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ose* tftnaa to a sndkaat attitude to
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fromjfhai dispense rise from
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county dlapcnanry
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of enough business to nay ex
Chronicle.
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V? Rains $7a,ft*n
?n, Jane ' II.?At a meeting
of Use Are mat of Ctomoon College,
band at Use college recently a reeolu
Uon wan adopted appointing a build
toft tissnmtttee. of M. C. TWroan. P.
R. B. Los, T. W.
and D. A. Henry to super
''ie preparation of plans and
twepOfl oftlune far the erection of an
t aJnxnnl nail aft the college. This
r fttftMloft will bo three storiee. and
nail cant 17 ?.??#: The ground floor
will bo acted up for a gymnasium.
swimming pool a, cafe.
'COS.
The gymnasium roams wll be so ar?
ranged an to bo thrown Into one big
bail suitable for dancing. The second
and third floors will be fitted up for
barartee, reading rooms, bed rooms,
etc. It Is the Intention of the alumni
aeneciatioa to bond the building, the
boade to be taken by the members of
the association, and In this way se?
cure the .amount of money necessary.
The circulation of blue books In the
English parliament Is vary large, ev?
ery member of both houses being en?
titled to receive free copies of every?
thing pubMahed. and every public de?
partment receives them whether re?
quired or not To Mils roust be added
libraries', new a pa. pee* Institutions and
a few private subscribers. But nine,
tenths af tha ?Iscae and their way to
the waste panop. dealer, for there are
probably not move than a dosen sets
every year in the whole world.
A p?omlne t Einglish syndicate has
r* -entry begun' a search for oil on
the Island of Zante. Oreece. The
present operations are on the site of
what have boon known for centuries
as the "pitch wells." located In the
southernmost portion of the Island,
some ton miles from the town of San?
aa* and reached bp an excellent car
rcad from tnal piece.
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MMpi ACCOMPLICE OF tiOE
BEL'M 8LAYEK FREED.
Wfcfli, Kentucky's Republican Chief
Executive, Intervenes In Notorious
Murder Case?Howard la Also
Frankfort. Ky., June IS.?By an
nounclng the pordon today of Caleb
Power? and Jamea Howard. Oov.
Wlllaon closed the last chapter of one
of Kentucky's noted cases. In which
the people of all sections of the Uni?
ted "States have formally expressed
their interest by signing petition! for
pardon.
In the closing days of January
eight years ago, while the contest of
William Ooebel for the gubernatorial
soet occupied by William 8. Taylor
nan being heard, Ooebel was snot,
dying later from his wound. The shot
was believed to have come from a
half-opened window of the the secre?
tary of state's office and. as Caleb Pow?
ers was then secretary of state, sus?
picion fell on him and his arrest fol?
lowed. Four times Powers has been
put on trial for his life on the charge
<>f complicity in the murder, three
trials resulting In conviction and sen?
tence, death being the penalty in two
two trials.
On the fourth trial, which came
after the case had been carried to the
United States court and Anally bean
appealed to the supreme court,
which turned It back to the State
courts, the Jury disagreed and there?
upon the efforts for a pardon for
Powers as well as for James Howard,
who had been convicted some years
ago on charges of complicity were re*
aewed.
The names of many thousands of
people of all parties and all sections
ware appended to the petitions that
soured la oa Oov. Wlllaon, who for
several weeks has bean considering
the case. His aaetstan was made
known today la the^ shape of a for*
mal statement of the pardon and his
rsaasas therefor.
I? Aller reciting the fact that the ap
aftaaUan far pardon had been aceo an?
nealed ay a petition from nearly half
a million persons, some I4M0O of
whom were Kentucklans. Oov. Will
son In his statements reviewed the
history of the . ease, deploring the
crime, and then said:
"The sympthy which makes all the
world akin, of every good man and
woman. Is with the brothers, kinsmen
end friends of the victim of the mur?
derer.
"I have not heard nor considered,
but have refused to consider, any pri?
vate or secret request or apepal In
either of these cases and have with?
out exception required that all of the
proceedings should be heard publicly
In the presence of representatives of
both sides, so that all should know
everything to which any weight was
given for or against the applications,
and that all the world should have a
chance to judge that the reasons for
the decision were lust and rlghte
oas."
After detailing the political condi?
tions which existed when the murder
was committed, he continued:
"I have considered the case re?
gardless of my personal wishes, sym?
pathy or first impressions and wholly
In the light of truth end right. I
neither seek to avoid criticism nor to
win applause. I sm reverently thank?
ful that I should be the Instrument of
Justice and mercy as Ood has given
me to see my duty and know the
right and my faith Is that good may
come of it, that peace msy end these
troubles.
"I grant Caleb Powers a full and
unconditional pardon for the offense
with which he stands charged, a res?
toration to all his rights of cltlsen
*hlp and order that he forthwith be
released from the Jail in which he Is
Incarcerated. My reason for granting
la pardon Is thst I sm firmly convinc?
ed that hs is. beyond all reasonable
doubt, Innocent of the crlm? charged
against him In the Indictment and
that any further prosecution against
him for the crime so charged would
be a greet wrong and sgalnst the
peace end wellbelng of the common?
wealth.
"In the trial of Toutsey the State
contended esrneetly for a verdict that
he fired the fatal shot. My reading of
the testimony leaves no doubt thst
this chsrge was conclusively proved.
At the and of his trial Toutsey ac?
cepted s life sentence and decided not
to appeal.
"There Is very little hope of ever
having a jury trial of this case In
Kentucky without political questions
uppermost In the minds of the court,
the counsel and the Jury. Because of
this and ths unequal struggle of the
defendsnt, with no means (except
ftd Fear not?Let all the ende Thon Air
dTER. S. P.. WEDNI
those given him) against the whole
power-of the commonwealth, I feel It
a plain duty to end this futile strug?
gle, the anxiety, distress and waste
of time, money and care, and to take
away from both parties the bone of
contention and do all I can to restore
peace to the State.
"For these reasons I pardon Caleb
Powers and order his immediate re?
lease from the Scott county jail at
Georgetown, this June 18, 1908.
(Signed. "Augustus Will son
?'Governor of Kentucky*"
Gov. Willson also granted a pardon
to Caleb Powers upon the Indictment
pending against him In the Franklin
circuit court charging subornation of
perjury.
The governor's reason for the par?
don of James B. Howard and restora?
tion of Howard to all the rights of
citizenship are that a careful exami?
nation of all the evidence and pro?
ceedings of the trial had satisfied the
glvernor beyonl all doubt that How?
ard had nothing whatever to do with
the murder of William Goebel, but
that Henry Youtsey, as set forth in
the reasons for the Powers pardon,
formed the plan which was carried
out In the murder of Goebel.
WHITE MEN GO TO GANG.
Judge Aldricfa Sends Violators of Dis?
pensary Law to Chalngang?None
Allowed to Pay Fines.
Alken, June 12.?J. C. Richardson
and If. C. TodU, reapectable looking,
well dressed white man In the prime
of life, were sentenced to serve six
months each on the Aiken cpunty
chalngang today without the alterna?
tive of paying fines for having violat?
ed the dispensary luw.
Both men had entered pleas of
guilty but, notwithstanding the fact,
Judge Robert A Id rich gave them the
limit, and pronouncing sentence, ex?
pressed regret that the law does not
permit him to give heavier aentencea
to men of their stripe. He said that
until the lawmakers Increase the pen?
alty for the violation of this law it
will not bo possible to secure its pro?
per enforcement. These men former?
ly operated In the blind tiger business
In Augusta but the heavy sentences
recently imposed for violations of the
prohibition law by Judge Hammond
caused these men to cross the Savan?
nah river and ply their nefarloua il?
licit trade in South Carolina.
They stood up in the court of gen?
eral sessions and entered plcaa of
guilty, doubtless feeling that they
would get off with mild fines which
either of them, It would appear, could
easily pay. But they reckoned with?
out their host and it Is doubtful If
they will have any desire to face Judge
Aldrich again.
Solomon Lockhart, colored, con?
victed of violating the dispensary law,
was sentenced to six months on the
chalngang. A half dozen other de?
fendants were sentenced by the court
today, each and every one being con?
signed to the penitentiary or chain
gang without the alternative of pay?
ing a fine. In hot a single case tried
at the present term of court has
Judge Aldrich given the prisoner the
privilege of paying a fine Instead of
serving the time Imposed.
HYDROPHOBIA NOT RARE.
Increasing Prevalence of Rabies iu
and Around Washington Shown by
Dr. Melvtn's Report.
Washington, June 14.?An Increas?
ing prevalence of rabies or hydropho?
bia in the District of Columbia is in?
dicated by a statement prepared on
the subject by Dr. A. D. Melvln, chief
of the bureau v' intmal Industry of
the department of agriculture, which
was made public today.
The statement shows that since
Jan. 1 last 48 people and 25 animals
were bitten by 63 dogs received at
the bureau from the District of Co?
lumbia and vicinity which have been
microscopically examined on suspic?
ion of having rabies. The examina?
tion of these 63 dogs showed 4 7 cases
of positive rabies; six negative of
the disease and ten undetermined,
awaiting the result of robbit inocu?
lation.
"In addition to this number," says
Dr. Melvln, "there have been at least
38 cases of rabies which have been
so typical that hte practitioners have
not deemed it necessary to submit the
carcasses to the bureau for confirma?
tion of their diseases."
John Whaley, colored, aged eight
years, .while playing with a gun at
Mount Holly, blew ou the brains of
Frank Jones, aged two years.
Peter McGlashan, a former Con?
federate general, was drowned at the
Isle of Ho*,e, near Savannah.
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as't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an
SSDAY. JUNE 17, 19
DEAD DOGS IN GREENWOOD.
Mr. Arthur Thompson Tells of Re?
sult of Mad Dog Scare In Nearby
City,
Arthur Thompson, Esq., a well
known lawyer of Edgeneld, passed
through the city today on his way
home from Greenwood, where he has
been at court for several days. He
relates a remarkable instance of "hy?
drophobia/fright" which goes to show
that "Lltti?> Cid New York" is not
the only town on the map that is
afraid of the terrible disease. .
'A few days ago," he said, "some?
body's dog went mad, and bit more
than a score of other dogs in Green
would before k^s mad career was
brought In to an abrupt termination.
When the news went abroad, people
grew uneasy, and several dog-owners
voluntarily killed their pets.
"There is a city ordinance in Green?
wood that requires policemen to shoot
at sight all loose dogs that wear no
muzzle. The town marshall is game
to the core, and when the 'mad dog
scare' took hold on the people, he
received orders to rigidly enforce the
law, without fear or favor.
"Well, the result was what ,might
have been expected. The marshal
simply loaded up for dogs, and shot
every one he saw without a muzzle.
He didn't stop to argue the matter at
all. He slew without respect for per?
sons. And they hauled oat dead dogs
by the wagon load. It was the first
time I have ever seen so many dead
dogs in one heap. Many owners of
fine dogs remonstrated but it was no
use. The7 war of extermination went
on and now Greenwood is minus sev?
eral dosen dogs, both desirable and
undesirable."?Augusta' Herald.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Dr. D. M. Mldtanx of Dillon Knock?
ed Down Heating Easily After His
Narrow Escape.
Dillon, June 12.?During a heavy
thunderstorm that passed over this
section yesterday afternoon about 6
o'clock. Dr. D. M. Michaux was
struck by lightning and for several
hours was regarded as .having been
seriously injured. He had just re?
turned to his home from a drive with
his family in the country and put up
his horse and was turning from his
barn door when the bolt came. Mrs.
Michaux hurrying into the house to
escape the rain, was startled by the
report and naturally turned around
to look at the doctor. To her horror
she saw him prostrate on the ground.
Summoning help she had him brought
Into the house. While conscious, he
was paralysed from his waist down,
complaining of intense pain in head
and right arm. Several physicians
were soon around him doing every?
thing in their power to save him. In
about four hours sensitiveness in his
lower limbs began to return and by
12 o'clock he was resting quietly un?
der the influence of hypodermics.
Today he is better though quite
weak.
flj It was indeed a close call and the
doctor is receiving congratulations
I from his many friends on his narrow
escape.
MILLS BUY COTTON HEAVILY.
Over Eleven Hundred Rales Have
Gone Into Their Wareliouses Dur?
ing Past Week.
I
Augusta cotton mills have been
heavy purchasers of cotton for the
week Just closed and 1,164 bales have
gone Into their warehouse.
These sales also are being made on
approximately a basis of 12 cents for
middling cotton and the local manu?
facturing concerns almost Invariably
buy the best grades as they manu?
facture cloth of exceedingly strong
texture. Their buyers being right on
the ground makes It an easy matter
to select high grade staple suitable
for their needs.
The shipments of cotton to other
points has been quite heavy also this
week, 4,225 bales having been shipped
out. The activity in the local market
would seem to Indicate that buyers
are expecting a higher price or else
they need cotton and must have It at
once.?Augusta Herald.
State Superintendent of Education
O. B. Martin has received a check for
112,000 from the Peabody fund for
aew buildings at Winthrop College
The check was signed by J. P. Mor?
gan.
A negro crap shooter whom the po?
lice were after Sunday In Charleston,
Jumped from the wharf and was
smothered to death In the mud be*
fore he could be rescued.
Ml Truth's."
THE TllUJ
08. New 8eri
DR. SNYDER DECLINES.
Wofford Trustees Pledge Their Co?
operation in Enlarging Institution
?President's Salary liaised.
Spartanburg, June 13.?Dr. H. N.
Snyder announced before the board
of trustees of Wofford college at I
their meeting this morning that he
would decline the presidency of the
University of South Carolina, which
had been offered him by the board of
trustees of that institution. The In-'
cal board of trustees of Wofford col?
lege waited on Dr. Snyder at his
home Wednesday evening, and the
student body Friday afternoon. The
two visits convinced Dr. Snyder that
his. duty lay with Wofford, and after
making his annual report before the
board yesterday morning, he announc?
ed that he had decided not to take
the offer from the board of trustees
of the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Snyder's salary was raised &
$3,000 a year. The board of trustees
were elated over his announcement
j that he would remain with Wofford,
I! and immediately a committe was ap?
pointed to draft a resolution of
thanks.
I Following is the resolution as drawn
j up by Hon. B. Hart Moss of Orange
burg and Rev. J. W. Kllgo of Flor?
ence:
"Whereas Dr. Snyder has announc?
ed to the board his intention of declin?
ing the nattering offer recently made
him, we hereby express to him our
sincere appreciation of his remaining
with us and pledge him our earnest
cooperation and support In his efforts
to enlarge and expand the college.
I This was the most important item
of business before the board. How?
ever, several other transactions of im?
portance to the college was carried
out
j Rev. W. T. Duncan, presiding elder
' of thee Sumter district, was elected to
fill the vacancy on the board caused
by the death of Bishop W. W. Dun
' can, who was chairman of the board.
No chairman of the board has been
elected yet. Possibly the election of
a chairman will be made at the meet?
ing Monday morning, Hon. John B.
Cleveland was today. nominated as
chairman, but he declined the honor.
A committee was then appointed to
nominate some man for the place.
A committee was appointed to draft
suitable resolutions in memory of the
I late Bishop W. W. Duncan, who far
j so many years was chairman of the
board of trusteees. After some dis?
cussion at the meeting this afternoon
-and again at the meeting tonight, it
was decided to build a $50,000 library
building for the college, and a $50,000
dormitory.
R. A. Childs, the financial agent of
i Wofford, will be instructed to begin
? the canvass at once for the funds with
which to ereel these two buildings.
The board of trustees adjourned at
10 o'clock tonight to meet again Mon?
day morning. The rest of the busi?
ness transacted was of a routine na?
ture. Reports showed that the college
was in a most prosperous condition
in every particular.
Scholarships for Girls.
Editor The Item:
Will you kindly publish the follow?
ing notice in your paper for the in?
formation of girls in your county?
Very respectfully.
Theodosla Dargan,
Chairman Dept. Education S. C. F.
W. C.
\ Vacant scholarships of free tuition
are offered through the South Caro?
lina Federation of Women's Clubs as
follows:
South Carolina Kindergarten Asso?
ciation?one scholarship of free tui?
tion, good for two years.
Leesville College?Three scholar?
ships of-free tuition for four years.
These will be awarded by competi?
tive examinations, to be held July
10, 1908.
Applicants must file their names
with the chairman of the department
before July 1st. Students must be at
least 15 years of age and prepared to
.enter freshman or any higher class,
and must inform the chairman which
college she desires to enter.
For further Information apply to
Miss Theodosla Dargan.
Chairman Dept. Education.
S. C. F. W. C.,
Dalsell, 8. C.
life Sentence for Murder.
Columbia, June 15.?Jury in the
Byers murder case rendered a verdict
of guilty with recommendation to
mercy, which given Byers a life sen?
tence as in the former trial.
Henry Leopold was given ten years
In Alken for assaulting a little child.
E SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM
es?Vol. XXVII. So 4ft
CORN THRIVES 111 THIS STATE.
ATTENTION INVITED TO SOUTH
I CAROLINA'S RECORDS.
Mr. M. V. Richards Writes Interest?
ingly of the Corn Growing Contests
Now In Progress in This State and
of Some of Its Past Achievement*.
Washington, June 15.?South Car?
olina corn growers may yet surprise
the farmers of the Far Western coun?
try if they maintain the present pro?
duction, and the contest now in South)
Carolina is being watched all over the
United States.
I In the current issue of the Southern
Field, M. V. Richards has some in?
teresting things to say about South
Carolina, and what the people are
I doing in agriculture, manufacturing,
land other lines cf industry. Discuss
I lng the corn growing contest he says:
I "A corn-growing contest is in prog
I ress in South Carolina, where there
I is much interest in the growing of
this cereal, one which is being stimu
I lated both by agricultural author
I ities and Individual effort. The State
I is offering cash prizes of $560 for the
I best crops of this year, which will
I also compete for $75 offered by the.
I State Fair Association. Other prizes.
I will be awarded in the different coun
I ties, the Merchants' and Planters.*
I Bank and the Cherokee County Newav
both of Gaffney, having offered $50
land $25 for the best yield in Chero
I kee county, and the Farmers' Union
I of York county, three prizes of $250?
I $150, and $100, respectively, for the
I best results in that county. The com
I petition for these prizes will undoubt
I edly result in some great records,
such as will surprise the growers in
I the well known corn growing States
I of the Central West, as South Carol!
Ina has in the past demonstrated its
I adaptability to the production of cor?
I by growing crops which have won
I the national prizes in competition
with the entire country. In left? Dr.
|J?. W. Parker gathered three hun
Idered and fifty-nine bushels ef corn
I from two acres, and from a singt?
I acre secured two hundred asahens
j and twelve quarts. These yields were
(from land just outside of Columbia,
I which is yet in cultivation. In 18a*
ICapt Zachariah J. Drake west the?
I prize in a national contest, producing-.
I two hundred and fifty-five bushels ef
I shelled corn from one acre. The*
I fourth prize in this contest was also?
awarded a South Carolinian, J. Snell
I ing, whose record was one hundred
I and thirty-one bushels from esc acre.
IThe national contest of iso? was also*
I won by South Carolina, A. J. TasdauJ
I growing one hundred and eighty-twer
I bushels of corn on his acre. In this
I contest* B. E. Moore, also of South.
I Carolina, won the third prize by the
J growing of one hundred and twenty
I bushels. South Carolina's ptalyv
I commercial crops of corn are% also"'
I worthy of record, as shown by the
I yield secured by W. R . Walker, of
I Cherokee county, who, last yearr d?o>--"
duced about one hundred bushels I
I corn to the acre on six acres of up~
I land and ten acres of bottom land.
I Mr. Walker's entire crop of last sea>
| son, from forty acres of upland andl
I fifty acres of bottom land, was fifty
I bushels to the acre. Mr. Walker is av
I cattle raiser, and last year fed three
I hundred Angus cattle, enriching his
I land from this source and pea vines.
I Eight years ago the land producing;
his corn made but fifteen to twenty
bushels per acre, with the aid of com?
mercial fertilizers. Last year's crop
was grown without any' commercial
fertilizer.
Mark Twain's Offer
"Once, lecturing, I landed In an
Australian port. There was no por?
ter in sight to carry my luggage. See?
ing a rough-looking old fellow lean?
ing against a post with his hands in
his pockets I beckoned to him andl
said: 'See here, if you'll carry these
bags up to the hotel I'll give you hair
a crown.' The man scowled at me~
He took three or four gold sovereigns*
from his pocket, threw them Into the
sea. scowled at me again and walked
away without a word."?Mark Twain*,
in the Chicago Daily News ~
Jim Kerns, colored, was killed by
lightning at Greenville Sunday after?
noon. The lightning struck .a tete
phone pole four miles distant frewso
the house occupied by Kerns. Tne>
lightning followed the telephone wires
and when it reached a point opfcoaier
the house In which Kerns and 14 oth?
er negroes were sitting about in s
room, the lightning jumped off the
wires and struck the house, tearinae;
off the gable end and killing Keras,
Mr. J. L. Glenn, of Chester,
been elected chairman of the board
of trustees of Wafford College