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<.<?\. 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