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f -J f illjc (County ^ f' v '* Fl, VOL XXVI. KIXGSTKKE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THUUSIUY MAKCH <}, 1913. ^ ^0 of Kt ? ^ rH' THE PESFECTIOI VACUUM CLOTHES WISH! shown in Boiler washing clothes j Coffins and Caske I ??? COMPULSORY EDUCATION BILL PASSED BY LEGISLATURE-?PENITENTIARY INVESTIGATION -BRYAN ADDRESSES GENERAL ASSEMBLY. P!nlnmhi? Fphruarv 27:? The pas sage of a compulsory education bill, "such as it is", and an investigation of conditions at the State penitentiary by the committee of the Senate on Penal and Charitable Institutions, prompted by a message from the Governor, have been the most interjT events of the week in the |th Carolina Legislature. As a \ ^Gssue some work was done on fcfu. appropriation bill. The penitentiary investigation began Wednesday afternoon following a message from the Governor read ^ in the Senate Tuesday night charging that a negro, Simeon Ellis, had i been subjected to brutal treatment ' ^i^at the State prison. S Tuesday night the Governor sent to the Senate a message which contained a letter without signature alleging brutal treatment of Ellis by ' ? W H Sondley, captain of the guard, * ' and Dr R T Jennings, prison physirUirAimAv narnlnr) fKn no. UOll* XUC UVfCIUVl p*** vivvi vnv MV gro and gave the alleged brutal treatment as a reason for extending clemency. Wednesday the Governor appeared before the committee and announced that he had withheld the name of the person making the charges for a purpose on which he bases his charges. He then said the letter was from F J Nichols, a white prisoner serving his second term on a charge of house-breaking and larceny. He called Nichols, who was ' ' ? 1 J i._ J present at tne neanng", ana granieu him a parole. "There is your parole. You are a free citizen. You may testify," said the Governor of South cantaflbn J-, not to have mot I in the Bank ' I l Did vou ever notice the Ilianoe of the man who has only his employer,but eve differently from the way not. Quit those petty extr up.your money. Put it in a short time it will have feel that freedom and p< others. Do YOUR ban1 We Pay 4 per cent inten FARMERS & MEE "ABSOLUTELY SAFE" i J J the It will wash your clothes i clothes thoroughly in 20 minuti ing, from the daintiest laces or j wears them out more than you i additional cost, ft will save its |k C. It will last you indefinitely? ' saving devices of modern times "everything we claim for it if us !L_ Kin! ; ! Carolina in granting the parole Blease said that he had refraine( from divulging the name of the mar giving the information, for the pris oner would have been punished bj the officials of the penitentiary. Simeon Ellis, the negro convic .around whom the row centres, wa |C'evicted 13 years ago in Unior ! e -ty on a charge of murder. H< ovommprt hv the members o. Ill committee Wednesday to deter | mine his physical condition as a re 'suit of the alleged whipping. Ellii 'said that he had decided that he hac been in the penitentiary long enough so he concluded several days age while working on the street squac to speak to the Governor. He saic that when the Governor passed he asked permission of the guard tc speak and was refused. He ther spoke to the Go\ernor without per mission. Ellis said that later his con' duct was reported to W H Sondley, captain of the guard, and he waf given a whipping of between 75 and 80 lashes. Ellis continued that latei he was placed on a table and an electric battery applied to him. Or cross-examination by the committee it developed that the negro was subject to "fits" and that the electric battery had been applied because of his condition. Testimony was also given that there were no bruises'on the body of the negro as a result o 1 the electric treatment. Ellis said that he had been whipped manj x" * M?MdAn /vffirtiolo KoPQUQP lirues uy uie puouu uinums he would not work. In the cross-examinatioh Dr Jennings brought out the fact that he did not know that the negro, had been whipped when the electric treatment was used and that it was applied because the negro had a fit. F J Nichols, the man who address ed the communication to the Governor charging the officials with brutal treatment, was a witness be ley ^jg mwwMiS.& w mm 1 Independence and self-rei money in the bank? ^Sot >ry "bit?' man greets him be greets those who have avagances that arc eating I the bank every week. In grown, and you, too, will 5Aver you haye noticed in king with US. ist on savings accounts. iCHANTS BANK, LAKE CITY, S.C. / TEN GOOD R PERFECTIOIV without any hard work whatever, es. C. It will lessen the work of yo sheerest lingerie to the mechanic's i do). CL It costs only $2.50, which cost twice yearly in soap alone, an -*Uara ic nn niprhnnism ahout"it tO "c MONEY BACK GUARANTEE ed according to instructions. g;stree H; Wholesale and .! fore the committee. He is a native 1 of Michigan,has completed one term i in the penitentiary and was serving a second on a charge of house-breaki ing and larceny. Nichols said that he had written the communication t to the Governor because of a "hus man" feeling. When questioned as i to his knowledge of the treatment i of Ellis the witness said that it was f hearsay,except that he had examined >_ 1 1, 1 s J Uf 1?^ - me IlfgTU S user. aim luuuu nun uau ly "beaten up". He said he did not s know positively whether the lash 1 had been applied or whether the , electric treatment had been applied ) for punishment or to cure the negro 1 of a fit In his letter to the Gov1 ernor, Nichols said that the cries of ? the negro while on the table under > the electric treatment lasted possibly i 30 minutes. Testifying Wednesday, Nichols said that the cries lasted possibly for five or ten minutes. , This was brought out from questions } by Dr Jennings. 1 C C Wyche and C D Fortner.mpm bers of the House from Spartan burg, said that ttyey examined the i negro in the Governor's office TJpesi day afternoon and found that he had . been beaten badly from the knees to ! the neck. f The Senate Tuesday night passed i the compulsory school attendance i bill which has been before that body : for a number of days. The bill with t a number of amendments was cr' dered returned to the House and it i is expected that it will be in the hnnds nf thp flnvpmnr EVirlov An ;j amendment was adopted reducing ; the age limit from 13 to 12 years, i Four weeks' notice shall be given inl stead of two before holding an elec tion. Two amendments in which much interest centres were offered m Com Appreciation: business they give us, and it i press ourselves in cold type, 1 heartily appreciate your trade aim to show our appreciation RlIP Pnlirv. Satisfaction or UU1 ruilbj. that is the poli feel dissatisfied with any pure vou will return the unsatisfac be glad to make it good, or ch would be unfair to us if you d satisfactory goods, for we pui from wholesale houses and w< for just as much as we want: Frnnnmv* Begin right now LUUIIUlllJf. ies and buy therT] and compare our prices with > how much you can save. THE CADES IHERC Cade; V \ EASONS WHY YOU S I VACUUM CI It will wash them cleaner, whiter ur servants and will tend to make ipron or overalls C. le will prolo i is the equivalent of five cents a v d will pay for itself many times get out of order. C, It is without : Every 4 Perfection Vacuum Cloth ardware Retail Dealers ' and adopted by Laney of Chester J field and Williams of Aiken to sup^ ply text-books and clothing for ehil dren forced to attend school wher their parent^ are not financially able to supply these articles. The trustees of the district and the County ! Superintendent of Education will be the judges of &e financial condition of the parents. The Senate has passed the appropriation bill, with amendments, and returned it to the House. Committees of free conference will be appointed from the two bodies, and it is now believed that the end of the present week will see an adjournment of the Legislature for the session of 1913. The House Wednesday night voted to the Abbeville county Daughters of the American Revolution the portrait of Langdon Cheves, now in ? i it. n i:_? possession OI me ouuin L/atuilua Secretary of State. Langdon Cheves was Speaker of the National House of Representatives. He was elected to Congress from South Carolina in 1810 and was elected Speaker of the House in 1816, succeeding Henry Gay. He was president of the ' United States BanK. The House expects to hear an address from William Jennings Bryan Saturday. He will stop in Columbia that day en route to Washington from Miami, and will deliver an address that night. Wenesday night the House passed a resolution inviting the "Great Commoner" to speak to the body and appointed a committee to deliver tfr. invitation. Brian Bell. E* ~*r\A XJ nnmiflinlr nATmrnnr 1*1 CXI IX X/UllilUlVI\| UUTVtuvi Blease's former law partner, has been appointed assistant Attorney General to take office April 1. Hercutile pany ive the opportunity to express I stomers our appreciation of the I may not seem so genuine to ex- jg )ut we desire to say that we do $ ?, and it shall always be our " by deed rather than by words. money cheerfully refunded? cy of this store. Any time you :hase, it will be a big favor if tory merchandise and we will leerfully refund the money. It id not let us know about un chase only good merchandise s intend to get what we pay /ou to get what you pay for. tu save muiicy un gwu giuvwi at this store. Come to see us vhat you are paying' and see ANTILE COMPANY, i, s. c. / iHOULD USE J)THESfjWAS and more sanitary than can be don them happy and contented. C. It ng the life of your clothes. (The wi /eek for fifty weeks. It works for j over in the saving of fuel and the 1 question one of thj greatest labor st es washer" is sold with a money t CO. We Li I . WOOklROW WILSON PRESIDENT. . i Inaugurated In Presence of Great Concourse of People. Washington, March 4:?Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, was inaugurated today as President of the United States; Thomas R Marshall of Indiana, its Vice-President;Democracy, the vehicle of its destiny. Under the dome of the nation's Capitol, in presence of a countless concourse of his fellow citizens, the new President raised a hand toward a prophetic sun that burst through dissolving clouds and pronounced the occasion a day of dedication; not of triumph. It was an intensely human, precedent-breaking inauguration. With members of his chosen Cabinet sur-1 rounding him, the Justices of the j supreme court before him, his wife i and daughters actually dancincr fnr ! joy on the platform below, and William Howard Taft, Ex-President ofj the nation, at his side, the new Pres- j ident shouted a summons to all"hon-1 est, patriotic, forward-looking men" j to aid him, extending the promise j that he would not fail them in the j guidance of their government. While the President's concluding 1 _ .. Banking I for all at this bank, becai A sary red tape allowed to T tion of business with our 1 that time is valuable to a } We're conveniently lc A date facility for promptm I + % rln hncinocc wifVl witVl f tv UV lUUtJlllVUtJ TV * VIA WAV** | The Bank ? Cades ; treasury Mr i or the worlds f;;, .:N 1 , If,': ' Tj best music " That's what the Victor really is. It holds in you the best music of tl world?the musical gerr great masters, the latest music, everything you w All yours to enjoy whenev Doesn't that interest you? your favorite selections on in at any time. Victor-Yictrolas $15 to $20C '|j^p Seiglin v ?1 V- \_.i HER I e by hand. It will wash your R will wash any article of cloth- I ear and tear of the washboard R 'ou forever thereafter without I wear and tear of your clothes. I , iving, time saving and clothes H >ack guarantee that it will do ead?Others Follow. | | \ inaugural words were tossing in tumultuous waves of applause, the retiring President clasped his hand and enlisted as a patriotic servant in the ranks of private citizenship. Bishop Lamb nth Coming Here. W Bishop W R Lambuth, one of the bishops of the M E Church, South, will be in Kingstree on Wednesday, March 12, and will make addresses at the Methodist church at 12 o'clock noon, 3:30 p. m. and 8 p. m. Bishop Lambuth was born inChina, has traveled extensively on every continent and is thoroughly conversant with conditions, commercially, morally and religiously in every part of the world. He will speak with special reference to the Dark Continent and Brazil. The public, and especially the men of the church and community, are invited to hear this eminent speaker."" Drs Rawlings and Kennedy will also be here. One of thesa gentlemen will make an address in the Methodist church on Tuesday evening and the other will divide time witb Bishop Lambuth on Wednesday. N ?? The County Record and The Youth's Companion, 1 year $2.75. Made' Convenient ; ise there is no unneces- S enter into the transac- J patrons. Our theory is i 11 concerned. ] )cated, offer every up-to- ? ess in banking, and wish I of Cades, i i, s. c. I I rle?(on^^C^^^j J M -Victrola store for ie entire I J ;r. c-f the Donular V 1 L 'ar.t. 'er and as often as you wish. V.'ouldn't you like to hear the Victor-Victrola? Come L Victors $10 to $100. And ^ ern.s to suit, if desired. | er Music House