The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, March 30, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
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Thursday, March 30, 1911.
The governor is at least to be commended
for his refusal to pardon in
"the Jones and Avant cases.
The governor is working a .right
good tiluff in stating that he will
ask the dispensary commission to
??% . summon Lawyer Felder to testify.
Sjj? He knows very well -that Felder is
too shrewd to testify before a comf
1 mission appointed by Blease and men
/ >\ whom the governor states are his
personal friends and supporters.
g||In refusing a pardon to J. J.
Jones, the Branchville lawyer wno
killed Abe Pearlstine, Gov. Blease
stated that the petition was premaI
- ' ture and should never have been presented.
Mrs. Pearlstine, widow of
the dead man, wrote a letter to the
\ governor protesting against the parIll;
Sdon. Other people also wrote letters
for and against the pardon.
It seems to us that it is high time
the special judgeship matter between
i the supreme court and the governor
was being settled. It is clear that
the supreme court only has the right
to appoint special judges, who are to
gfcv be commissioned by the governor,
> and it seems there is or should be
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the recommendations of the court..
Are the courts of the State to be ab;>
solutely under tbe control of Blease? j
Lawyer Felder is keeping up his
"bombardment of tbe governor, and
he promises to make some startling
revelations. Well, let's have them,
SpT by all means. His communications
so far have been vitriolic enough,
? :. but if he has any damaging facts
against the governor, let them come
to light. We want to see the light
turned on all the dispensary dealings,
vf' no matter who is affected. If the
%; governor has any letters which prove
anything against Felder and the atm
torney general, as he has intimated, |
he ought to let them come out, too.
In the matter of discontinuing the
short train now being operated between
Blackville and Augusta, it is
stated by the railroad authorities that
the traiD does not pay. No wonder1
it doesn't, for it is not a local train,
it making only the stop at Aiken between
Blackville and Augusta. If
jj?\ r the railroad will extend the train to
Branchville and make all stops between
that point and Augusta, we
feel sure the train will pay. At least,
if they want to show any accommodation
for the people on this line of
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road, they will try the experiment,
and then if the train does not pay,
they can take it off.
Remarks About Bamberg.
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Poor Bamberg is weeping large,
salty tears over a vexatious railroad
schedule.?Charleston Post.
"Bamberg needs more people of
the right sort," says The Bamberg
Herald. Impossible for you to get
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already live here will sooner or
later.?Greenville Piedmont.
Eagles' Club Enjoined.
Sumter, March 27.?The Eagles'
club in this city has again been enjoined,
although it is scarcely a
month since the former injunction
was dismissed. The club is enjoined
from keeping a resort in which liN
?quors are sold, and from receiving,
storing or otherwise disposing of
them.
The Bank of Sumer, which owns
the building in which are the Eagles'
rooms, is enjoined from renting
rooms for such purposes.
O'Riley is in town.
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NO COURT HELD.
Hamblin Issues Statement Explaining
His Position.
Union, March 27.?The special
term of court ordered to convene
here to-day for the purpose of hearing
cases not requiring a jury failed
to materialize on account of no judge
being commissioned to hold it.
As has already been told in The
scale, a pennon ior cms special term
of court was circulated among the
members of the bar here a few weeks
ago by John H. Hamblin, a member
of the Union bar. There never was
a meeting of the local bar association
called in this matter, but Mr.
Hamblin secured the signature of a
majority of the attorneys here to the
petition asking for the special term
and requesting that Ernest Moore, of
Lancaster, or some other man learned
in the law, be appointed to hold
this court.
Much Correspondence.
There has been considerable correspondence
and telephonic communication
in regard to the appointment,
Mr. Hamblin having it in charge, and
being very anxious to get the appointment
of a special judge made.
When the petition for the special
term was forwarded to the chief justice
of the supreme court, Mr. Hamblin
notified Gov. Blease, who informed
him in communications between
them that he would not appoit Mr.
Moore under any circumstances.
It was on this assurance from the
governor that Mr. Hamblin wrote the
letter relative to others who would
be acceptable as special judge as
printed in The State.
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In view of the statement made
by the governor, and his giving out
for publication the letters which appeared
in to-day's State, Mr. Hamblin
made the following statement
this afternoon.
Mr. Hamblin's Statement.
"Not caring to take part in a news- ,
paper controversy, I have heretofore
refused to have anything to say as to
the appointment of a special judge |
to hold an extra term of court for the
purpose of getting the equity docket ?
of our court somewhat cleared. I
now feel it my duty to make a statement
in the facts in the matter in
justice to myself and the members of ,
the Union bar, with whom I have
acted in this matter.
"The equity docket of Union county
has for a long time been congest- ,
ed. Cases have been passed over at
regular terms of court from time to
time, until they have become almost j <
an eyesore to those of us who desire
to see our causes speeded. It seems
impossible to get relief through our
regular terms of court, so the mem- ,
bers of the bar agreed upon an extra
term of court to relieve the con- 3
gestion. j
"It was further agreed that Ern- j ?
est Moore, of Lancaster, should be j 3
recommended to hold this court, the j
recommendation being without dis-;i
sent from any member of the bar ap- j.
proached on the mattter.
"The petition for such court and j;
the recommendation of Ernest Moore' .
to hold such court were accordingly j ,
filed with the chief justice and the j 3
governor notified of the recommen
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"The governor, in a conversation
over the telephone and in reply- to
my letter informing him of the recommendation,
stated most emphatically
that he would not appoint 1
Ernest Moore to hold the court, and {
mailed to me a list containing the '*
names of those whom he would ap- 1
point. As stated, the need of the
court was urgent, and while the 1
members of the bar of this county
signing tile petition for a special
term of court were unanimous in the i
recommendation of Mr. Moore, yet,
in order to avoid conflict in the matter
and obtain the court, we were
willing ot withdraw our recommendation
of Mr. Moore and ask the appointment
of some other suitable and
available lawyer to whom there
would be no objection. This, I understood
to be done, and the name of 1
Mr. Moore to be withdrawn. However,
as to the withdrawal, there
seems to have been some misunderstanding
between the chief justice
and ourselves, which it is not necessary
to state, as that misunderstand
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versy. The name of Mr. Moore was
withdrawn for the reason, and only
reason, that the governor notified me
that he would not, under any circumstances,
be appointed.
"My letter to the governor bearing
date March 22, 1911, and published
in The Columbia State of the
27th inst. was based upon the previous
notification from Gov. Blease
to me that he would not appoint Mr.
Moore, which notification was given
to me by way of reply to my letter
bearing date of February 28, 1911,
and also published in The State of
the 27th inst.
"If Gov. Blease had published all
of his letters to me and related our
conversations over the telephone, it
would have appeared, beyond any
doubt, that the sole and only reason
for Mr. Moore's not opening court art
Union this morning is because Gov.
SWAYED OVER ABYSS.
For Two Hburs was in Suspense,
Then Fell Six Inches.
While tramping over a field to
make a short cut to his home, in
Sharon, Pa., George Hoven walked
on the boards of an abandoned well
and fell through. He was able to
grab hold of a crossbeam and succeded
in linking his arms about it.
Then he screamed for help, but his
cries were not heard. After clinging
to the support for about two hours
Hoven began to grow weak. The
freezing air was also telling on him
and he was fast losing his strength.
He offered up a prayer and allowed
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his arms to relax. He fell, expecting
to be killed. Instead he dropped only
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in with about seven feet of the top.
Letters in Union Case.
Letters written by John K. Hamblin,
attorney of Union, made public
by Gov. Blease add interest to the
court situation in Union county. It
will be recalled that Saturday Gov.1
Blease stated that he would not name
Ernest Moore of Lancaster as special
judge for equity court in Union.
Gov. Blease in commenting on the
case, said that he based his position
on the two letters which he made
public.
John K. Hamblin, a member of the
Union County Bar association, who
sent the letter to Gov. Blease stating
that the recommendation of Ernest
Moore had been withdrawn by the
bar association, said that he had no
statement to make. "I don't care to
discuss the matter. I don't care to
get into a newspaper controversy
about it."
"When you addressed a letter to
Gov. Blease stating that the recommendation
of Ernest Moore had been
withdrawn by the bar association, did
you act in behalf of the bar association?"
he was asked.
"I refuse to make a statement," he
replied.
J. Gordon Hughes, the secretary of
the bar association of Union county,
said yesterday that Mr. Hamblin had
been handling the special judge matter,
and that the bar association had
never taken any official action on the
question.
The law requires that special
judges shall be commissioned by the
governor upon the recommendation
of the supreme court.
Chief Justice Jones has recommended
Ernest Moore for the Union
court.
The law does not require that bar
associations recommend special
judges to the chief justice. This is
done through courtesy. The law requires
the chief justice to recommend
a disengaged circuit judge or
an attorney learned in the law, who
shall be commissioned by the governor.
Ernest Moore was recommended
by the Union County Bar association
and by Chief Justice Jones. Mr.
Moore heard the John Black case.
He was not on the "eligible" list for
appointment recently made up by the
governor and sent to the chief justice.
Gov. Blease announced the following
letter as his reason for refusing
to commission Ernest Moore:
"Union, S. C., Feb. 28-11.
'Hon. Cole. L. Blease, Governor or
South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir: On behalf of the bar I
have just mailed a petition to you and
Chief Justice Jones asking for special
term of court to try equity cases,
etc.?no jury cases. Our bar has
recommended Ernest Moore, and if
for any reason he is not appointed,
then we leave the question of appointment
open. If there is disen
gaged circuit judge we expect mm to
be appointed.
"Yours truly,
"JNO. K. HAMBLIN.
The second letter was as follows:
"Union, S. C., March 22, 1911.
"Governor Cole. L. Blease, Columbia,
South Carolina.
"Dear Sir: As we have a court ordered
for next week, beginning March
27, to try equity cases, and there are
out-of-town attorneys who are interested
in the court and making inquiries,
I should be very glad if you
would give me the information as to
whether or not a judge has been
commissioned to hold this court.
"Our bar has withdrawn the name
of Ernest Moore, and has suggested
(in event there is no disengaged cir-j
cuit judge) that we have Walter
Hunt, of Newberry, or C. C. Sims, of
Barnwell, or Judge R. O. Purdy, of
Sumter.
"Thanking you in advance for your
reply, I beg to remain,
"Yours very truly,
"JNO. K. HAMBLIN."
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and it was practically the sal+
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tion.
O'Rilev is in town.
Blease would not commission him under
any circumstances. We would be
glad to have Mr. Moore or some other
judge to convene court at Union tomorrow,
if we could get him."
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Another Arrest Made.
Orangeburg, March 25.?B. A.
Wharton, a deputy from the office of
1 the State insurance commissioner's
office, has been busily engaged in the
coramun ty around North and this
city and making an investigation of
the burning of the Leysath store at
North last week. As a result of his
work he swore out a warr.un for the
arrest of Alex Poole, charged as being
an accessory before the fact to
the burning. It is charged that Poole
carried off a wagon of goods from the
store before it was burned.
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Stripling Papers Found.
Atlanta, March 24.?It was announced
to-day that the papers in
the Edgar Stripling case have been
found in the archives of the supreme j
court and would be ready for the
governor or prison commission when j
called for. The papers contain a full I
history of the case from the time j
Stripling was indicted for the mur- ;
der of W. F. Connett in Harris county
to the time of his escape from the
Harris county jail 14 years ago, after
having received a life sentence.
Additional petitions for the pardon of
Stripling have been received from
Danville, Va., where Stripling was
serving as chief of police when recaptured.
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