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-* - -~i t eberrptenib aiii ems. -NEWBER1Y.. S. C., FR.IDAY,'NOV EMBER 19, 1897. T WICE AiWEK, $I.5O 6 A1 b,, to nd by ?kc Oblies U~of tseluoOathu, had V.r ewaoun tit he xvidence to lFind the Ms Qulity, but who, Relieved oti heir. iosponsIbIlIti as Jurors. did not Mind Signing a-Peti Ston torWFardon. (Syec(al to News and Courier.) Co,lmbia,. November 1.-Gov, nor Ellerbe has issued a full an pardon to J. H. Buice and J. A ayy who were convicted of the kill of John T. Sims. May ani iej were State constables, wh( t,0d into the "DArk Cornet" o irtenburg County. The story o killing is very well known. -Th6r* a g&neral skirmish. S-ims use< ims and the 0ofslables.got th' r of the, fi1l.- Sims was s,o Inuch. ' The Jury convicte< _.9A- May They made an ap 'to the Supreme Court for a nev fAl. The motion for a new tria Wiasabandoned, and today Goverlaoi Ellerbe granted a full pardon fo: ther State constables who had gottei into the trouble. The case was not similar to that o Constables Elliott' and Bladon, ir which the other side used no firearms but, tied fact remains that the consta bles were convicted and sentenced t< two years in the Penitentiary, and those who want to find fault witt the, Governor's action will do so whether Sims w as a desperado ai eharged or not. Strange to say, seven of the jury men who brought in the verdict o manslaughter'. now petition for th( pardon. The other five have no been beard from. So far the records show that therc were numerous and generally signed petitions asking for the pardba These petitions came from the hoiet of the constables involved as well a from, Spartanburg. The records do' not show that.thc papers were referred to the prose cuting Solibitor or the presiding Jtidge, sa is nsually the case. What seemed to decide Governo: Ellerbe.more than any feature of th< papers presented to him in conneo lioh with the case was the voluntar) tatu. ent of Mr. Thomason, of coun set for: the.prosecution. Mr. Thoma SOn9 i Will be recognized, is XkoV iguring !i the Newbold case, anm haw written-several cards 'relative t< his connection with the matter. *Mr. Tho jg;ite'trid *Gigor M9ibe, which is appended t the petition of county officials an< others of Spartanburg County, says "I assisted the solicitor in th prosecution of the defendants, Ma; and Buice, and, in my opinion, the; would not have been convicted i they had not been State cnal>b1e and I v-ill state further that I replie< to the argument'made on the part o the defendants for a new trial, and believed, after hearing the argumen of the attorneys for the defendante that the presiding Judge would gran their motion for a new trial. thought then that he ought to hay granted it, and I still think that h~ ought-to.hsv# granted it." Messrs. Hydrice' & Wilson writ that the aceomnpauiying petition con tainsI the namne of' all the county of Aeials except the shpervisor and coun ty t reasurer,.. and that the treasure was absent . and the supervisor wa not to b4 seen after two or thre visit. t<yfis offiee. A'ofthe. other county officer have signed. rt appears that a general petitioi wea circulated in Aiken County, a (Graniteville, and 'in Greenwooc County for the pardon of Buice ani '1%e form used in- Aiken daunt reads at ftilows: To his Excelleney, Governor Wu~ II. Ellerbe: We, the undersignet oltizens of Aiken County, hereby pt titiou you to pardon Mr. John A May, who wtas convicted of man slaughter at the, June term of th $ossiona Court for Spartanburi (ounty an4 sentenced to serve te*hn'of twoyiaare la the State Peni entiary. W4 submit to yotir Er-. ellency's consfdRration the fact that. om what we have Ieard of Mr. ay he has alway* borne a repute. dtid for peace aud good or4er; that hiV reputatiod I1i the coinanitf i3 which he .ies and IA.. Aikn County, .foi peace and good order, moral character, sobriety and indus. try has always been good' and that we have never. board of his having been engaged in any disorderly con dot, and in our opinion we do not think that he would commit an act like the one with which he is charged unless he was compelled to do so to protect his own life. And, there fore we humbly petition you to grant hini full pardon, etc. t .The sheriff, county supervisor, -1 clerk of Court, auditor, treasurer, Representative Cushman, Master and other officials of Aiken County were among the signers of the petitiou. * A like petition was presented in May's behalf by the citizens of Gran. iteville, in Aiken County. Six pages of foolscap paper, covered with signa. tures, two to the line, are attached. Tho following are the jurors who now petition .for a pardon: W. S. Foster, J. H. Bookman, Taylor Smith, W. K. Barnett, E. B. Loch man, W. C. Berry and R. C. Gassett. The form of their petition reads: "Your petitioners respectfully show 8 that they were jurors in the trial of 1 the State vs J. A. Buice and J. A. t May for the killing of John Sims. t We respectfully ask that a pardon be t granted them by your IVxcellency." 9 There were also potitions from a Greenville, Cherokee and Greenwood -counties. May is from Aiken Coun. ty, and Buice from Cherokee County. In the Greenwood petition the sher iff, clerk of Court, mayor, Probate Judge and others join in asking for the pardon. Governor Ellerbe simply referred to the papers on file in his office as to the occasion for the pardon. It is suggested that May and Buice have been paid during the progress of their trial and until the removal of the entire force. They were not removed when Governor Ellerbe went into office, as it was thought that this would unnecessari ly prejudice their case. The case of Buice and May has at. tracted considerable attention, and now that the pardon has been granted while the State is agog over the Newbold killing, It will be of much interest, and on that scount the full record is given in justiflos. tion of the action takern. Pak; JOIINSON'S TOIC The Hick. 1Ses ALimanmo and Paper, We are informedAhat the 1898 Al. manac of Prof. Irl R2. Hicks is now Sready, and judging from its past history, it will not be many weeks ii. finding its way into homes and offices all over America. It is much larger and finer than any previous issue. It contains 116 pages, is splendidly printed and illustrated on fine book paper, having the finest portrait ever given of Prof. Hicks. It can no longer be denied that the publications of Prof. Hicks have become a neces e sity to the family and' commercial life of this country. His journal, "Word and Works," aside from its storm, weather and astronomical fea turee, has taken ranhk with the baa) literary, scientific and family *naga zines of the age. Do not believe. ' hearsay and reports. See the Hicks Almanac and paper for yourself. You will then know why they are so popular. They are educatoR. of the~ millions, and unrivaled safeguards to ~property and human life. It is mat ter of simple record that Prof. Hick. .has foretold for many years all great ,storms, floods, drouths and torna -does, even the recent 4routh over all .the country. The Almanac alone is -25 cents a copy. The papee is $1.00 a a year with the Almanac as a pro-. g mium. -Send to a WOaD AZ4n Wonxs Pus. Co., - 2201 Loanat St, St n Lol, o THE CALL ISSUED rois Y"*TiNas Of CoTrN GROWS4 OWJCVOUNTIEU 6 Coiang Convention or Delegates'Mept stating Ou the southta stAtes ts Aif.t-Mr. WUbora .osing xo Ims. (The State, 16th.) Preparations are being rapidly nade for the holding of the conven ion of the cotton growers of the louthern States in Atlanta on De. ember 18. This convention has een called by those in eharge of he recent convention held in thin ity in consequence of the action aken at that time. President Wil. >orn of the State Farmers' Alliance, who was president of the State eon. ention is confldent that the gather. ug in Atlanta will be a most re.pro entative one. The following was Issued by Mr. Nilborn yesterday: By direction of the South Carolina 3otton Growers' Oonvention, which esembled in Columbia November 10, .807, I hereby call upon every cot. on grower and each person inter sted in producing cotton to assem le at their respective coun'y court Louses on the first Monday of Do ember for the purpose of effecting r permanent organization to join in vith the other Southern States in aking such action as will enable he cotton growers to in some way etter control the produotion and ale of the cotton crop of the south nd in some measure obtain the full narket value of this great staple rop. J. C. WILaORX, resident of S. 0. Cotton Growers' Association. Mr. Wilborn was iN the city yes. erday. He fears that the ootton rrowers in the various States will iot have time to meet and elect dels. rates to represent them at the con ention because of the nearness of he date appointed, and he will ask lovernor Ellerbe to write a personal etter to each of the Governors of he other Southern States asking hem to appoint two delegates at arge and one from each oongression J district in their respective Stat-s. )overnor Ellerbe, it is understood, vill write these lettecs today. The everal Governors will bo asked to ippoint men who are directly eon ierned In the matter and sash men only. The coining convention will doubt es attract widespread attention both n the north and the south and the esult of its deliberations will be iwaitad- .itih no little concern, par tieularly by those who manipulate he price of cotton. Predaettie Power eftthe Unlibed State. (North American Review.) 16 appears, that, as regards quan ity, three Americans now export as nuch as five did twenty years ago, rhich suffices to show how ground. ens are the predictions of some ir'ters who toll us that as population ias risen from 45,000,000 to 71,000,. )00 souls, an increase of 58 per, ient, and at the same time the reight of exports hasi risen 175 per sent-that :s, three times as fast as opulation. The quantities If food yearly ex orted are sufficient to feed 80,000,. )00 persons in Europe, from which 6 appears that American farms raise ood for 100,00(0,000 of people year. y. The western prairies are capa. >le of carrying double the present iumber of live stock and producing en times as much grain as they do, o0 that for at least a century to come here is every probability that ex. ortation of food will increase with ?opulation. The same as true as regards cotton, the crop having risen L25 per cent in twenty years. The world is only beginning to hasve evidence of the enormous pro. Anetive power of the United States. Why will you buy? blt.ter nauseating tonios when GRoVn 's TASTI.Isa CurLL TONIO is as pleasant as L6mon Syr'up. Your druggist Is authorised to refund the money in every case where it fallo bo aure. Prioa. 6u cnts. MM. DAD1's FLAX TO PLANT COr. Now e ReduoecAeretago One Half, Mak" Fatr Crop and Enriehes the Land. To the Editor of The State: It is a fAct .,well known to every one that our floancial condition is depressed- I mean the Southern States--and it is all due to toe fact that we are getting nothing for cot. ton, our money crop; and this is caused, as we all know, by over production. Various remedies have beea suggested. It is a problem that has taxed the minds of our.,best thinkers and most practical farmers for years. That something must be done is evident, or we cannot see fu. ture relief. 1 suppose it will not come amiss for nie to give my experience in the fond hope that what I say will be the means of doing something to re lieve the situation. I have made a study of this subject and shall at tempt to giVe you my experience. It is universally conceded that re duction of the acreage is the cure for all the ills. How to bring about this reduction is the question. Any of the plans suggested would bring the desired relief if carried out. My plan is this: Let the farmer prepare as much land for cotton as he may wish, but when he is ready to plant, let him plant every other row in cotton, and in June let him plant the remaining rows in peas. This, you will observe, reduces the acreage one-half but does not reduce the yield so much, as my experience teaches me. I make at least three-fourths of a crop of cotton, vad peas without limit. You enrich your land, so that in a few years you can make a bale per aere with every alternate row in peas, have an abundance of fed, and consequently fat stock and your bacon at home. Besides, you save one-half fertilizer, one half hoeing and one-third plowing. We have in nitivation this year 24,000,000 acres. We will make (in round numbers) 10,000,000 bales. This cotton is worth at the present price $250,000,000. Now, to follow the pea suggestion, we w6uld have 12,000,000 in cultivation, whiah would yield 7,500,000 bales, or $800,. 000,000 at 8 cents per pound, a gt.n of 850,000,000, to say nothing about the cost of production, which, as I hav akowa, would be ab9ut ona, hal. If It is not desirable to plant so many peas, you can plant pindars, sweet or Irish potatoes, with equal success. I bought ten acres of very poor land and farmed it as above suggested, and today I am offered $400 for the ten acres. I am making a bale per acre, and corn, e., in proportion. Now, Mr. Editor, what has been done on a small scale can be done on a large one. Let any man follow this plan and he will have a like ex perience. W. T1. Bradley. Troy, 8. 0., Nov. 11, 1897. A Great Magamine Feature. The Ladies's, Home Journal has secured what promises to be the great miagasine feature of 1898. It it entitled "The Inner Experiences of a Cabinet Member's Wife." In a series of letters written by the wife of a Cabinet member to her sister at home, are detailed her actual experi ences in Washington, frankly arnd freely given. The letters were writ ten without anys intention of publica tion. They give intimate peeps be hind the curtain of high offioial and social life. They are absolutel:- fear less, they study Washington life un der the searchlight as it has never been before presented. T1he Presi dent anid the highest offleials ot the land, with the most brilliant, men and women of the Capital, are seen 'in th. most familiar way. As these are all actual experiences the name of the writer is withhold. 'rho let ters will 4oubtleus excite much shrewd guessing Lv readers and study of Internal e-'idence to discover the secret. The "Experiences," which will be beautifully illustrated, 'so gin in the December number nnid will TUINGS DONN rOll LUo. Old foperetitions, Not Anl ot Whieh ave Nutirely Disappeared (Chicago Times-Herald.) We are nontent today to throw rice at a newly married couple or an old shoe or two, and the bride tosses her bouqiet among the girls to in form her who is lucky enough to catch it that sho will bo the next one married. But wheat is really the thing to throw, because the evil spirits hate the color yellow above all things-if white grain like rice is used it asttracts them, and, to be. come efficacious, should be colored yellow with turmeric or some Rim. ilar dye. Ghosts and the things that bring ill luck hate leather, so old shoes are proper, except in those instances when it was suggested that the guests throw the carriage and let the couple drive away in the shoe. But a shoe under your pillow is a radical cure for nightmare, and cramps in bod can be averted by placing a slipper upside down at the foot of the couch. The use of trunk straps, slippers, leather whips and the like on small boys also prevents the approach of now spirits of mis chief, and drives off the old ones. It is well for the bridegroom to sow garlic cloves and rosemary in his waistcoat before the ceremony--no spirit gets depraved enough to stand that combination. The route at a wedding must be arranged so that everything is done as tle sun travels or as the hands of a watch go round; anciently there used to be a sacred fire about which the bride and groom danced in this manner. It is all right enough to find a four-leaved clover, a horseshoe, or like, but mere picking them up is not lucky. It must be an assured fact that the finding is a thing of pure chance; then as the object is tU-ken inl hand you must say: "I do not pick up this horseshoe (or four leaved clover, as the case may be), but I pick up good luck. May it never leave." Horseshoes are useful for more things than one. A crooked nail from one is a sure curo for fits, or if placed in the nest of a setting hen will keep her from being frightened off by thunder. Made in to a ring and worn on the third-fin. ger of the left hand It cures rhen matism. But It cannot be insisted upon too strongly that all these things must be found--you cannot buy luok. Mirrors are good things to have If they remain whole. It is always wise to have a littl, one set in a ring, brooch or bracelet. You know evil things are unable to withstand a sight of themselvns. If they catch the slightest glance of ther ugly visages they flee for their very ex istence. This makes a barber shop a lucky place to have your hair cut in, but the barber must be particular to go to the top of a hill with all his clippings and let them be blown awvay, else son-rathing undesirable may find the hair and work you a mischief. There are some barbers in Ohicago who ar-e known to be0 care less about climbing hills for this purpose. Holdmng a mirror in front of a man -A hen he is sleeping will put a stop to any hailstorm if per sisted in. An , by the way, the un luckiest thing in the warld is to steal from a blacksmith. Many a man has boen known to be defeated on elec tion day because in his boyhood he took things from the smithy 'without permission. And it is also unfortu nate to make any disposition of the the parings of your finger nails ex cept to bury them. The evil eye is an ancient Institu tion, and one worthy of regard. The aniimus behind the owner of the had eye is always envy. He sees some thing he wants andl looks askance at it, and after that the thing never has any luck. Then when the evil.eyed one sees that she cannot wish for it and her power is gono. In some places this is done by putting a littl< piece of court plaster or something similar on the face. Lamnpblack or the eyelids is famous, though paini should be taken not to mnake it looli like long eyelashes. In Chicago thb favorite oonaatin for thia pnnenea I Boot-what. the British call "blacks." These are generally worn; and it has been eruditely surmised that this is one reason why the city and its inhabitants have such good luck no ervious visitor has ever been able to make the evil eye work through the smoke iuisance. THE REDIVTUIOTINU HILL It Will be rushed at the contog session of of the luegislature. IThe State, 10th.] One of the matters remaining upon the calendar at the last session of the general assembly was the redis tricting bill. It will be high up on the calendar at the approaching ses sion and its author proposes to push it. There may be a few changes in the bill, but they will be of an im material character. Tho author of the bill yesterday stated that he had conferred with many of the members of the body during the recent State fair and had found that a great deal of the opposition developed at the last session has disappeared. Thore will be some opposition of courso, but he hopes to got the bill through after presenting the argument. show ing the necessity for such a measure. TIE CONFEDERATE ROLLs. A Request Froim the state llsorilan - more Records. [The State, 10th.] Col. J. P. Thomas, the State his. torian, requests all parties in the State having in their possession Con. federate rolls sont them by the late General Farley for revision to sond thoso rolls in to hitj oilo at once. He is very desirous of taking an in veritory of all the rolls and getting the work thoroughly systematised. A number of these rolls have already been returned, but thoro are still a number of them that cannot be lo cated. With the approval of Governor El lebe'an arrangiment has been made whereby the adjutant general is at once to turn over all the 0onfeder ate .records of every character now on file in him ofiloe to the State his torian. DIA LAWM-UIT. Eughty-nine Plaintiffs, Two Datendants and Might landred Aures Involved. (From the Lincoln Journal.) Just fifty-one years ago--October 30, 1864--MUj,r H. W. Borton, of this place, sold Misses Sallie and Caroline Luckoy a tract of land in East Lincoln for a certain note for $2,500, which they had inherited, along with tihe other p)ersonal and real property, under their father's will. Some few months after this Miss Caroline Luckey died and Miss Sarah Luckoy remained in posses sion of the property until lhar death, some ten or twelve yenrs ago. She willed the prop)erty to lier nephews, Messrs. Riobert and( James Sims, who have remained in poaceaable, (barring the recently closed "Sallie Luckey Lane" i ncide nt) possession of the property ever since. Now, however, a storm has arisen, and the heirs of Miss Caroline Luckey, who has been (dead fifty years, have brought sumt, in Mecklonburg C1ounity against the Sims brothers to recoveir Miss Caroline's intorost in the prop. erty. Lawyers toll us Lhore are many "pretty" points of law involved, af feeting many of the rights to real property, succesion, inherit ance, etc. T1he do.'ondants, we are informe1, claim that the note for $2,500, which was the considerationa paid Ma',or Burton for the land, was the indi vidual property of Miss Sallie Luck. (oy, and the settlement of this ques tion involves a recom.truction of the terms of the will und(er which the - sisters Inheritedl their property. Another matter of great- inmportance that will be doubtless considered by the Courts in the right of succession involved in the questioni of Miss Sarah's inboeritanoc from her sister upon the latter's death. There ara 89) plaintitfs in the sumt and 800 acres of land involved. It promises to be a long and costly liti. I ation. ROMN WONDERFUL CLOCKS. The Marvels of Astronomical and Chronce smei riu'Meehauisan-t.1 Peteelburgj use a Tiuarpi-ce With Ninety-Five Faoes amid Utrne One With Vtwous AutoU1n. [Tid-Bits.] Of course, every Briton has hear4 at one time or other of the famous olock tower adjoining the houses of parliament. No doubt ho imaginea it to be a very line structure, "nd, as a matter of fact, it is regardod as the best specimen in our country; but there are many more wonderful 3looks in existence today, perhaps not in size, but corla'nly in their ikillful mechanism. The most w%onderful clock in tLe world is exhibited in St. Potersburg. Its magnificenceo may be imagined from the fact of this colossal time pioco having no fower than ninoty. ive faces. It indicates simultane :usly the time of day at thirty difior Lut spots on the earth's surface, bo. 5ides the movement of the earth iround the sun, the phasos of the noon, the signs of tho zodiac, the passage over tho meridian of more Lhan fifty stars of the northorn [emisphore, and the dato according to the Gregorian, Greek, Mussulman ind Hobrow calondars.CTho works book two years to put together after the clock had boon sont in detached Pieii from Switzerland to Russia. A certai'A watchinaker constructed a clock whose mechanism represents overy fifteen minutes all the activi ties of a winiiatur6 railway station. The tolograph operator sends a dia. patch, the doors of the station open, the stationmastr and his assi.tant appear on the steps, the clerks open the windows and distributo the tick ots; soveral travolors rush toward the train that comes in at full speed. In short, until the train has gon(, the usual stir of such stations is ex. actly reproduced. As the train leaves, each autown. ton roturns to its place, and for a quarter of an hour everything is peacoful. The clook's dimensions are not known, and it is said to havo had aix years' labor expended upon it. Another remarkable clock is that made by Villingen, the clockmaker of the Black Forest, Gormany. It shows the seconds, minutes, quarter hours. hours, days, weeks, month-, seasons, yours and leal) years to the last second of the year A. 1). U999, bosides a host of other astrononica', geographical and historical facts. T'horo is a celebrated clock tower at Borno, in Switzerland. Theoap. proaoh of the hour is announced by the crowing~ of a cock. At the same time may bo soon at the very top of the towver a man clad in a coat of mail striking the hours with his sword on a large bell. As the hours are striking a. troupe of bears make their appoarance anid parade round the tower, then makco thneir ('xii. Long strings of carriages draw up every hour for thme occupants to wit. ness this int eresting spectacle. A gigantic clock, made(1 of cycle parts, was shiown at a rcent exhibi. tion held in Paris, Tho hour figures are compousod of brightly plated brnnks. All the smaller wheels re. volvo by mneanst of gear chains, but this was only for attraction. The olock kept excellent timoe, and struck hours, half and (Iiarter hours, the real mechanism being c!oncoaledl ini the base. At the time of thme coronationl of the Empress of Russia at Moscow ini 1724, she was prosented with a watch as wonderful ini every partiou lir as the famous Strasburg clock. On the op)posito side of the time keeping part there was an exact counterpart of the holy sopulcher, with a carved image of the Roman guard, tho scenc being viewed through the glass in the case. Upon opening the case the imitation stones would roll away from the mouth of the miniature sepulcher, the guard kneel, angels appo.lr at oppo cite sides of the opening, and( at this time the music would begin i. play, in so't, sweet strains, thme Mstr songs so well known to all Russians. The watch on ly weighed sovein ounces. The maker of this wonderful piece of mechanism is said to have worked upon it almost uninterruptedly for a nor;( A of nine years.