The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-21
Gouemor Cole Blease May
Clean Out South Carolina Prisons


an oc.ava volume NJ asa nases In
which he .xnlair. .on,a 81 hi. nmmer-
o,,s nardons naroles ana commuta-
tion. - aanterco rharo ara rnanv
he rro.yIr1 .torIas IN +hn hoo,r ~, which
the povarnor ommenta In Character
init Stvla
Tn +a,i,no wbv h. raro,ad a nepro
car,ad San, Ca,Lin. cnrvic,ed ~
mans1auUhtar tho governor wrote.
",rhis negro he9nr engaged 10 a
nerro c,ri cai,ad ~ 500 her and in
fooling with a pistol It went of and
killed her II seems to have been a
rar,, "a aoc,aent uou,avar aftar a
saco,d +ho,sh. ,os.;h,,, ~ was FOR
tha GOA ~ INV, ! ni+v for mad thew
nrarr;ad w ao,ht tbav would have
hr-r,ubt forth ,oora neproev 70 the
future detr,ment ~ +ha state"
St,,I 10 aaa,,,a 10 ,hinr that n napro
h,s $3.50 acanor,,. ,,a1,,a To- IN ex-
n1a,rinr puhy ha com,nutaa tho sen-
tanca - .ctaLa,, Morr;c a neyro rur-
darer nrder .entanca ~ death from
ovnc,,,tan to IL. .ar+arca in the
,,aritartta-,, - ,a,,v. .srhis dafanaant
no enn,,tc,aa ~ L,,,,ng arother no
rn ra+,,ra,I,, aaa,ns+ hanu,no
o,a...aar.ir,~ go ragro for Liiitnu
arothar hac.,,. ~ WOW haa~ two
e. ,,,,,io. ,,,rr tnr loose ara enc want
r,na a-,a 1880 ord lila tha other
!, 49,, : 49,. : l., =, ,,-o,,ia 49, tora 61s orr,
and shon+ tbs other rnu1a hut would
taLa tbat ,nuIa and wor,r Il. therefore
ha1sa,e thnt u,har ona repro kills
ara,har ha .horia ha NM IN The nen;-
,art;ary ana mada n wor,e for the
&C.,,
IT, - r,ras ,,s v,awa IN
$500 .saatrsr 9, taIIiro wbv he ma
naIss rsra,,i. S.an. 80 .raasa a Mind
=. .,a.hnr 80 80 u,os cor-
,s..as - nh,oinir1 GOOD. hy faIsa nre-
1900. -
p,e.s, nv, Horse Tradiur
.s,,s q. a-o,,sa - an goyernor
=, hss hoo,, 49, man saving
that :. hIina horse has been mt off on
him unless he was either blind or
drunk AT the time. and there Is no
evidence to show that the prosecutor
was either Therefore, he should have
been too much OF a man to complain
for the only purpose people have for
trading horses Ia to improve. II A
trades with b. A expects to get the
best Of the bargain or A would not
trade. When Il trades with A he be-
Eieves he got the best of the bargain
or he would not have traded. There
fore when either one Of them gets
stlrng there should be no complaint"
In expiairripV why he hardened J .
Allen Emerson. white man, who was
serving a life sentence for murder. he
said that tho imprisonment of Elmer
son had seriously impaired the health
Of the mans sister. Her life" the
governor states. rs worth more to her
and her children and is worth more
to the citizenship and motherhood of
this country than the Incarceration
of her brother ia worth to the State"
In come parts of his book Governor
Please fae-cely inyeighs against GER
tain "rnfnions OF the law who have
incurred mis- dispieasnre. He pardoned
Bud Willis. who was convicted OF vio-
lstinr the liquor laws. The governor
saws:
a., a~,a- ~v.,, aa+ar,tves or
80 ss.a,.t,ro. 80 .ntw nsarar.sr
:. rosst,.s IN ,,,,,oh e. aarh
s s,,s 80 - lie =, crsa- - rnt
.so 49, ~ s,rr,, r,atb,. for s,,cb q
$50 - ea..ia nalitns ,bs,,sa,,.ss Nm
~ ~ -, - - stsg-ans -, ~
49, sa.,.s,,n "a go e,raat ~,,ans~
80. =. nat.s,, - en- nr,r,,,,c.t,,, owl
u 49, ~ ~. $50 rar s,ea "a
.,.,,. ,,s ass,..
~ .s 20 po,a,a par-ss ,o