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lakes Hsns Baking Easy > JfL nnwncD Absolutely Pure Tho only baking powdor made from Royal Qrapo Ore am of Tartar no alum.no lime phosphate A JUST FELT GOOD Gov. Blease Granted Several Pardons to to Hake Others Feel Gpod. ? PARDONS ALWAYS READY Our Genial, Good Feeling Governor Says He Thinks Everybody Should be Happy, and He Wants Only a Reason Front a Convict an<l He Will Make Him Happy. "I felt so good when I came down town this morning that I decided to grant three pardons." This statement was made Wednesday morning by the chief executive and he later extended clemency in two other cases. (Since January 17 he has extendeJ bis power of pardon to over three score prisoners. lie says he likes to make people happy and that if a prisoner can show any kind of a reason that he will be pardoned. Gov. Mease said Wednesday that he would dismiss the members of the State hoard of pardons but for tm. fact that it might humiliate them. "The members of the board are of no use to me," he said, "but If they win resign i win appoint anoiner board and I will submit cases to the men I will appoint. For the purpose of restoring his citizenship Gov. Mease Wednesday pardoned T. D. "Mitchell, who was convicted some time ago in Lexington county on the charge of conspiring to defraud In a municipal election held in New Drookland. A fine of $75 was imposed on Mitchell. The pardon was granted upon a letter addressed to Gov. Mease by Mitchell, which read: "I was convicted in I^exington county several years ago for conspir: ing to defraud at a municipal election in the town of Rrooklana ana was fined $75 for this offense, which fine I paid. I now have the honor to petition your excellency that you do grant me a pardon in order that my citizenship might be restored to me." Charles Holloway, a negro, serving a life sentence from Edgefield after conviction on the charge of murder, was paroled during good behavior. //The negro was recently transferred I ?from the State penitentiary to tne Edgefield county chaingang because of his health. He was convtcied n. ' 1905 with his brother, Arthur Hollo- ' C way, for killing Alex Barnes, another negro, at a church row. Arthur Holloway was pardoned by Gov. Ansel and died soon after leaving the pe.?f . itentiary. S. MeO. Simpkins of Edgefield appeared in behalf of the negro. 1 George Robinson, serving a fWe[ year sentence from Marlboro for i [ manslaughter, having been convictcn in-1909, was paroled during goou i?oJ havior by the governor. , X Geo. Robinson killed Sam Purvis, j 7 Robinson's wife had left him and had ? ' gone to the home of Purvis, who had married a sister of Mrs. Robinson. It ' f appeared on the trial that Robinson 1 had been convicted in Chesterfield l county for larceny of live stock from < a woman and had served his time. < iM. S. Taylor, serving a sentence of five years from Spartanburg, having been convicted in 1 908 on the charge v i of assault and battery, was paroled | \ during good behaior. f A pardon was refused to George < \ Moody, serving a life sentence from , Darlington county on the charge of murder. He was convicted In 181)0 < for killing Henry Jones in a general ? fight on tho public highway. The | crime occurred in 1 892, Moody escaping. He afterward returned to the State, gave up, was tried and convicted of murder with recommence*,.v. ; to mercy. ' The death sentence imposed upon Jackson Cunningham by the Green- \ wood county court was commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. Hlease. The commutation for the negro was granted upon the recommendation of tho jury and well-known citizens f Greenwood county. ? ? There is more sound in a hollow i gourd than in a full one, and the same is trhc of an empty head. ?' GIVES 1HIM A HOME HELPLESS OF THE LUTHERAN CHURCH PROVIDED FOR. ?, Believed That Thin In Largest Single Gift Ever Made This Church in the South. The definite announcement of the acceptance of a very large gift for the work of benevolence lias just been announced by the special committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina. The offer was made to the synod 1 ? Vt 1 I... V* II IHttl i\UVt'lIIUt;r Ujr mm. m ninoa u. Lowman of Chapin, for the establish ment of a home for the helpless and the aged, and for the beginning of a deaconness training school. All papers for the transfer of the property have been regularly executed and the establishment of the home will be made at once. The gift of Mrs. Lowman consists of about 1,000 acres of fine farming land, well wooded and watered, in the vicinity of White Rock. With this goes houses and lots in the towns of Chapin and White Rock. There are also several houses and Improvements on the plantation. A conservative valuation of Mrs. Lowman's gift, including nearly $2,ou?j in cash, places it at $25,000. The gift provides that Mrs. Lc-\ ****?? ? ? ? /I L a* t M/k/\ L /?! /iVi 11 /I in an a 11 vi u tin *7^ ii vi j' i vD o v/iuiui en shall be cared for during their lifetime. The committee having in charge the management of the donation consists of five members: Rev. W. H. Greever and Rev. C. E. Weltner of Columbia, Rev. J. B. Haigler ol White Rock, W. P. Roof of Lexington, Jas. W. Sliealy of Ballentine. The committee has selected Mr. Shealy to superintend the farm and home. A matron will at once be placed in charge as soon as a suitable person can be secured, ?nd thus the work of caring for the helpless and aged ones of the church will at once be put into effect. It is also a matter of note that this is perhaps the largest single gift ever made to the Lutheran church in the South and marks the beginning of what must grow into a large and useful elmosynary institution. The establishment of the deaconness home and training school, contemplated in the gift, has not assumed definite shape so that an announcement as to its location can be made at this time. FIVE PERISH IN MINE. \ Explosions of Rlack Damp in Mine at Mineral, Kan. Five men, one of them John Jopling general superintendent of the coal department of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, are dead as the result of an explosion of blac* lamp in the company's mine at 'Mineral. Kan.. Monday. There were J three explosions, the first just after 1 Thomas Cheek and John I3urgham, 1 shot-firers, went into the mine. Both were killed instantly. The second ' came when William Jeffreys, another 1 shot^firer, went underground to res- ' cue hie fellow workers. By lying fiai 1 Jeffreys saved himself. As soon as ! he reached the surface a rescue party composed of Jopling and two miners, 1 Samuel Watson and a foreigner,* rushed into the pit to search for 1 Cheek and Burghan. Bess than 3 0 ' minutes later there was an explosion < which killed Jopling and his men. ' < CHARGED WITH KIDDING. ( John A. Odom is Shot to Death in a \ Row hy Two Othei's. l John A. Odom, who was shot at 1 Brightsville school house Friday i night, died Monday morning. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict i thai his death was caused from gun- ; shot wounds inflicted by Geo. W. Bullard and William Harrington. Conflicting accounts have been given of the homicide and it is impossible t<? give details that are not contradicted. Odom was shot several times, first by Bullard and last by Barrington. Odom cut Harrington after Bullard had shot Odom. Harrington is regarded as being in a very serious condition. Bullard has been arrested by the Sheriff from Bennettsville. Made a Wrong Diagnosis. Two children of 'Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Cox, of West Point, O., played 'doctor" and "patient" with the result the "patient" is in a critical condition. Thelma was the "patient" and her four-year-old brother, who was the "doctor," told her to drink anmA* "mflHiplnfi" from n nhfnl Tho medicine was corn-cure. ? Drove to Morgue, Then Died. Jesse Russard, a prominent farmer living near Logansport, Ind., drove to a morgue in this city last week and calmly shot himself through the head. Worry over business matters Is believed to have unbalanced his mind. ? Discouraging to Fighting. Russia, it is reported, will not make that military demonstration on the frontier of China. Probably she has been doing some figuring on the cost. CAUSE ALARM A Sleepless Night for the Pepalatiei of a Ltrge Illinois Town MINERS FACE MILITIA Foreigner** With Shot Guns Drove the Americans From the Mines? Three Companies of Illinois National Guards Are Hushed to the Scene of the Disturbance. One thousand strong and well armed, the foreign-speaking coal miners of Benid, 111., conducted a sunrise demonstration Tuesday igains'. their English-speaking brethren of the town of Gillespie, commaudinfe those who stood upon the sidewalks to get in line. The procession came from Benld, stopped at mine No. 1, passed through the main street of Gillespie, thence on to mine No. 3 and 'nick to ***. - . - ... Benld. Caution of the older citizens and business men of Gillespie against violence probably prevented bloodshed. Throughout the night vigilant citizens of Gillespie patrolled the streeU of the entire town. They had be-im warned that the Benld miners wue marching 011 Gillespie. When the first music of the demonstration from Benld was hoard the citizens were prepared for *iege Some had sought refuge in the rooms above store buildings along the ma?n street, declaring they would shoo." if the marchers came into the towif. Nevertheless, the procession passeo through the village and not a shot was fired. An hour later Col. E. J. Lang, commanding the Fourth regiment, Illinois National Guard, arrived from Springfield on an interurban car and took charge of the situation The Effingham and Paris companies were the first to arrive of the troops or dered out at 1:30 o'clock Tueaday morning by Governor Deneen. The other commands arrived before 9 o'clock, nearly all of them coming in Una frnm finrin". 17 I I IUU 1 U l/Ul 14 X 1714 11 U6IV v/*?* ^|/? ???0 field. It is Col. Lang's plan io march hie troops from Gillospie to Benld, 2 1-2 miles by wagon road, and disarm the belligerents, many of whom are in a disagreeable temper. If necessary, Col. Lang is prepared to proclaim martial law in Benld to enforce hi<* [)lans for quelling the disturbance. Citizens of Gillespie insist there will be bloodshed in Benld when the troops attempt to disarm the foreigners. The 700 foreigners who left Benld early Tuesday paraded to mine 7 Df the Superior Coal company and drove the Americans from the shait. rhey then returned through Gillespie ind continued to mine No. 3, where the Americans left the workings on the approach of the disturbers. The miners were headed by a fellow workman, who beat a drum. No move will be made on the foreigners by the militia until the arrival of all 3f the troops. Besides the infantry tind a Catling gun platoon, troop D, First Illinois cavalry, is expected trom springneia. The trouble started at Henld a week ago when the foreign miners became dissatisfied with working conlitions and induced the Americans to luit. The local union officials, however, ruled against the move and oriered them back to work. The Americans returned to the mines and since hen the foreigners have been trying o persuade the Americans to quit. Fhe trouble became acute Monday light after deputy sheriffs of Macoupin county were driven from the nines. Governor Deneen after receiving a eport from Col. Shand of the Nationtl Guard ordered the militia to proceed to Mould. Tlenld is a mining own less than three miles from Gilespie. Early Tuesday morning several shots were fired in the vicinity of nine No. 1. This aroused the whole own. Watchers soon afterward reported that the Renld miners were narehing upon the town. When ipon the outskirts of Gillespie the I unrrhers switched off and traveled o mine No. 1. To the foreigners' surprise none of the employes of the nine appeared for work at either Mo. 1 or No. 3. The marchers then 1 mraded through Gillespie. The arrival of the State militia it Ilenld early Tuesday morning 1 bund this mining town quiet. The niners who have been bearing arms or several days suddenly left for one )f the nearby mining camps. Their 1 leparture was heralded by the beatng of drums, shouting and firing ot 1 pins. The troops from Springfield vere first on the ground and these 1 ,vere followed by the militia from Danville. When the whistle blew for work n mine No. 1 Monday morning, however, the American miners were presented from going to work by 500 1 oreigners, who marched from Benld ind defied the local authorities. Several fights occurred and one man was ; lurt. In view of reports that the for- j dgners were preparing to march ! ipon Gillespie and apply the torch i he citizens in a meeting directed an i LETTER TO 6RICE t IN WHICH FELDER SCORES ULEASE HOT AND HEAVY. Make* Many Crave Charges Against the Governor, Which He Says He Can Prove. I Hon. J. S. firlce. Attorney at Law, Yorkville. S. C. My Dear Mr. Brice: I own receipt of your valued favor of the 16th inst. I congratulate you most heartily upon the fact that the governor of your State has recognized that you and your associates of the winding-up commission are gentlemen of unsullied reputation and irreproachable character, and has testified thereto by decorating you with a badge of honor. I feel that the unselfish, patriotic and distinguished services rendered your State in connection with the winding up of the aft airs of the late lamented dispensary fully entitle you to the very great reward which you have received at his hands. You would be untrue to yourself if you did not preserve sacredly the written document which evidences your dismissal from the commission, to be handed down to your children's children as a prize of inestimable value. When the history of the great services which you and your associates have rendered the State, the sacrifices which you have made in connection with the thankless position from which you have been dismissed, is made known, as it shall be, and that, too, in the not distant future, I feel sure that you and each of your associates will receive from a grateful, though outraged people the welcome plaudit, "Well done, thou good and faithful servants." Yes, the time will come, and that too, very soon, when the people of South Carolina will be made familiar with the motives ana purposes wnien have prompted the governor of the State of South Carolina to do the things which he has done, in his mud, insane and misguided efforts to shield his associates of the plunderbund from merited punishment. He has done nothing which has surprised me. I know when he was a candidate for office; when he was elected and when he was inaugurate*;, that he would "leave no stone unturned" to shield and protect the criminals of the State of South Carprofessional, political and personal intimacy, and his prostitution of the great office which he disgraces to the service of these people is but the reolina, with whom he was on terms o. deinntion of pre-election pledges made by him, which were based not only upon a good, but a valuable consideration. Indeed, the obligation that he is under antedates his candidacy for the governorship, being coeval with the inauguration of the dispensary system in the State of South Carolina. During its existence his relation to this institution and the men who have conducted it, personally, politically and professionally, have been of such a character that the course that he has pursued in relation to them since his elevation to the governorship has been absolutely unavoidable, and can be explained upon the theory that "The ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib." I see that he is further gratifying his malevolence by slurring your distinguished and faithful attorney general, my law firm, my associates and myself. It is passing strange that this creature who has been, by fraud, accident. or mistake, or a combination of the trio, elevated to the chief magistracy of a once glorious State, who personally is sans the instincts of a gentleman, professionally the ethics and attributes of a lawyer, and who politically is a hireling scavenger of filth and falsehood, recreant to every principle of honor and lost to every sense of propriety, should essay to slander and befoul gentlemen, "the latehets of whose shoes he is unworthy to fasten." T shall await CT fear in vain) the appointment of the investigating committee that he demanded, to reply to so much of his recent message as relates to me, the absurdity and falsity of which 1? abnndantlv established by the fact that during the four years of my activities in the prosecution of your governor's associates, not a word has been uttered before the insinuations made touching the matter referred to by him. When the time comes for action, as come it must, I would have it understood that in my treatment of your governor I shall act strictly upon the adi> In/i /"if t Virt loin In tiwinf r>H T?nv Snm l\^ yj & i iiu un v if iiivii vv \i ? w- ? >'?? ? P. .Tones, given in a notable sermon preached by him to bis congregation, to-wit: "If you shave a gentleman, use a razor; if you shave a hog, use a brick." Assuring you of my very high regard, believe me, Yours very truly, Thomas TT. Felder. Double Crossing Teddy. And then again, Mr. Taft may have ordered the muster in Texas to prevent the monopoly of public attention and interest by Col. Roosevelt's swing round the, circle." appeal to Governor P rneen for aid. Scarcely a person in the 2,4 00 population of Gillespie slept Monday , night. SOME HOT TALK T. B. FeUer, of Atlanta, Replies to Go?. Blease's Alleged Exposnre CALLS A SPADE A SPADE The Atlanta Lawyer Server Notice on the Governor That Unless the Commission Investigation Act is Signed by Him in the Next Thirty Days He Will Expose Him. l'o the Editor of The State: On the 18th inst. I addressed a letter to J. S. Brice of Yorkville, S. C., a copy of wnicn i oeg 10 nana you herewith enclosed and which I ask that you publish, as it will, I think, suffice, at least for the present, as a reply to the last deliverance of the general counsel of the plunderbund, Cole L. Please, late of Newberry, now of the State at large. It seems that the aforesaid "Coleman" is a man of very unique and versatile talents, a sort of "l>r. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," a genius possessing a dual character and dual characteristics. In the capital city of your State his sign reads: "Cole L. 11 lease, Governor. Pardons for Grafters granted while you wait." in Newberry it is: "Cole L. Please, Attorney and Counseller at Law. Practice confined to representing my friends, who have been and are now my partners in crime." When he wrote, as "I)r. Jekyl," his memorable message demanding the appointment of an investigating committee, he was not aware of how much of his record I knew, in addit V, ou Clnta I H'll I U lilt." iiU I 111(11 ClO UVCVtV uvil ?.* tor he received $100 per month from the Lanahans of Haltimore to influence business for them, but he found out very soon thereafter that I had all the facts and that if the committee was appointed which was demanded by him, the "fur would fly.' An emissary from him and liis gang appeared in Atlanta shortly after he discovered how much of his rerord I knew, with the statement that the governor "knew some things on me, and if I would not tell 011 him, he would not tell on me." 1 bade him convey to his chief and his chief's fellow-criminals the message that 1 had never done a dishonorable act in connection with the State dispensary of South Carolina and that his governor knew this as well as I did, and that if the governor had any documentary evidence showing any Improper connection with the late dispensary or its officials, they were forgeries, and that if any of his minions testified to any improper relations, the testimony would he peri 11 red, and he knew it; that in common with everybody interested, 1 dosired the fullest, freest and most searching investigation, and that he might say to the governor and his allies that my attitude towards him would ihe "Lay on, .Macduff, and damned be he who first cries hold, enough." My associates and myself have discussed 011 more than one occasion the propriety of noticing the vaporings of this mental and moral pervert in the public prints and concluded that it would be indelicate and unwise to do so in advance of the organization of the committee demanded by him (hut the creation of which l Knew lie wouici connive 10 defeat). I serve him with notice here and now, unless he approves the joint resolution demanded by him of the legislature within the next ,10 days, so that the committee can proceed with the work at hand, I propose to write a history of the dispensary, with particular reference to "Ills Fraudulency's" connection with if, from his employment by the plunderbund as "Attorney and Senator'8 I down to his employment as "Attorney and Governor." In passing, I shall devote a page or t wo to a brief history of his campaign and the source whence he derived his revenue. which was raised to defray his "legitimate campaign oxixmses." I shall obtain a list of the registered voters of the State of South Carolina and mall a copy to each. 1 assume when this is done, i* will be concluded by everybody in your State, outside of the penitentiary and the lunatic asylum, that the conduct of this modern "Dr. .Tekyl and Mr. Hyde, since he commenced his career of crime by stealing the speech of his collegemate down to date has been such as to create a panic about the habitues of a rat pit and to bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of the Inmates of a brothel, and that Instead of wearing the immaculate purple robes of the governorship, he should he clad in the filthy striped habiliments of a convict. I shall not b^ provoked to further trespass upon your valuable space Hnrln <* t hn nr?Yf TO rlnva I trust that during that tin?o I shall he able to force this man to sign the joint resolution. If I fail to do so, T shall enlighten the people of your State as to the record of this man, by furnishing evidence which will be entirely satisfactory to the most, skeptical, as to his criminal connection with all of the State's affairs during the last 16 to 1S years. Thomas It. Folder. Atlanta, March 20, 1911. 'W "HUB" IVANS' CASE DKATH OF WITNESS RE8UI/TH llf DELAY OF TIUAL. (JoverHor Hlcuse KxuUm?Bayo It W 'as Never lnt?B4l<>d That Evans Re Tried. "I knew all the time that they were bluffling. They never intended to try Hub Evans. They know that Hub will tell too much. I knew that when the death of Charles was announced, and I so stated to several that Lyon would make that an excuse for putting off the trial." This statement was made at Newberry on Monday by Gov. Dlease, when informed that the trial of H. H. Evans, under indictment for receiving rebates as chairman of the nl.l illon/inoni'v )k\<i pil nf nnllf ml haH utu VIID|/\>I1CU I J \l V* VUUVI VI) uu?a been postponed until the next term of court in Newt>erry county. Gov. Hlease seemed to be exultant over tho announcement of the postponement. He smiled and seemed elated over his opinion as to why the trial had been postponed. The case against fl. H. Evans was continued on motion of the State. Solicitor Cooper represented the attorney general, J. Fraser Lyon, and asked Judge Watts to postpone the trial until the next term of court. He said that he had been requested by the attorney general to state that the case would have been ready for trial except for the sudden death of G. H. Charles, former clerk of the old State dispensary board of control. Mr. Charles died a few days ago a# Birmingham, Ala. "They will not give me a trfal. They deny me the right of being tried." This statement was made by H. H. Evans following the postponement of the trial The attorney for IT. H. Evans Is Eugene Hlease, a half-brother of (lov. "Blease. He was in the court room and protested against a continuance of the case. He said that H. II. Evans had demanded a trial at the court at which a true bill was founu and again at the succeeding court and the defendant demanded "his constitutional right to a speedy trial." Eugene Hlease declared that. It seemed to him that the attorney general or some one else was trying to hold the indictment over the head of 11. II. Evans as a lash. Judge Watts ordered a continuance of the caee with the condition that there shall be 110 more orders for continuance 011 the State's motion. TWO VERSIONS. ? ; ' (From the Postal-Record.) ' To Phyllis. . (As he dictated it.) , ,\ Phyllis, up in the mornhr Spirit of love and spring Phyllis, lithe as the willow. Voice like the birds that sif^ ^ Phyllis, full of the sunshine "Sparkling like drops of tfe Phyllis, Phyllis, O Phyllis! r . This is a song for you. ( , Phyllis, why do you linger? Why do your feet remain? Phyllis, we wait your coining Over the bloom-decked plain Phyllis?a brimming beaker Now your health we quaff Setting our hearts all leaping Lighter than wind-blown chafl Do Fill I s. (As the stenographer took it.) Fill us up in the morning. Spirits of loving spring! Fill us tight as a pillow? Itovs like the birds that sing, Fill us full of moonshine, Sparkling like dropsy due? [ ill us, fill us, oil, fill us! This is too strong for you. Kill us' Why do you linger? Why a re your feet in pain? Kill us! We wait your cunninf Over the gloom-neeked pla'.t Kill us a brimming beaker Now to your healthy ?raft, [Sending our heaf,cshorj? leaping Light as a ringboned calf. a?. ? ? DIMS A HURON'S DEATH. Mail (lives I'p IIis Life in Effort to Save Life of a Roy. At Cleveland, Ohio, an unknown hero died in an ambulance Monday . afternoon after be had snatched Ernest Raker, a child of six. from in front of a moving train on a gravlo crossing. The man's attempt to save the hoy proved fruitless, the lad dying in a hospital Monday night. The man, a Hungarian, saw the child alii iiilltu' :t mtii ren f I V lunvildor^d nn the tracks. A train was coming from each direction. He ran forward, picked up the boy and escaped one train but stumbled in front of the other. Nothing was found on him to establish identification. ? Tolls of the Winter, About 125 persons perished in accidents which befell New England, Canadian and New Foundland vessels or craft which met disaster In western upper north Atlantic waters during the fall and winter season n )w ending. The financial loss is esti- , mated at $1,000,000.