Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 1 f gJ-Litt A « ^ ^ a. fALTERBORO. & <X .^r; -.; Hi Easter Millinery. I wish to announce to my friends and customers that I have recently purchased in the Northern Mar kets a complete J|np of Spiring and Summer Millinery; S* Dry Goods and Notions • •• ° My stock isfirge and I am sure that you will find wliat you want here. Miss Edna Stokes, my Milliner, has arrived and will be pleased to meet all prospective purchasers. Opening April 6 and 7 MRS. W. A. BLACK THE LEADING MILLINERY STORE JOHN BLACK GETgPJ RELIEVED pf $2,000 FINE IT! fiff* ERROR BLEASE’S ACTION. ALSO RESTORED TO CITIZENSNIP. HO Hid m 31H --y ■ IE $3.50 Value for Only $1.50 Never before have you bad the op portunity to buy 4—four-4 high grade papers for the price of one. Think of it, four papers for the price of one, with a -dandy premium thrown in extra. This is positively the best clubbing offer that you have ever seen. The Progressive Farmer Every Womans Magazine The National Poultrv Journal .. The Press and Standard One Pair 8 inch'‘Ever Sharp Shears.'’ You May Have Them Total ALL FOR $1.50 50 The Progressive Farmer & Gazette of Raleigh, N. C. , k . » r: i *svr - — The Progressive Farmer is made in the South, by Southern men. and* deals with Southern conditions — the conditions you are inter ested in. Th^ ; o icy of The Progressive Farmer is to give to the farmers of the South a paper that will help thtm in. «v»ry branch of u<.rk. It is then one com- {.!•- . ^outturn farm pajier le »aoer made-fur you. Kegu!«r price $1.no. This of. r good for new subscrip tions only. National Poultry Journal # 3C ^ /•••.• t " 1 • • • »\ National Pouby Jouma Published in ^OJd Virginia," the Lan ner poultry state, a recognized author- ^ ity on poultry raising. There i.- big money in poultry. when’Tmodern methods are used, (live vour boys and girls a chance to do something for themselves'an 1 they { will Ik- better boys and girls. One woman made $500.00 from her chickens last year. REGULAR.'PRICE .t* A YEAR. •fOVtMItK lv.ri.rd to fn<ni^ ^i^r, prnf , . It. Ml In Bran, hr, . » Every Womans Magazine. One of the best woman’s and home jiubli- cation^of the w hole country. Every issue is chuck full of good things. The depart ment of fashions not only furnishes the latest styles, but suggests how best to make over your old dress for little money; shows you how to dress your children cheaply and- well. It has a department of cooking, a department for boys and girls, and each issue also con tains severalshort stories in addition to the feature serial stories. REGULAR PRICE 50 CENTS. Columbia, March < 24.—Special: John Black, former chairman of tha State dispensary board of director*, convicted of conspiracy to defraud the State, sentenced to ftvcf yean in the Penitentiary, his sentence Npt later commuted to a fine of $2,000, or jive years, by Governor) Blcaaa, was late to-day unconditionally pardoned by the Chief Executive. Black had not yet paid his fine, having been given until September 1. and the proclamation iasued by Governor Blease this afternoon not only relieves Black of the payment of the fine, but restores the former dispensary director to citizenship, and removes the stigma which com mutation could not reach. BLACK IN RICHMOND. Tc* night John Black is in Rich mond. and it is probable that not until to.morrow will he know of. his pardon. His local counsel .did not know-w here to reach him in Rich- Imond. His wife is also out of the j city, having gone to I>on mrk, so | that it is also probable she does not | j to-night know that her husband is I : again free from the sentence of the Court. i Tne order giving John Black his ! freedom is formal, being such a : proclamation as w as issued when i | John Black's sentence was commute ed. ,, The pardon is as follows: PARDON AS ISSUKD. "Whereas, at a Court of General Sessions and Common Picas, liegun and holden in Chester County, at the November term of Court, 1910, before Judge (Special! Ernest Moon , one John Blacl? was convicted ' of conspiracy to defraud the State i and was sentenced to live years in the State Penitentiary; now know ye that for divers good causes and ; considerations, me hereunto moving, I have thought fit to pardon and by these presents do pardon the said John Black. “Given under my hand and seal, etc. “Cole L. Blease. Governor.” The pardon was signed late£this afternoon, shortly before the Gov ernor left the executive offices to go to the Mansion. No reasons are as signed in the pardon. FULL AND UNCONDITIONAL. When the news of the pardon of John Black was first spoken of at the State House, the supposition was that Governor Blease had pardoned the ex dispensary official in order to restore him to citizenship and Black had paid his fine. Later, this was found not to have been the case, but the pardon was simply an uncondi tional one and relieves Black of pay ing his fine. Governor Blease stated to-night i that he had not seen John Black for several days. It is thus almost cer-' tain that the Governor pardoned John Black without much urging on the latter’s part. Black has been in i Columbia since his sentence was- commuted, but Monday stated he would leave for Richmond, fora stay of a week or ten days. COULDN’T RAISE FINE? , It had been said that he had diffi culty in raising the $2,000 fine, to] which his sentence had been com muted on February 27. Black was convicted at the Nov-1 ember term of Court, at Chester, of conspiracy to defraud, on connection with the old State dispensary mat ters. JJe was sentenced to five years and was not given the alterna tive of a fine until the commutation by Governor Blease. He had. at an other term of Court, been placed on trial, here, but the finding of a copy : of the local morning paper in the jury room caused the giving- of an j order for a mistrial by Judge Mem- minger. The last chapter in the Black case was written late to-day when the i Governor granted him a full pardon. B | This astonishing ofter will be kept Open only a I short time. Take advantage of it and send your order I today. | The Press andSandard, jj REASON FOR BLACK'S PARDON. Columbia, March 24,—Special: In granting a pardon to John Black, Governor Bleaae stated that his ac tion was taken as the result of s letter to bim, from J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney General, which callwi at tention to immunity given a number of representatives of liquor houses, who had given evidence against Black and others indicted in the dis pensary fraud cases.—The News and Couriar. THE ARCADE THE ARCADE 232 and 234 Kinc Street and 203 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C ■f The Largest Wholesale and Retail Mai Order House In die Sooth Charleston’s Great Department Store . Grand Clean up Sale of Winter Stocks at HALF PRICE Q Balance of our Tailor-Made Suits, Furs, Cloaks, Silk and Woolen Dresses, Dress . a Goods, Etc., all Marked to close out at HALF PRICE Write.us—Send in ait Open Order. Will Attend to the Same as Though You Were Standing at. Our Elbow Lades’ and Children’s Ready-to-Wear Garments a Specialty “SATISFACTION OR' YOUR MONEY BACK” To Remove (Nd Paint or ~ s Varnish Use “UNGERWETT” Paint and Varnish Remover, “IT-STAYS-WET,” '»•' * , o J ^' Put up in Sizes from 1-2 pts up- THEN REFINISH WITH CLEVELAND VARNISHES and “ATLAS” READY MIXED1PA1NT WE ALSO HANDLE Window*Glass, Brushes, Ladders, Oils, Cold Water Paint, Roofing Papers, Etc. “Atlantic Paint Co., Distributors.” Charleston, S. C, 201 Meeting St. Brown Furniture & Hardware Co. Walterboro Agents. • I" ' o PRICES AND FUKTHEK INFORMATION ON REQUEST.