Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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DEATH CHAIR NOW READYFOR USE. WORK OF ELECTROCUTING PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH SOON TO BEGIN. At the last session of the Genera Assembly a measure was passed sub stituting electrocution for hanging in South Carolina in capita! cases .."The measure provides that all pris oners under sentence of death musi pay the penalty at the State peni tentiary. After several month: work the death house has been com pleted at the State prison and the electric chair has b; en installed. Th< first prisoner to be electrocuted wi! be William Reed. The electrocutioi will be held on August 5. Reec was to have been electrocuted ir Julv. Ihe building was not com pleted, so the Governor, upon request of Cant D J Griffith, superin tendent of the penitentiary, repriev ed several prisoners until August. Other prisoners under sentence o: death are Isaiah Butler, August 14 John Cole, August 22; Ernest Mul wee, August 30. The execution ol Sam Hyde, the Anderson county mar who was convicted of killing hi: wife, has been set for September 3 A commission of physicians was ap pointed to examine Hyde and mak< a report on his sanity. Should th< report be favoroble the Governoi will be urged to commute the sen tence to life imprisonment. The electrocution building wa orepfpH nndpr the suDervision o: the Board of Directors of the Stab penitentiary and Capt Griffith. The plant as completed cost about S8, 000. The new building which i 60 by 40 feet is located near th< main building and is of brick. Th< work on the building commence early in June and everything ha been completed. It was erected under the supervis ion of A W Todd, the Charlestoi architect. The structure is of rei brick, one story high, with a whit inside finish. A score of large ob long windows, just below the edg / * of the roof, give plenty of light t all sections. The detention cells, six in number are found to the right of the en trance. Each cell is well lighted roomy and contains a toilet arrange ment. Heavy iron bars are placet across the front of the cell. Ther is a space about two feet betwee: the bars and a steel network. Thi network is placed on the outside t "'ivont tho oivincr nf anv instru ment or poison with which a prise ner condemned to death might com mit suicide. All visitors to the de tention ward will be accompanie* by a guard. Under the terms of the electrocu tion law all prisoners condemned t* death must be brought to the Stat penitentiary not more than 20 day and not less than 2 days before th< date assigned for the execution The prisoners will be placed in th< detention cells. At present then are four prisoners at the peniten tiary awaiting execution. They an confined to the old prison buildinj and will be transferred to the nev building in a few days. The deten tion cells will be comfortably fur nished. No provision has been mad* for heating the building. A larg* oil stove will probably be used in th< corridors adjacent to the cells. Tht building and cells are so strongly and securely constructed that i guard Will not De neces5>ai,y. v/nc of the guard towers is located or the front wall of the penitentiary near the new building. A full view of the death house can be had froir the guard tower. A hallway leads from the entrance through the building, the detentior cells being on the right and the death warrant room, autopsy room and death room on the left. The first door to the left leads to a small room about 6 by ?. Here the condemned prisoner will be brought and the superintendent of the penitentiary will read the death warrant after which the prisoner will be led to the electrocution chamber by two guards. The electrocution chamber is about 20 by 20 feet and contains only the electric chair. The control of the electric power is placed in an opening in the wall to the rear of the chair. The electric chair is made of oak i and copper. The chair is about the I size of an ordinary rocker. The arms of the prisoner will be strap- ped down. Two straps will pass i over the body. The ankles will be I strapped to the chair and a helmet . of copper will be placed over the r head. The wire is tapped to the .: helmet. A copper band will be se curely fastened to the right ankle. II This band will connect with a wire -1 that carries the current from the 5' body to the ground. The equip-1 mentwi.l provide for 2,000volts to be > | sent through the body. The lever ? | will be turned around to the 2,00011 volt mark for 15 seconds and then 1 . .1- UAA . . ..1.1 i reversed to tne v.uu m;.r.\. snouiu me 1 prisoner show signs of life a second 1 charge of 2,000 volts will be given. The electrocution room is well lighted by three large windows about 10 - feet from the floor. There are also - two lights above the chair. Before each execution the current will be i turned on and a board covered with ; e'ectric bulbs will tell whether the apparatus is working well, f Just who will apply the current i has not been decided upon. The s electrocution is under the direction . of the superintendent of State peni tentiarv. CaptGriflith has this matter 1 under Consideration. It is very likely ' that an expert electrician will beemr ployed to turn the current. Adjoining the electrocution room is the autopsy room, where the exes cuted prisoners will be examined f by physicians. Gleanings From Gourdin. Gourdin.July 25:?Here are a few s recent happenings from our part of 2 the county. e Dr I \V Graham left yesterday 3 morning for Pawley's Island, to ens joy the sea breezes for a time. Mr and Mrs Workman McClary " were made glad a few days ago by 1 the advent of a little stranger?a ^ boy?in their home. e Mr Laurie Chandler left last Monh day for an extended visit to Hendersonville, N C. 0 Misses May and Dora Graham leave tomorrow for a visit to rela' tives at Florence. I* Mr Wflvno Phnnrllpr hns hppn nn ' a trip to Hendersonville and other points for the past two weeks. ^ Misses Mary Mays of Greenville e and Ida McCraery of Pendleton,who n have been visiting the Misses Gras ham, left last week.the latter to re0 turn home and the former to visit 1_ friends at Mayesville and Blackstoek. The Misses Graham entertained delightfully in honor of their friends, " Misses McCraery and Mays, while ^ here. The occasion was an evening party at their home. The front " rooms and spacious veranda were 0 decorated with cut flowers and pote ted plants and hung with Japanese s lanterns. The punch bowl, presided e over by Misses Jeannette Davis and * Dora Graham, proved very attracts ive, and with music, recitations and - pleasant converse, the time passed * all too rapidly. In a "telegraphic 5 contest" Mr Olin Epps and Miss Ve* ra DuRant were the successful cou; Die. Later a sweet course, consisting " of cream and cake, was served by Misses Winnie Davis, May, Maggie ? and Hazel Graham. Those who en? joyed the entertainment were: 1 Misses Mary Mays of Greenville, Ida ? McCraery of Pendleton. Maggie ' Montgomery and Vera DuRant of 1 Alcolu. Emmie Ferrell, Winnie and Jeannette Davis of Salters, Mary 1 Palmer Mouzon and Mamie Baggett of Lanes, Mattie Graham, Fannie McKnight and Hennie Brunson; 1 Mesdames John Chandler and P C Shirer; Messrs Olin Epps of Kingstree. Dickey Frierson of Charleston, 1 C W Boswell, Claude Thompson, Bill and Grover Bryan, Jim and Emmett 1 Davis of Salters, Dessie O'Brien of ! Heinemann, Burton Bass and Elliott! ' McCullough of Lanes, Audie Brown, , Grover Parsons, Wayne, Ross and ; Laurie Chandler and P C Shirer. Mr W S Gunsalus,a farmer living near Fleming, Pa, says he has used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in his family for fourteen years,and that he has found it to be an excellent remedy, and : I takes pleasure in recommending it. ] For sale by all dealers. < I Life Saver I In a letter from Branch- Egg land, \V. Va., Mrs. Eliza- g* beth Chapman says: "I ? suffered from womanly H troubles nearly five years. All the doctors in the coun- Kg ty did me no good. I took Jk Cardui, and now I am en- gra tirely well. I feel like a new woman. Cardui saved R my life! All who suffer Era from womanly trouble E| should give Cardui a trial." ?2 The Woman's Tonic fjj 50 years of proof have Kg Era convinced those who tested gs| M lieves aches and pains due B to womanly weakness, and B ij helps nature to build up B |J weak women to health and B B strength. Thousands of R B women have found Cardui R l|| to be a real life saver. II |1 Why not test it for your B |l case? Take Cardui today! || FACTS CONCERN ING THE NEGRO. SCATTERED ABOUT PROMISCUOUSLY, BUT FIGURES PROVE HE THRIVES BEST IN THE SOUTH. Mr Thomas Jesse Jones, of the United States Bureau of Education, writes interestingly in the Southern Workman concerning the negro, drawing on the census reports for the figures to sustain his contentions. He shows that while the negro population is slowly being distributed, the great bulk of it remains persistently in the South. The percentage of negro population in the South decreased from 1900 to 1910,but there was an increase in the actual number of negroes. The negro population is greatest in Georgia, Mississippi. Alabama and South Carolina, Georgia holding the banner with a population of 1,176,987, as against 1,034,813 in 1900, Virginia's negro population increased from 660,722 in 1900 to 671,096 in 1910. The most striking fact disclosed is the substantial increases of the more Southern States and the decreases or small increases of the border States. The three States decreasing in negro population are: Maryland, 1.2 per cent; Tennessee, 1.5 per cent, and Kentucky, 8.1 per cent. In 1900 the negroes were 32.3 per cent of the total population of the South; in 1910 the percentage had decreased to 29.8 per cent. Over 50 per cent of the population of Mississippi and South Carolina are negroes. Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana are over 40 per cent negro; Virginia and North Carolina are over 30 per cent negro. The white population of the South increased 24.4 per cent during the decade. The general death rate of colored people in the registration era of the United States was about 24 per 1,000 in 1910 as against about 30 in 1900, while the death rate of the whites1 was about 15 per 1,000 in 1910 and 17 in 1900. The total number of illiterates in the United States in 1900 was 5;516,693, or 7.7 per cent, as against 10.7 per cent in 1900. The white illiterates were 3,184,954, or 5 per cent, as against 6.2 per cent in 1900. The negro illiterates were 2,228,087, or 30.5 per cent, as against 44.5 per cent in 1900. In the South the number of white illiterates was 1,210,406, or 7.1 per cent,in 1910, as against 11.7 in 1900. The negro illiterates in the South numbered 2,133,961, or 33.3 per cent, as against 48 per cent in 1900. The Trials of a Traveler. "I am a traveling salesman," writes E E Youngs, E Berkshire,Vt, "and was oftenftroubled with constipation and indigestion till I began to use Dr King's New Life Pills, which I have found an excellent remedy." For all stomach, liver or kidney troubles they are unequaled. Dnly 25 cents at -Ay* Allen's. You Can Always Tell a Cheap Piano BytheMethodUsed In^Selling It Pianos sold by agents begging t-? place them in your home on trial or to save storage or forcing them in vour home without your consent. "Coupon Schemes," "Guessing Schemes." Club Schemes. ' Special Sale Schemes," "Special Introductory Sale Schemes," etc, are fake methods, pure and simple. for unloading cheap pianos on people who don't realiz- the difference between a fine piano and a cheap one, and don't know that high pianos are not sold through fake schemes. You had better call on the old reliable firm of Ch is M Slieff before buying. to. M. Stieff SOUTHERN WAREROOMS: 219 South Try on St., Charlotte, - - N. C. WATTS & WATT! THE KIN6STREE JEWELERS We keep on hand everything to be found in an up-to-date jewelry house Repairing and engraving done with neatness and despatch. :: As home dealers, guaranteeing quality and prices, We Solicit Your Patronag NEAR THE RAILROAD NT \TION 1-4-tf Kingstre, CAMP NO- 27 /A ihfi' tA,*. vp >??rui Mkbtiv* ^on'' V i-itins? chopper* c< iiaHy invited to oo up and sit on a sta or hang about on I ^ limbs. Philip II. Stoll, 7 i m Con Com gf ap of F. Kingstree Lodge | g%a No. 91 Knights of Pythic ^ ^5^^ Regular Convention! Ev< 2nd and 4th Wednesday nigh Visiting brethren always welcoir Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Buildin R* N. SPEIGNER, U R. C. McCabe, K of R & S. i 11? ? I. ? ? llonninniiirin/v Pa nauKui mdiiuiduiiiiiiig uu. Successors to 6eorge S. Hacker & Son Charleston, 6. C We MtnuftAure Doors, Sash ami Blimls: Columns and Balusters; Grilles and Gable Ornaments; Screen Doors and Windows. We Deal In Glass ^ash Cord and Weights. I' ipOIS SALE Farm of 193 acres; 75 I acres excellent cleared land I in high state of cultivation, balance in fine timber land. ! Dark top-soil with clay subJ soil. One three-room cot tacre barn. stable and two J tenant houses. Public road runs through plantation. 1 mile to ACLRR station, I 2 miles to school, 2 miles to church. Running water on property. For price and i terms write, wire or 'phone : J. D. GILLAND, Attorney-at-Law J KINGSTKEK, ... SC. ? ? ?? ?.? domesth /now a monti iff can place tho let mod*-!. genuine Dora . AOi Queen of a If sew machines.In your hoi *3^7 use it continually wl paying $2 a month, and SI^Mll9?8S9 joy a vary apacial pH " jffcwWSh^ilMto you or from our rear agency. A magnificent macfaiM VVeiviilTakeYoi Old Machine 15,5?^! W* ftfTjffrQjglflEe liberal allowance on a splendid i f^ Domestic. Arid you can still take " l> vantage of the apocial prico and ? DOMESTIC The perfect sewing machine that has always led all ot makes and i* today bettor than avar. Two machlr In ono? lock atlteh and chain stitch. Straight dr h,ad. hien am, ball baerinc. A eonplete a*t of atuchm.n eery one practical, etc.. made for everyday use. The DomeiC revelation of modern aewlng machine progress. Find out abou SEND FOR ROOK* FREE* The froth About Sew irate ETaES* c why ?? Mil diraet ?b?ra?, K... do acrot and riT.7ou.7SYK. GUARANTEE. "Got tb. imcXm bofora too bur aar matblnn. T1 STw Liuiatnra will wa you tuou.y. Enid for it NOW. MnU ||M| SubH Ci. U Jiitm llri, 1*1. Ml CUM) m Tfl RIIY A PIANO. I fte -$f U ( I r hp| I concerned they are all ins They speak for themselves are concerned we only as ? prices and terms of other de | Let Us Place a Piano o on Free Trial with No I Not Care to Do So aftei Our Ko. | ChickerLg & S | Henry & S. G. - it Haines Bros., S I Marshall & W< And such other well known m Foster, Armstr a* Write for our Free Bo< CHARLESTON J. V. WAL | 296 King, One Door North of Socie re mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ; ; Quality t Jewelry * *N C >' I I mt r h car c ibe i 3 f f WATCH REPAIRINQ ~~ 1 JEWELRY REPAIRIN r DIAMOND SETTING ENGRAVING Z BY EXPERTS ,c ! S. TIKCO^ I QUALITY u ^ 257 KING ST-. [e y Mail Orders Receive Pr< g' &+&+& c "= ?:?:?:?:?.?:@:?:?:@ tI L J. ST @ The Coffins; .? ? , offers \ ? I Day ai I i ? ? FIRST OFFICE OVER SI ? ? Your a L J. SI ? I If rZ t? t uu i u ? WHEN YOU "NETU'A ?? A record of more ths p hind him. With a bun S? on hand, he is always i ,41 Also Feed ai ^ J] J. L. Muckey, y # I The County Record and f Only \ X d II I V WW I n i innvi | Phe only proper way to buy a pi- | ) is to choose one about whose | ;h quality there can be no dis- I J :e, and buy at a store that can 3 e you the most for your money, w jjk i wh ere your dollars will go the ^ thest. So far as our pianos are I truments of national reputation. I w* ,. So far as our prices and terms | k that you compare them with I alers before you buy. I anr Player Piano in Your Home i * Obligation to Buy if Yon Do! ir_ r Trying It Out V II of Honor: * tons, est. 1823 * Li lid eman, " 1821 ^ " 1851 1 mdell, " 1853 I akes of pianos and player pianos as ong and Brewster. >klet and Buyer's Guide. PIANO COMPANY . LACE, President ^ sty Street CHARLESTON, S. C. ; | -nyv )IAMONDS f let VATCHES t tlCH JEWELRY ? TERLING SILVER I HhrUT QLASS ? :1NE UMBRELLAS | I"' M <3s BEO., I'' M r JEWELERS. f V* CHARLESTON, S. C f 'L ^ impt and Careful Attention. i = *??:?:?:@:?:?:?:?:?:?: ACKLEY, I | 7 ? @ 1 and Gaskets Man <?j ^ ; ?IS a : ? fSi anct i 118 services j t of id Night l i ? fhg n the jgj the rACKLEY'S DRY GOODS CO.'S. | - j i to Serve, ? 1 @ >e | rACKLEY. |?j Stuckey | nythihg Tn horseflesh m twenty years stands bech of nice horses and mules ready for a sale or a swap, id Livery Stables. Lake City, S. C. ^ -J I ===== ? Southern Ruralist one Year 1.25 *