The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 15, 1912, Image 3

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.. . /v ' I PRISON REPORT Decrease Shews is the PepaUtiei ef the # State Peiiteuliary. MANi WfcRr. FaKUINM Interesting Statistics ou the State Prison Prepared by the Hoard of l>irectors and Superintendent of (lie Institution for the Benefit of the (jleneral Assembly. i The use of the pardoning power by the governor of South Carolina is reflected in the annual report of the diwhich was sent to the general asseinrectors of the State penitentiary, biy Tuesday by D. j. Griflith, the superintendent. The report shows that the population of tlio penitentiary at the end of IP 10 was 935 and that it was 80G at tlio end of tlio iast year. The governor during last year extended executive clemency in approximately 330 cases. Of thi3 number 115 were liberated from the penitentiary, while the others were released from the county chalngangs aul police courts. As to the health of the prisoners, Dr. K. T. Jennings makes t.he following report: "We have liacl 13 deaths from tuberculosis. The records show that 11 ino of this number came from the different county ehalngangs in a "critical condition. Two of this number were admitted from jail with this dread disease. There are now only four patients confined in the tubercular hospital Their general . condition is good, with the exception of one. Every precaution is used to prevent the spread of this disease." "The population of the penlten ' tiary," said Capt. Griflith, "including those at Clemson College, 'State farms, leased to county chaingangs and at the Lexington reformatory, at the close of the fiscal year, December 111, 1910, was 935. Received under sentence, 177; recaptured, G. Ry return from Chesterfield county, 1. ID return himself, 1. Ju prison during the year, 1,12 ), from which deduct discharged by pardon, 33; discharged by parole, 112; discharged by expiration of sentence, 117; died, 34; escaped, 13; lost to Hampton county, 1; lost to Richland county, 2; lost to Chester county, 1; lost to Chesterfield county, 1 ; leaving in prison December 3 l. 19 11, 80G. "We have, as the law directs, fur' nished Clemson College with 33 convicts, for which we receive pay; and have also furnished lo the State house six convicts and one guard the whole year for wlilcn wo receive no pay. All of the convicts, exclusive of I hose above mentioned, and the reformatory boys, aro employed on the various chaingangs, on the State farm, and in the hosiery mill located r . here in the yard.. We have a good many all the year round in the hospital and around tho yard unable to perform manual labor, and of course have to bo cared for. "Vnr n. more detailed report of prisoners, I respectfully refer you to report to our most efficient captain of the guard, C. C. Roberts, for the jl year, which shows from what counties received, also for what crimes, and where located.'* The following is the report of tho board of directors: "The fiscal year of 1011 has closed and it is our duty to submit to you * our annual report of tho financial and general condition of the penitentiary. "Tho humane, economic and business methods that have distinguished the; administration of Col. I). J. Griffith, superintendent of tho institution, in the past have again crowned tho year's operations with success. "Tho supply crops on tho farms were larger in tho preceding year, but tho extremely low price of cotton affects the financial results. j Total receipts, 1911....$ 81,581.22 To cash balance December 31, 191 1 70,203.24 $151,784.40 p.y total expenditures, ^ 1911 $10 I,OSS.79 Ily cash balance, December 31, 1911 4 7,695.67 $1 51,784.46 "We have had the satisfaction of seeing marked results from tho increasing fertility of the Stare farms. The old stockades, by reason of their age and deterioration, demanded that f new ones he erected. When com-; pleted they will have modern arrangements that will add great value j to the business of the farms and af-j ford more safety in securing the prisoners and will be more sanitary than the old quarters. Tb'ey are now in the course of erection and will be w completed during the early part of tlio present year. The live stock of ^ the farm8 have increased and aro in good condition. ' "Dr. R. T. Jennings, the prison physician, does his full duty in caring for the health of tho prisoners, and his ability , us a physician has been well demonstrated. "The general health report has been affected by fue large number of prisoners that have been received from the chaingangs of the counties of the State, and from tliG jai'.s? THE WAGES OF SIN I ' ? THE SAD STORY OP A RICH YOUNG NEW YORK WOMAN. She Fonud Out Too Late That the Wages of Siu Was Death to Save | Herself. Death, which brought to a sordid , end the romance of Louise Lawrence Suydam, the millionaire's wife, and Fred Noble, the plumber's son, in New York last week, Hung back its chapters of mystery Monday leaving a chapter which friends of the woti'iirwl 'innt Inn- lnuunn Illillt |J1 UIC:oiJ V \J i v uw mivkiiui in morals. Tlio lesson was drawn from a declaration made by Mrs. Suy- I dam-Noble to a triend a few days ] ago. I "My friend," so Mrs. Suydam-No- , bio is quoted, "you and 1 and Fred ] may laugh sometimes at old things ] like law and moral codes and leliglon j when they say 'thou shalt not.' We may think that ohraso was written , for tlio weak spirited and for fogies. Hut, my friend, that phrase Is right. . Law and moral codes and religion are i right. What they say we cannot do , without suffering 1 have learned . that. I have had my lesson. I know , tho wages of sin is death?and in , many cases those wages demand more than death?hell on earth." That tlio young couple?the mil- ; lionaire's wife and the plumber's son ?learned their moral lession and entered into tho suicide pact a few da>s after their romantic marriage, is the ( general belief expressed now. Close friends of Mrs. Suydam-Nobla claim she was never happy with her new | husband and that young Noble wearied of it and surrendered to discouragement. Sunday they were found In their comparatively humble apartment in West 12th street, New York, lying , in front of a gas range, dead from , ' - rrs 1. 1 ,1 l ^ ^ I aspnyxiauon. i uey nuu iei l u<j iaicwcll note. Mrs. Suydam knew, so : her friends believe, that no final mes- ] sage was necessary. The romance?the beginning of which was never really known?first. , came to notice five months ago, when , Mrs. Suydam fled from her husband's , palatial homo, in Blue Point, L. I., ] with young Noble. There followed a chapter of tearful entreaties from the j husband that his wifo return. She Ignored him, declaring she had found happiness in the humb.e apart- i merit of a workman. Next came di- , vorce proceedings, and when she had , been freed by the millionaire's legal initiative, Mrs. Suydam was wedded to the plumber. Friends say Mrs. Suydam never loved tho youth sli3 took for a second husband while Noble felt her cardinal affection remained for Suydam. It is believed the suicide pact ( was entered into few days after tho marriage. While Suydam secured a divorco, it is claimed he did rot abandon hope , that there might ho a reconciliation. No was among the first to reach the Noble apartment Sunday after the i 1:?? rnlin.i miujcn *vci <j luuii.i. many of lliom in a (tying condition. "Tho recommendations of Dr. Jennings and of the State board of health have been respected and many , changes made in accordance with | their views in remodeling many or j Total receipts, 101!....$ 81,581.22 "To tho able and honorable super- , intendent, the prison chaplain, ofll- j cers and guards of the institution wo extend our thanks for their courteous cooperation with us in the care of ( tho welfare of the piison and we commend them for their faithful (lis- , charge of tho duties devolving upon r them." t The following shows the number j of prisoners received from each conn- ^ ty in the State: Abbeville 2, Anderson 5, Aiken 4, Berkeley 1, Bamberg ( 2, Beaufort 4, Barnwell 2, Calhoun 2, Charleston 25, Chester S, Chesterfield' 2, Cherokee 2 .Clarendon 0, Colleton 1, Dorchester 0, Darlington 2, Dillon 1, Edgefield 0, Fairfield 2, i Florence 6, Georgetown 7, Greenwood 0, Greenville ?s, Hampton 0, ITor ry 4, Kershaw 2, Lancaster 1, Lee 0, Lexington 2, Laurens 4, Marion 1, ( Marlboro 4, Newberry fi, Oconee 0, Orangeburg ?, Pickens 1, Richland [ 17, Saluda 2, Sumte" 0, Spartanburg y 10, Union 2, Williamsburg 6, York 5. Total 17 7. L Tho following occupations are glv- | on in tlio report, for tlio prisoners re- ( ceived during the year: Laborers ( (?2, farm hands ?>o, railroad hands ( 2, factory hands 7, clerks 2. cooks j, 8. painters 2, washerwomen <8, farm- v ers 4, carpenters 2, nurse 1, porters c f>, waiters 3, bookkeeper 1, fireman 1, ] machinists 3, telegraph operators 2, c policeman 1, tailor 1, agent 1, pro- r motor 1. Total, 177. ( The ages of prisoners received last ( year are given as follows: Under j 15 years, 20; from 15 to 25 years, 82; from 25 to 35 years. 44; from ( 3 5 to 4 5 year, 13; from 4 5 to 55, 7; f over 55 years. 2. Total, 177. Itugler Dies n lloro. At Honolulu Frederick Shaffer, a c v. bugler of tho United States cruiser ( Colorado, was drowned Tuesday at i Kiakikl beach while attempting to f rescue a Mrs. Carlson, who had gone \ beyond her depth. Others rescued i Mrs. Carlson and 53 Wright, another \ bugler, who Joined Shaffer in his at- j BOMB WAS SENT VtBia Undertook ft Open II Wkea k Exploded aid Killed Her PROBING 'I He MYSim Theory of the J'oliee Is That Man i With Victim at Time of K\plosion , Made Infernal Machine, l>ut Messenger Who Delivered Deadlj Package Not Docated. Investigation Monday into the mysterious murder of Mrs. Helen Taylor In New York by the explosion of a bomb in her apartments last Saturday night, brougnt out some alleged facta which tho police regard as significant in connection with the recent movements of Charles M. Dickinson, who was with tho woman when the explosion occurred. The woman, who was 3 2 years of ago, was called to the vestibule of the apartment by a man, who presented her with a good sized package [ind tlion hurried away. She carried the package to her apartment, and as she placed in on a tablo it exploded with a loud report. Dr. Charles E. Perkins, who was passing tho house ac tho time, ran in. She died in a few minutes. A few days before tho murder Dickinson and Mrs Taylor had a [juarrel, the police say, in which the woman scratched Dickinson's face. Later Mrs. Taylor called on her sister and expressed fear of Dickinson. A letter signed by Dickinson was found among tho dead woman's effects, tho police say, begging that "he bo taken hack." Jn Dickinson's pocket tho police declare they found what was apparently the answer to his letter, which read: "If you know what is good for you, you will stay away from my house." On tho day before the murder Dickinson spent many hours, detectives learned, locked in his room and they are now investigating on tho theory that tho bomb was mado in his room. With the scars of scratches said to have been inflicted by Mrs. Taylor still showing on his face and looking haggard from the effects of Iiis two days' incarceration, uickiii3on was arraigned before tho coroner and there met his aged father, postmaster of Champlam. "I am innocent cf this, father," he told the old man. "I believe you, my boy," he replied. Tho elder Dickinson obtained from the coroner permission to have the hearing put over until Wednesday. Concerning the matrimonial history of the Taylor woman, much conflicting evidence nas been obtained by the police, but according to Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty it was established Monday that one J. It. Taylor, supposed to have been- a husband of the woman, died in December, 1911, in a sanitarium at Plattsburg, N. Y.; that a man named Howard Taylor, a friend of the woman, died in Dinhainton, N. Y., and that Howard Walker, also supposed to have been a husband, is alive and is being searched lor by the police. Efforts to find any messenger boy who delivered the bomb to Mrs. Taylor have proved fuiilo. Edna Lomarre, the slain woman's chum, who left the apartment about :en minutes before tho explosion oc nrred, is expected to throw further ight upon the relations between Mrs. i raylor and Dickinson when tho latov ia nrrniiriipd Wednesday. Sho is l lold at the house of detention as a ' witness. The police stated that her jvidence will go a long way towards clearing up the mystery. 1 i DHAW TUT COIiOli LINE. Aon't Convict Man for Killing a Negro In Pennsylvania. In asking a change of venue Tueslay in the case of seven defendants et to he tried on murder charges, crowing out of the lynching of Zach 1 Walker, near Coatesville, Pa., last w Vugust, J. E. B. Cunningham, deputy 1 ttornoy general, declared that "there ' s a deep seated purpose on the part j >f the people of Chester county not 0 convict a white man for the nmrler of a negro." A number of men inve already been tried in connection * vith the lynching and all wore ac1 n it ted. "Your petitioners are (lrmy convinced," the Irief filed for the 1 ttato says, "that to try the cases renninlng before juries selected from Chester county would only result in urning the administration of justice nto a complete mockery and travesty I >ul in bringing a lrsting disgrace and \ lishonor of tho fair name and fame s if the commonwealthf * f Was Afraid of the Mob. 1 The attempt of tho negro Tom 1 'laughter to kill himself in order to >scape mob violence failed Sunday light and Monday the black was conincd in Jail in Clarksvillo, Tenn., i vhence be was taken by the orderly t nob that gave chase for him after he 1 tilled Lee Jenkins, a storekeeper at i 1 l^dgcton, Ky. ? 1 HEYBURN GETS ROAST JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS RAPS SENATOR FROM IDAHO. ? Tilt in the L'liitcu States Senate Over Erecting u Monument at Yicksburg to Confederates. "In the name of God, Mr. President, are we down South not a part of the people of the United States? I feel sometimes as if the last surviving man who wants to 'render treason idious' has been sent to the senate from Idaho." These stinging exclamations by John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, in his debate in the United States Senate with Senator lleyburn over the erection of a Confederate shaft at Vicksburg, are quoted in the Courier-Journal's Washington dispatches Tuesday morning. The tilt began when Senator Williams sought to obtain a voo 011 his measure appropriating money for a companion shaft to the monument erected to northern naval forces at Vicksburg, and provided it should be unveiled before the semi-centennial celebration in 1913. When Senator lleyburn objected to the consideration of the measure and beforo the chair ruled that it must go over, under the custom of the senate, Senator Williams made this appeal: "If tho senator from Idaho will agree to let this bill conio to a vote I will promise that 110 senator from the South, so far as I am able to influence their action, w?i! vote 011 tho measu re." This pledge did not swerve Senator lleyburn who insisted It would not bo proper or constitutional. 11o paid such measures amounted to "treacling upon the sacred memories of the people of the North." He said it was proposed to take money "from the treasury of the people of the United Stales" to expend in commmorating tho virtues of the enemy of the country. Senator Williams answered in an aggrieved tone: "Why, Mr. President, if the senator knew mo better he would know I wouldn't tread on anything. I would go out of my way to avoid treading on an ant. I would not even tread out tlie public record of the sonator from Idaho." The galleries broke into applause and wero sternly reminded of tho senate rule against applause. Mr. Williams said ho had 110 bitter memories growing out of the War Between the Sections; that during the strugglo he belonged to the infantryin-arms, and he presumed Senator Ileyburn did also. "As to inherited principles, about which the senator from Idaho speaks, when a man inherits more than his father feels, more than the old fihting generation felt, ho is inheriting too much." A burst of laughter greeted (his sally. More rapping by tho vicepresident. Ileyburn refused to withdraw his objection. 1 WOKK OF 1MKOON MILT;. +. Governor Blouse Gives Names of Those Turned Ix>ose. The Governor's statement as to pardons, paroles and commutations granted by him since lie became Governor, lias just been issued from I bo press and distributed among the legislators. During his administration I10 lias pardoned, paroled and granted commutation of sentence (o 3 17 people and Die statement gives an account of each one of those and (ells the facts leading up to each, gives the names of those who petitioned for the clemency and the facts connected with the sentence of each. Cnder each name is the statement by the Governor giving his reasons for tho pardon, parole or commutation. Ill AT ST:\ IK l,U.'\A IMMl IK. III case Seiuls Message ot Legislature on Matter. The Governor Thursday sent to the General Assembly a message rogardng the recent loans to the State of south Carolina. The message carried kvith It letters from J. l\ Matthews ind Geo. H. Timmerman, the latter >eing in New York at the time the oan was made. The letter from Mr. Pirn merman refers to a conversation jot ween Governor Bleasc and Mr. Matthews regarding the loan. The otter from Mr. Matthews refers to he interest of the loan, which states hat had the money been left for any ongtb of time Interest would have )ecn paid. ? ?"Wife Spanked Her Kivnl. Mrs. Jennie Russ lost her suit in A'ilkes-Rarre, Pa., this week in which 1 A J1 A. _ 1. 1 % 1 .1 ;ne men to save nor nnsoanu rounu fu 11 ty of non-support. She admitted giving Miss Suo Philips, to whom her msband was paying some attention, i sound spanking, recently. Fifty Perish In Snow. A party of fifty persons perished n a snow storm while traveling along ho road in the vicinity of Ishlm, Sllerin. They were caught in a drift Tom which fifty-four corpses have jeen dug. tip: ^ 7\j KZTj^H % ^ p - - :::B^ / ~4,ji __. xys^M r i Rh [>] I AM HCHfltV t O." getti Rheumatism is the mos ing an 1 discouragin; of all Nine cases out of tenca by using Noah's Liniment. Where there is no s\ fever a few applications w you. Noah's Liniment penetr not evaporate lik:e o.her re: Requires very little rub NOAIiS LINIMENT Relieved Th "I suffered with rheumatism In my ri?.;ht arm and sheul lor complicated with a partial pnralysisof tho nerves. 1 tried numerous preparations with only partial relief, suffering intense pain all the time, loss of appetite, insomnia, and was reduced to a mere skeleton. Fortunately 1 PA^Li WAKth0th6 BILL HOUSE PASSES WAKE HOUSE KILL TO TilIlil) HEADING. l Tho Kill is Designed to Aid Cotton Growers to Market Their Crop to Advantage. The House Thursday passed to Its third reading the bill providing for ; tho warehouse system. This bill, as is known, is intended to help handle the cotton crop, and has been advo- : catcd particularly in the Pee Dee section. The bill as passed by the Senate has been materially amended and will go back to the Senate, and may ultimately be materially changed or killed. As it now stands the bill provides for a direct appropriation of $250,000, payable in two annual instalments, and authority to bond the property for $250,0 0 0, with bonds bearing 5 per cent, interest, and for which the property alone should ho responsive. , An amendment was adopted by the House providing lor tho erection of a compress in connection with the system of warehouses. The bill docs not provide any particular location for tho warehouses to bo built or bought, but tho understanding seems to be that they are either to be built or acquired, if the bill passes, in Charleston and Columbia. The chief argument made in favor of the bill was by Mr. lrby, of Laurens, who entered at length into the merits of tho warehouse system and the advantages that ;,o believed would .X .... * ih.x CfnfA acei UU I VI L 11U DUUi;, Mr. Reiser, of Sumter, thought the hill along the right lilies, but wanted certain amendments adopted. lie wanted a limit on the issue of bonds 1 not to exceed $250,000 at not exceeding 5 per cent, lie wanted the ; bill to go into effect immediately and favored the bill as amended. Ho argued that it was admitted by everyone that warehouses were necessary to get the best results in 1 marketing cotton, lie explained why | lie warehouse yvslein would be a good investment or the State. lie saw no reason why the system should not bo successful. lie believed it ' would get a cheaper rate of interest ' for cotton in warehouse. The feature as tc grading cotton ought, to prove of benefit. The $2 50,000 voted may appear large, bir when compared w'.rh the amount involved in a year's business it appears insignificant. Mr. Reiser explained that the diffc.rnnnn it) t Itit tit'i.nt nf out! thiv year and what farmers should hav? gotten that was diderence cf about I $20 a bale. Ho believed the farmers of this State iost this year thirty million dollars, if they got what their cotton was worth. The holding of n lot of rotton as unsold he believed would influence the curtailment of the crop. Mr. 10. C. lOdwards favored the hill, and thought his people all wanted this relief. Ho believed the warehouse proposition would savo a great deal of the violent fluctuation. : i:'. ; -,,' '* Vri i ,^1'1 ' | fj Mr.V * ~' 1,13 Iff ^ ijf ;' K oS \ ^ V^V\K ^(86 V, Is 1 J leumatism rg a grip on you? ;t distress- J troubles. PP ! i| U\~ p ,*/ J n be cured fef'ij M | mm m veiling or rfe;' ill relieve ?| | UJ h U *?<Vi fe l*ws ,<; atcs?does ffe - i 1 h1 N!?i N 'r* Ithi ( ; | ; J neaies. j w , H bins. Ife^iP J ri^rfO i i "j k i gg is Man of a Terrible Condition. Ienrno 1 of Noah's Liniment aivl 1 op :n it - use. Although I coulil not vai ? my arm. aft'-:- u in-i a little more than a large size bottle I feci that I am completely cure 1 nn<l my oM self nyain. Cannot too strongly reeommend Noah's Lini? incut.?John 1\ Daly, Charleston, S. C." II only n nine is ruisuu i.?<j oji otem will well pay for itself. Mr. Arnold did not believe the proposed plan practicable. Ho did not believe it right to tax the whole people to build these warehouses. Taxes must be borne alike by all and to bo fair there ought to be warehouses in reach of everyone paying part of the tax*, lie could not see how the warehouses many miles distant will do the remote farmer good. They say it will hold the cotton off the market, but he had heard this before and saw nothing in it. Curtail the production and then you will get better prices, and that was all there was in the whole situation. If you want the State to do any good then let the Government handle the entire situation. Let it do as Brazil did; buy up the whole crop and hold it. Mr. Brown called the previous, question. On the motion to strikeout the enacting words of the bill the House refused to do so by a vote of 69 to 33. The amendments were then taken up. Mr. Well's amendment providing for a compress was adopted. Mr. Belsor's amendments were adopted providing for sites and the storing of "such other commodities as the commission deem proper." Interest on the bonds was limited to 5 per cent, and the issue to $230,000. Mr. Irby's amendment was adopted turning over to the warehouse commission the "old" dispensary property in the city of Columbia. The bill was then ordered to a third reading bv a \ote of 71 to 2 9 as follows; 4 ' 1 - - *- it. % t.jn \ . o t ^ ? ;\ yo UO enact tlUJ uiuj. opi/i i\ur Smith, Ashley, Raskins, Reaniguard, Reiser, Rethea, Rodie, Rooktcr, Rowman, Rrowning, Rut lor, Chandler, Charles, Connor, Courtney, John M. Daniel, W. La Daniel, Dobson, DuRoso, R. C. Kdwarda, Isaac Rdwards, Krekmann, Fultz, Casque, Gibort, Graham, Hamilton, Harris, Harrison, llines, Hopkins, Hunter, Irby, Jackson, Jamo3, Jones, Kirvin, League, Lee, Leland, MeCravey, McQueen, Magill, MansfieM, Miller, Minis, Moore, Nicholson, H. A. Odom, Pauling, Pegues, Peoples, Reaves, Uomtort, Riley, Sal ley, Sawyer, Sroct, Pearson, C. T. Stiuier, C. 1). Smith, i\. P. Smith, Stanley, Stevenson, i'ohlas, Todd, Vander ITorst, Vincent, Watson, Wells, YW'iams?71. Nav (against Mm ip;n: Arnold, or. Royd, RnoT>. II. R.own, T. P. Rrown. Drumm..id, Hill. Hiott, ITutto, Ketehin, Kihler. '"'irkland, MePow. MeReown, Manuei, Meares, 111clinill, M ?\vGr, X'mi'cry, Oshorno, 'oik, Save. R. I,. Shulcr, Ungleton, 'l ison, Wyche, Youmans? .0 The bill will roecl,re Us third road\a, rnd then tne Senate will 'aho up the amendments and free 'inference will likely hundlo the lln! settlement of the differences. Salutes Stars and Stripes. An Interesting little Incident hap >onod In Victoria street in London Monday, as the kind's carriage passed he American embassy. King Oeorge >'ood up In the carriage, and saluted he Stars and Stripes flying over the ntranee. His majesty's action drew m additional cheer from tbo crowd gathered In the vic'nlty.