Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER as. 1913.

track near Camden following a quar-
rel, was paroled after serving fye
months of life sentence for murder.
The parole Is conditioned on John,s
leaving the state within. "a hours and
never returning and he is to go back
to Turkey as soon as possible. This
he says he will do. John can hardly
speak any English at all, but talked
freely while sitting this morning In
the governors Office wearing his
stripes and waiting while the ,parol-,
ing papers were being made out.
80 Columbia special Of November
26, to the Greenville News: Among
the prisoners paroled by Governor
Blease in his Thanksgiving list was
one who has been dead for 19 months
This was Jack Scruggs who was con-
victed Of murder with hrecommendation
to mercy at Spartanburg In July, 1s0J
and sentenced to life imprisonment
in the state penitentiary. He died
April i, 1912, but was among the 106
given clemency By Gov. Blease yes
terday. The official record Is Jack
Scruggs, convicted at the July, 1907.
term Of court for Spartanburg coun-
ty Of murder with recommendation to
mercy and sentenced to life imprison-
ment In the state penitentiary, parol-
ed during good behavior November
26., 1913"
ment proceedings against c. p. Sims
Is that the said Sims took money
from one Blanton with the UNDER
standing that he would try to get for
Blanton pardon from the presi.
dent. The Spartanburg Herald on
Thursday, prints this afiidavit in the
case: Personally comes ]. B. Bell,
who being duly sworn, says that while
he was In Washington, compiling the
Congressional Directory, c. p. Sims
sent him petition for the pardon Of
one Blaton, who had been convicted
of Violating the revenue laws and that
sdeponent handed same to Hon. d. z.
Finley, member OF congress from the
Fifth congressional district Of South
Carolina, with the request that he
transmit same to the president, and
that therepon deponent advised Mr..
Sims Of his action" iis 49,
A- Columbia special Of November 26,
to the Greenville News: Samuel K.
Williams, who was this morning re-
leased from the state penftentiary az
ter serving five years Of q fifteen years'
sentence for safecracking In Charles
ton county, under parole from Gov
ernor Blease, was Immediately ar
rested by Deputy United States Mar
shal J, Il Adams on e warrant charg-
ing Williams with having committed
a postoffice robbery In. Marion, Ala.,.
IN 1901. He was rernanded to the.
Richland county jail In default Of
$4,000 bond TO await preliminary
before United States Commissioners
r. Beverly Sloan. Williams, who Is
known also as Jas. p. Kelly. alias
Oakland Sammy" is said to be an
escaped convict from Missouri. and
that ne once escaped from jail in
Florida while awaiting trial.
Union special Of November 26, to
the Columbia State: Miss Lizzie Kel-.
ily daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Ashby
Kelly, Of Kelly's station. this county,
has been awarded the grand prize Tor
the state Girls Tomato clubs contest.
She Is therefore the winner of the
trip to Warrington, which Will be
given December l0-l7. Miss Aisle
Smith, county director for the Girls
Tomato clubs for Union county. iE re-
joicing over the fact that one Of the
the trip to Washington over all the
contestants throughout the state.
Miss Kelly Is Is years Of age. She
followed the government directions
explicitly and had fresh tomatoes from
her patch from July /. to October !,
and canned 700 No. cans and be-
sides sold $20.l0 worth Of fresh to-
matoes from her crop. The patch was
exactly one-tenth of an acre. Besides
this, she furnished the. family, a
large one, with fresh tomatoes for the
table throughout the season. Miss
Kelly specialized In Jelly, making 16
varieties from fruit and berries. She
is q bright and attractive girl and Is q
student Of Kelly school, No. 2. She
will not only enjoy q trip to Washing
ton, but will turn. IL to advantage In
gathering inspiration and informa-
- Columbia special Of November "a.
to Newberry News and Herald: Cow
ernor Blease was asked II he received
the letter from the war department
In regard to the recent inspection Of
the so-called deficient companies of
the National Guard Of this state. He
said: Yes, found the letter here
upon my return from Jacksonviiie.
The letter bears date OF November 10.
but It reached this Office only on Mo-
vember 20. :. I am very much pleased
with the outcome Of the re-inspection
been very much better pleased IL all
the companies had been able to make
good. However. when was requested
to muster out thirteen companies. It
Is well remembered that absolutely
refused to do so, and requested this
re-inspection, which now has been
held and completed, and as result.
eight companies are saved, Five,
regret to say, II seems will have to be
mustered out. But:I presume will
be- given a little credit for saving the
OF the companies It Is
much better to lose only FIVE than IL
would have been to lose thirteen, and
had done as was requested to do
at first, these thirteen companies
would have been mustered out, and
we would not have been able to have
saved those which the war depart.
ment now recognizes as all right.
I regret very much that the COM
panies at Chesterfield, Bennettsville.
Barnwell. Conway and Bamberg fall,
ed to present themselves In such con-.
dition as that they could be retained.
feel thoroughly well paid
FOR my fight In having saved the com-
panies at Liberty Hill, the two Co,
umbia companies, and the Darlington
WATERFORD and Lancaster
It will noticed, too, that
among the companies which have been
saved are the two very important
at Elloree and Walterboro..
OF course, the others are not less Inn.
portant from one standpoint, but:
may arise which would
make these two very necessary to the
protection Of the white people of.their
- Pee Dee Daily, Tuesday: Senator
John l. McLaurin received a teleA
gram Monday saying that the plan to-
prevent gambling in futures which he
advocated before the New York cot-
,on exchange in a speech last week.
has been adopted by the exchange.
Senator McLaurin went to New York
With T. B. Stackhouse and NJ. c.
Heath, as representatives Of the, Coz
umbia chamber Of commerce. Sena-
or McLaurin was the spokesman for
he delegation and advocated q change
n rules to allow cotton delivered In
he south on New York contracts, and
'ther changes to prevent gambling In
utures. Monday evenings Columbia