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MRS. FANNIE CARSON PARDONED ?Y MV. ANSEL Columbia, March 17.?Fannie Carson left the Btate penitentiary today a free woman. Gov Ansel yesterday signed iL a pardon for her, taking this action on W recommendation of the state hoard cf pardons. She was convicted in Spart anburg county In 1895. on the charge of killing hor husband. Ffteen years of prison life have left their marks upon on?o a comely wo. man. She Is frail and her face bears tho wrinkles of the worry and fatigue Of a long imprisonment. Yesterday at the penitentiary, when a newspaper man handed her tho par don by Gov. Ansel, there came a new light into her sad eyes and In a trem bling voice she said, "I am so glad. Yoa, I thing Gov. Ansel and everybody that has aided in securing my liberty. I am going back to Spartanburg and my old daddy will bo at the station to meet me. I. have never lost hope while behind these prison walls, for I knew that my father was working for my release. She became very pensive and care fully read the tidings that meant so much to her. When she realized the full meaning of the message, she talk ed more freely. She 1b 40 years of age and came to tho penitentiary when 25. "I have never been outside of these prison walls for 15 years," said Fannie Car son, "and I don't know just how I am going to feel. I don't expect that I will know Spartanburg. Oh, I am so glad. There Is something left In life for me. I will got to see my children. When I left them they were both little tots; now both are married and I have a grandson. I havo been well treated since coming to the penitentiary and have no complaint to make, except that I havebeen confined within four walls. Capt. Griffith and Capt. Roberts have been very kind to mo." The officers say that she made a model prisoner. For eight years she worked In tho hoslory mill. For the paut botcu years sho has been matron for the woman's department of the penitentiary. There are threo other white women prisoners. Yesterday one of tho negro women life prisoners came to the room of Mrs. Carson and wltli tears running down hor face said, "I am glad that you are going away, but we Is going to miss you, Miss Fannie." On the table In Mrs. ('arson's room are found two pictures One of a lit tle girl and the other a woman. The pictures are thoso of her daughter when the mother left home and as she 1? today. The mother will leave Co lumbia this aftornoon at 1:10 to enter a home again for tho first tlmo in IB years. "I am so happy," eaid Mrs. Carson "that I will not sleep any tonight, When the pardon board recommended my pardon, I would lie awake at nlghte and think of tho great big world on the outside and wonder if Gov. Ansel would act favorably on the report. 1 ^ would think of my old father, who has worked bo long for my liberty and my children, who wants me to come home to them; I know they will bo glad t<; nee me and there Is a now life ahead for me. I am thankful and happy. "When I first came to the prison 1 alwayB had a hope of some day going forth a free woman. I don't know what a convict would do if they all did not havo that same hope. I would havo died long ago, had It not been for that thuoght. It has kept me nllvf and given me now lifo evory day fot the long struggle which I have been through for tho past 15 years." The officers at tho prison say thai ?ho has made a model prisoner, nnc all were glad that sho has boon par doned. The crime for which Mrs. Carsor waa convicted wag ono of tho mosl horrible In tho history of the state and attracted a great deal of attention at the time. The husband of Mrs. Carson was f\ farmer, who resided in the upper hoc tlon of Spartanburg county. He wot unkind to her and n drinking man She becamo infatuated with a neigh bor by tho namo of Green, and they planned to get rid of ('arson. At the trial in Spartanburg county in 1895 when Judgo Earle presided, it wai brought out that Green had a greni Influence over Mrs. Carson. Tho twe .imAn.I in i,l i,i o uiou ???? l.n. PARTY MACHINERY STARTS NEXT MONTH Precinct Club Meetings Will be Held April 23, County Convention May 2. With the meeting of the various precinct clubs next month the Dem ocratic party machinery will be put in motion. This statement may serve as a reminder that this is election year in South Carolina. Campaigning has started already In many coun ties and by the time or before the state Convention is hold ai Coiuiuoia, May 18, there will b? announcements falling thick and fast. April 23, the precinct clubs will elect their officers, ohooso delogates to the county convention and name a member of the county executive committee. May 2 the county conventions meet in the several county seats. These conventions each select a county chairman, a member of the state executive committee and delegates to the state democratic convention. May 18 the state convention mco.ts in Columbia. Its work will be large ly routine. The only years in which this convention is important are those of presidential election. The stato democratic executive committee, which handles the ma. chlnery of the party, will meet at the call of Chairman Willo Jones to arrange for the primaries, the first on August 30 and the second Septem ber 13. The committee will also fix the schedulo for tho campaign meet ings. Senator TUlmnn at Home. Trenton, March 17,?Senator D. R. TUlmnn arrived hero this morning seemingly not tho worse for his trip from Washington. He stood the trip remarkably well. He walked from tho train to his carralgo without assistance Senator Tillman waB accompanied by Mrs. Tillman and his two daughters, Misses Lona and Sophie Tillman. An Awful Eruption? of a vocano excites brief interest, and your interest in skin eruptions will be as short, if you uso Bucklen's Arnica Salve, their quickest cure. Even the worst boils, ulcers, or fover sores are soon healed by It. Best for Burns. Cuts Bruises, Sore Dips, Chapped Hands, Chilblains and Piles. It gives instant relief. 25c at Daurens Drug Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. husband. Several times tho plans miscarried. Mrs. Carson and Green were assisted by a young man by the name of Pago. Finally all plans were arranged and Carson, while asleep, was butchered In hQ room by Green, who had been let into tho houso by Mrs. Carson. On that night Mrs. Carson fled to the home ?f n neighbor. Remorse tak le *r hold of her she broke down and told of the crime. Tho arrest of Green, Page and herself followed. At the trial she recltod the entire tragedy, telling In detail of the many plans for the murder of her husband. AH three were sentenced to life Im prisonment in tho penitentiary. Some time afterward Pago died and Green Is still at the penitentiary. After Mrs. Carson had been In the penitentiary several years, a move ment was commenced to secure her liberty. Petitions for pardon w*?ro fil ed with GovernorB McSweeney and Heyward. Those two executives more than once refused pardon to her. In 1908 a strong petlttion was filed with Gov. Ansel, signed by hundreds of persons and there were many per sonal letters. Gov. Ansel referred all of the petitions and the papers in the i j case to tho pardon board and that > I body at its meeting In January, rec ommended a pardou. And thus ends a case In which sen. satlon has followed sensation. The re volting crlmo was universally con demned, tho woman's part being to open tho door and walk out of the house, permitting Green to come in and do her husband to death. Senti ment has been ohanglng gradually, and this case has been woven closely Into tho woof of the politics of Spar tnnburg county. Mrs. Carson's father, W. C. Alder son, is a farmer who is given highest respect by his neighbors. He has per sisted in his efforts to get his daugh ter pardoned until today he sees his work end satisfactorily. Ho will, h?j has promised, try to make a new home and a new life for Mrs. Carson. Beautiful line of Colonial Table Glass war?? lust recolved, call and look through. Sx M. & E, H. Wllkes & Co. PEACH AND PLUM INSECT. Bulletin Showing How Worm May Be Controlled. Clemson college, March 21.?A. P. Couradl and W. H. Barre, experts of the Clemson college experiment sta tion have issued the following bul letln on controlling tho worm in peach and plum fruit: Tho wormy fruit on peach and plum trees Is caused by that notorious bug known to every one as curculio, or plum curculio. This is a warty snout boetle. which lays Us okks in a cres cent shaped puncture made in tho fruit for that purpose. This crescent shape mark Is conspicuous and well defined on the smooth skinned fruits but on tho fuzzy peach fruit the cres cent shape is frequently lacking, sometimes appearing as a small round puncturo like that made by a pin while in some cases it is entirely obsolete. This insect Is best controlled with a spray, made as follows: Arsenate of lead, two pounds. Fresh unslacked lime, two pounds. Water, 60 gallons. Mix tho arsenate of lead with water in a pall till It has assumed the con sistency of whitewash, then hddlhis to tho barrol of water. Slack the lime and add this milk of lime or white wash to the same barrel and the spray is then ready to be applied. Every plum should have a good agitator in order to keep the mixture stirred. The time Is important in preventing scorching of follago by any soluble arsenic that may be present in arson nate of lead. Only fresh whitewash should bo used. Air slacked limes havo no value for this purpose. How to Spray. First, spray thoroughly when about 50 per cent, of the petals havo fallen Second, repeat in 10 days. In a small orchard these Insects may be partially controlled by jarring the trees every other morning and collect ing the Insects upon a sheet spread un der the tree for this purpose. The Jar ring should be begun at the time rec ommended for the first spray and con tinued for a period of six weeks, or un til no more beetles can be jarred from the trees. Jarring should be done early in the morning when tho air is cool Tho orchard should bo thoroughly cultivated and the soil stirred at tho surface for a period of two weeks, be ginning seven weeks after full bloom Jarring is laborious. Hut the spray combined with the cultivation, is very effective In small orchards tho col lection and destroying the fallen fruits during one season is also an excellent practice. Brown Hoi. Brown rot Is a fungus disease, which as the name indicates, causes a rotting of fruit, especially peaches and plums It is the most prevalent of the pencil diseases and is the one that is re sponsible for practically all decayed fruit that we Und in peach and plum orchards. The disease is easily recog nized by the brown color of the fruit as it hangs on the trees. Such fruit is usually soft and mushy when fresh, ly rotted, but later becomes dry and hard and remains on the trees as rot tod mummies. If such rotten peaches and plums aro examined carefully a number of small pustules will be found covering the surface. These pustules aro masses of tiny brown seed, like godies (spores), which serve to pro pagate and spread tho disease. When one of these little spores lodges on n peach or plum and finds conditions favorable, it germinates and grows there and produces tho rot. The dis ease always thrives best and does most damage during moist, wann weather. The first step In controlling this dis easo is to collect and burn all of the old rotten fruit on and around the trees. This eliminates the most im portant method of infection and makes the disease more easily controlled by i spraying. Thero are a number of fun i glcldes commended for Bpraylng tot brown rot, but the best results have been obtained hero with Bordoaux mix , ture: Eight pounds of sulphnto (blue stone.) Four pounds of quick llmo. Fifty gallons of water. This should be appled, first, as soon as the petal" ,,r'>p. Second, three v/ceks later. Third, Just before the fruit be gins to ripen. During unfavorable seasons or where the disease Is es pecially bad. it is frequently neces sary to make an application of spray after tho fruit begins to ripen. In such case, a solution of nmmonum coppei carbonnto is applied. Ammonia fatrenath2r,rtv thrnn nintu . . _? . , . a . , 4. . i r i ? m , 1!? / \ ? ? NEGRO COLLEGE BURNED. Three Students Perish ami Several Others Injured. Abbeville, March 17.?Three negro boys perished this morning In n lire, evidently of lncendury origin, which I totally destroyed the main building ; of Hurbeson college. The lire began > about three o'clock. About 40 of the I boys slept in this building. Most of them escaped by jumping from the ; secord rtory windows, hut tl.''eo were j burned to death before they could ! make their escape. They wen?: Carl j Duckett of Charlotte, N. C, Sam Jen j kins of Carlisle, and Rd Dubose of Ltt i mar. Five others were seriously in jured. Three have broken arms and two broken legs. President Young of the college says the building was fall ing in before any one got to it or knew of the Are. All say that the fumes of I kerosene were all about. The home of President Young also was set on fire, the back door and steps being con siderably charred. Kerosene had been thrown all over the door and stt )R. This fire was put out by the boys af ter they escaped from the other lire. Drs. Gambrell and NoufTor were 'phoned for While the lire was going on und were (lie llrst white people to the scene. Crowds of people have been out to see the ruins and all condemn the deed in the strongest terms. Har bosoil college is a school for negroes, controlled and financed by white peo ple of Pittsburg, Pa. Some years ago ' there was trouble here with a former president of the school, but since Young has been here everything has 1 been working smoothly. The fire of this morning is the worst thing that has happened in this community In ? years and every effort is being made to apprehend the guilty parties. In surance Commissioner Mc.Mast er has been communicated with by telephone 1 and has promised to send his deputy hero at once. At a mass meeting of 150 citizens, resolutions expressing sympathy for the college authorities and condemning the burning of the building were passed. The meeting also formally offered the assistance ol 1 citizens in apprehending the lire (lend, and requested that city council offer ? a reward for the capture of the crimi nal. Tlie resolution concluded with ( the direction thai the chairman ap ' point a committee to solicit subscrip 1 Hons for tho employment of a detec ? five to track down tlie perpetrator, and for the employment ol a guard to protect the remaining buildings as 1 long as may he necessary, Tho meet ing was presided over by SV. \V. Brad ley, who appointed on the committee of three: .1. LI ay no McDIU, F. B, Gary 1 j and Sheriff Lyon. City council hns M offered a reward of $100, which will ; be raised by private subscription to 1 $.?00. Gov. Ansel will lie asked to of fer a $1,000 reward. I ?_ 1 DAN DHUFF EASILY CURED. In fact I.aureus Durg Co. the drug j gist, has a certain hair restorer called Parisian Sage which costs only DO i cents a large bottle that Is guaranteed I to cure dandruff in two weeks or mon I: ey back. Parisian Sage is the dlscorvery of Jan eminent student, scientist and spe cialist, and is made in tin's country on 1 ly by the Glroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. I Y. i I Parisian Sage is n most pleasant. , ' daintily prefumed hair dressing, ami besides curing dandruff, your druggist ' - will return your money it it fails to 1 stop falling hair or itching of the i scalp. . It will make hair grow, and women who desire soft, beautiful and lu.xu 1 riant hair can have it in two weeks by ' using this famous, quick acting prep i j nration. It is not sticky or greasy. Copper carbonate, live onCCS. Water, CO gallons. > This will not discolor tlie fruit, as I Bordeaux would if applied while fruit ? is ripening. i For tlie purpose of controlling - plum oureullo and brown rot with the same spraying the Bordeaux mixture ? and the arsenatf of lead may bo coin \ bin6(] in the same barrel as follows: ? : Prepare tlie Bordeaux mixture and ! pour Into spray barrel. Then mix the > ! ai senate, of lead In water in a pall and add to the Bordeaux, already In j the barrel. Tlie lime already in the ; Bordeaux is sufficient, It would only i be necessary then to make one or two I additional sprayings as recommended ?! above. (I Directions for preparing Insecticides ? and fungicides are given in Bulletin 141, and directions for treating brown - rot are given in bulletin 69, both of i this station, and which are sent free ? upon application. A. E, Conrad!, II U' n.. Easter Season's Here So do not forget the children. Think of them by visiting our store and get Japanese Egg and The Happy Family We have also a wonder in Rabbit Pipe and Japanese Idols. Easter Postals from one cent to five cents each. Palmetto Drug Company, Laurens, S. C. "Time is Money?There's no Gains without Pains" Loans are made on approved collateral Methods are liberal and Progressive s OUNO banking principles are rigidly adhered to. This bank's business is Grow ing, and that means growth in facilities. : : : 4 PER CENT. Interest allowed in our Savings Department We arc Safe, Central, Progressive and Accommodating Enterprise Bank Laurens, S. C. Respectfully invites yon to Bank with them, --Remember? To see us for The best job of Electric Wiring, Electric Chandeliers, Electric heating devices of all kinds. How about a front door Bell? Swygert & Teague Agents "E. M. P." Automobiles Good-bye lo the "Stock" or "Scooter"! _ man can do double the amount ^^?^H^of work with Blount's "True Blue" ? Middle-Breaker that he can with LJ ht \ a little Stock or Scooter. Enough ^SS^P^^***"-- ^-)on t De behind the for ONE Extra1*65****^^ str^ a" y?"r Enough a. jf**-^ planting and culti ior two! ?-J vating with a Blount's "True Blue" Middle-Breaker Used from bedding the land to laying by the crop! The greatest labor-saving invention for Planters since the cotton gin. Thousands in constant use throughout the South. On Exhibition Every Day at J. It. SULLIVAN Laurens, S. C. ?73