The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 09, 1911, Page FOUR, Image 4
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C. W. WOLFE.
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I find so much of goodness still;
In men whom MEN pronounce divine,
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Between the two?where God has not."
KINGSTKEE?THE GATEWAY
TO OPPORTUNITY.
THURSDAY, MAR. 9. 1911.
Is This True?
According to our information
n = ?1" onntr?vor?
Micro us uuc nvic iiiv v-v?i?v?vr?v,?^v
between Governor Blease and the
Supreme Court which has not been
presented by the press. The Governor's
position, as we understand
it, is that Judge Klugh, of Abl>eville,
one of the twelve Circuit
Judges of the State, is in such a
state of health as to disqualify him
for service oq the bench indefinitely,
and that the Supreme Court, by
the -appointing of Special Judges
. ffo.n time to time, is trying to
"hold the job," so to say, for 1
Judge Klugh at the expense of the
tax-payers of the State. If this be
Iv.mrliwwta nwtnli> nvpr South
IIUC5| lllftftll* 1 V-UO \'4 v.
Carolina will up-hold Governor
Blende in his position, as there is a
general impression that circuit
Judges too often take long vacations
and their salaries are drawn just as
regularly as though they were really
earning them. In one case, if we
remember aright, a circuit Judge
wa? laid off for alwuit a year,
during which time he spent several
mouths in Europe, and all that
time the State was paying his salary
ami that of the special Judge appelated
to do his work. But, even
if sj*ecial Judges are not appointed,
the other regular Judges complain,
and with reason, of having to do
double work.
Whether or not the Governor is!
right in his explanation as to the
appiintmcnt of so many special
Judges, there is 110 reason for his
unseemly antagonism to the Supreme
Court. If that branch of our
government is derelict in its duty,
he l as gone al*>ut correcting it with
unnecessary rudeness and display of
animus. For such methods there
seems to tie no excuse and Governor
Blease will doubtless find that
even those who agree with him to a i
certain extent will not sanction |
this breacli of official courtesy.,
We make this comment with every j
desire to give the Governor fair play
and all due credit for what he does j
that may be worthy of approval.!
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In Trouble Again,
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one with us and pretty nearly
all our attention since Thursday has
l>ecn taken up trying to get our machinery
in running order again.
Last Thursday, when we lacked
some f>00 papers of getting out our
edition, an accident occurred in the
press-room which smashed our big
cylinder press. There were several
parts broken and we could print no
more papers until the damage was
reDaired: so Friday morning, with
the broken parts, we hurried to a
machine shop in Charleston.
It was Saturday afternoon past
train time l>efore the work was finished,
which kept us away until
Sunday morning. Until we can
get a new piece cast in place of one
of the broken parts, we are liable
to be caused more trouble; so we
ask our friends to bear patiently
with us for a little while, until
things get to running smoothly
again
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or inattention at the office during
our absence and bespeak the indulgence
of our readers for any
short-comings in this week's pajxT,
which had to l>e gotten up in about
one-half the usual time given to the
week's issue.
Volume XXV.
With this issue we begin our
2oth Volume, which means that
The County Record is now entering
upon its twenty-fifth year of
existence. A quarter of a century!
We had intended inflicting
upon our long suffering read-|
ers some reflections on this pregnant
subject, but the mechanical
troubles that have sorely beset
us the past week have driven
all our ideas to flight. Perhaps
it is well?"Twenty-four years"
tells the tale more eloquently
than we could in a column of
type.
A contest with the dentist
usually ends in a draw.
The Supreme Court is a misnomer?it
should be the Supreme
Governor?Blease.
One of our esteemed contemporaries
sees no "impiety" in Governor
Blease's dispensing with the
loard of pardons. Neither do we,
but carping critics may discern
something like^ impropriety in His
Excellency's course of action.
By the way, isn't it about time
Director Durand gave us the census
figures for Kingstree? It seems
that there should he a limit to the
time for announcing the complete
returns of last year's enumeration.
If we remember aright the census
figures for every city and town and
postoffiee centre in the I'nited
Suites, under the enumeration a
decade ago, were promulgated before
March of the ensuing year.
Pope Havird, the Saluda county
man who assaulted a lady teacher
for disciplining his unruly children.
was sentenced last week by
Judge Sease to five years on chaingang
without the alternative of a
fine. This verdict meets general
approval, but Judge Sease nor the
public need not be surprised if it
l?e set at naught. Our noble Governor
has a big lot of friends in
Saluda and Havird may be one of
them.
Governor Blease and not a few
of his admirers appear to fail
to catch the distinction between j
fame and notoriety. Sometimes j
one answers the purpose of the
other, but when the substitute j
h
fails the result is fatal, as the
Kansas Congressman realized when
as a bid to notoriety he blew
out the gas.
Without prejudice to our position
of opposition to the free,
exercise of the pardoning poWcr
by the Chief Executive, we feel
that Governor Blease has not made
a mistake in setting freo I>onnie
C Myers, convicted more than
eight years ago from this county.
Myers, we are informed, was a
model prisoner and has shoiyn
every evidence of sincere repentance
of his crime. This and
many other facts sot forth in
the petition, would have appealed
to any man of humane feeling,
however stern his sense of duty.
As a matter of simple justice,
we will say in connection with
this ease that LeRoy lav, Esq,
Myers' attorney, had been working
for several years in his client's
l?ehalf, and it was through hi<
efforts that the par'Ion was finally
granted.
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Kingstree, S. C.
Always the Orator.
The following is told of a federal
official, formerly a senator of the
United States from Kentucky. In
the days of his youth the Kentuckian
was asked by a friend to second
him in a duel. He consented, and
! at sunrise the parties met at the ap- (
pointed place. Now, it was this KenI
tuckian's dutv to 6av the last word
| touching the terms of the duel.
But, although he faithfully performed
this duty, the duel never
took place.
A murmur of "Why not?" invariably
goes round whenever this
story is told, whereupon the answer
is as follows:
"For a very simple reason. When
Joe finished speaking it was too
dark for a duel."?Harper's.
The Lsmbkins' Chief Charm.
One fine dav in spring Sir Wetter
Scott strolled forth with Lady
Scot* to er.'oy a walk around Abbotsford.
':i their wandering they
. s 'd a f 'd where a number of :
:v.c? wo"!- "fiduring the frolics of <
?ho:r !v ' "All," exclaimed Sir (
Walter. "' s no wonder that poets
from tin? earliest ages have made
the lan 1> the emblem of peace and 1
innocence." "Thov are, indeed, de- '
lightful animals," returned Ladv;1
Scott, "especially with mint sauce." j
?"A Century of Anecdotes."
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H STATE and GENERAL jj
TOPICS |
Through an amendment to the
postoffice appropriation bill R F D
carriers throughout the country are
given thirty days leave offabsence
with full pay, in lieu of fi' > days
allowed them as heretofor
XXX
Richard A Ballinger \ last
resigned as Secretary of ^rior
in Ppncirlonf Toff'fl miKin^. /altpr
L Fisher of Chicago has ' _en appointed
to the office and \nll assume
charge of same in a few days.
XXX
The city of Charleston is aroused
over a campaign to raise funds for
the erection of a modern YMCA
building to cost ?150,000. Although
the campaign is but a week old,
nearly 8100,000 has been pledged.
XXX
Another life prisoner goes free!
through by the clemency of our
complaisant Executive. Samuel,
Jovner, who in 1894 was convicted!
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of murder in Richland county, was;
granted a full pardon Monday, i
Next!
XXX
Quick justice overtook George!
Anderson, George Hanford and J E
Hunter, members of the gang that;
held up the Southern Railway train,
at White Sulphur Springs, Georgia, j
on the morning of February 18. j
Anderson got twenty years penali
servitude and Hanford and Hunter
fifteen years each.
XXX
John A Chase has been appointed
MAAnf AM U1 ?n AA T AtllO
pusiiuaai<Ji at r iui cute, vitc uwuio ;
Kuker. Senator E D Smith has|
been working for two years to get i
Mr Chase this appointment, it being
customary to give a United States
Senator the privilege of naming the
postmaster at his home town. This
privilege, Senator Smith claims, was
ienied him when Kuker was appointed.
XXX
In Newberry county last Friday
James S Gilliam, a white man,
after cutting two negro women
nore or less seriously, was himself
shot and killed by Sam Boozer, the
lusband and father, respectively, of
the wounded negroes. The trouble
?rew out of Gilliam's refusing to 1
et the negroes wash at a well. '
Boozer was apprehended Monday at 1
Greenwood and is now in jail. '
Later?Boozer has been sent to the '
State penitentiary for protection. '
XXX I
A little boy and a little girl, twin '
children of Mr and Mrs W T Mc- '
Dowell of Inraan, Orangeburg '
county, were burned to death at '
their home Friday afternoon, and '
their mother, in her effort to ex- '
tinguish the flames that enveloped '
ler babies, was painfully burned on '
hands and neck. The children were '
Dniy eight weeks old and, wrapped 1
in their blankets, had been left by '
their mother in a cradle drawn near 1
the open fire. Their blankets
:aught from the fire and were in '
flames when the mother re-entered '
the room.
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