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f il m T JROWN ON PARDONS [ GOVERNOR SHOULD NOT DEPI1If IEAT THE COURTS vINi ??? /HE STATE IS SUPREME WiJ ^ Hie Governor of Georgia 1>kon a _v Premium for Itowicct of Ij?w iuhI Dili Orerir, Not the Violation of Statute of < <v< Knilftod for tho Protection and V\ h tlie M of Society, be a f energy tJovA^rnor Hrowu, of Georgia, Jul \aiumw.UOI1 /x/ ? A..i .1 a<U.I< ~ .. J I BrOUllf " 1 01 ? t\uu l>roSi(fNt*ture<l 'dens with respect to the unlialf aro<*trictod a,l(l arbitrarily discretionThe*1^ IH>wor of pardoning of criminals main (Conferred upon him oy tho Constituhas bc^'ow ?? tho State. And those itleaa wouldaro diametrically and utterly opposvisionf0^ to the views entertained by conne<t,,overnor Mease, of South Carolina, PananAH 80 * forth in Hearst's Sunday throughmerican of last Sunday. Clovornor ciflc a^'?5use generally is looked upon as date ojthe easiest source of pardon, parole is disaor commutation in the South. He the fiehoasts that it is his ambition to make out thjhi? pardon record in South Carolina com pa the greatest tho state ever has the Su'i,K)Wn' insofar as the total number and th?f released prisoners is concerned. making11'1 ^o make it that, he is willing to canal fstretch the law in (ho prisoners' favThe or to its uttermost limit, tho Jai Governor Brown has no ambition ship "\to set a record paralleling Covornor Delaw?*i,eaHO 9 at any point. To him, the niont, rights of society and the State are Hainps8UI>crior to the petitions of a duly Georgi convicted criminal, and ho contracts Rhode tho law sternly and jealousy to its cut, Kcwr'ttin limits in considering pleas Com tor clemency. Here is Governor battle brown's ideas and theory of tho parworld, dcming power. They are worth read2 6 4, T> 0 'n ? ' aillcers "In considering the matter of exexanipl ccutive clemency, 1 will say, in the effectiv first place, that those who are inacompcRned to deeds against tlie poaco of the mnsociety should he made to know that tho woi't is a very serious tiling lo violate In rothe laws, of the I "lo the second place, with that ele5,300,0 nient undoubtedly the strength of (lie tories (law is the certainty 01 its eniorcethe Mei mont. 550,00( "Vet, weakening this, there seems aa mucl bo growing in the minds of many The of the hotter element of our people a nied by belief that after a criminal has heen spared i? the penitentiary for several pair an years he has heen 'sufficiently punannoun Ishod' and that the executive of the makes i State owes it as a kind of moral duty go fully to set him free, so that he may reWhil? establish himself as a man of characthe shl] make t "There is one consideration here with pc which these people overlook. That is way, a i *ho fact that if, after a trial, beginof call 11 big with indictment by the Grand Those y Jury and running through the profleet an ceedings in the trial court and the terest a appeal to the higher court, a violator provide the law has been sentenced tc The I Bervo 11 Riven number of years, it is a nouncet llS8uml>Uon that the jury knew too la business when it found him guilty one tim! aml that tlie trial judge, witii the ed and caer> fresh in mind, knew and attend divided e(* business when ho llxed f torranoa cortain period of timo as tlie propei limit of his punishment. Onlcle "Why, then, must the executive of movemo peer, wjlo wa8 not jn the court roon partmen an(j (jj(j n(>t hear or see tho witnesses s?11(* t^c testify, change, say, a ten-year sen h mulat tenca to one of only two years, or an; cers ar Gther term shorter than ten years' announc why should he use the office to de s atomoi j?ea^ or supplant the courts or at no fleet tempt t0 malco of it a court of cor 1907 root ion ? "In clemency hearings it has boos e gn wa 8tatod to me time and again that tli a tie lie state does not need to hold that ma: The W away from his family a longer tim sels. T] than the period he has already sorv *.20, jus C(l. Harrowing accounts of tho nec Evans' 11 essities of the family are brought be ship crul fore the Prison Commission and th of the 8' executive. There is too much trut 12 0,000 jn these stories of suffering; bu cut is 3 7 what nhall we sav of the sufferintr c ron fired the families of those law-abiding cil that of tl |/en8 whom these criminals have she The N down, in very many cases withou 30, 1912 warning? mont, 1C "They (the criminals) have r< foot torn moved forever the power of thoe the size men to provide for their families, an weight o co-ordinately made it necessary fc energy o the State to withdraw the offendei squadron from the power to take care of the' The b own families. The confinement con composec plained of is not the fault of tli iliaries a State, but it is a supreme duty whic la. The the lawless acts of criminals ha\ do Jane: made necessary. It must in sue Magdaler cases be made clear to those in tli Franciscc criminal element that if they inci tance of penalties those penal ties will be ei fleet visit forced. San Frar "In these remarks I have referrc via Hono primarily to criminals who ha> and Man taken human lives; but the same ol there Oct ligation rests upon the people of tl ney of li the State to obey all the laws, an week of . the same obligation is upon the of pliments. cers of the State to enforce all tl Manilla, < laws. lone vin "Of course, no hard and fast ru and and can be laid down to govern all cas< February alike. The Constitution places upc from Ma the executive officer the power ' probably grant pardons in his discretion; bi in the his that discretion he is expected to u only after the exercise of the grea est care. It is true that occasional a wave of passion, sweeping over Ik Hhrhbh?- ... FINDS STOLEN CHILD I THK AIiIJ0(;i,l) KIDNAIM'KH IS ? HKLI) IN JAIL. I | A Search Was Made for the Hoy Throughout M iswlKHippl for Muny , Months. Robert Dunbar, the eight-year-old * child who waa kidnapped at tho home of its parents near Opelousas, La., hist August. has been found and identified by Mr. Dunbar, the father, . according to a statement made at tho i sheriff's ofllco at Columbia, 'Miss. A man, giving his name as W. C. Walters, has been placed in Jail charged with kidnapping the child. Mr. Dunbar has tho child in his possession, and while ho is positive in his identification, ho has telegraphed Mrs. Dunbar to come to Columbia and see the child, Mr. Dunbar stated that his identification was made by means of certain scars and marks on the child's body. Walters, who travels about the ? country in a wagon repairing clocks and stoves, stated that a window in North Carolina gave him tho child more than a year ago. Ho was questioned closely by Mr. Dunbar about his movements since last August, and it is claimed made several contradictory statements. Walters was arrested two weeks ago, but told what appeared to be a reasonable story about the child and was released. Mr. Dunbar was notified, however, and came to Columbia to make a personal investigation. Ho found the child had boon left With a man named Wallace in West Columbia. After identifying the child, he and several deputies set out in search of Walters, whom they located near 'Morgantown, about twelve miles north of Columbia. The Dunbars and their friends have spent several thousand dollars In search of tho missing child, and several months ago offered a large reward for its recovery. Numerous tramps and other migratory individuals have been arrested in this and other states suspected of being Implicated in tho kidnapping, and because in each caso they were accompanied by a child. community, influences a jury into extremes. It is true that judges themselves sometimes err, and sometimes, I am sorry to say, are prejudiced, and that it is tho duty of tho executive to protect the people against such judges. "There are other causes which call for tho exorcise of clemency in exceptional cases, but these are exceptions. As a rule, those placed in authority by tho people should continue their official, as well as personal, acts to the words spoken by the Almighty , Himself, viz: "They shall koep the way of tho Lord to do justlco and judgment." Genesis xvlil:19. "As a general proposition, the cx eeutlvo is safe in assuming that if > the solicitor general, the jury and the judge have steered the caso through ? mazes, quibbles, false swearing, techl nicalities and sometimes sophistical r speeches and found the accused guilr ty, ho is really guilty. "I do not doubt that r>0 guilty men " go freo to one innocent man who is 1 adjudged guilty. Quite likely the proportion is evon greater. Hence while in tho courts the burden is " upon tho State to prove tho arraigned I man guilty, in the executive ofllee tho assumption is that tho courts have done their duty, and there must y be extraordinary reasons for inodify ing or reversing their action. "It is but stating it correctly when I say that while criminals are on trial there are some other matters on trial. Our laws are on trial, our very civII ilization is on trial. Not only do 0 technicalities, specious pleadings and false swearing in the trial of crlminal cases contest the law, but misguided sympathy after conviction bo[ comes the most powerful advocate ol the criminal. It is against this that , we must take a firm stand, h ^ "While we are having so much sympathy for the criminal, we should have even higher sympathy for the law-abiding people. Instead of put lt ting a premium on crime, we oughi to put it on respect for law. Insteat of excusing or condoning those win |e violate the law, we ought to encour (j ago and protect those who obey it >r We need more rivets and less elastici ,g in tho application of the crimina lr law. We should force it upon th< , knowledge of the good and the ba< l0 that the law is a solid rock wall, no u a woven wire fence." ro # * i. Negro Hurled In Water. ic At llalton, Vt., a negro of abou ir nineteen years was hurled into th i- Winooski river where ho was drown od, it is charged, by four men \vh >d had accused him of stealing their din re ner pails. Three of tho men accus b- ed of causing his death, Henry M( ic Cabe, James Sweeney and John Ken id nison, aro under arrest, while t' ai n- companion, Henry Goodrich, is boin ie sought. lc Murdered Two Two Negroes. bp Two negroes were murdered 1 >n their house at night some days ago o to w. S. Mlddleton's farm in the lowc Lit part of Edgefield county and as Be result of the efforts of Sheriff Sweai it- ingen Ave negroes were committed t 1/ Jail to answer the charge of murd< a at the August term of court. K I _ . CLASSIFIED COLUMN AND FARMERS EXCHANGE i i OI'LTItY ANI) Indian Huiincr Rucks White Kggs? Bargains. L. Pollock, lloheuwald, i Ton n. Hartford's ltou|ir < iu ?- ?. umi m ii ' *>ed | f?0o delivered ..Mr. Prize-Winning How Comb Reds, Indian Runner ducks. Mating Hat free. Powell's Valley Farm. Jonesvilie, Va. Single Comh Khodr Island u*.L clunively, eggs $2 for If). $3 lot :<<> $8 for 100 Mrs K H Hill vv,?i? ington, ft H For Kul<*? Puie Herksliire pigs 10 weeks old; fine specimen; perfect health; $5 each. 11. F. Hendrlx, Lecsville, S. (J. For Sale?Pure white eggs from pure White Indian Kunner Ducks. $8 per 12. Mrs. Sue 13. Walker, Cass Station. Go Indian ltunncr Duck Eggs?Kxmor strain, white eggs, $1.00 per 13; $3.50 per 50; $0 per 100. Mrs. Virginia Ward, Hello Haven, Va. Indian Itunnor Ducks?Fawn and white. Eggs, $1 per 15 eggs. Have taken first on pen In country poultry show. Write J. B. Fleck, it. 6, Gettysburg, Ha. White Leghorns, Hufl Orpingtons. White Plymouth Hocks. Vigorous, hardy stock. Eggs for hatching and baby chicks. Mating List Free. Hacon & Haywood, 205 Springfield Ave., Guyton, Ga. The (Quality Strains?Hatching eggs from prize winning White Leghorns, White Wyandottes, White Hocks, at $1.50 per setting of fifteen, transportation charges prepaid. Kimball Farm, Oxford, N. C. White Leghorns?Large handsome birds; great layer winners at many shows. Eggs, $3, $2 per 15. WhPe Runner Duck eggs $2.50, Fawn and White $1.50; Penciled $1. Mrs. Sarah Gray, Lebanon, Tenn. For Sale?Sweet potato plants. Early Triumph, Nancy Hall, Porto Hico Yam and Norto Yam, at $1.75 per thousand. Give me your o\ier for choice plants. .1. W. Staf, Waldo, Fla. i 'I Reduction on Barred Kork1 Iamhur.es. and Runner ducks. Eggs at half price .as this ad will not appear again. Write for circular. Valley Head Poultry Farm, ltig Rock, Tenn.. Route 2 H. "Special Egg Sale" from lirst prize Winners White OrpingtJns Imported direct from England 1.00 for 15. Black Orpingtons 1.00 for 1"?. \Vhite ' VVyandots 1.00 15. J. P. Keilett, ' Fountain Inn, S. C. Prize Winning White Indian Runner duck eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for $5. Bronze turkey eggs, 11 for $3; 22 for $5. 5 Toulouse goose eggs, $2.50. White Orpington eggs, 1.50 for 15 and lip. Fawn and White Indian Runner duck eggs, $1.;>0. M. B. Grant, Darlington. S. C. PLANTS. Velvet Bean Seed?$1.75 per bushel. Box 5, Blanton, Fla. t'.att's Four Fared Prolific Seed Oorn ?peck $1, bushel $3. Indian Runner Duck Eggs $1 per setting. O. T\ Stallings, Enfield, N. C. Sweet Potato Plant-*?Early Triumphs, Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Norton, and Providence, $1.75 per 1 ,0 00. H. H. Thomas, Earleton, Fla. For Sale? A few bushels of Russell's Improved Big Boll. Selected for ten years. Five bales to throe acres. At $3 per bushel. M. L. Chandler, Scranton, S. C. Mammoth Yellow Hoy Ileum)?Rocleaned, new Reed, Belect, cowpeas. Any quantity. Buy now and save high prices. Burrus & Company, New Bern, N. C. 1 Potato Plants?Porto Rico Yam, bent I on earth, Nancy Hall, Improved j Providence; $1.50 per 1,000; Velvet Beano, $2.25 bushel. J. K. Futch, I Gainesville, Fla. For Hale?Crystal White Indian Runner duck eggs; stocks direct from Fischel and Patton; the all white egg strain, $2 for 12. O. Bv. Hart3 zog, Greenville, S. C. b Velvet Henna?From grower tc \ grower. Save the jobber's profit , $2.50 per bushel f. o. b. Quincy, Fla One-half peck 90c delivered. Ow Commercial Co., Quincy, Fla. Velvet Beans?2,000 bushels selec t homo grown Velvet Bean seed a e $2.60 the bushel f. o. b. Lowell; 6( head registered Mule Foot pigs, $H _ each. Raysor Farms, Ixjwell, Fla. l" Ohio Forty Car?powerful, sturdy l" silent. Will demonstrate on hill o level. Factory overhauled. Ex i- oeptional bargain. Photos, partlc ? nlara \A7 rllo X. A Prlnne I Ui?%? n. fl ft ilv I /l? A I IllV/Ty) UU in I g s. c. Big Supply very best potato plant ready now. Prompt shlpmente Porto Ulco, Triumph, Red Provl dence, N. Hall, $1.75 per thousand n Cheaper In large lots. F. M. Morri ,r & Sons, Ona, Fla. a r" For Sale?Nancy Hall and Dool ? Yam SweAt Potato SUpe. $1.50 pe "l thousand. Missionary and Bcelsio Strawberry Plants $2 per thousand . L, X&\ * The "Interior is .1 com pie to full round ] via.. <ni between the inner ti r- . it that any tiro becom? a?i Uurablo and Fxh;o Fr T. interlock is not an open a ;?ra<ie J nrier Tiro \vh t fiironKthonn tho car. f tiro service ia wondc f peed or resilience, n'erloik pressure 1 in' heat. It has ror urtioufs of the wor >. .oininent automobi \ oil (MKjfl under tin jntry tripe and fnst ei i- t clocks will increas materially?but they \ tires to \ Stop Tire \ fifoafcie in ..V. . , . r < ' TVJV-v * Your I _L IX \ .L _ --a. _ I _ a . nvuiu nave me ucsx or aiL natural life. Get the full birr make him valuable to you? keeping him In first-class cor Keep him insured and pr hand for emergency a bottle Don't experiment with un die*?but use these tested an Noah's Hors contain no dope whatever. Beware of medicines mac die from being treated with than if none had been given n heart or run-down condition When the reaction aets in the Noah's Horse Medicine# larger- public institutions, by people In the live stock anc supplied regularly in quantlt rians. largo contractors, mil arhlcn is the hast recomsnan Write or wiro. Southern Plant Company., \V. J. Hawkins, iMgr., Plant City, Fla. Nancy llall Potato Plants. Huy dir oct from grower and get fresh plants. Orders tilled in any (inanity. $175 per 1,000 10,000 or more. $1.50 per 1,000. A. G. Lancaster, Pine Castle, Fla, Sweet Potato Plants?Nancy Hall and Porto ltico, $1.75 per thou sand. I am pushing the Porto Uico because they aro better; they yield greater and from four to six weeks earlier than any I have ever tried. J. A. Wilkes, Pine Castle, Fla. Sweet Potato Plants, Nancy Hall and Triumph, $1.75 per 1,000. I can fill your orders in any quanlty. Give me your orders for prompt delivery and choice plants grown un. der irrigation. G. I). Moore, Hawthorn, Fla. l Sweet Potato Sprouts?Nancy Hall, ( Providence, Porto Rico and Triumph, ready for immediate shipment. Slnglo thousands, $1.75; 5,000 and over $1.70; 10,000, , $1.65. Tomato plants, $1.50 per thousand f. o. b. Florida. F. L\ ] Hull, Rock Hill, S. C. i Potato Slips For Sale?Enormous, improved Golden Ileauty and Nancy t Hall; will begin shipping abut April t 1 or 15 to July 1. Ono dollar and ) fifty cents per thousand all around. ) Safe delivery guaranteed. Largest plant bed in the South, four acres. - You will make no mistake in placing your order hero. Send in your r orders in for May and June. iMillions of plants for salo: Special prices to dealers. C. M. McKinney, ', Louise, Fla. - Potato Plante?We are booking or8 ders now for spring delivery ol l- Nancy Halls and Porto Rico yams - I/et us have your orders early so wt g can arrange to fill promptly. Orders received in January must enclose 10 per cent, of full amount; those in February 20 per cent.; bal r ance 10 days before shipping date >r March orders cash In full. 600,fl I. 1,000, $1.75; 5,000 or more, $1.50 i&3??i|fe$ i'l <52- Ql 0 ? '. . i -.4 \\ ' ?& v . 9 % '.., V* ' V ' ' '" v* 1 . ' ' k" Inner Tire V I'ixtra Inside Tiro which is i .l-Vf ibe and outer cusing v. iuh the i, ? a niow-ont Proof, Twioo L'< N om Trouble. 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They are lea to mm ay leading veterinaier^ express companies, otc, rffr f High Grade Se< J MIXSON'S SEEDS GROW. The $ LONG AND SHORT S o ? ??????? * * The best Varieties. Wr I J I t LUKN, bUKGUM, Ml 0 Our Corn is all HIGH-B] 1 > o Got our Illustrated Catalogi W. H. Mixso < CHARLESTON <> Write us for prices on other tr plants. Taft Garden Co., Taft, ] MISCELLANEOUS. Hartford's Roup? ('ure? Guaranl 50c delivered. Poultry Remedy Eneads, Fla. For Sale?One 2 Seventy-Saw system with doublo box revob screw press?bargain. John H. C Cope, S. C. Wanted?Hoys and girls to < handsome premiums or cash sel our goods. For particulars v. Century Specialty Company, 110, Roanoke, Va. Rubber Stamps that print, Alumil Trade Checks, Badges, Key Ch and Seals. Also magic and t | novelties. Send for lists and c logues. National Sales Co., I J., Box 31, Florence, S. C. Marry if you aro lonely. The lteli Confidential Successful Club large number of wealthy olij f. members, both sexes wishing f marriage. 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Beware of substitutes. 1 old by ail dealers In medietas or M&t prsnaM en rsealpt ot prio* la Wlohnesndj Vhu, by the Hoes Bsseedy Oe, Ika rnmmmmimtmmmmmmmamm?mmmmmmmmmmmmmm id and Farm Lands | y are growu 111 tho South for the South X iTAPLE UPLAND COTTON I " ' o ito ub ror prices und information. ** LLET, VELVET BEANS &c ;> 11BD SOUTH CAROLINA CORN. o io of all Vegetable and Farm Seeds. o n Seed Company, SOUTH CAROLINA !! . o uck p"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""*" COMPLETE | ? ELGIN WATCH ^550 Gin v[uK If, SIZE SEVEN JEWEL. f ope, OPEN FACE. . OILT I SCREW BEZEL & BACK. [ Post Paid Anywhere. I a ii. B. CLAI>WELL, Monroe, North Carolina. rrito I BOX IL... ??l l? a r.t i anwi i ??!st r.gg snipping Boxes? num i Adopted by U. S. Government. Can eeks use repeatedly. Boxes holding ono rick dozen, be each; 2 dozen, 8c; 3 doz ata en, 10c; 4 dozen, 12 l-2c, and 5 >ept. dozen, 15c. Orders filled promptly. Theodore Kohn, Orangeburg, S. C. able 220-Aore Farm, Two-Story Dwelling, has Dun* and Stables for Sale-?Two siblo miles south of New Hill, N. C., land *arly adapted to tobacco, cotton, corn and Mrs. small grain. Price, $2,50. L. 8. Olive, Apex, N. C. Hall Killed in Aeroplane Fall. eltv- ^ Salonikl Lieut. Arghylropoulous a $2 a Greek aviator and a passenger, Conpre staninos Manos, a noted Cretan chief. En- were killed recently by a fall of an C. aeroplane from a height of 2,000 feet. a