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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. »
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1925
THE BARNWELL PEOPLE
Bnt«r«d at the poat office at Barnwell,
S. C., as second-class matter.
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JOHN W. HOLMES
1840-1912
B. P. DAVIES, Editor snd Proprietor.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 8.
About Hazing.
Two Furman University stu'jer.t^
were indefinitely suspended and v?.r ; -
ous forms of punishment meted out
to several others last week for thoi'•
part in hazing a fellow stud«*tlt.
While it is to he regretted that thcs 0
young men must pay the penaltf, The
People commends the college authori
ties fou their stand in attemptin'.; to
stamp out the vicious practice of haz
ing. which has been outlawed in prac
tically every college in the country.
Of course, college students think it
fun to subject first year men to vari
ous forms of humiliation and in many
instances they -go to such extremes
that their victim's health is endani’"'--
ed and there have been cases on rec
ord where fatalities occurred.
It is necessary for a large number
of parents to make big sacrifices to
send their sons and daughters to col-
ge.
Their object is to give the
young men and women the advantages,
of a college education, not to have
them made the butts of practical
jokes on the part of others. If the
practice cannot be stopped in any
other way, The People suggests that
the legislature make it a criminal, of
fense, punishable by a chain gang
sentence. In the meantime, however,
let other colleges follow the lead of
Furman.
It is interesting to note, in come;
tion with the recent recommendation
of the Grand Jury that Barnwell c,)
operate with other counties in this
section in the establishment of
district alms house, that a meeting of
- representatives from Saluda. Me
1 Cormick, Laurens, Newberry, E Ipe-
leld and Greenwood Counties was
scheduled to be held at Greenwood
yesterday to discuss the advisability
of establishing such an institution fit
those counties. The People thinks-
well of the proposition and trusts
that the counties i?r this section a ill
get together on the matter.
The Bureau of the Census is now
making an investigation to determin-'
theh completeness of birth registtia-
tion in South Carolina. To conduct a
test of this kind, it has been necessary
to make a partial canvass of the
homes in this State. To this end ovei
100,000 post cards have been distri
buted by the postmasters anjl carriers,
the completeness of birth regis* >a-
is now universally recognized and The
People urges that those who receive
these cards fill them out and return
promptly to the Bureau.
“The occasion (New Year’s- Eve)
passed off in what was, for Allendale,
a very quiet manner indeed,” ays
the Allendale County Citizen, from
which paper w t . learn that the only
untoward incident was the setting ir.
fire, by parties unknown, of a negro
lodge hall in that town,
We see by th,e papers that beauty
parlors are being established in two
insane asylum- in Missouri; Judging
from -ome of the products of beau*y
parlors, that is where they belong.
With the weather as bad
as it l'a.-
been of late, there’s no telling wb.it
will happen when the'General Asser.v
bly meets next week.
The Legislature meets thi
on January I.’Uh. We have alw.
beard that Li is an unluckv numbei
veer
The New Year.
The New Year was ushered m In :
by the blow jpg of the fire whistle si-
ringing of church hells and the <
•ra;'
ing of pistols. A few minutes before
12 o’clock W endesday night the nois,
began and kept up unabated for some
time.
Large Crowd Here Salesduv.
One of the largest salesday crowds
se^n in several years was "here Mon
day. The streets were lined with au
tomobiles and parking space was at
a premium. The Master and Shcuitf
made a number of sales of real estatev
the former under foreclosure proceed
ings and the latter under tax execu
tions. Several dealers in livestock
had droves of horses and; mules for
sale. The crowd was orderly and at
an early hour in the afternoon the
visitors departed for their homes.
THE
GOVERNOR’S
DECISION
By FRANK ALLEN
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year $1 50
Six Months — -90
Three Months .50
(Strictly in Advance.)
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HE governor sat ar his desk,
staring at «a letter in his hand,
’rest-nlly he touched Ids bell.
A smart, alert secretary ap
peared.
“I shall not see anyone this after-
nmm except—a—‘woman named Mrs.
Wlnthrop," he said. “She is to be
admitted as soon as she arrives."
“Very good, sir," answered the sec
retary, ^jiml disappeared again.
Governor Snftth read the biter
again, and bis thoughts went travel
ing back along a road that he had
kept closed, even against himself. f« r
20 years. The letter was a pathetic
appeal| from a n>o*her on behalf of
her only son. sentenced to sene ten
years in prison for killing a man in
a drunken brawl. "Me is a good hoy,"
wrote the mother, “hut ids fa:her was
a convict, and he never had a cham e.
I implore you to give me a hearing.
I shall come to ihe executive mansion
lids afternoon at four. Do not refuse
fo see me, if you have any mercy.
Lucy Winthn p."
The governor was back 2<* years in
side tlie penitentiary at Mansfie.ld.
“Smith.” said the head warden, ‘‘the
governor wants to see you.” '
Tbt* con\iot followed the man info
the ollice, where the governor was
standing before the window.
“This is the man, sir.” said the head
warden, and the governor turned
round and took the prisoner's hand iu
his.
“Smith, you are a free man.” he
said. "I have decided to issue you an
unconditional pardon. In due time,
If you show yourself worthy of it.
your rights of citizenship will be re
stored to you.”
Ile paused and added:
“Beineinher, Smith, there is the
stain of murder on* your soul. You
killed a man. There is no way of
disguising that, even to yourself. That
you had great provocation extenuates
your crime, hut does not excuse it.
I hope you will report to me. Smith,
from time *o time. Now you can go
hack to-.your w ife and child.”
It was three years since the convict
had seen his wife. The child had not
been horn .when ht^was sent to prison.
Whe^iiiMt! v ;) \v the free heavens
above him and heard the clang of the
prison gates behind, the tears streamed
down Ids cheeks.
He went to the little cottage where
his wife had lived. The place was
for sale. Nobody knew anything
about her. Smith spent weeks trying
Jo locate her., That he did sn at hist
was purely by chance. Me met her
father in the street. The YTld man
passed hy as though he did not -ee
him. Smith ran hack and seized him
hy tlie arm.
“For heaven's -ake tell me where
she is." he cried. “She is not dead."
“She is dewd to you, forever," an
awered the old man.
"You ha\e no right to keep her
from me.”
“I Hill not keeping her from you.
She is keeping away from you be
cause she wants no more to do with
you. She helped you to gain your
freedom, now she is going to keep
hers. She has, secured a divorce.”
Smith had killed <>nc man, and the
memory of his crime whs strong upon
him. Never!lieless he was ready to
kill another. Me looked around; the
street whs almost empty and it was
growing dark. He seized the old man
hy the throat.
"Tell me where she lives, nr I will
strangle you." file ex-convict shouted
Me saw a look of terror-, in the oth
er's eyes. The old man stammered
out the address, and the e\ eonviet,
releasing him, hurried^ away
The old inaii had neen too terrified
to lie. Smith found five place; it was
a, clean little cottage on the o'uiskiris
of the town. Smith would never have
foijnd it without the informal n-n- Ho
. died,
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to insure him against till future want.
pleaded. "We ran begin life anew."
"Aik] live a lie? No,” she ^answ ered
.“The court has set me free, and given
me the child. I am sorry for you,
but you must go. It is for his sake."
Smith put on his hat and went out
without u word. Me had hardly set
his foot outside the door before It
closed.
From that moment h«t had set to
work desperately to retrieve himself,
lie had taker, a position, through the
kindness,of the governor, w ho saw to
It that his past should nevejr come
to light among his associates. Me
had saved money, had gone into poli
tics. Me was elected a congressman.
Then, tin* record of his untlinching in
tegrity aided him, and ite had been
swept into the governor’s chair by a
large majority of tlie voters of his
stale. And the secret of his past died
when tile old governor, his friend,
leaving him a legacy sufficient
Furman Athletes Discharged.
Greenville, Jan. 3.—Indefinite sus
pension for hazing of J. R. Bivens,
captain-elect of the 1925 basebell
squad, and J. V’. Herlong, star of the
football team, were announced today
by Furman University authorities.
At the same time, disciplinary steps
affecting 6ther athletes also were ta
ken. F. ft. Orr and E. S. Hare’!,
both of the football squad, were re
stricted to the campus for 30 days. E.
P- Riley, also of the team, was sus
pended from living on the campus the
remainder of the session. M. T.
Shull, of the baseball and basketball
teams, was suspended for two weeks.
Other students have been summoned
by the faculty discipline committee
for questioning in regard to charges
of hazing.
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It was th«* supreme act of the old gov
ernor's life, that lie. who had not been
all he had dreamed of being, should
lia\e raised this convict out of tlie
dust.
“Mrs. Winrlu-op. sir,” said the secre
tary.
A blnek-garhed woman hurried into
the room and sank down into the
chair which the governor iiad eoOrte-
ously accorded her.
“I got y<itir letter, madam,” said the
gn\ eninr.
“You will pardon him,", the motliet
pleaded. "Ile iic\er Inid'a chati' e. Mi
w a - a convict’s -am.”
Tlie governor was looking into her
face. Site did not know him. But he
would have- known her anywhere.
"Tell me what happened to the fa
ther." he requested
"Me wa*- a null defer,” sobbed the
woman. “When he came out of prison
I cast him off. i could not let tlie hoy
grow up to know that Ids father hud
killed a man. But it was in tlie blood.
Still, Henry struck 4n a moment of
anger. Me had no intention to kill."
‘'But tlie fa'her, madam,” persisted
the governor. “What became of him'/*
“Mow should I know?” answered
tin* woman. "Me went to ihe had. I
suppose. He was a worthless man.
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and
illtn
a moment
his wile's
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later lie was starinj
terrified eyes.
“You have come back
pored.
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Before the man > mild reply tie
heard a child calling trom om* of the
leetus. He hurried in. Fimii; a little
col the baby wav seated, and. as the
father entered, he looked up at hint
and smiled Something s,.,uicd to
hurst in the man's heart. Me snatched
t'he child in his arms and coveted him
with kisses.
could not let Marry know that ids fa-
tiu r was a murderer.”
“You have never regretted your de
cision. madam? ' It did not occur to
you that you had some n-p msiliility
for the father's fti'iire?”
."No!” she cried wildly. “Don’t let
us talk of that scoundrel; teli me that
you will pardon my son.”
Sin* raised her eyes for the first
time anil looked into the governor’s
face. Something there seemed to ter
rify her. for the moment, for -he
looked hard tit him. and tlie governor
met her gaze patiently. If she recog
nized him hut she did not recognize
him. Her eyes fell, then she stink to :
the floor and. kneeling before tlie gov- I
ertior,, with tier hands clasped in ap
peal.
“You must pardon him,” she said.
“You, who are so upright, to whom
temptation lias never cottie; cannot un
derstand the temptations and passions
of a hoy bereft of a father's love and
protection. I did everything I could
for him. I changed my name. I moved
to another city. -♦But it was hard to
give liim the proper environments,
iind in spite of all lie turned out wild,
hut lie will never do. wrong again.”
“(Jet up.madam.” said the governor.
"I have decided to pardon the hoy
on one condition. This is. that lie re
port to me from time to time, that I
may know how Jte is progressing. I
hope to help him, too; if lie wants
his chance to run straight, he shall
have it. Tliat is all. madam. The par
don shall l»e delivered to the warden
tomorrow. And—if 1 may venture on
a suggestion to you—remember that
charity covers all sins. Be charitable,
ev en in your memories of the man \i»u
married and cast away. Good after
noon.”
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to Daughter-in-Lau)
When I ti .si -aw my son Tyler* ats-
gelic manner under his wife’s regime
1 held my i rcafli, because in the old
day- 'Jyler in a beatific -Lite of mind
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“But down my ehild
hki-vv ife*; voice at liis side, and Smith
turned to -ee :t fury confronting him.
“You- murderer!’’ the woman
gasped. “Mow dare you route here
and pollute my ehild with your touch?’'
"Your child?” the man stammered.
“Yes, mine. The court gave me the
custody of him. You have n*> part
wltli him any more. You have no right
here. Leave tnis house and never let
me see you again!”
This was tlie woman who had cl ing
to him so lovingly vvlien"the gua^tl led
him away to lieglty Ids sentenee. The
man looked helpless, and tlie woman,
seeing Ids di-tress, softened a little.
“T don't want to hurt you more
than you have hurt yourself." she
said. “Don’t you see that you must
not rome into my life again?’’
“No,'* said the mhn stupufiy.
“For the hoy's sake.” she answered.
“What do you think Ids life will be if,
he grows up to discover that his fa
ther w ss a convict ?”
c •'We can go somewhere," the man
meant 'Jyler getting ready to break
out in a new place.
But as time goes on and Ihe seren
ity remains unbroken, l repeat to thy
self that perfect line from tlie “J^sD
So Stories”—"Not always was the
Kangaroo as now we behold him”—a
text H at I re<c|nn)iondcd tTr-nll moth
ers who have seen tliter brisk sons
neatly trained hy well selected wives.
Indeed, the longer I live the more
ready J am tp believe that a young
man'- wife may be belter acquainted
with his actual current present day
self than his mother Cai^ possibly he.
My daughter in-law sees in her hus
band a forceful man of affairs on
whose judgment she Implicitly relies.
.1 respect Ids judgment, too, in a way,
hut I cannot help knowing that he is
the same Tyler who, at the age of
four, how fed himself into a high fever
one day because I would, not let 1dm
lead a bloodhound in tlie parade when
“Dncie Tom’s Cabin’’ came to town.
’- .Moihers view their sons with what
psychologists might call an “associa
tive fringe." We are handicapped hy
assorted memories. We cannot esti
mate our sons exactly rs their wives
estimate them. They came upon us at
a different stage.—“A. Maternal I’ldlos-
opiier” in the Atlantic Monthly.
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