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v TIXER PARDONED. Spartanburg Man Convicted of Manslaughter is Released. Gov. Ansel has pardoned S. S. Tiner, of Spartanburg county, who has served about one week of a sentence of three years for manslaughter. This is a remarkable case and the action of the governor of the State will be approved by the people ? ^ in thp OI l^pHI IclIIUUi g, 11 luc lavto iu vuv case be as set forth: Tiner was for some time president of the Law and Order League at Pacolet, a mill town in Spartanburg county, and had done much good in the way of stopping certain forms of lawlessness. It is staled by those seeking a petition for pardon that Tiner was one of the best men and most law abiding citizens of the community. He had the record of having been instrumental in bringing more than a hundred offenders to the bar of justice. Among those who joined in the prayer of the petitioner were Mr. Victor I. Montgomery, president of the Pacolet mills; Wilson & Osborne, his attorneys; Senator H. B. Carlisle, ? Sheriff W. J. White, Rev. S. A. Nettles, editor The Christian Advocate; Rev. J. W. Guy, the Bap'.ist pastor at Pacolet, and other men of prominence. In the petition to the governor it is set forth: fJLU giaiIUU5 tu^ |/ai uv/u vuv 0V * vnor says: "After carefully and maturely considering the facts of this case and all the circumstances surrounding it, 4 as well as all the causes which led up to the unfortunate homicide, I think that a pardon should be granted to the petitioner, S. S. Tiner, and it is p'V. so ordered."?Columbia State. Cjfe... Swept Over Niagara. This terrible calamity often hap' pens because a careless boatman ignores the river's warnings?growing ripples and faster current?nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ^VV- ache in the back warns you the kidneys need attention if you would escape fatal maladies?dropsy, diabetes or Bright's disease. Take Electrie Bitters at once and see backache ! * fly and all your best feelings return. "After long suffering from weak kidneys and lame back, one $1.00 bottle wholly cured me," writes J. R. Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only 50c. at Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, rv The Indian as a Farmer. Prosperity has struck the red man, as it has the white. Redheart, among the Nez Perces, farming his several . hundred acres with the latest improved machinery, and owning many horses and cattle, is not the exception. Another Northwest Indian making rapid advances is Louis Michita, a Coeur d'Alene, who owns and lives in as fine a ranch house as is to be found in the section, a commodious two-storied, painted structure with large barns adjacent, ? * *-'> rvMmioac fonr'pd Raok of U1C CUUIC 1/lCUllov.s I.vuvv_. Louis's home is a small house in which live the white help employed ; on the ranch. Between the poplar f trees to one side of Louis's house is an artificial pond well stocked with ? . fish. Another prominent Coeur d'Alene is Tyler Toto, whose prosperity has not yet led him to cast aside the : ' tribal tradition that womanfolk were intended for manual labor. Tyler is very proud of the photograph showing him harvesting wheat with an improved self-binder and sees no * AVu-v rkWASATI AA reason to apologize ior mc pi I of his wife and mother-in-law, who faithfully plod along shocking, while he sits and drives. Many of the Coeur d'Alenes are wealthy, cultivating large tracts of land and reaping rich harvests of grain, oats being the favorite crop. He cultivates one thousand acres Louis Antelope is one of the richest i farmers. He cultivates 1,000 acres and has a fine home, together with large summs of money loaned out at eight per cent, interest. He has excellent teams and improved machinery. Indian Daniel has nine | hundred acres in cultivation on Rock Creek. Indian Campbell cultivates seven hundred acres. One of the leaders of the red folk in the Northwest is Lancaster Spencer, head man of the Yakimas, who aspires to be the Booker T. Washington of his people. He occupies a comfortable home, one of the attractions of which is a well-stocked library. In one corner is a writing desk; near it a typewriter on which Spencer is proficient, in another corner a home-made bookcase containing almost two hundred legal volumes.?The Delineator for May. See that line of fine box paper, from 10 to 50 cents at The Herald Book Store. : V T CHARGED WITH STEALING. Three Boys Jailed at Greenwood Accused of Breaking Into Residence. Greenwood, April 8.?Three young white boys giving their names as F. .J. Foster, Geo. Fargo and John Cohen have been brought here from "The undersigned citizens or sparC tanburg county, petition you to pardon S. S. Tiner for the killing of Ed Kirby. We believe that justice will best be served by granting him a pardon, and that to imprison him longer will be to unmercifully add to the sufferings he has borne so long and so patiently?nothing but his pV*:' peaceable character enabled him to do so. He is one of our best citizens, and most law abiding. It was a case of killing or be killed after nearly two years daily peril of 'his life." The man he killed, Ed Kirby, is rei _ i puted in the petition to have been a desperate character. Kirby, it is ? said, had hounded Tiner for two years, threatening his life. One letter says, "He (Kirby) associated with most vile and vicious element in the community and was a danger\ ous character." Kirby had been in many difficulties before. The killing took place the latter fe-' part of November, 1908, in the station at Pacolet. ppr-/'.'? The case was appealed to the sur\':. preme court but afterwards abandoned, and every effort was made to get executive clemency before Tiner be? ?:. ' gan serving his sentence. - This Ghov. Ansel refused, as it is his custom to |r; consider no petition while the petitioner is out on bail or a case is x&kipi*: Dending appeal. He must first sub mit to the decree of the court. " T_ tVio norHnn tho (rnVPT Spartanburg and lodged in jail, j charged with burglarizing the resi-1 deuce of Dr. W. E. Boyd, 011 Monument street. The three boys were j caught by the Spartanburg police one ' day last week. Some 01 the police I there had gone out to the edge of: town looking for a negro who had attacked his wile. On the way they saw a light down in some woods and thought they had discovered a group of gamblers. Creeping up to the I light, they saw three boys lying on j the ground around the tire. The of- j ricers made a dash and landed on j the three. The boys struggled and i in the struggle threw away some J things they had, but the police could ! not see what they were as it was too dark. The three were carried to the police station and a search of their persons made. Some jewelry was found. They claimed to have bought the jewelry from a negro boy, whom they had never seen before. Some of the officers went back to the placb, where they found a razor, a pair of knucks and a box with the name of "R. L. White, Jeweler" on it. Mr. White is a native of Spartanburg and he was at once communicated with. Meanwhile Mrs. Boyd had returned home from a visit to Rock Hill and the articles were missed. Mr. Boyd and Chief McCombs went up to Spartanburg Sunday and Mr. Boyd identified the jewelry. The three were brought back and are now in jail here. NEGRO STRUCK BY TRAIN. Awaited Fatal Blow Sitting on Railroad Track. Lamar, April 11.?Northbound passenger train No. 68 ran over a negro this morning between St. Charles and Elliott. The negro, who gave his name as Robt. Williams, was brought on to Lamar, where he received medical atention of Drs. Watson, Parker and Parnell. He was in a dying conation when brought here and died in about 30 minutes. The engineer on the train said that the negro was sitting on the track with two other negroes who ran at the approach of the train. A quart of whiskey was found in the dead man's pocket, and it is supposed he was drunk. Coroner Parnell from Darlington, arrived this afternoon, but decided he had no authority to hold inquest, and the negro was carried back to Lee county on the afternoon train. NEGRO PREACHER A SUICIDE. Colored Minister Near Batesbu^g Shoots Top of his Head Off. Batesburg, April lo.?"I will not preach to-morrow," were the words uttered by Allen Samples this morning as he went out of his house. In a few moments the members of his family heard a shot ring out. On going out they were horrified to find the old man weltering in his own blood, with the top of his head blown off. Samples was a negro preacher, about 75 years of age. He lived on Mr. M. *E. Padgett's place, at Baxter, about three miles east of this place. No cause is given for the rash act. Federal Judge's Home Invaded* Atlanta, Ga., April 9.?A special meeting of the Atlanta Bar Association has been called to make what reparation it can for the invasion and dismantling of the home of United. States Judge W. B. Sheppard under a writ of attachment. Lawyers as well as citizens declared the affair was an outrage. A month or two ago the judge's secretary was driving Judge Sheppard home when the car hit a negro. The judge claims he was not negligent; but agreed to pay the injured man's bill and give him $50. The attorneys for the negro refused to accept this sum and said they would sue. Instead of filing an ordinary suit, they waited until late yesterday evening and swore out a writ of attachment. One of the attorneys, accompanied by a constable and a force of negroes, went to the judge's home and found Mrs. Sheppard alone with her children, one of them a babe of only Six monins. ac oiiue m?sy uegau iu seize everything in sight and loaded it on drays. They took all the furniture except the beds, the clothing of all the members of the family, the trunks and even the toys of the little ones. All the time Mrs. Sheppard was pleading with the men to wait until her husband returned, but they refused to listen and she says they were both rough and insolent. Next Mrs. Sheppard telephoned to the lawyer of the negro, but as soon as she explained who she was she says he abruptly hung up the receiver, saying. he talked business with men only. Judge Sheppard was in court this afternoon and openly and bitterly denounced the treatment he had received as not only outrageous, but an attack upon the dignity of the United States court. Wins Important Case. J. F. Carter, Esq., won an imDortant case in Barnwell last week. It was a suit brought by the Miller Lumber Company against the Breon Lumber Company for foreclosure of mortgage upon the saw mill plant located near Ulmer, as well as a lot of timber lands. The judgment for foreclosure was for $63,000, which is a large case. Some years ago the Miller Lumber Co. sold its plant and timber lands to the Breon Lumber Co., and this suit was brought to enforce payment of purchase money. The Breon people set up /counter claims, and resisted the foreclosure all the way through. Judge Watts granted the decree of foreclosure asked for by Mr. Carter, who represented the plaintiff, and the property will be sold at Barnwell the first Monday in November. RALPH BINGHAM, That Protean Prince of the Platform, o t? /I o out tho tnilAwinff wbilo ivuit ing for the arrival of a train at the union depot tnis morning: "The conductor of the train that toted me from Greensboro to Charlotte told me one he claimed was as true as gospel. Here it is: He said one day his train. No. 35, one of the fastest 011 the Southern, was rolling aiong at a rate of five or six hundred miies an hour, when, to the horror of the engineer, a negro was seen ahead of them in the middle of the track, frantically waving a red handkerchief. As visions of burning trestles and bridges, train wreckers and other frightful things flashed across his excited mind the engineer cut off his steam, reversed his main lever, applied his Westinghouse wind brakes, and, after a most herculean effort, succeeded in bringing the heavy train to a standstill. "As soon as they were stopped the engineer ran up to the negro and exclaimed: " 'What's the matter?' "The negro removed his hat politely and said: 'Would any of you like ter buy er 'possum?' The answer that the engineer made would never pass the censor, but, being fond of 'possum, and knowing that the deed had been done, he said: 'Where is the 'possum?' " 'Oh,' said the coon, 'I ain't kotched him yit, but aey tell me dis woods hyar is full of 'em, an' I thought mebbe you mought want to ingage one.' Ana tnat negro s iraternal order had to pay his board and doctor's bills for four weeks."? Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. Red Tape in the Navy. A case once occurred, which is vouchsafed by naval officers who were present and who tell of it as a joke, showing the absurdities to which red tape can go. About 20 years ago a certain ship was in a foreign port. One of the men was taken sick, and on recommendation of the surgeon was sent to a hospital on shore. The man finally died, and it became necessary to bury him. The simple and straightforward method would have been to call in an undertaker and have him arrange for a decent casket and a lot in the cemetery. This would be the usual procedure with a business man or ordinary citizen. The regime of economy and reform, however, would not permit of so simple a course. What actually occurred was this: The surgeon made a requisition on the paymaster for one coffin. Naturally, he did not have one in stock, and, therefore, it was forwarded to the fleet paymaster, who also, not being in the undertaking business, had no coffins on hand. Then the admiral directed the fleet paymaster to pur chase one coffin, after obtaining prices from six reputable dealers. The same course had to be followed in securing the grave. The surgeon made requisition on the paymaster for one grave. Strange as it may seem, the paymaster had no grave in stock. Neither had the fleet payer-master. Consequently, the commander-in-chief directed the fleet paymaster to procure bids from six reliable dealers in graves, and purchase one from the lowest responsible bidder. All this, of course, is a screaming farce, but it is the horrible example to show what comes when common sense and experience are set aside to give room for the display of amateur and academic fancy. Postoffice for Carmack's Widow. Washington, April 8.?Representatives Brownlow and Austin of the first and second congressional districts of Tennessee, respectively, have undertaken to make the widow of the late Senator Carmack postmistress at Columbia, in that State. They are the only two Republican members of the Tennessee delegation and in addition to exercising their influence as individuals, they have now set to work to get the assistance of the State's entire representation at Washington. In furtherance of this purpose they have prepared and are circulating a petition to the president asking him to nominate Mrs. Carmack for this office. So far the document has been signed by 10 out of the 12 members nf the delegation, the onlv sie natures lacking being those of Senator Taylor and Representative Padgett. Mr. Padgett is the representative from the district in which Columbia is located, and has declined to sign the paper because he has already given his indorsement to the reappointment of the present postmaster. Senator Taylor has, so far, failed either to sign the petition or to give any reason for not doing so. Ralph Bingham Answers the Telephone. "Hello! Yes, this is Bingham. What do I know about beef tripe?' Don't eat tripe; it looks like Turkish towel and tastes like?Hello! Oh! the beef strike; I thought you said tripe. Why, I didn't know there was a beef strike. "You see, I've lately been traveling in the South, where the bill of fare in most of the hotels is: 'How'll you have yer eggs cooked, boss?' In Denmark, South Carolina, recently, I sat next to a traveling salesman, who answered that familiar interrogation with: 'Two soft-boiled, opened in a glass.' "The Senegambian servitor returned in a few minutes with two that looked good to me, but my sight is poor. The 'coon' struck one of those eggs a gentle slap about the middle, when a change came over the face of each and every person at the table. We all knew then what Shakespeare meant when he VV l ULtJ Llicit IUC1C 12> DUmciUIlig lUtlUU in Denmark.' I think perhaps the egg had in its early youth been crossed in love. It must have been a 1904 model. "The drummer seemed annoyed when the waiter said: 'Boss, will I open the other one?' for he answered sharply: 'No! open the window.' Good-bye."?Evening Telegraph, Philadelphia, Pa. ? i W. B. CAUSEY SHOT. Clerk of Court of Hampton Seriously Wounded by Xegro. Hampton, April 11.?Mr. \V. B. Causey, clerk oi court, was shot down in the here last night b> a negro kuj. :i as "Peg Leg" Hughes. Mr. Jesse bh^pperd, who was with Mr. Causey, was also shot by the negro, the bullet entering his arm, which is not serious. Mr. Causey was shot in his right side. The bullet is thought to have lodged in his back. He was carried to the hospital in Augusta this morning for an operation. His condition is serious but not necessarily fatal. The cause 01 the shooting is unknown, no details being given. The negro Hughes secreted himself in a ditch near where the shooting took place and was arrested early this morning and turned over to the sheriff. It is supposed the sheriff took him to Columbia. Excitement ran high for a while last night but everything is quiet now. The negro has been staying around Hampton for about a year since serving his sentence in the penitentiary for killing a negro in the lower portion of {he county, being then convicted of manslaughter with recommendation to mercy and sentenced for two years. Six Year Old Boy in Jail. Union, April 9.?Though only six years of age, Fred Bell is a prisoner in the Union county jail with the grim charge of murder resting against mm. It is charged that the child yesterday afternoon shot and killed Ethel Thomas, who was only three years of age, and because of this the murder charge was brought. It was alleged when the accusation was made that the boy tried to hide the body of the little victim in an apparent effort to cover up the tragedy. It was said that his efforts had failed and discovery of the dead baby girl caused the boy's arrest. He is the youngest prisoner ever committed to the jail in this county and probably holds the record for the State. Ministers Raid Blind Tigers. Mayfleld, Ky., April 6.?A posse of 100 citizens, headed by county officers and all the ministers of the city, marched on an alleged blind tiger in the east side of the town this evening. After breaking down the doors, they confiscated twelve gallons of whiskey, and after a prayer by one of the ministers in the. party, marched through the streets and visited a second place. The crusade follows the killing of Jesse Cooley, a prominent Clay mine owner, Saturday night, and the suicide of a prominent man while drunk. Lad's Skull Split by Saw. Little Oscar Pitts, a six-year-old boy, was very seriously, if not fatally hurt at a saw mill near Palmetto yesterday afternoon. It seems that the little fellow was playing around the saw mill, where his brother was working. The saw was not running and he got into the pit before it. Not knowing of course, that the little fellow was down there, the mill was started up and the starting caused him to raise his head, which was almost split by the saw through the top and back of the skull. Drs. King and McLeod were summoned and brought the little fellow here in an automobile, where he received attention within a short time after the horrible accident. He is doing as well this morning as could be expected. Little, if any hope can be entertained for him, however, as the brain was cut into.?Florence Times. Tariff Bill Passed House. Washington, April 9.?After three weeks' discussion, the Payne tariff bill was passed by the house to-night by a vote of 217 to 161. One Republican, Austin (Tenn.) voted against the measure and four Democrats, all from Louisiana, Messrs. Broussard, Espopinal, Pujo and Wickliffe, voted for it. An attempt by Champ Clark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill with instructions signally failed. The day was filled with excitement from the moment the session began at noon until the last minute. The members were keyed up to the highest pitch, and a practically full membership remained on duty throughout. The final vote demonstrated the capacity of the Republican organization to get together. The situation with respect to lumber was greatly relieved for the Republican leaders when it became manifest that the advocates of the proposition of placing it on the free list were in the minority. Because of that fact, Mr. Fitzgerald (N. Y.) charged that a midnight deal had been made last night whereby free lumber was to be voted down and the rates on barley and barley malt increased, and this notwithstanding the demands of Messrs. Mann (111.) and Cushman (Wash.), who offered the barley amendments. The general public was greatly interested in the proceedings and the galleries were packed. Both the diplomatic and executive reservations likewise were fully occupied, one of the conspicuous observers be ing Mrs. Tart, wire or tne presiqent. When the bill actually was passed, the Republicans cheered lustily, some dancing up and down the aisles and patting their fellow members on the back. Leaves Child to Fiery Fate. Richmond, Va., April 11.?A special to The Times-Dispatch says that at Lawyers, Campbell county, early yesterday morning the home of Armistead Yuill was destroyed by fire and his 8-year-old daughter was incinerated. Yuill and his wife were awakened by the fire and in the excitement of attempting to extinguish the flames forgot the child, asleep in the building, until the roof crashed in. Rescue was then too late and it was not until the flames had died out that the charred body of the child was I found under the ruins. 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