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Fl, VOL XXVI. KIXGSTKKE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THUUSIUY MAKCH <}, 1913. ^ ^0 of
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shown in Boiler washing clothes
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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' saving devices of modern times
"everything we claim for it if us
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! 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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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It will wash them cleaner, whiter
ur servants and will tend to make
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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
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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.
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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,
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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
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. WOOklROW WILSON PRESIDENT.
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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
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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.
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