Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-04-26
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PaImettu Items.
1t is probable that Isadorc Thompson
of Greenville, will have hard time
to get pardon. In 1903 he killed Arch
Sullivan in Greenvile and was SEN
fenced to serve the rest of his life in
prison. A petition stating tie case
Las been received. Acting upon his
usual custom, Gov. Hayward sent the
petition to the prosecuting attorney.
who in this case was Senator Dean of
Greenville. The latter declares, in an
endorsement received Tuesday, that
the prisoner should be made to serve
at least sentence for manslaughter,
as there was little in the case to rec.
ommen" a pardon. 1t is declared in
tic .,li.ion that. Isadore Thompson
killed the man who seduced his daugh-
ter, refused to marry her and then
went about Dragging Of what he had
dcne. However, the jury seems to
have thought that there was enough in
tie case to have the accused sent to
the penitentiary for life.
Bib Smalls, the North Carolina white
man who was convicted Of numbering
a negro. will not be hanged at Dar-
lington on the 5th of May. as has been
generally expected throughout the
State, and has been strongly hoped by
many people in Darlington county. His
attorneys have perfected the appeal to
the Supreme Court just in time to save
his neck, and he thereby getting a
years respite, if not a reversal and
new trial. Notice of the perfection OF
the appeal was given Governor Hey
ward by Smalls' attorneys, and the
Governor has notified the Darlington
sheriff to hold up on the hanging. The
appeal also includes some faint hope
for the life and liberty Of John Nall,
also white convicted along with
Smalls, but given only life sentence,
inasmuch as the jury recommended
him to mercy.
James Moore. negro laborer at
work on the excavations for the new
bank building on Main street in Co.
lumbia, lost his life there in such a
strange and unusual manner that his
felloy workmen's superstitiors have
been aroused and it has been difficult
to get them to work again. Moore was
standing beside six-foot embank
ment, when part of it containing bricks
gave way and fell against him. and
although the impact of hardly more
than cubic yard Of the stuff, he re-
ceived injuries which resulted in his
death three hours later He was trip
ped by the cave-in against a wheel
barrow board walk, the brick MASKING
his head and neck against the board.
Com mptroller General Jones is doing
bit of "trust-busting" on the side by
raising the tax of the returns Of big
corporations. The raising of the Vir-
ginia-C Carolina Chemical Company's
return from 100000 to s3,00O,0OO has
been followed by raising the re-
turn Of the Standard Oil Company to
100000 from S65,OOO. The par value
of stock is put down in the return at
s10O share. and the capital is placed
at s100,OOO,000, with over $98,G00,000
Of that paid in. The stock is being
quoted in the market at $3.50 a share,
1t is demonstrated that gigantic cor
poration with its various properties
has a market value of over billion
dollars.
The people Of Rock Mills township
in Anderson county have voted an adj
ditional tax of four mills for school
purposes. The vote for the special
levy was unanimous, not single vote
having opposed it. Many OF the dis
tricts in the county have voted spec
ial levies to support their schools,
and the movement for better educa.
tional facilities is steadily progressing.
In one instance, at least, in addition
to the voting Of special levy, the
principle of consolidation has been
successfully carried out.
The rails in the new railroad con-
Meeting Union with the Seaboard Air
Line are now being laid rapidly. A
large force is already at work without
the corporate limits of Union, and the
rails would be run right into where the
new station will be located were it not
necessary to build trestle in the
rear of L. G.. Young's residence. This
lest'e will be an especially heavy one,
about As feet long, and will require
about two or three weeks to be COM
rjeted For several days Capt. D. j.
Griffith, railroad conductor who has
been grading out for the new railroad
yards, has been working ahead Of the
track gang in order that the roadbed
would be in first class condition.
Gov. Hayward Wednesday offered a
reward Of $3.50 for the arrest of the
pei son who burned the barn Of l.. F..
Stanford in Union county on the
night of April 2nd. The offer OF re-
ward was made at the request of So
licitor Sease
The Spartanburg Herald Company,
with $4,000 capit5l.. and with A. o..
Gonzales, w. W. Holland. II. l.. Wat
son and + H. McMasters as corpora
tors, was commissioned.
Mr.. D. M. Dedenbaugh, Of Anderson,
the young railroad man who was ar
rested a Jew days ago on charge Of
embezzlement, has been released on a
bond of 81 900, given by. J. w. Ashley,
Of Honea Path. He has employed
counsel and the case will come up for
tlial at the next term of the sessions
court in May. In the warrant OH which
his arrest was made it is alleged that
| he misappropriated funds to the
amount of S2,086.