The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 10, 1907, Image 7
ISSUESJDDRESS.
Mr. E. D, Smith Discusses the
Cotton Situation Fully.
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PROPOSES A REMEDY.
He Says AU Are Fighting the Producer,
and That Therefore the Farmers.
Having a Monopoly Should
Offer a Concerted
Resistance.
To the Peopla of South Carolina*
We have just passed through per
haps the moat peculiar year in the J
growing of ootton and are passing ,
through now an equally Btrange one
in the marketing of it. East of the
MluiBBlppi an unprecedented season
in the growing of ootton was experienced,
a This seotlon suffered two of the seJr
verest storms that ever visited the
ootton belt. A frost, earlier by three
or four weeks than ever visited the
belt and with more disastrous results.
West of the Mississlpi 1 the growing
season was perhaps above the average,
the gathering season fairly good; the
yield promising to be in this section
phenomlnally large. In the earlier
glnners* reports these conditions and
their results seemed to be borne out.
In the later glnners' report, to the
surprise of every one interested in the
ootton business, the yield in the frost
and storm strioken section was surprisingly
large and in a like proportion
the return from the favored section
was correspondingly small.
In addition to these surprising and
disturbing facts, the New York er
euanges iiiot ana wiaenea me durer- j
w eaoe In the value of grades bo muoh ,
so that the better grades of cotton In
place of oommandlng the ordinary difference
of 1 8 to 1-4 percent, premium
have advanoed from 125 to as
high as 175 points difference. A man
having spot cotton, under these conditions
had no praotioal Idea of what
his cotton was worth.
In addition to this the board price
or the future market, which in former
years Indicated the value of cotton delivered
In New York and in New Orleans
basis middling, now has no relation
whatever to any suoh relative
value. To-day. for instance, January,
the spot month, Is quoted in New
York at 9.47 basis middling, while
middling spot cotton In the same
market is quoted at 10.75, and the
same grade of spot ootton would readily
bring 10.75 or m~ie on our local
market. All this confusion is the result
of the disturbing faotor of the
farmers, the producers of spot ootton.
demanding toe vaiue or cneir product. ,
Heretofore the price of cotton was
fixed arbitrarily by the New York ex 1
change and the value of middling odtton
and other grades was determined
b? deducting the carrying chargeB
from here to New York from the New
York quotations. To-day the value
of spot ~?on In the South Is determined
entirely by the disposition of
the farm# ?o sell.
In the iv yV few months I have visited
most of the cotton growing States,
and I found throughout the South
that there is among the masses of
growers a dearer knowledge of the
general situation and a more praotloal
conception of what is necessary to
meet the oondltiens for the benefit of
the producer of ootton, and a clearer
^ idea of the oommon laws of business
Involved In the transaction of produo*
tlon and sale, supply and demand,
and this is surely working a revolution
in the cotton business. It is ellmi
naming to a large extent the effect of
gambling in futures on the value of
spot cotton and is rapidly divoro'ng
the gambling factor from the legitimate
trade in the actual stuff.
Another element whioh is tending
to bring about this result Is the fact
tL*t the unprecedented demand for
ootton goods through the world Is enabling
the mills to contract for their
output on a basis where they can pay
a remuneiative price for cotton and
still declare a large dividend for their
stockholders. The Southern mills
also having the advantage of position
4 ' can pay more for the ootton at their
^ doors than mills not so favorably situated
. The rapid increase In the consumption
of raw ootton ii owing to
the i no re ase of spindles.
The rapid increase of spindles in the
South and the consequent inorease in
the consumption of raw ootton by
Southern mills have rendered them a
potent faotor In making it posslblo to
maintain a higher general average for
the prloe of cotton. Let no one, however,
be deceived by these conditions
in thinking that these oircumstanoes
alone will solve the great problem that
confronts the Southern people. The
cotton exohanges, the ootton brokers,
the cotton spinners must of necessity
depend upon the margin of difference
between what the cotton is originally
bought at and what they ultimately
a sell it at for their profit.
^j! \ Therefore, to sum up the whole situation,
It resolves Itself luto this one
4 condition: That the produoer of oot
ton is the one out of whom must come
all the profits that are m\de by every
other individual who handles his product.
In other words, if the ultimate
sale of his cotton in the form of raw
material, or the finished product,
shows a net profit of one cent or four
oents per pound above that whloh he
realised for it, he has gotten one oent
A
r four ornta, u (be oim may be. 1ms
ban hie produce is worth. Now,
very man, other lhan the produoer, ^
rho handles the ootton, handles It to
oake a profit out of It.
The logloal situation Is to get It
rom the produoer as low as possible
o as to make the margin of profit b*
ween him and the ultimate consumpton
of bis ootton as gr*?t as possible
L'herfcfcro ti e buyers of ootiou and
he biokers and the mills are seeking
o bear the prloe, while the produoer
if ootton must raise tbe prloe. He
ias the world by natural law arrayed
.gainst blm; he has the beet brain
ind capital employed against him,
horoughly understanding the situation,
getting statlstlos, studying oonlltlons.
knowing just when end how
10 combine their forces to strike aim
then he is weakest, and to take advantage
of his ignorance and his lack
if means to control the situation.
Slow the work of the Southern Ootton
issoolatlon Is to bring the p-oduoer of
otton In the South to a like underitandlng
of thalr side of the question,
tnd combine their brain aDd capital
ind to foroe the world to divide the
profits in ootton with the man who
produces it.
There is no sentiment In this
ihiDg; It is an entirely business light
Detween the buyer and seller to maintain
a profitable business. Tbe Southern
Cotton assoolatlon, with this oonlltlon
olear In Its mind, has done
missionary work for two years, and
jhe Bentiment Beems to be right
inrougnouc me soum to orystauze '
tho knowledge and capital of the producer
into a praotioai form for his
oeneflt. This oalls for a considerable
jhange and modiiioatlon of plans
heretofore adopted.
At Birmingham there will be an
entire revision of our methods and
modification of such of our plans as
have been found partially praotioai
ap to the present and the introduction
of those that experience has
taught us to be necessary. We all
realize the blunders that have been
made, but we also realize the absolute
necessity for the continued existence
)f our organization. Though there
is not the same apparent enthusiasm,
yet there is a deep and abiding determination
in every State in the
3outh to oontlnue the work until the
problem is solved. The South will
continue to grow ootton for an indefinite
length of time. The desire of
the grower to share in the profits
wli: oontlnue as long as cotton Is
grown. And by a patient application
of brain and capital, we will
iolve the problem.
In conclusion, I want to urge every
nan who oan possibly do so, to attend
the Birmingham convention, and give
whatever aid he oan In helping to formulate
the new plans of campaign
for another year.
Let me give a word as to the conditions
in referenoe to the outlook for
the price of cotton. Referring to the
widening of differehocs between middling
ootton and the grades above and
the grades below middling, I want to
warn the holders of spot ootton not
to submit to any such an outrage.
The faot of the business is, because
of the ha.(i wAAthnr And fchn nnn??.
quant Increase In the amount of low
grade ootton does not warrant such a
difference between the better grades
and the lower grades.
The brokers and those who are accustomed
to sell to the mills oertaln
grades of cotton at a certain number
of points above quotations for the
high grade, and a certain number of
points below for the lower grades,
found themselves unable to get
enough of the higher grades to mi
their contracts, and consequently
the premium of these grades was advanced
rapidly. And in order to
save themselves, the disoount on the
lower grades was made equally as
great in order to make up on whatever
low grades they delivered for
what they lost In their failure to deliver
the higher grades; and the man
who is holding ootton ought not to
submit to any such an outrage.
If there is suoh a tremendous
amount of low grade cotton, am the
spinners cannot get enough high
grade ootton to fill ihelr contracts,
they Bhould not be allowed to disoount
the lower grades to make up
for their loss. L?t every holder of
cotton demand for his low strict
middling, good ordinary and ordinary
a price reasonably relative to that
whloh is ottered for the high grades.
In other words, if middling ootton is
worth ten cents per pound, demand
9 3 4 to 9 7 8 for strlot low, and from
10 to 1 4 off, aooordingto the.grades
below this. It is monstrous for
strict mldding cotton to be bringing
10 3 4 and 11 oants, aad strict low
middling cotton bringing from 8 3 4
to 9 cents. The world will need all
/ VM* T? ?W f?V?l no J WUA Ul^U
grades, Do not sacrifice tne low because
they seemingly offer a piemlum
on the high. E D. Smith.
Columbia, S. 0., Jan. 3, 1907.
Car Load of Booze.
The Greenville News says on Wed-1
nesday before Christmas a solid car
load of booze arrived In that olty for
its people. The News says the whiskey
shipments have been large during
the past few days, but the shipment
received Saturday was a record break- j
er for this season. The express companies
always make arrangements
early In December to handle the Inevitable
whiskey shipments for
Christmas. From now on extra express
oars will be pressed into service
to handle the liquor shipments and
also handle the increased business in
other lines of shipments.
George Burnham, Jr., vice president
of the Mutual Reserve Fund Life
Insurance Company, was sentenoed to
two years In Sing Sing for laroeny.
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A DE1AM OF HIA7XH.
If hat It M??ans to the Storm IommI .
W?mt Land.
? 17 enlightened aoul who hag
lever given tht matter serious '
thought, has soma oonoeption, some
deal of heaven. There be many, to
whose imagination the representation
ippears dim, Intangible, lmmansurkble,
but an elysium of grandeur, j
rlohes and indolenoe. Humanity (
ttrlving for the loy it longs to reaoh ,
n the beyond, hopes to attain all t
things denied and sought for through- k
iut life. To the lonely, starving 1
isart, heaven means love, satisfying 1
ineffable love. To the poor, weary *
ind overburdened, freedom from toll ,
ind trouble, to the wavfarer. earth
ward and without where to lay his (
head, the hope of home with Its com- j
forts and delights. To the obsoure, <
but deserving, the "poor in spirit," ,
reooguition and the promise of reward ,
richly fultilled. To the shepherd (
out on the bleak hll'sldes, searching .
for lost ones, guiding them into the \
kingdom, It is the sheltered fold from t
which his llook shall never stray. To ]
the storm-tossed, soul broken by -*or- j
row, and vreoked by hardship too ,
heavy to be borno, heaven means? (
rest?one long, sweet, peaceful, ever- (
lasting rest. What a balm for the ,
weary and heavy-laden, what a oure
for Ills and a mictions. v
People often wonder, and express }
concern about the heavenly home, ,
and what It Bhall be like, but for me, j
lays a deeply pious but terribly a M ct- t
3d soul, I shall not oare what abodes .
others may ohoose among the glories (
3f the celestial city, my own little re- ,
fuge has long been prepared and is c
awaiting me. Years ago, in a time j
Df heart breaking anguish, I was per- ^
nit ted to behold it, as one may look g
jpon a beautiful ploture from afar fi
and through years of a rtllotion and in j
times of deepest trial, it come to me t
i living reality, a soiace, a joy ana a (
glorious hope that shall be realized
when the gates are opened for me. I j
aave no desire for the mansions of (
pearl and orystal, a marble palaoe, r
whose steps lead down to golden
itreots, possess no oharms for me. I a
would not wish to dwell near the *
glittering, jeweled gates, where
multitudes throng the way. It may
* ins before I shall be permitted to ]
tee the great white throne, or to hear .
ihe sweet, gentle voloe of The Lamb
)f God. j
It takes an eternity to see and en ,
ioy the beauties of heaven, and so In ,
ihat time of waiting and of preparation,
1 shall have a little, retreat
where my soul shall rest, frse from
pain, from toll and sorrow. It is a
little, quiet nook, nestled within an
arm of the hills, that embrace the <
.green pastures. There Is no Bhelter (
or roof, for none Is needed; the (
warmth of heavenly sunlight makes j
It one long summer day. The ether ]
above Is as blue as sapphire, and the (
verdure of the hills and valley soft j
and shimmering as the rarest velvet, ,
strewn with myriad scented fljwers
of wondrous beauty and bloom. In ,
the distanoe echoes the song of birds/ ,
and the musloof children's voices and
above all hovers the pure spirit of
pe&oe and sweet repose. Into this
lltt.e seoluded valley I shall enter
some day, when I have earned the
heavenly rest. Then indeed, will be
happiness and rejoicing, when the
(eliolty so long desired shall be attained.
There will be no burdens,
no heartaches, no tears, nothing but
rest and peace forevermore. This,
then, is my earthly consolation, my
sustaining hope, dream of heaven.
Government and Private Enterprises.
As usual, the postofflce department
report* a deficit, and the public Is
busy guessing where the retrenchment
ax will fall. It is plain that
somebody must pay more for postal
facilities than heretofore or the gap
between rcoelpts and disbursements
will continue to turn up each year.
The proposal to Increase rates of postage
on second olass matter Is met
with the argument that periodicals
stimulate letter writing and are feeders
for the postal matter paying first
class rates. The Spartanburg Journal
says a novelty of the situation Is the
proposal of a private party to take
over the entire postal servloe, and run
it as a private enterprise. As figured
out in detail the scheme Is based on
the theory that the government hand- <
ling of the postal business is wasteful,
the department extravagant and
graft eaten. Just at this time when
it is seriously proposed to Increase
the activities of the general govern
ment it is a matter of moment to have
the business ability of this important
department of public service challenged
with the assertion that it oould be
run atone-half the present cost to the
people for postage. The farming out
of privileges In order to secure improvement
is a leap into unoertanttes
and not to be thought of until after
other methods have failed.
Barne<l to Death.
The Augusta Chronicle says Hugh,
the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
J M. Glover, who reside at 1013 Emmet
street died Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'olock from burns received as a
result of his olothing having caught
fire. The little ohild went out on the
front poroh of his father's rcsidenoe
Wednesday afternoon a little before
3 o'clook and in some way he obtained
a matoh. It was struck by the ohild
and his olothing was ignited. The
blaze soon spread over the whole
dress. The ohild died almost by the
time rnedioal aid oould be summoned.
HOW TO PLANT CORN.
rHfi WILLIAMSON PLAN GIVEN
IN A PEW WOllDS.
The Formula Which May Revolu- 1
tionize Agriculture in South CaioUna
and Xnrlch Farmers. t
Wa have published frequently the
ormula for the "Williamson plan" or
iho way devlsad by Mr. K. Molver
Williamson, of Darlington, to make
ive ears of oorn grow where but one
trew before, The formula as given
heretofore has been a little long. The
'ollowlng has been prepared for the
Jolumbla State by Mr. James Henry
Etloe, Jr., as the most concise form In
whloh It oan be given:
Break land In winter one-fourth
leeper than common; lay off in sixloot
rows, leaving live Inch balk.
When time to plant break out balk
with scooter, following In same fur*ow
on this ridge. Ridge them with
tame plow, going deeper; run oorn
planter with Dixie plow, with wing
taken cff. Plant as early as possible,
ifually about the middle of March.
Drop oorn grains every six Inches.
LJse no fertilizer Give tlrst working
with harrow or any plow that will not
X)ver plant. Second working with 10
>r 12-inoh sweep on both sides of
hlant. Thin after this working.
Corn should not be worked again
intil sufficiently stunted, so that It
will never grow large. When It Is
ibout 10 to 12 lnebes hicrh Dut on far- <
illizer. Mix 200 pounds ootton seed
rieal, 200 pounds acid phosphate, 400
pounds kalnlt. Put half In old sweep
urrow, on both sides of every other
xilddle. Cover by breaking out mldile
with turn plow. One week later
ireat the other middle In the Bame
ivay, fertilizer and all. In a few davs
tide corn In hrst middle with lb Inch
iweep. Put all your nitrate of soda
n this furrow, If less than 160 pounds
s used; If more, put half. Cover with
>ne furrow or turn plow, then sow
?eas in middle broadoast, at rate of a
Dushel to the aore, and hnish breakng
out. Lay by early. More corn is
ulned by late plowing than by laok
)f plowing. No hoeing is neoessary
ind middle may be kept clean until
;lme to break out by harrowing.
For 50 bushels to the aore leave
italks 16 inohes apart; for 76 bushels,
.2 Inches; for 100 bushels, 8 inohes
ipart.
Do not pull fodder; do not out tops;
et peas and pea vines die on land.
value id fertilizer to laud is worth j
nor# than forage. (
Every farmer In this county should
five the plan a trial. f
The IncroAHed llu?t of Living. '
1
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says j
'Interviews with olty housewives ]
wrought out the facts that nine-tenths
)f them are struggling with theprob- |
em of how to make a ten-dollar weok- '
y lnoome oover a twelve-dollar weekly j
rxpense. The cost of food, fuel, cloth- ]
leg, rents, house furolshlDgs, helps, ,
and all items of household expense ,
has lnoreased to suoh proportions that {
the problem of making tbe earnings ,
cover the actual neoessary outlay is
beoomlng a serious one in every com- (
munity. It is claimed that the uni- :
formity of the price-scale of all food j
products all over the United States
lends color to the chargo that there is
a strict agreement among corpora- ,
tlons whloh handle them. All kinds
of testile fabrics have advanced 20 to ,
50 per cent In price during the last
five years, and the statistics of the
department of labor and commerce
show an Increase in the cost of foods
alone during the past ten years of 50
per cent. The Increase of rents In attributed
to the Increased oost of labor
and building material?not to increased
values of real estate. It Is shown
by the government's figures that the
cost of bacon has advanced 43.5 Der
cent; potatoes, 43.1 per cent; eggs,
41.8 per cent; dry and plokied pork,
31.1 per cent; fresh pork, 30 per cent;
flour, 29,3 per cent, and corn meal
28.6 per cent. These are the articles
selected by the bureau of labor as the
staples of a workingman's bill of fare.
The lnorease in the price of bsef has
been even greater than the figures
here given, and other items of diet
have increased accordingly.0
Nearly Lynched Him.
Timely police interference only
saved Frank Gallo, of South Boston,
from lynching at the hands of an an
ferry mob, when he was caught in the
alleged act of cutting off a little girl's
braid in front of the Theatre Oomlque,
In his pockets were found five braid*,
including one that Margaret E. Quln
lan, aged 15, identified as her own.
A pair of keen shears were also fcund.
Gallo ol&lms he is a barber and that
he came by the braids honestly.
The cry of "Jack the Sulprer" was
taken up by the crowd on Trcmont
Row when the little girl found her
UAIm MAO A A ?%/! 4UA ma aU s ?
liaii wan k jub auu hid uiuu hi4.u in
ohase of Gallo. Patrolman Tlghe
heard the uproar and arrested the
man after a hard tight in the mud and
slush, the crowd fighting to get at his
prisoner and beat him, The police
believe Gallo Is the man who for a
year past has been terrorizing young
girls by snipping off their braids in
the midst of orowda of shoppers.
Kan Him Down.
Sheriff Corley, of Lexington, has
arrested John N oore, oolored, who is
wanted in North Carolina for killing
a white man at Gastonla. The negro
tried to esoape from Sheriff Corley
by running aoroas the toll bridge over
Congaree river into the olty of Columbia,
;but the sheriff was too qulok for
him, and the negro is now in Lexington
j all waiting for a North Carolina
offloer.
A HUMAJI MO*STAR
defused Decent Barlsl for tbe Wife
He Had Abased.
Every onoe In a while we run upon
I brute olothed In a human form. A
dispatch to the Augusta Ohronlole
from Washington, Ga., says the deballs
of the traglo death from burning
of Mrs, Charles Elliot near Aonla,
In this county, twelve miles from
Washington, were brought to the city
Tuesday night by neighbors of the
lead woman, who had come to Washngton
to get a cotllu and engage a
nearse after the positive refusal of
Jharles Icillot to provide a decent burial
for the remains of his wife, for
whose death he was Indirectly responilble.
The horrible acoldent which cost |
the faithful young wife and mother
ler life occurred Wednesday night ,
tnd death ended her sufferings Friday
evening about 8 o'clock. For the ,
faithfulness and loving devotion of
i young wife and mother on t e one I
land and the cruel Indifference and
leglect of a husband and father on
bhe other, the clroumstances surrounding
this case are * ithout a parallel
in the history of Wilkes ojunty.
While Charles Elliot *as off on a
irunken spree Wednesday night, Mrs.
Klliott wrapped her four little ohild
ren up as comfortably as possible for
tihe night. After this was done there
was not enough bed clothing In the
louse to proteot lior own body from
bhe severe cold, so she wrapped the
ast bed (jullt In the bouse about bar
ind laid down In front of the wood
ire to keep warm until her husband's
return. While down before the tiro
isloep the quilt which covered her
eaught alire from a spark and produced
horrible burns on the face and body
)f the unfortunate woman. There (
was no one living near enough in the
lelghborhood to hear the agonizing
erles cf Mrs. Elliot and her four children
were too young to offer her any
isslstanoe, the oldest being iust 5
rears old.
In this oonditlon, Mrs. Elliot renained
until the return of her hus- (
land, in an Intoxicated condition,
ibout 4 o'clock In the morning of the
ii xt day. Even after Mr. Elliot reburned
and found bis wife in such a
lerious oonditlon he made no effort to
ieoure medloal attention for his wife.
Late In the afternoon of the day fob
owing the aooldent some of the neighbors
learned of the affair, and upon
bhelr own initiative the best medloal
attention that the community afforded
was Beoured.
The shock to the young woman's
lystem was too severe, however, and
ine succumbed to death Friday, leavng
four children, the oldest of whom
a 5 yens and the youngest four
months.
During the whole time subsequent
io his return to his home at 4 o'clock
rhursday morning and the time of
lis wife's death, Elliot manifested
lttle ooncern In the matter and would
lit In one corner of the little room
with an air of total unconcern while
several neighbors and a physician
were working heroically to save his
wife's life. lie made no effort to seaure
provisions for his children In the
meantime. Fuel, provisions and clothing
were all furnished by the neighbors.
Following the death of Mrs. Elliot,
Charles Elliot was asked concerning
the funeral arrangements, when the
coolly replied that he had spent his
last cent for two gallons of whiskey
for Christmas and was not able to
take care of the remains of his wife.
"1 will attend to the burial aB soon
as I get able," he Is reported to have
remarked.
Taking the children In their own
er no more In the matter, the neighbors
of the oommunlty have taken the
affair In their own hands and nave by
private subscriptions among themsel
ves raised 925 for defraying the bnrial
expenses of Mrs. Elliot. Tne remains
were taken to her old home in Lincoln
county Saturday for intern ent
at Llncolnton Saturday afternoon.
Mohhaku at See.
There has been washes up on the
beach at Castle Rock In the north of
Ireland, a bottle containing a message
from several members of the
orew of the steamship Huronla,
which disappeared in the spring of
1902, to the effect that she was sink
lng fast. The message, however, gives
no location. This Is he second t.lnoe
the Huronlan has been heard from
slnoe she sailed from Glasgow on Feb
ruary 11, 1902, for St. JJins, N. S.
The Huronian belonges to the Allen
line. She v<as ilrstvreported overdue
in Maroh, 1906, and whea nothing
had been heard from her by the Ut of
April, all hope for her was given up.
In spite of this, however, the British
ftdmirtltiv. t.Hfl rAnnaafe r\t fr.) i no/n
v??-? >- vi> w j I wmw * vv| vt\/u v? V> -#
era, ordered the orulsor Thames to
search for the steamer, anci li. the l\t
ter pert of Apill the cruiser Csllona
was ordered to the N >rtu Atlantic to
help the Thames iu this work. The
search was kept up b> these two
orulsers untl1 well luto Ma:? hut no
traoeof the lluronlau was ever found.
A report from Montreal, dated June
17, said that on June 2, a bottle was
picked up forty tlvo milos east of Halifax,
containing the following note
wnuen on a scrap of paper: "Steamer
II uronian turned over Sun lay night
In Atlantic. Small boat, fourteen of
us,"
The Increasing number of railroad
wrecks promises to decrease the supply
of "popular young railroad men.'.
The latest typewriting reooH Is
said to he 300 words per minute. The
operator it we suppose a woman.
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GETS A RESPITE. \
ft. A. ADAMS HAH A CHANCE FOR \
PARDON.
Governor Hey ward Give* Him a Hew
Le.se Until Bis Case Can
Be Heaid
R. A. Adami, tbe Walterboro man layer,
whose oaso has oocupted more
lime In the oourts than any other
capital case in years, will not be hanged
Friday, as his death warrant stipulated.
Governor Heyward Wednesday
respited him until February 22,
at the requestof the board of pardons,
in order that late petitions in his favor,
which are now in the hands of
the oourt oftlcers, may be exam.ned
by the board.
The Columbia Record says Messrs.
Gruber and Ftshburne, the Waiterboro
attorneys who have attrscted
statewide atteutlon by their hard
tight for Adams' life, are oontilent
that when the members of the pardon
board shall have given due consideration
to the petitions recently s?oured
in Adams' county thev will recommend
at least a commutation to 11 'e
Imprisonment?possibly a full pardon.
The respite given their client Wednesday
Is due solely to their own iguorance
of the procedure of the executive
offices when the petltious are
tiled.
The papers arc first sent to the
judge and the solicitor, that they may
indorse upon tl.e records their recommendations
as to the disposition of
the petition for pardon or commutation.
Then the papers are tiled In the
executive otitic 3B until the board of
pardons meets.
The board has uniformly deollned
to consider petitions without expressions
from the trial judge and the solicitor
who prosecuted the oase, and
the governor has Just as consistently
refused to take action upon suoh petitions
until they shall have passed
through the hands of the board. The
petitions and other papers In the
Adams oase did not reach the exeoutlve
utilcers until Sunday.
Following the usual custom, Governor
Heyward Immediately forwarded
them to the solicitor The latter being
out of the state, it was Impossible
that he should examine the paper
decide upon his recommendation and
return them In time for the board of
pardons to take action In the c'.se at
the meetlDg which convened Wednesday.
The papers are still in the solicitor's
hands.
In view of these l~ots, and being
disposed to give the <"rr!emned man
every ohance, the b ard of pardons
unanimously parsed & resolution requesting
Govern r FToyward to order
Adams respited int.I February *22.
Between that tlm? and now It is hoped
that the papers will have been received
in oorrect form and the tinal
recommendation of the board deolded
upon.
Former State Senator Peurlfoy was
there Wednesday to innpir h?fn**
board in opposition to ihe petitions,
should these come up When informed
of the olroumHte loei ho (aid that
he would not obleot to a respite until
the papers could be had. In this case
the action of OoverLor Hey ward was
simlliar to that in the Henderson
case, which is frcrh In the publia
memorv.
Stole Jewelry.
With $75,COO worth of stolen jewelry
in their possession, LUbrlel Hit and
Louisa Louys, about whom a veil of
mystery has been thrown by the New
York police, have esoaped and are
now being sought in all the large
cities of the oountry and in foreign
ports. Beyond admitting that tbe
robbery took place on D^oember
6, the police would disclose none of
the details. It was at hrst reported
that Its scene was In one of the larger
hotels, but Investigation proved this
story to be without foundation.
Captured Kilioii Still.
An lllloit still operated by an eighthorse
powor steam engine, was destroyed
by Slate Constables Hayes,
Hoy and Jenkins, In York County,
Wednesday morniog. The constables
who made the raid are under Chief
Fant, In chargo of the Spartanburg
division. The still had a oapaotty of
eighty gallons per diy, nod was the
tinest of the kind ever captured by
the officers. York la a prohibition
county In name.
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