The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, November 27, 1914, Image 1
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Week!jr, Established I860- Oafljr, Jan. 13, 1914.
TUESDAY A ND FRIDAY
ANDERSON, S. C., TVBSp?YMORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1914.
PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR,
LESS THAN FIFTY. PRISONERS
PENITENTIARY-CLEMEN?
1,430 CONVICTS BY THE
1911 -INCLUDED IN LIST
TENCES-FIFTY-FOUR A
PAROLES CONDITIONED
FROM USE OF INTOXICATE
(By Associated PrO?s.l
COLUMBIA, S--C, K?fYf H^.-Co ver
nor Blease Ute today granted par
dons, .parolee, or commutations to .? Ol
prisoners .now' serving Sentences in
the South Carolina penitentiary or in
the county cenyict nqnadB. ..jTJbere
will be fewer than no prisoners left
in the Sta?te prison here tomorrow.
' Clemency' now1 nab been extended to
I 1,430 prisoners by tho governor since
he assumed!.brace.in January, 1911.
His second term as the State's chief
executive will expire January 12,1915.
Included in th? list of prisoners re
- leased by today's action were 16 serv
ing life* sentences for murder, 31 sen
tenced to from. two ta '30 years im
prisonment for manslaughter, and 64
serving terms for minor offenses. One
man convicted of-murder and sentenc
ed to be electrocuted was given , a .
' .commutation to five: years . imprison
ment. . , .".
-, FJity?four,. of, the nuniber given
clemency are white men.. Forty-six.
are negroes and one. aa Indian. All. :
will be released tomorrow, with the
. exception of :.the, prisoner who was
liJJj given a ' commutation, '. Several Ot the1
, U p^roles,are:conditioned on the-reefpri*
??nt'n abstaining from the use pf in
I 'toxicants.' ?' .- | . ? I I
? 1
convicted bf, pWreating bis. .?ire, j he
serve out illsit?im.?, ,..,! ^ [ I
HTO'?^r ??T?partanburg. S. C, j
who was among-the lifo termers, es- j
caped from the penitentiary seven j
years lago.: ?^r^Weanesdag, he re* ?
. appeared at the priabn with, ixls broth-, j
. er^ and'.wa? put'to Work again. He
.. yras convicted ?ot' murder -L. in ,1904, ,
. when he was about 18 years old.
Absolute' pardons were given , to i
only five of the 101 men. In four of
these eases the pardon was granted
to restore cltlr?fts?iii), tho recipients
already hiving been released on .pa
role; .. - ' : '
Governor Blease has made holidays,
especially. ? Thnnkj^rtang, Christmas
and New Tej>r'?i:,.W occasion for ex
tending clemency , to prisoners, since
he Waa fl ret elect/! tL ^
DULY ORGANISED
..S?^^:--. of '^IV->Sa^ j<
.i*:!*/* f?i iTiV i fi*l.? ,r?if."o?Li-l f
4t?-?" * ... -V^? ; - v,:', Wwi '
?pKi?\ to Tho IiU?)li?en?Br ' 3 ?-\
v SUMTER, Nov. *6.~The' ^eib??iii .
conference weelduly organise* thia <
morning tn SttmtSr, Bishop P^nny in ,
tho chair. . The usual obfsrvonce ot |
tba s^?rsmeut^?t'^.Xtii^-iSnpper. <
wait the ?pti ^?t W m W. B. O. j
Watson wac w?lecttd seevtery with ,
?? W. I^:;Tt<?Ad A. ,|B, Holier; a*sl& '
ants,. W. E. TurfllpBoed waa reelected ,
sUtisUcal,\kk&t*rV with thi' usual i
number ot asj?stant?. t
The two matters that promise tho i
fT^fM^^tt^'cam^ <
nary wey ?arly ianthe session. i
tfej^alrs^ j
faorrqw ai ? s*: as the t?ne'for the f
eettlement of t^te line of-division Bug- <
aberr?,:*\^^w^-^|slli?t^^l>y.>a' ?
^er requastl^g ? niling o? tho blah- \
op on point of law concerning author!- f
bo ?'diS*-^jg^***>?0?WlU ? '
; '^Mti&erM-'*?omot??*iir. when *ue matter I
: c??ine?.before.m^iml^^:tt?i?j& \
dicates1:the^there v/111 'be VIL effort \
. ^&##i3$5^ .. ; ;
Tb? itoariV Afc ?3?e .
V.;vl^&ern''?^?U?A ?drocaTe pr?sent -'
ed Ha resignation which was accopt- <
ed Without dissent j
Forest Fires Spreading.
Forefct Ares continued tb spread in ?Ito
timber lands of Arkauaa* tonight, ac
cordlng to dUpatches ; received here
. rrpm au scerioca or tue sute. Dense
smoke clouds-hang over practfcaliy
the entire Dtai^r. Fire! in the; cane
; brakes o? Woodruff and White Coun
ties has drivftn' ?!thousands of deer and
i > othfer gamea ' i?t,o the open to olausbl
er. r.:i?: '?vr '
NOW LEFT IN THE STATE
:Y HAS BEEN EXTENDED to
GOVERNOR SINCE JANUARY,
ARE 16 SERVING LIFE SEN
RE WHITE MEN-SEVERAL
ON RECIPIENTS ABSTAINING
ITS
Special to The 1 Mci ll gm rr r.
. COLUMBIA, Nov. 25.-The governor j
of So ii th Carolina (oday granted pur
oona and paroles in 101 cases.
Following ls a list of the most not
able cases:
,, W, ;T. Jones, white, who was con
victed'at Union in February, 1909, ot
the. murder of hi a wife and sentenced
to lire imprisonment in the State pen
itentiary, received a parole.
George Nichols, white, who was
convicted dn Lexington county in No
vember, 1910, of the murder ot Paul
Williams, the young Columbian, and
sentenced to Ute imprisonment in the
State penitentiary, received a parole
on the condition that he leave the
8te.te within 24 hours after leaving
the penitentiary.
John E. Hough, white, who was
convicted in Kershaw county 'In
March,. 1913,. for the.,murder of his
father-in-law and 'sentenced io ' be
electrocuted; his sentence later being
commuted to life imprisonment, had
his sentence reduced, to five years in
the State penitentiary. ? -::+<
J. Allen Emerson, .who was convict
ed, at tho February term of ??urt tor
1907 fh Anderson county of the tour-:
der of a Mr. Drake, and gonion.-.ed to
lite imprisonment in the; State peni
tentiary, and who was patroled August,
1913,. on the condition that he leave
foe!!; Biete, ?{pta granted h fu? pardon.
m A, R^b>y>^wliue,-^h? waSj-con
^I^nr^lrltSc^whlte, ^convicted1 ?
murder-jat, th> November, 1903, tenn
Df court for Marlboro . County 1 ?nd'
sentenced tb Ufo imprisonment in the
State penitentiary and paroled Decem
ber, 1013,: waa given a full pardon; -:. '
Ernest F. G rims ley, white, convicted
it the June, 1911, term'of r'aurt for
Richland County tar murder and sen-'
leiiced to lifo imprisonment in the
State penitentiary, ''was paratea.
Srimsley killed a woman and a man
in a 'Columbia restaurant t 1
Harry Dean, white, convicted at the
September, 1904, term of court for
Spartanburg o? murder with recom
mendation to mercy and sentenced to
lifo imprisonment in the State.peni
tentiary paroled upon the condition
bathe leave ths State and never re
urn, except on the permission of the
?oy?mer to visit relativos.
oi^? ,-fmk
by f.. f? .
?V'-lfBy.':Aj???i^l^).\^ Y''j \
I PETROGRAD, Novi, ?5.-.(via Lon
lon, 11:17 p." ni.)-On the entire front
)f tho Vistula ?cS Warta rivers the
3ermans have begun a. retreat,. ac
:ording to moagr? reporta from the
?roht.. At some pointe, it. ts said/ the
novemeht resembles ? rout*
.One detachment of Germans In the
.occnt fighting before Lodi, < which,
reports: arriving here assert was cut
? pieces by the RuaBiana, ia said to
lave beeb on the point of executing a
?up, disguised as Russtejie. Vit is
(aid that thty wore , caps which form
)?rt of the Caucasian regiments' uni
orm. . They wer'? dete^?f ituss^w
.meera who coted thxou;^'their field
(lasses slight differences Mn tho tint
ern and equipment o^ the Germans'
iccetding-tto; ?he story. The formans;
vere >i\at-ready to mm tho Russian
janie .
,.,:;,\r.J\\\J<:;:: n >. ??'
Members of ?M$fc'i'??: "
?;]:". 'Were Found Guilty
?PARTA^BTJRof?. ^k>r. 26.
t; W. Belcher',Hdbert Wilson and
?orace Finch, charged with ,rioting
ip.? assault upon the Spartannm*
Munty Jill on the night of August 18,
fig, wpre foj jjd . gullly' here .tonight.
tObert W-?rv and Jease Wolfe, tried
m tho wm? charige, were, acquitted,
lentence will be naaaed cn the cati.
icteA men Friday. Tfco men we're al
eged to neve"bean members oil*
abb" that attempted to take from the
ifflcera a negro, .charged with crim
nal oeaault upon A nrhlte woman in
he'eyjunty. The.negro waa' afterwards
ri^ :ott tne;^
THjfNKS
THOU Mighty' {Lord* from out whose
hands the nations blessings flow, we
praise Thee tioiwith crashing bands* but
humbly bovjing^low; $hus would we our poor
voices lift : .? |
"We thank Thee fo+^fty love, for every good and p?r
imai ft that cometh ffo^a^wez
^Por^harve filled our bins, for rains which
\:-^i^d}dst give,' fot'^h^-^is^^^ our sins, arid teach
ing us to ?ive; /..;, . ' : . 1 V,:'!:"''
"For that our counirphh^
Europe bleeds, and we, Thy?c%Hdren of the West, may yet
relieve the needs of all th??? billions through whose gore the
j royal butchers wade, the tt$}!? they drown in cannon's roar
the law which Thou hast
kindly hand and help t&:t?^g pea?e tq^ev^ tyat-crazed .
. .'. i- *.'.. .. . \. . .- ? .' r.\\ v* " i r
\r^tana^ . -t . -r< . ... .j.j - ...,.;r:i.
. - ^itr?^ -Thy- pe^?^^^fth??. j .
] , j
?I?I?IP^ face, f
m^^Si gospel, mac^;:^ m \
l??mM^. ? M ?l? -CHAS.. B, DRISCOLL, Jj
ls Pktced
Assassination of Poetry Dealer Ti
Coroner aa the Cidminat?on <
Shs >*- ??!_ - ???fi?
??My? VS >1?
iii xn v^ ? ./?>;.,
, fi ?' ' (By Associated Press ^ . "
j N?W *fcffil???l?s4;i^^
naV?n. ?f Qu^y^llr, characterised
by Coroner Weinberg aa' the culmina
tion ot the greatest conspiracy staci
,WW.?PM|? tZQW-. . jr .-soiotiorr. Clues
pointed many ways. The authorities
declared that tho mystery , bad ed
many ramifications thatilt took'on- tho
aspect ot a Chinese putale. ?
The victim, ? well-to-do independ
ent-poultry dealer, was lurql ' to h Iff
death by a docoy m?seege given him
at 6 o'clock Isst night by ? young man!
Who, entered his place of- business In
Washt?gtoa Market. Two p?ots, tired
in th? street, killed him. Two: met?
darted away to n automobile, waiting
nearby, and made away1. The car had
not boen located?, nor the men identic
fled. ' ; ' ? . ,. ; .' . '
1-^iF*?**F V**1^tit?lnaqneat
for elnea, detectives learned that h?
had boen threatened many times with
flr?Mttftfe I? * trial that sent num
^ii-L^l^il-ljj :-.v--'-.r--.-':i*,-iV^j":?:?vr:..
^OFCOWANYISTOFV
?V5UCH OF THE smP?
OF COTTON .
. (By i Associated < Pres?.)
>>?wRi; ORLEANS, . Nov. 25M Plans,
for the formaUon of a $100,000,0001
corporation to bb known as tte Cot-1
lon Producta Company wer^^MK&S?
cunve committaa of the Southern Cci
: The corporation, it
will begin, bualnesa aa
% tlAQQ.M ot U~\~2>pl?
a,8ttbseri^^wuv^
For Solution
a?sday Night Characterized by
sf Greatest Conspiracy Since
^'wjj?'-wiQji?iiitnaL ."-ly
bors of,Now York city's, poultry trust
to prt?oh , several years ago. in the
fei op tiesa campaign waged by his ener
mies. Aroa .had been lighted, bombs
exploded, his horses poisoned, his'1 soo
attacked, and his ohaiii of stored rob
?bed, Clio of tia neighbors was killed
fx:~i&g&&Pftmr ~" mist?kr, 'Ii was' net
ifo?*%?.1Ml?am.\ Baff,; himself. ' W??
peen scarred tor; life by an 'assault
made oa bim by a thug armed with a
bottle;-' .
Inspector Faurot announced today
that detectives were- working on the
theory that gar: mern had been hired to
Murder Batt, a? in the Rosenthal case.
District Attprhoy Whitman's office
assigned detectives to the COBC Mr.
Whitman., declared h?: considered the
crime as much sn attack on the law
as on Raff.
A r?vc?vlsr was found today near
the spot where Baff was killed. De
tectives sought to| trace the murderer
by" thhv weapon-1 Three separate s?ts
of, license numbera to the c?r in
which tho htt?e?lriB sped away h?ve
been given the .polite' by aa many cit
?ompai?y Fe?d
ET?RE FROM THE MARKET AS
JS OF PRESENT CROP
ss its o?jjtct the atabilUIng of cot
ton values, tn? securing \)f statistics
ceW?arttttf thar cotton industry . MiA
fae ..pnbllcaUon af ? aUt*ao?niB from
time .tc hmo ss to .Ute-condition ot
t??mrfa;??*?*n, president or thc
Southern Cotton Association, toalght
issued a s^anynt conching the
^"X??^^'tnSO .. ON r PAO? P?VE.). >> .
IN BATTLE BETWEEN Tilt
xi -? WARTA AND VISTULA ;
?v ?r&d? RIVERS v
,?-......; :, fliest, zvxuxto'i --P-Xty,
Unofficial Report* Assert Entire
German Army Corp? Hat Bee?
Broken Vp.
(8y Aaod?M Fiw)
The military party tn Petrdgrad
continues to claim a Russian victory
on tho battle field between tho Wartr.
ai.d Vistula rivers in Poland . This is
based on unofficial reports, which even
assert that ah entire German army
corps has been broken up and that 48
trains, . which will accommodate CO.
OOO wounded and prisoners,, have been
ordered out from Warsaw, -.'v.
The German'official report, -oin the
other hand, declares tho Ruealun of
fonaivo in this region baa been check
ed. rThe latest comfaunJ?rtioP ?t^w
the Russian: general staff says il ghi*
lug near Lodz continue?, bat that tho
German forces are pressed ou every
?lde and aro matting <? suprema effort
to cat their waythrough to the ?Orth.
The Germana also claim to have
brought the E/usaUn advance to ft step
in East Prussia, and before Cracow,
Gal leia. A Russian statement saya tho
Rnssians. manifestly* have the upper
hand near Cracow.
A significant statement regarding
Russian operations comes from Buda,
pest. It is admitted in the Hungar
ian capital that the Russian troops
again have invaded Hangar*
have.roached tba county pf 'Ut -JJ*
miles south Af the Carpathian^ and
the county of Zcmplln, 50 miles wot th
ot these mountains. .'. ' Accordinc ' to
this report ! the troops which Invaded
Ung have been driven back to tho
t (cxatoNfla? ow PAO*'?'?VE.) !
COSTLY COUNTRY RESIDENC1
STROYED BY FIRE WITH I
CEALING THE CRIME-Tl
NENTLY IDENTIFIED WIT
LIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT
TIES BELIEVE THE CRIME
BLOODSTAINED AXE FO'
(Dy. Associated Pro**.) ! j
MIAMI, Fin., NOT. 25.-Two persons
were killed with an use lu a costly
country residence near here early to?
day and the It ouse then destroyed by j
fire with the evident Intention Of C01H
eealing the crime.
The dead ure: Adam- A. Hogg?, a
[widely known Florida lawyer, and
Mhrjor?e Bogga, 'his daughter. The
I attorney waa forty-ilvc and the young,
I woman eighteen years old.
Neighbors found the charred bodies
l in a search of .the ruins of the r?si
dence. The skulls of both had been
I ern ulled.
While a. motive for the donble mur
der, has not yet been established ;o
the full satisfaction of the authorities,
they-ore >worklng on the theory that
the crime was . committed by burglars
who were discovered in the house by
the lawyer and his daughter. '
The blood-stained axe used In the
crime was found late todny hidden
nnd^r. shru?>ery hear the 'site of : the
barned residence. Au empty parse al
so was found. An investigation-of thc I
, . Struggles of 'Y<ears.''
r >?>') ^'f^.-.:<Bv^Jt?toa?t?tf',p^^?i.)'^. '
ATLANTA/; ai.V,r?pV.; ?^.~tWb elev
ens 'uhdefeated by any Southern foot
bnii team this season-Virginia and
North Carolina-will meet at Rich
be one of the beBt gridiron, struggles
ot th? year in tho South.
North Carolina has won all . its
games thus far, while Virginia's only
defeat was at the bands ot Yale; Both
have defeated Vanderbilt, Virginia
making' the better showing. Few crit
ics, however, haye cared to hazard a
guess as to the.outcome of tomor
row's clash. .
Other games u?trn?ting njubh'^t'ten
tlon ore tt?bs,?v?betwee^,"Wasmo?tonJ
?and HS*' raftlMffi Cat9?0? A. and1
'AL'St Norfolk; Tennessee and Ken
tucky Stato at Knoxville; Vanderbilt
and SQwanee. at Jifegttlta anil G*?ry
.gta T?W?hd'd?mso? st Atlanta. All
of .tho opponents' -are*/traditional' riv
" Texas, will, meet wahk?ff-at Austin
in the chief in ter section al game ot
the day. Texas is favored to win.
Other Southern games tomorrow in
clude: ' ; '
Mississippi vs. Texas A and M. at
Beaumont, Texas. , . . ;..
? Virginia Polytechnic Institute vs,
Virginia Military Institute at Roa
noke, Va. ? { .
Louis lan a State VB. Tulane at New
Orleans.
Alabama vs. Mississippi A. and M.
at Birmingham.
"Chattanooga vs. Cumberland at
Chattanooga.
Wo ff o rd vs. Newberry at Spartan
burg, 8/C.
, PMhltr? Schooner Ashore.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla,)? Nov. 25 -
Tba.. American fishing schooner Alert
is. ashore oft Nassau Inlet, near Fer
nandina,. according to advices from
Mayport received here tonight.' Two;,
wrecking tugs have been'sent from
Itayport to the scene. The Alert w<js
bound from Gloucester, Masa.,,ta Sh
Andrews Bay; Florida. She carried a
The Rucian Forces
. : -
(Br Aatocteto! frm?
PETROGRAD, NOV. <Via Lon
don, 11:05 p. m.)-The Army Messen
ger says tho Gormans aro making at
tack'after atwick in an . attempt td
break they Russian forces north cf
Lodz, but without succeos. Tho AUB
tro-Oermau army IS staking.all on thia
battle, it: adds. ',. > ; ' 5 '
V The newspaper saya 'bat on tho
Qalician front the RUSi's v offenso is
beeorair.g more eaergetM-'-^Wwi'
Cueing, thei eaemy to ? state of Im
potence. '_\ _>
? OF ADAM A. HOGGS DE?
EVIDENT INTENTION OF CON
JE BOGGS FAMILY IS PROWL
H EDUCATIONAL AND RE
OF THE SOUTH-AUTHORI
WAS COMMITED BY ROBBERS,
UND NEAR SCENE
coins hus revealed-?oveval B niall sr
(ides of Jewelry, hut nothing'of vain?
has been located, tiras fonding to sop? - ' r">r
port the robbery; theory..
\ vMr. Hoggs was clono te?^^'iW^ii?S;
dorice dorthy th? early! part of last . !
night. pis'daughter!-was attending a
social function nearby dud Mrs. Bogga :
ls visiting at Lr i o Placid, New, York. '
Miss Boggo retorced home shortly |
after midnight.. \ < ?
The Hoggs family hus befa prom in
en tl y Identified with tho educational
an'j religious' development' !'of? the
South. Dr. Willam E. BoggB, former
chancellor of the Uuivcrtifty of Geer
fri Qi and a Presbyterian > minister, who'
now Uves' In Atlanta^ Is tKe^.^
of the dead lawyer, ailbert ?L Beggs,
s brother, Is a member of the faculty
of the Georgia Behool of T^p.ology
in Atlanta* ej< ',,
Br. Thomas Bogga, of BrJtimore,
and Lucian' BoggiS, Of 'JafebBoaVlUe,,. ? Kg
Fla., nrn two other brothers. The dead
attorney waa a' graduate- of the liol
^erslty 'of .Geonr^,,?-?^
>
.'.(?yA?ocUtoJ.Pi?*rx| i"<M :
LONDON, Nov. 2&rtrA? *il*nt fenn ls
the latest, weapon 'to ;M^jpiMhli^fbr<
ward by the German army1 itt Franco;
decor dinfj. to a narrative by Colone i
B. D. Swinton. BrlU?n^?y^wite?'sB at
the front. Tho x?ar?^^Ss?id -<n&
vembor 23 was iB??fed. toflay by of
ficial press bureau.; '
: 'It says: " v . .
.Tn our center the ; enemy employed
s silent gun which may be pneumatic
or ,worked by somer mechanical con
trlvance. There ia no: report of the
discharge, the prolecWe travels
through the air wlmohtpnny of-the
warning by an ordinary; Shel!, and;' the :.
first notice ot ita a"frival ls the de
no^g^^^ffIfW^
y??s apart The^ English and Ger
mans talk^ack ^d^foH^h^^fsb^t?v'
. .^? weath'?r lisSW^nJ W slush.
Improving lu one ,selise. ?Qhdltloas in
the trenches; the naVrallve says, but
the drop In the temperatures make?
tho men BO otitT thal many have to be
lifted oat of the trenches when re-'
lleved and others are sent frozen ta
hospitals
"Beyond the hardship Inflicted on
individuals," Colonel Swinton : says/
"the change In tho Weather chiefly
haa affected ?erial reconnaissance and
transport The freekl&ftmalees .the
roads better and tho clear, crisp at
mosphero aids the aviators to seo the
landscape mere freely."
.The Germans in ono place aro us- .
lng a 42-centimeter htWiteer agaipBt
tho British left, lt ls sa^d, and the re
port tells of .the capture on Novenv,
ber 21 of a German abroplane boar
nlg circulars calling on tho Hindua'td .
? \ ? y v ''Wy f>?v;? . ' v*.r
(Cy AnooUt^:lhCK.'>'. - ?'. .
. BVHALIA,' MISS^ '?t?it?mi
Sullivan, a negro, and hi? wife, aeons?
ed of.having. s^?flc?M;?lia^ibm?rn'
plantation near l^Sjj^fj^j/^: '
.go, wars l??M?tf*ett;-?*?4?^^^
which forced a deputy shforiff and
his posse, who arrested the couple,
to stand idly by while the lynchlct?
was in progress. , , .
This toforma?OTi .w^ ??T- - .
Byhalia tonight by-.aie&hfr? of th?,; * ; :
poise. Sullivan, it is etat ed, was first
hinged from the timh .of e/j tree, and
within a few minutes the womau met
*\IIae-fatev:- .' s v-;!'?'?'??';4^fflBaO
; It is alleged that the < negro. con -
fessed that ho burred the borh In re-.
tahA^on?!to*rtheaqiiou.-.fc*. the plant-/
era in forcing him to surrender a
plate ? which - be ?r?d purchased : bu$.
luid hol paid ?or, . ' ??'. ' ;... .y