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w< HOI - ' r- > gfcj ? W. i 1 > V* iv ? ?(?& . - v ' -J-. v w: . m iwtt;' -U V- ' "? . 1 ; If' I VI X v * | "THE LIVE STO( k ; \,' JONES NOT A CONVICT. ______ ,y,f Branchville Manslayer Will Appeal. Case will be Argued Next Month. Orangeburg, Nov. 16.?John J. Jones, the Branchville attorney, who > 1 was convicted here last January of the murder of Abe Pearlstine, and sentenced to imprisonment for ten years and one month, has been quiet ly spending the past few months at ? the State penitentiary, not as a con' vict, but only waiting the determination of his appeal, which will be argued before the the supreme court in December. X . It will be remembered that Jones and Pearlstine became involved in an altercation in the postoffice at Branchjp ' ville and after the fist fight which arose had terminated, Jones turned, / as he was about to reach the door of the office, and shot Pearlstine down. After a hard-fought trial?in which the defendant was represented by Messrs. Wolfe & Berry, assisted by Messrs. Glaze & Herbert and Messrs Brantley & Zeigler, and the State by Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand with the assistance of Messrs. Raysor & Summers and Mr. Adam H. Moss?Jones was found guilty of manslaughter and * t._ j*? r% iir sentenced dv juage n. w. .Mtuiuuugci to serve ten years and one month in ^ the State penitentiary. Jones Xot in Stripes. There has been much comment up* on Jones's confinement in the peni' tentiary and just why he was placed there when his case was under appeal. He has no doubt fared better "by being placed in the penitentiary, for the Orangeburg county jail is small and one confined there has only a small cell in which to pass his time and the health conditions are not so good as those in the penitentiary. The convicted man does not wear the garb of a convict. He is clad in the clothes of a gentleman and conducts his business to a certain extent from prison walls. After the defendant's conviction he remained in the county jail for a1 least two weeks. Then the sheriff received a commitment from the cleri of court to take him to Columbia Thinking that an appeal had beer made, Sheriff A. M. Salley investigated, but the true status of affairs could not be determined. However, in s few days he found out from the solici tor that the case had been appealec and was directed 'bv-him to tak< Jones to the penitentiary during the pendency of the appeal. .Mr. Salle) stated to-day that the taking ol Jones to the penitentiary by him was only following the orders of tin court. The case is now under appeal and will be argued at the December tern' of the supreme court. The record ol the case has not been completed, owing to the fact that a conflict arose among the attorneys for the defense and prosecution as to certain matters and this controversy has bfeen sub mitted to Judge R. W. Memminger t< be decided. The case is in his hands now and what his decision will be is not known. As soon, however, as the case is returned, it will be filed witl the supreme court. 2 Have C *se; n? i _ bight L # 7RA :k and vehicle FREED BY SMITH. _______ , Bawling Boys who Were Serving Life Sentences for Murder. > Atlanta, Nov. 16.?After carefully ' studying the case, Gov. H^ke Smith has pardoned' Leonard and Jesse Rawlins, following a recent recommendation by the prison board. Even before the board made any recommendation, Gov. Smith had been looking into the case of the younger boy, Jesse, who was only 15 when . the crime was committed. Gov. Smith signed the pardon Wednesday and the two lads, who have been serving a life sentence in the penitentiary for complicity in the murder of the Carter children will be freed at once. The governor's action was not unexpected. The .Carter children were killed in 1905: Old man Rawlins and his ' three sons, Milton, Leonard and Jesse, and a negro named Alf Moore, were charged with the crime. All of them were convicted, and Rawlins and the negro were hanged, while the three boys were given life sen> tences. To the last the elder Rawlins ' maintained that his sons had nothing to do with the crime, and that Alf Moore, the negro, had been offered $150 if he would kill old man Carter, and that the negro killed the children instead when they surprised him while prowling around the Car ter home. No case has ever been harder fought than that of the Rawlins boys > and their father. Following their > conviction Attorney Cooper appealed ( the case to the highest court in the t iana. Gov. Terrell declined to intervene, : and the elder Rawlins was hanged. > The murder of the Carter children I was one of the bloodiest ever record ed in the annals of crime in this State. It was the outgrowth of a , feud between old man Carter and old t man Rawlins which had smouldered for years. ; Children Were Shot Down. . | The evidence showed that the chili j dren had heard an unusual noise in ! the neighborhood of the barn on the I night of the murder. Carter's little i girl stepped into the yard to see what - the disturbance was about. She II called to her brother only a year or J i i so older, and told him that somei I thing was disturbing the little calf. As the little girl called to her F | brother a shot rang out and she fell J: dead. As her brother stepped into j ? | the yard to see what was the trouble j I a second shot rang out and he fell i I mnrtjiilv wounded bv his sister's' 11 side. f j Old man Carter, who was in the -1 house at the time, dared not go to 3: the assistance of his children, be? cause of the fear that he, too. would 5 be shot down from the dark. The - house was darkened and the doors ) barred and the two children, one of 3 them dead and the other mortally 3 wounded, lay in the yard of the house J until daylight made it safe for the l Carter family to venture out and give the alarm. | )n Hand 3 A Cents I iome Extra Come and INK MAN." AND IN MILWAUKEE, TOO. Races Separated at Men and Religion Movement Banquet. xt i r T^tp IWllWailKee, WIS., 1MUV. iu. nau a dozen negroes sitting by themselves at a separate table when a banquet in connection with the Men and Religion Forward Movement was given at the Y. M. C. A. building, looked rather strange to other delegates, who saw indications of race discrimination. The notion gained .belief when they saw a negro preacher take a seat among the white men, while the other negroes gestured violently for him to sit with them. He half rose, turned to his brethren, sat down again, scowling, and then rose once more. A few stage whispered words passed and he took his seat at the negroes' table. A few minutes later he got up to talk, and one of the remarks he made was "There are no black seats in Heaven." There were then more violent motions from the negroes* table for him to take a new'tact. Still he hinted at discrimination until, heeding the murmurs of the other negroes, he turned about and changed his address .into a plea for tne cooperation of white people in religious work among the negroes. The Rev. George J. Fox said his race had not been discriminated against; that he had made a special request for a separate table, prior to the banquet, as he thought his congregation would feel more at home at a table of their own. Prayed for Death of Husband. Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 16.?Henry Gillingham, the suspended police officer who killed Chief of Police Hare here at midnight last night, died to-night in the hospital from the effects of the bullet wounds inflicted by Assistant Chief Huyck and Special Officer Charles Bauer. At his bedside last night Mrs. GilI lingham expressed the wish that her husband would not survive. "I pray God he doesn't get well," she exclaimed, "for if he lives I know they will hang him." Gillingham had been suspended by Huyck on the charge of intoxication. | Girl a Daring Steeplejack. j I^ydia AiKens is tne cnampion wuman steeplejack of the world. She I is the daughter of J. T. Aikens, of j j England, who has climbed the lofty j | spires of many churches and cathed- j j rals of England. After climbing a j 1 sleeple 220 feet high in Market Har-! borough, England, she announced her intention of coming to this country and climbing the steeples of the highest churches and the flagpoles of the big buildjings. She wants to scale the flagpoles of the Singer building and the Metropolitan tower. Miss Aikens is young, atheletic in build, strong and agile. She says she never feels any fear when at the j top of a building, is not frightened I by height, and never has a desire to j jump.?New York Press. 4 Two Cc ND Cotton Nice Driver: See Them R A dli An $3,000 TEETH FOR HORSE. Lou Childs's Fast Pacer Blanche to Have Set of False Teeth. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 14. ? Lou PhiiHs of Snokane. owner of the fast pacing mare, Blanche, said to-day that the mare is at once to be equipped with a set of false and gold-filled teeth, to cost $3,000. The little mare, which has won $10,000 for her owner, this season on Western tracks, has been much troubled with toothache, and Childs has decided to equip her with false molars. Those that can be saved will be filled with gold. The mare ran away on the North Yakima track, bumping into a fence when an attempt was made to stop her, with the result that she knocked out three front teeth, loosened several .more, and started a bunch of aches. Messenger Dead, Safe Looted. Scranton, Pa., Nov. 17.?Between 8:26 and 8:30 o'clock to-night, Express Messenger Irving G. Barger,, of this city, was killed and the safe in his car looted as it sped between Taylor and this city on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western road. The train left North Cumberland at 5 o'clock. It made its regular stop at Taylor just to. the south of the Soranton city line. Barger was seen by train hands during the minute that the train was stopped at Taylor. When the train arrived at the Scranton station at 8:30, four minutes later, Barger was lying dead in a pool of blood on the floor of the car, with his head battered -in. Doctors later found a bullet in his brain. It entered at the base of the skull. His revolver usually worn in a holster at his side, was found in the express safe, and the safe was looted. It is said that between $1,500 and $2,000 is missing. The robber or robbers, it is supposed, got into the car at Taylor, committed the deed, and dropped off the train as it slowed up on entering the Scranton yards. Barger was 45 years old and lived in South Scranton. Acquits Soil of Killing Father. Camden, Nov. 18.?The ca&e of Willie Kirkland. charged with the murder of his lather, McCrea Kirkland, came up for trial yesterday. The case was hard fought from beginning to end, but it was easily established that Willie Kirkland was compelled to shoot his father to protect his mother. From the testimony, it seems that .McRae Kirkland was accustomed to getting in violent rages and would treat everyone very cruelly that he came in contact with. Mrs. Kirkland, the widow of McRae Kirkland. went upon the witness stand and told of the cruel treatment she had suffered from his hands during the 30 years of her married life, and howit became almost unbearable during the past two years. ir Loads MU v Mules s' i \ MB! BAMBERG, S( i SLA TON, GOVERNOR PRO TEM. Succeeds Hoke Smith Until Georgia Elects New Executive. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15.?Governor Hoke Smith, recently elected United States senator from Georgia, tendered his resignation as chief executive of this State to-day. To-morrow morning the Hon. Jno. M. Slaton, president of the State senate, will take the oath of office as governor pro tern to serve until Governor Smith's successor is elected. IF YOU SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE YOU CAN GET THE 52 WEEKLY ISSUES OF The YOUTH'S COMPANION t for 1912 for only $1.75; also all the issues for the remaining weeks of 1911, Free. It is your last chance to get the paper at this price. On January 1, 1912, it will be advanced to $2.00. Serials and Other Stories. 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' jSj V J * ' * ' iRG : a ?> . : r*. - - / -. pu . ,'"V)UTH CAROLINA $ , TAX NOTICE. ^ " * t ' " ir* r J'** The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15th day of October, 1911 until the \ 15th day of March, 1912, inclusive. > From the first day of January, ? 191?, until the 31st day of January, 1912, a penalty of one per cent will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1912, until < . the 28 th day of February, 1912, a penalty of 2 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1912, until the 15th day of March, 1912, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all. unpaid % v taxes. THE LEVY. For Estate purposes* 5% mills For County purposes 5% mills ^ Constitutional school tax....3 mills + * Total 14% mills - - ' SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES.' Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills Binnakers, No.1 12 * 3 mills . ; Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills Clear Pond, No. 19. 2 mills Colston, No. 18 2 mills * Cuffie Creek, No. 17 2 mills Denmark, No. 2i 6% -^lls Ehrhardt, No. 22, .ils Govan, No. 11 > mills Hutto, No. 6 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills Hey ward, No. 24 ....1 2 mills Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 1 mill Lees, No. 23 4 nuns Midway, No. 2 2 mills . Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills Olar, No. 8 ... 4 mills St. Johns, No. 10 2 mills Salem, No. 9 3 mills Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills ^ All persona between the ages of twenty-one and sixty years of age,* except Confederate soldiera and s^ilorsi who are exempt at 50 years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one < dollar. Capitation dog tax 50 cents. All persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st day of Jan- ?' uarv, 1911, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar, and all who have not *^ade returns to the Auditor, are requested to do so on or before the 1st of January, 1912. . J I will receive the commutation road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from the 15th day of October, 1911, until the 1st day of March, 1912. JOHN F. FOLK, A Treasurer Bamberg County. 1 Coal&Lumber V* All kinds always on hand 5 PROMPT DELIVERY BAMBERG BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. L. B. FOWLER, Manager * 'Phone 33L Bamberg, S- C :.--v ?.' . ,