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BMU liLN nett QRANTBO PA <.<?\. Illease Sets forth Ills Reasons f(?r Clemency H Lkh? i otinty Negro. Columbia. No\. Jl.?In the If pa roles and one pardon, granted by OoV, Hlease. one is the Klisha 1? nmtt ease from the Bishopville section. The reasons given art M follows; A petition was presented, signed by many of the cltiSene of the counties of Lee and Sutnter, in which they ask that this negro be grant* d a par? don or parole. Mr. J. J. Shaw, foreman of the ?? tit Jury, who tried the case, sub i ,ttsd the following eouMnunloatlon in behalf of the negro: "Bishopville. May 20, 1913. "Governor Cole L. Blease. C. lutnbla 8. C. Dear Sir: I u ulerstand an effort la being mxde to get you to par? don or parole one Klisha Bennett, who Is no's in the State penitential} for life for murier. ' In this connection. I wish to gaj In addition to what others have al? ready said, or might hereafter say In behalf of this negro, that I was th foreman of the Jury that found this negro guilty, that while he killed hi own child In a scuttle w.tb anoth negro over a gun, which he on^M n< to have done, that I thir.h. tnut 1. b i already received sudU lent ptHtiahlH and aa the foreman of the trial Jui\, I most respectfully ask at your hand for the poor unfortunate negro a par? don or parole. I wlnh to say furth . that at about tbe time this unfortut.a, occurrence happened that in that in. mediate neighborhood two or more ac? cidental killings hap >ed through bist such conduct and etc., and a? the time of the trial tr.esc things wer< all fresh in the minds of the jury and two, I am Informed and botftOVO, that this same thing caused the People oi the community to Just let the matter go by preferring to take no part in the trial of the case in behalf of th negro. Aa above stated. I am convinced that Bennett has been well punished for this act and I solicit a pardon or parole for him. I wish also to refer you to the following named gentle? men who were on this Jury with me that you might oak a report from them if you so deslr?. viz: H. E. Law. Elliott. S. C; M. D. Davis. Fishopvlle. ?T. C, R. F. D.; W. A. Gardner, IJiab opvllle, Bouts il E. G. DesChamps. Wisacky, S. C; I. S. Vaughn. Lishop viiic. flrnte 5; s. B. Padgett. Bishop ville. Route 5; H. L. Skinner, Bishop? ville. 8. C; D. S. Fols m. Bishopville. Route 4; V. M. Pato. Lucknow, S. C.: J. Hoyt Stuckey, Hishopville and J. J. Tnu l "ale. "Yours truly, (Signed) "J. J. Shaw, Foreman of Petit Jury." i The following communication was received from Hon. Thos. Q, McLeod, Of BlftfcOpVllle, S. C: "Hishopville, May 20, 1913. "Qovernor Colo I* Blease, Columbia, & C. Dear sir: Mr. J. L. Gilha ln? 1?.rma me that be will pn .sent a pe? tition for pardon of one lilisha Ben? nett* nn bo is now under lift* sentence in the penitentiary, having been con? victed Of murder with recommenda i i 'ii to mercy. At the request of Mr. ?Jillis, I write to say that in my opin? ion this darkey has suffered sulli ch ntly and it Is a case worthy of exe Ullve clemency. I was present In ha court hOUtO lor the greater part Ol .rs trial* and w 11ile 1 do not recall all ol Iho particulars, yet J do remem bet dlttlnoily being ?urprloed that the \in!:ct was not at least manslaughter. My Impreaelt n at that time was that if a proper defense had been made the verdict would not have been more us i ighter and possibly ac iiultul, u I gll IhOOO circumstances i . . a i tay that 1 think punishment le far meted out has beeil tum i- r.t, and that pardon would entirely JustUlablf and right unde: ? i cli oumatanoon \ an very truly, Igned] Thos. (J. McLeod.' The following certificate was recelv ? d from Col< I). J. Griflitri, superin? tendent ol the State penitentiary: "Columbia, Oct. |6, 11)13. "Governor cole L. Blosse, Columbia, . Dear Governor: Klisha Ben? nett was received hero to serve life eentenoe, March, 1909. He is now In th?* hospital lor treatment, and has been for about two months. He is suffering with catarrh of t^ie bowels and disentery. This boy has been faithful to his duty, worked well and has given no trouble here and from v. hat I am informed la not likely to ever be a strong healthy man again. "Yours very truly, I igned) "D. J. Griffith, Supt." ? pon the petition submitted, the communiontioni above quoted, and the condition of this prisoner's health, be was granted a parole, during good behavior*, November 25th, 1913. Marriage License Hovord. Licenses to SlUTTy have been issued to Hampton Kelley and Nellie Gates < f Manchester and M. C. Mlkcll and Lou Dick of Sumter. ? HARVARD HAS PERFECT MA? CHINE. Wins Eastern Championship by Out? playing Vale? Brickie y Kicks Five Field Goals. Now York, Nov. 23.?With the playing of the Harvard-Yale game Saturday at Cambridge, the climax of the Eastern football season was leached. Aside from the Pennsylva? nia-Cornell K?me Thursday and the Army-Navy contest the following Sat? urday, the important gridiron games of 1913 are already history. Looking back over the short period of play alloted to football in this sec? tion, the recordl of Harvard and of the Navy stand preeminent. The r< al test of the "Middies" is vet to come, but the Crimson has completed its son and there is not a drop of bit '.t meal in the Cambridge cup of joy. Since the Navy clever geographi | caily can not be said to be in the sama section of the Eastern football ... nd as Harvard, there is no oppo? nent who can dispute Haivard's claim 0 the Eastern football champion 1 ip of 19 13. Having defeited Cornell, i rincetOO and Yale, while Pennsyl? vania, Dartmouth and Carlisle eliml ated themselves through games lost n othor elevens, the claim for titular onors appears to be well based. Harvard yesterday pro/ed superior ?a.v in every department of the ;am considering the two elevens as ? hole machines. Individually there was :>ut little ad? vantage, with the excepticn of Charles 13, Priekley, the Crimsons' phenome? nal Held goal kicker. But it is neces? sary to look beyond Brickley for the reason of the 15 to 5 victory over Yale. The correct answer Is to be found in the wellnigh perfect coaching sys? tem and machine-like play of Har ! vard. Every member of t he Crimson ;e;irn, regular or Substitut?, was but a perfect fitting, well oilec cog in the . mechanism. BANKER ENDS HIS OWN LIFE. H. B. O'Shields, Cashier of Fort Lawn Bank, Shoots Himself Through the Heart. Chester, Nov. 22.?H. P. O'Shields, 35 years of age, cashkr of the Fort Lawn Deposit bank at Fort Lawn, in Chester county, committed suicide ?.his morning at 10 o'clock by shoot? ing himself through the he:irt with a ; revolver. Death was instantaneous. His body will be carried to Jonesville ( 'nd buried probably Monday. EXAMINES FORT LWW HANK. B. J. Kimme Win Examine Affairs of Institution?Note From Loud Cash? ier. Chester, Nov. 24.?B. J. Hhame, State bank examiner, will reach Ches? ter tomorrow morning to investigate the condition of the Fort Lawn De? posit bank, whose cashier, H. B. O'Shields, killed himself Saturday morning, at Fort Lawn. A note has been found written by tho cashier just before he took his life. The note reads: "I have not beat one soul out of a penny, so help me God. H. B. O'Shields. P. S.?1 would i ot lie lacing death." The Fort Lawn Deposit bank was organized in 1910 by Messrs. Fuller and Adams, who came to this county from Mississippi.(With the institution well under way, the organizers sold their interest and the bank has since had other changes in its management. The general opinion in Fort Lawn and j Chester is that the bank has ample ; assets to pay all depositors in full. The body of Mr. O'Shields was ear ? ied to Jonesville this morning for In erment. A number of friends from Fort Lawn accompanied the body. No inquest was held, Mayor W. L. Abernathy of Fort Lswn assuring Coroner Gladden that it was a clear SSS Of suicide. CONFIRMED BY SENATE. South Carolinians' Nominations Go Through. Washington, Nov. 21.?The senate in ex< cutive session today confirmed the nominations of Lewis W. Haskell to bo consul at Belgrade, Servla; ? )as Jenkins at Riga, Russia, and , Julius D. Dreher at Toronto, Canada. Imagination of Children. Laura Spencer Potter, writing an articlo entitled "Christmas Books foi Children" in the December Woman's Home Companion, in which she makes suggestions that may help In sslseting them, makes the following interesting comment on imagination in children: "A child grasps everything first by way of his imagination. I think a boy might meet, for instance, Abraham Lincoln himself and not be much more impressed than with any other grave and kind acquaintance; but introduce Lincoln first to his fancy; tell him just a little of Lincoln's life and what it stands for, and nearly any boy, T will wager, would walk a mile I to see some house the man lived in. j or an old coat so great a man once j wore." COAST LINE'S HEAD ILL. . M. Emerson, Suddenly Stricken? Taken to Wilmington Aboard Spe? cial Train. Waycross, Ga.. Nov. 24.?Seriously ill from acute Indigestion, T. II. Em?r- j son, president of the Atlantic Coast Line, early tonight was taken aboard a special train which will take him I to his home in Wilmington, N. c. Physicians described his condition as ?extremely hopeful." President Emerson was taken ill yesterday at Dupont, Ga., while en route with a party of road officials on an inspection tour to Montgomery, Ala. He was brought to Waycross last night, and spent today in a local hospital. President Emerson s train la expect? ed to reach Wilmington tomorrow morning. THIEVES VISIT MAYESVILLE. Hone and Boggy Stolen and Store Broken into and Robbed. News w;u? received here Tues? day morning of a robbery at Mayes Vtlle Monday night. It is stated that a horse and buggy belonging to Nel i son Shaw, colored, was taken about } dark Monday evening and later in the night it is supposed the thief camo back and broke into the store of Mr. lt. J. Mayes, Jr., and took a number of articles. It is supposed that a negro named Jake Black stole the horse and bug gy, but no trace of him has been iound after he left Mayesville. The horse and buggy were left in a back lot and it was from there that they Acre taken. The store was robbed some time in the night, but the theft was not dis? covered until time to open up Tues? day morning. The thief is supposed to have broken into the store through the front window and to have left through the side door. Only a small number of articles were missing. The town officials have notified .surrounding points of the theft and are keeping a sharp watchout for the ihief and it is expected that he will e caught in the nexu few days. GENERAL ELECTRIC STRIKE. Twelve Thousand ^Workmen Quii Great Electrica! Plant. Schenectady, X. V., Nov. 25.?A strike of twelve thousand workmen was colled in the O neral Electric Company plant this morning. The order has been generally obeyed and the great works are tied up. H.iM';>tK REPLIES TO COM? PLAINT. General Manager of S. C W. Sa>s Ea cilltiea arc Inadequate Now, but will bo Inmproved Later. The Chamber of Commerce has re eived information from General Man? ager Hancock, of the South Carolina Western I tail way, in regard to the complaint ol the business men of Bumter about ho failure of that com? pany to deliver at or receive for ship? ment from points between Sumter and llbhopville freight in less than car load iots. Mr. Hancock in a letter to the managing secretary of the Chamber of lommeroe says "The present facili? ties for handling freight and passeng? ers between Sumter and Bishopville r< not considered by any means ade? quate by this company, and are in? tended only as temporary accommoda? tion, which vre are able to afford ou?* ; :(irons during the construction pe? riod. 1 1 am unable to advise you defi? nitely when we can promise the ad? ditional facilities which we hope to rovido, tut I am taking the matter i,? with Mr. W. R. Bonsai, president, and will advise you further in the near , future." Mr Hancock's letter holds out very little encouragement ior better ac ? mmodations in the near future, but the managing secretary's office will ake the matter up directly with Presl lent Ponsal in hopes of getting ar rangementa quickly made to handle mall shipments for the points be? tween Sumter and Bishopville. WANTS RIGHTS CLEAR. Colombia Protests Against Approval of Steal. Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 24.?A reso luti n "protesting against ;.ny mani? festation ol appro\al of the dsspolit. tion of Panama, publicly admitted by its author, ex-President Roosevelt," was unanimously adopted by uhe Co? lombia senate today. The resolution declares that "the attitude of the government and people of the United States is opposed to that of ex-President Roosevelt, as the present government has made quite clear its desire to respect the laws of equity and justice." A negro very much the worse in ap? pearance for having resisted the ar? resting: officer was brought in and locked in jail Tuesday morning. His name was Davis and he was wanted in Clarendon county. "And Her Dream Came True" We Know it was a Coincidence, but Nevertheless ==.- It is True ?? = A young lady of this town, name given on request, hunted all over town Tuesday for a pair of Slippers to go with a gown she was going to wear at the Shriners* Affair, and could not find what she wanted and then one of her friends said, "Try the Wreck Store" (but we'll let the young lady tell the rest of the story herself. She said, I surely was discouraged, and was wondering where I could get my slippers when I fell asleep and dreamt, yes actually dreamt that I could get them at the Vreck Store. ' And her dream came true," for we sold her just the slipper she wanted for 98cents, und made this young lady happy?which brings us to the point. Whenever you need anything in Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Furnishings etc., the quickest and cheaptst way to find it is. ' THE STORE THEY DREAM ABOUT" PHONE 601