulled by an
swers which insinuate that another
an Is a Bar.”
Senator I’. nrose had the clerk read
i newspaper Interview with Col
Itnosixudt In which the latter was
q'mted ns saying that Penrose had
• i 'hing to do with the presidential
c.ttiipalgn of 1964 The Senator said
h* wm a member of the national
(Iimmittee and chairman of the
Pennsylvania State committee, and
cumiucted the campaign in Pennsyl-
v a n i a.
'Mr President, Is this ingratitude,
mendacity or political aphasia?” he
demanded.
A ripple of laughter greeted this
qu estlon.
Senator Bacon asked to whom the
$2,000,600 was to be paM by the “cit
izen who wanted to be elected to the
Senate?”
“I Suppose either to Mr. Durham
or mys'elf," responded Mr. Penrose.
“We did not get that far In the con-
aldeyatlon of the business.”
Senator Culberson of Texas, seeing
a psvchological opportunity railed up
his till] forbidding campaign contri
butions by corporations and limiting
the amount to be contributed by In
dividuals to $5,000.
A filibuster developed against the
measure and after thirty-eight sena
te's had forced a half dozen roll
calls on It the Senate was foced to
adjourn.
MADE ON AGED MINISTER IN
SPEECH AT NEWBERRY.
Governor Blease Said He Had Been
Afflicted Because of Dirty, Slan
derous Articles.
The Newberry Observer says:
Much Indignation has been felt In
Newberry, and no doubt elsewhere,
against the cruel and vindictive lan
guage used by Governor^ Blease in his
speech on campaign day here in ref
erence to Newberry ministers; partic
ularly so as It is generally under
stood that his language had special
reference to one of those ministers.
Rev. Geo. A. Wright, who was recent
ly stricken with paralysis at the home
of his daughter in Greenville.
Mr. Wright *0$ pastor of the First
EJaptlst Church la Newberry for
twenty-one years, beginning with the
opening of his ministeriid. career;
and it la not too much to set that no
man who ever lived here was more
highly or more universally esteemed.
He Is a man without guile, e devoted
and consistent follower of hie Mas
ter; a man who ’while phyaldally able
‘ went about doing good”.
The ‘‘dirty alanderoua articles” tbs
Newberry mlnisteri “wrote” about
Mr. Blease four years ago consisted
solely of the folldwlng statement
I'ubllfhed by them after he had said
lu public speeches in distant coun
ties, "If you want to know how I
stand In Newberry, write to the pas
tors of the churches there ahd ask
them"—a reference they had not au
thorized him to make:
"Inaamuch as letters of inquiry re
ceived from different sections of the
State reveal the fact that unwarrant
ed Inferences as to the attitude of the
ministers of the town of Newberry
are being drawn from certain state
ments made publicly by Hon. Gole L.
Blease In hts canvass for the office of
governor, we deem It our duty to say
that w e do not, directly or Indirectly,
endorse his candidacy.
“Signed» Edward Fulenwlder,
Pastor Lutheran Church of the R«-
deemer.
"G. A. Wright.
"Pastor First Baptist Church.
"D G. Phillips.
“Pastor A R. Presbyterian Church.
“J. T. Miller, ^
Ts*tor O'Nsall St. M. E. Church.
“A. H. Best.
"Pastor Now berry Circuit”
Of the ministers whose name are
• fne<l to the above statemsnt. Mr,
E il. nw I.!»t Is still ths pastor of the
I title ran Church of ths Redeemer
ind ts doing a splendid work In Ntew-
b< rry Mr James was called a year
t r so ago to a church in I'nlontown,
Ala . with * salary sevoral hundred
dollars mere than he revived while
hTr. and with a fin# field of work.
Mr PhtHIpe waa called two years ago
to the Chester church, where his sal
ary is much larger, and his work ts
eminently eucc^eful. Revs. J. T
Miller and A H I<est are Methodist
ministers, serving churshes faithful
ly and efficiently in other parts of tbs
State, changing from on# to another
in sccordanos with Methodist law
and usage
\\ hat i* to he thought of a Govern
or of South Carolina who will follow
an afflicted minister of the gospel In
a vindictive spirit of this kind Into
his sick chamber for so small a prov-
ocatios. if Indeed It could be called a
provocation at all to simply say that
one “does not endorse his candida
cy”?
/ . 2,000 votes In this lUee) county at
thn coming prlmar/. I think It ad
visable that you send us at least 6,-
000 ballots as psany are wasted In
spite of all the/care we can take.
“Yours truly,
/oiled 7.- lenetsP -,
(Signed) / L- L. Baker,
“County Chairman.
BIshoDvllle, S. C. July 22, 1912.”
ivlct Silent for Txvo Years
lenlsts are undecided whether
Cfc/rles Carson, a convict Iq the pris
on at Folsom. Cal., was stricken
Wright Has a Mishap.
Orville Wright lost control of
United States Sends Marines.
Undeterred by talk In the Senate
of projected resolutions regarding/*
the constitutionality of the landing
of American sailors and marines In
Nicaragua, the navy department at : j a ^p Sj ‘
boflght a small fai/h, cleared it and
then wrote for lyfs sweetheart to
come. Later he/recelved word that
she was dead. /
Three Children Burnefl.'V.,
At NewyBrighton, Pa., Edward,
nydro-aeroplane with which he was/he request of the state department tVv^^Bix'wnGhs ^woTn^fo lr''veTrs'
making an experimental flight Wed- Wednesday dispatched peremptory wor ; b U/ od tV,’death eailv Sunday
nesday and plunged into me Miami, orders to navy yards on two sides of ^ TVay!or home was set aflm
Iliver. That he was not seriously the vcontinent to rush reinforcements bv a / et doK over turn in e a Mhle on
hurt doubtless Is due to the fact that to the naval forces now located far i w hicdi wad'an oil Hrrn n
he was only fifteen or twenty feet! In the interior of the insurrection- h^ S T B^na d wJs n^'to
nvt>r thn urater n nan ha fall ann at q tnm nr\untr\r _ / _ '
To Boost Writers of Poetry.
To encourage the writing of verse
more than a hundred citizens of Chi
cago have subscribed $5,000 a year
for five years to publish a magazine
through which writers cf verse, now
unknown, may be heard. The editor
will be Miss Harriet Honroa and the
first number will appear about Jan
1, 1913.
over the water when he fell and at a torn country,
point where the water Is shallow.
Will Have New Job.
, . , The defeat of Capt. John Laml
dumb or la shamming. He has not: for the re-nomination by formerly
spoken a word for over two years, i ernor Montague In the third Virginia
Carson was sentenced to life Imprls- district means that Representative
onment for assault and battery. In'a. F. Lever, of South Carolina, will
Modern Thief a Robin Hood.
A thief with a Robin Hood code of
b honor returned to the nurse In the of-
1904, and later sentenced to death for
participating Is a murdering Jail
bo chairman of the House commit
tee on agriculture In the next Con*
greaa.
death while trying to save the sleep
ing family from the flumes.
Took Her Own Life.
An ugly scar left by acid on the
flee of Dr. A. H. Heppner, of Ban pretty face of Ruby Plagle. aged six,
Jose. Cal., sixty-five cents stolen from i caused the child to end her life bv
the young woman's purse. WUh the jumping Into a well at h-r home at
money was a note saying the writer i Double Springs, Iowa Brooding ov-
never robbed the poor and much thatier the scars the child had rroviouo-
was taken from the rich wat given UL ly declared her purpose and had been
ths needy. j closely watched.
Wealthy Escape Taxation.
Forty thousand small homes of
government clerks and workingmen
In Washington are assessed at nine
ty p^r cent, of their true value, while
the Imposing residences of the north-
\'"st section of the city averaged but
fifteen per cent., according to a re
port Wednesday by a special house
committee.
Seven Murderers to Die.
Fevoa murderers will pay the
death penalty in two California pris
ons this week because a petition to
irData new legislation affecting cap
ital punishment failed to get the nec-
* >siry 31,000 sismatures l>y August
id r-.-.ly 12,000 name* had been
obtained.
FORESTS PREVENTS FLOODS.
Forests Are Protection Against Sen
lou* Flood Conditions.
The forest* ar* protection against
serious fliiod conditions Is the an.
hvv.t made by George Otis Smith,
director of the geological survey, af-
trr extensive Investigation, to the
long controversy between forestry ex-
etts and weather bureau officials as
tc the value of forests The report
is made to the national forest com-
tnlselon which has been buying
tracts in the Appalachian and White
mountains to protect the watersheds
In the eastern United States.
Professor Willis Moore, chief of
the weather bureau, and some of his
associates hare held that neither
rainfall nor flood conditions were af
reet ed by forest cover.
“A direct relation exists,” says the
report, “between forest cover and
strt-Hm regulation. There was a pro
nounced. difference in the rate of dis
appearance of snow from the forest-
' d and covered areas.”
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Man and Woman Engage in Battle to
the Death.
Thomas Guffey, president o/ a min
er's union at Colpvllle, Illinois, and
his fdster-In-law, Mrs. Anna Floher,
s ’ot each other to death at that place
Wednesday night when the latter at
tempted to save the life of Mrs. Guf
fey, who had been attacked by her
husband.
Guffey's wife lef him a month
ago and he called at his mother-in-
law's home to seo her. He told her
he had come to kill the entire fam-
i!> and fired at her. The bullet went
wild and Mrs. Floher opened fire on
him from a window. Several shots
were- exchanged between the two,
Guffey receiving klx bullets. Mrs. Flo-
tier was shot through the heart.
Vote at Pacolet Mills.
The vote at Pacolet Mills In Spar-
anburg County has been polled as far
as possible, and from present indica
tions will bo as follows: Jones, 90;
Blease, 81. The same precinct, two
years ago gave Featherston*. 77;
Blease, 121.
First Wonmn Put to Death.
At Richmond Virginia Christina,
the negress, was executed at 7.23
Friday morning without a hitch.
She murdered Mrs. Ida Belotte. bar
white employer. Thli Is the first
womtn to b« executed la Virginia.
AUEDiEiEmnai!
esvqtc
LEFT ONE limi
—
Disappointed In the Man tk*
ried, a Young j
man Took Poison In * M» W|
Parler and Died JM
Reached Her.
Joking of death aa
her own, Mra. Nona
three-year-old wife
Wynee, a painter of
Atlanta, Ga., sought
employer as to the 1
mlttlng suicide. Her h
mined her Identity Thursday
lately after he
drank poison and died Ww, _
night In a soda water pdltor, while fi
dosen pleasure seekers alpftil thetg
cooling drlnka at the table* ■up-
rounding the one where the
was enacted.
Disappointment In her
Is the sole explanation of
Her husband, a painter find papers
hanger, protests that there wan hn
iron hio between them. "It she hnd
any troubles, they were of hei
was his laconic answer whoa
for explsoatlon of her deed.
Her entire action, though
to the tragedy Indicated th
bed weighed heavily on her
that the decision to
was not the reeult of
but fihd been reached
almost uncanny
She left a note,
husband for forgi'
request to the
baby boy. Th#
cemetery where
mains to rest w
for her soul wj__ ...
had conk ids red her h
suit of her set She
son as her method after
been considered.
Her married life had net keen
of ease end pleas are. Five years
at Pall city, Ala., whore afae
born and reared, she wan
Wynne, a boy, James T.
wee born. Despite the
sponstbllltles, 'Mrs. Wyaae v
work to aid In the support of I
and her baby.
She was employed as a clerk
retail grocery establishment of
Glass. Ill Marietta
hours were loag. DtL .
garded as s cheerful, witting
xod waa popular with her aa
in th* store sad Its petiUM,
It was to the prnpnecni «f
store that shs first gave
that shs intended to oud I
*o cheerily war* |
erence to snltida
hid no thought that hts
acutally Inteaded to praAl
Vic
There was no apparent el
the glrl'e good humor In tl
She waited on her castemsre
and laughed sad Joked with
workers. It woe dnrtag aa
lull that aha broached the
suicide to her employer.
“What do you thlek woe
of a girl who committed
•hs asked. There wee a
lips as she spoke. Her
She seemed unusually
"I hardly think nhe-d ge t
en.” Mr. Gloss replied. The
did not offset her
"Well. If a girl did.
the beet way?” ah
Plainly the clerk _
uloyer reasoned aa he returned
laugh.
"Why I think I'd ride out te Lnho>
wood and Jump in,” he said.
"Oh, that wouldn't do,” she ham-
tered back. “Somebody might
you out. and yon woeld have had all
)our trouble for nothing.”
The conversation drifted to other
subjects.
Later In the afternoon Mrs. Wynne
asked to be excused from duty In
the store for « brief time. It tPM
then that she purchased the poloom,
She bought twenty-five eeata worth
of strychnine In a drug store, »*Hfr»g
the prescriptlonlat that ahe wished te
ub* it in killing rata.
She then returned to the store and
resumed her work. Later oho wrote'
a letter and showed the enval
Mr. Glass. "Fm not going
you what’a la It.” ahnaaifl. onA
kLo laughed. The grocer think# thin
was the suicide note.
A letter was also written to *
school friend In New Hampshire. She
had told a teacher of the kil
ten attended by her son that
tire married life had been n dt
polntment. *
Leaving the store at 7 o’clock.
Joined her husband and with
went to Pink Cherry market,
seemed In unusually high a]
the market they separated,
lipme and she back to the
Where she spent the
hours between then and .
had chosen for her tragic
known.
At 10:30 o’clock she
rug store. 58 White
U a soda water
and to one of the tablea
went. A number of others -gtira —>
ed about enjoying cold drlnka during
the sweltering evening, r —
She was -well dressed and few 1 am*
trance was noticed by ajl the
customers. She ordered u
Finishing this, she went to u
phone booth, where she spent
moments Writing. When toe
ed the paper waa grasped th
if the was suffering from
was not ditplayed on her -
She summoned n waiter
for a glass of water. If w
her. No one saw her tafcd
from her handbag,
her place It in the water.
It immediately.
Before the last
swallowef toe Hit
hurried to her. ML
hunts* ai4
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