The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 31, 1914, Image 1
volTxxviii. kingstree, south Carolina, Thursday, December ai, 1914. no. 43
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BLEASE'S MERCY STILL
[ DROPS AS GENTLE DEW.
FORTY-FOUR MORE CONVICTS
P SHOWN CLEMENCY?TOTAL
I LIST NOW 1.448.
$ Columbia, December 28:?GovI
ernor Blease late today signed par
dons and paroles for forty-four,
I bringing the total number of cases
of clemency up to 1,448. The list
of crimes may be given as follows:
F Murder 12, manslaughter 11, crimI
inal assault 2, safe-cracking 2, miscellaneous
15.
Nine of the prisoners were conc?3
Qtofo npnitentiarv.
I1UCV1 I Li kilv. k/vMw w .
The release papers were sent to the
prison this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock.
There remain less than two hundred
prisoners in the penitentiary
and at the State farms.
The most notorious prisoner to reI
ceive a parole was Charles O'Day,
alias Charley Cross, alias Missouri
Charlie, who was serving a term of
fifteen years from Lancaster county
on the charge of safe cracking. The
[ parole was issued upon the condition
that the Federal authorities take
I charge of O'Day when he was reR
leased from the penitentiary. He
K was wanted for robbing a postoffice
ggSL in Virginia, and when he came out
HW of the penitentiary this afternoon he
H was arrested by a Federal officer,
f He was taken before J Beverley
t Sloan, United States commissioner,
who held him under a bond of
$8,000 pending a preliminary hearing
on January 3. O'Day operated
with the notorious Fisher, who
escaped in a most sensational manner
from the penitentiary several
months ago. O'Day was arrested
an 1905 and was later convicted of
'safe-cracking in Lancaster county.
Sounds Kind o* Familiar.
You've all heard and read of the
trials and tribulations of the editor,
but we're going to tell you one more
"true,true" tale of the kind, dealing
with the reasons that we were so late
getting the Observer to you last
week.
To begin with, we were so busy
getting up the ads and reading mat
Er for the paper tnai we waiiea un
e last minute to order our pretty
iristi ' as covers. We ordered by
legraph; the house did not have
em and took the slow method of
riting us of the fact. We then
red another house and got them
ree hours late. After we were
ady to "go to press" one of the
?n in the shop came to us and said:
Ve've got no ink." We then
honed to Marion, Dillon, Florence
d Fayetteville for ink, only to
irn that they did not have it. We
red to Columbia and the ink came
MplB'hursday morning. We thought that
||i^Pwe were "fixed" then and started
the press. She did fine for about an
V hour. Then she began to "chew
; up" the papers. We remedied that,
| only to have the pesky old gasoline
| $ injine to go dead. Oh the last ^o
^ round, too. Well, that was the last
$ trouble, but it came at 10 o'clock
Thursday night, and we had to wait
till Friday morning to get Mr Ted
Allen to come and dope it up for us.
H|^H^e finished the Dress work before
ish You
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dinner Friday .just forty-eight hours
late.
Please pardon the delay, dear!
reader,and we will do our "bestest" !
to give you the Observer on time in
future.
"Verily, verily, we say unto you? j
the way of the editor is hard."? J
Latta Observer.
FEARED SOUTH CAROLINA MOB.
Mayc of Georgia City Asks Protec
'on lor Negro Prisoner.
Hartwell, Ga, December 28:?Governor
Slaton tonight was asked by 1
Mayor Thornton here to send troops I
4. nncnnors in thp ! '
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jail from possible mob violence.
Reports received here indicated
that a mob was forming across the
State boundary, in Oconee county,
South Carolina, to lynch a negro
who was placed in jail here, after a
recent stabbing affray with a white j
man in Oconee county. The negro 1
was badly wounded in the fight, but 1
this was not known by the public.
Local authorities feared that if a \
mob visited the jail and found the
negro dead, vengeance would be
taken on other negro prisoners. Race 1
feeling has been intense recently in 1
Oconee county as a result of crimes i
V?ntTQ Kaon mmmiftpd hv I
saiu wv ua t v wvu
negroes. !
Three negroes were shot and killed
a few days ago in a clash with 1
white residents near Fairplay, and '
today the body of Ernest Gray, an- ]
other negro, was found near here.
A coroner's jury returned a verdict .
that he had been killed 'th an axe. i
An investigation of the kil'ings is <
being made.
GOVERNOR SLATON REFUSES
Atlanta, December 28:?Governor
Slaton tonight deferred sending
troops to Hartwell to protect negro
prisoners in jail there, pending further
advices from the Hart county
authorities. His latest information,
he said, was that the local authorities
probably would be able to control
the situation.
Heard at Hebron.
Hebron, December 28:?Mr J V
Burgess of Socastee is visiting relatives
in the Hebron section.
Mrs J E Thomas and children
spent Christmas at Darlington with
relatives.
Mrs M J Thomas,of this section,is
spending the Christmas holidays at
Darlington with her son, Mr H J
Thomas.
Mr and Mrs G H Ward of Cades
visited their parents, Mr and Mrs H
Baker, here Sunday.
Miss Mollie Baker spent the weekend
at Cades.
Messrs Harvey Baker,Jr,and Scott
Cantey went to Kingstree Tuesday
on business.
Mr Spurgeon McKenzie of Central
was a pleasant caller in the Hebron
section Sunday afternoon.
Miss'Isla Cook, a daughter of Mr
E A Cook of Lake City, and Mr Harvey
E Baker, Jr, of Cades were
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
Sunday afternoon, December
27, at the home of Mr P M Brockin.
ton. They have our best wishes for
a long and happy life.
Well,Mr Editor, if this escapes the
waste basket, I will come again.
DlW.
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HOLIDAY AFTERMATH
AT LAKE CITY.
SANDlFER-McCLAM MARRIAGESOCIAL
FUNCTIONS?THE PASSING
THRONG-OTHER ITEMS.
Special to The County Record.
Lake City, December 28:?Mr and
Mrs Geo Brothers of Florence and
their three children spent Christmas
day at their grandmother's,Mrs Emily
Severance.
Miss Laura Mae Rodgers spent
Sundav at Marion with friends.
Miss Kathryn Parks, accompanied
by Mr Wilbur S Jones, spent the
week-end at the home of Mr Jones'
parents, at this place.
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mr W J M Knight, Miss Viola Sandifer
of Yorkville and Mr David McClam,
a son of Mr J D McClam,
were married, Rev W H Whitehead,
Jr, performing the ceremony. The
bride has been governess in the
home of Mr Knight for the past
two years and has a host of friends
in this vicinity. The young couple
has the good wishes of your correspondent
and their many friends at
this place.
Misses Anita and Louise Phillips
of Cordesville are the popular young
guests of Misses Alma and Manette
McElveen.
Miss Margie Floyd is spending a
few days In town with Miss Zena
Haselton.
Mrs W H Whitehead and children
are spending the Christmas holidays
at her parents' home in North Carolina.
Mr and Mrs A Sidney Sutcliffe
of Newark, New Jersey; Mrs?Keels
of Hartsville, and Mr and Mrs Fred
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iruiUCK ana niue uhukhlci oic
guests of Mr and Mrs J M Truluck.
Mr R Leo Carter of Leo was in
town Christmas eve distributing
fruits and good wishes to some of
his friends.
Mrs Ida Elliott of North Carolina
is the guest of her several daughters
and son, Dr Rollins, of this place.
Among the many Lake City folk
home-coming for the holiday season
are: Mr L A Winston, who is at
Burlington, Va, during the tobacco
season; his son, Mr R I Winston of
Richmond, Va; Mr William Hodges,
a son of Rev VV H Hodges, who is a
student at Wofford College; Dr ?
Floyd, D Rodgers, Prof Otto Graham;
Mr M K C evely, who has
been in North Cs ;;aa in the interest
of his tc! business; Mr
Boyd Jeffords, fro; North Carolina,
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ardware
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jL talk war and touj
eater in your home
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11 sizes.
SBURG HAJ
where has been connected with a
tobacco concern; Mr James Haselton
of Cades, and a number of others.
Santa Claus came in all his usual j
lavishness on Christmas eve to so j
many happy children, not one of |
whom but had discovered their gifts
long before the Saint had time to i
make an inventory of his leavings. 1
Some even awoke before his arrival! !
Santa by mistake played a shabby !
trick on one little fellow bj' taking ,
his cow-boy suit and carrying it)
away across the town to a playmate,
leaving a note, however, explaining
his reason for this.
But the best gift of all that"Santa"
left in Lake Uty was tne Douncing
baby boy at the home of Postmaster
J F Rickenbaker,
Mr and Mrs J Timmons of Coward
spent Christmas day with their
parents at this place.
Mr Martin Epps of Timmonsville
visited friends in town last week.
Rev S C Morris, recently appointed
to the Johnsonville charge, and
his family spent Christmas with his
father and sister at Lake City.
Hon J J M Graham of Cades was
in town Monday.
Miss Vinnie Carter entertained
with a dinner yesterday in honor of
her school-mates, Misses Garnet Graham
and Bessie Howie.
Mrs W A Tyner entertained the
PVtlla+hoo pliiaq Mnndflv nitrht.
Miss Ila Hcwle will be married
this evening, December 28, at her
mother's home, to Mr R M Cox of
Venters. LBN.
Notice.
This is to notify my patrons and
the public that after January 1,
1915,1 will do no further credit business.
Owing to the scarcity of
money and the dull times, I am unable
to meet my obligations because
bills are not paid promptly. Therefore,
I ask that all parties desiring
fresh meats,groceries, etc, send cash
with order. A prompt settlement of
your bills will be a great help to me;
S F Epps, Prop
12-31-2t Epps' Market.
We are requested to state that tobacco
planters may obtain a limited
supply of seed free by applying at
Nelson's warehouse.
Going at Cost.
To the Public:?Now is the time
to buy Jewelry. I am selling Jewelry
of every description at wholesale
cost. This applies to anything
in my store, and I have everything
that is kept in a first-class Jewelry
establishment. Selling at cost to
raise money. Sale starts January 1,
1915, runs for 30 days.
Yours to please,
Watts' Jewelry Store,
12-31?tf Kingstree, S G.
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sst extent.
iS, 1915
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musical instrum<
See Virgil Kindei
"The Best of Eve
SIEGL1NG IV
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CHARLESTON,
SAMUEL D. CAAR, Manager [Ry;
Happy New Year to you.
friends in particular and th<
Next New Year will be hen
put money in the bank all th
I will find you happier and be
ing year should find each o:
AGE, which we should enjc
Make OUR ba
We pay 4 per cent, inte
FARMERS <fc ME
"ABSOLUTELY SAFE"
Branches at Johnsonvill
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Patronize 01
And Get S
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COMPANY. I
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GTROLA IN YOUR HOME
iS OR NEW YEAR?
Dck of all styles at
ding various other 1
ants. I
p, Kingstree, S. C.
>rytHing in Music."
IUSIC HOUSE
Cing Street, !
S. C.
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ee, S. C., Kingstree Hard war e^aai , j
? START
BANK
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HIS_YEAR
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extravagance:
AND NEXT
NEW YEARS
\Y WILL FIND
1uch Happier.
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This means everybody. Our
3 whole community in general.
3 as surely as this is. If you
lis year NEXT New Years day
itter satisfied. Each succeed
f us better prepared for OLD I
>y in comfort.
,nk YOUR bank. 1
rest on savings accounts. i
1RCHANTS BANK,
LAKE CITY, S. C- (J
c, Cowards and Pampiico. 2
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atisfaction.