Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-08
FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS

SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS
Gov. Blease has appointed w. A
Jones Of Bishopville, member OF the
state historical commission.
DIR. Frank B. Mower Of Newberry
has been named assistant physician
at the state hospital for the insane.
The new Methodist church at
Dillon, completed last spring at cost
Of $4,000, was destroyed by fire, Tues
day.
Lewis w. Parker, former presi-
dent Of the Parker cotton mills, has
decided to practice law In the city OF
Greenville.
There will be 40 lawyers in the
house Of representatives. and ten IN
the senate when the general assembly
meets this month.
According to a report or the state
insurance department, there were 2S4
fires in South Carolina during the
month Of December.
Emory Turner. an 1S-year-old boy
Of Hartsville, committed suicide Tues
day, by drinking carbolic acid. The
cause Of the act Is unknown.
w. D. Metts, recently appointed
postmaster at Greenville, has brought
suit for $4,000 against ]. w. Nor
wood for alleged libelous statements
made in connection with the fight for
the appointment.
News reached Gaffney Wednesday,
of the accidental death in Admission,
Alabama, of Cliff wilkins, q years
old son Of Mr.. E T. Wilkins Of Gan-
ney. The young man was killed by
a train, but the early information
gave no details as to how the accident
occurred.
Florence was the first county to
report a birth under the new vital
statistics law. A child was born to
Mrs. Henry Crawley near Florence,
Just as the clock was striking twelve
on the night of December 81, and a
certificate Of birth was duly registered
by H. M. Aver, the township regis
trar early the next morning.
Robert Mickey, a negro, paroled
by Governor Blease, last Saturday, Is
again in the tolls Of the law. The ne
gro, who was convicted in Horny
county, returned there after his re-
lease from the penitentiary. He en-
tered a store and stole a quantity Of
goods and was arrested in Columbia,
yesterday.
A full pardon of Anna Drummond,
convicted Of the murder Of her huS-
band, and sentenced to life imprison-
ment, was received by the Spartan
burg authorities, Tuesday. The par
doned woman has been dead two
years, having died in the Spartanburg
county Jail after giving birth to a
child.
Two negroes escaped from the
ia lot 10 or nj
swinging down from second story
window, and were afterward arrested
at White Oak, about eight miles dis
tant. One Of the negroes, Long Estes.
was charged with murder, and the
other, Will Hawsey with car break
ing. Both had to be shot through the
arms before they were willing to sur
render.
Governor Blease has declined to
pardon Clyde Clement the youth, who
is held in the Spartanburg county
Jail under a life sentence for murder.
S. J. Nichols has been trying to get
the pardon and the governor has writ
ten to him as follows: Dear Sam:
Your letter Of December 20, has been
received. You know / would do al
most anything in the world for you.
AS an individual, there Is no favor
that you could ask me that l would
not grant-even to giving you my
shoes and last pair Of socks in cold
weather. However, / cannot interfere
with the Clement sentence. I heard
part Of the trial and am thoroughly
satisfied that the girl is just as guilty
as the boy, and / would not like to
express my opinion as to what brought
about the verdict, but / am satisfied
that some people knew what the ver-
dict was going to be before a word of
evidence was introduced, and l can
not be a party to what l believe to
be an absolute fXed-up scheme to
defeat justice. Individually, l would
turn the boy out without even a pc
tition, but as governor, ! cannot af-
ford to do so. If the reduction Of the
sentence to a term Of years would he
Of any benefit to him, would be glad
to take that up and discuss it with
you, but / cannot give him pardon.
You know how bad l hate to refuse
you, for the fact that no one is closer
to me than yourself, and no one
knows better my delight in making
others happy. With kindest personal
regards and best wishes, as ever,
your friend. Cole
Governor Blease has withdrawn
from the prosecution Of the criminal
libel case instituted against James
H. Moore Of the Columbia Record,
in the following letter, dated January
Z, and addressed to Hon. Wade Hamp-
ton Cobb, solicitor Of the Fifth ju-
dicial circuit: Il am informed that
it is your desire to hand out a bill Of
indictment at this term of your court
of general sessions against James H.
Moore, editor of the Columbia Record,
for criminal libel The affidavit upon
which the warrant was issued, having
been made by my former stenograph-
er, now my private secretary, Mr.. w.
F. Blackburn; I have advised Mr.
Blackburn that inasmuch as l shall
retire from the office Of governor
within few days, 1 desire, if possible,
to let the past be the past, and to re-
tire to private life and re-commence
the practice Of my profession, the
law, in the city Of Columbia, the cap
ital Of my state and, as a private
citizen, to endeavor to forget the
bitterness and calumny Of the past,
hoping that / will be allowed to go
on and attend to my private affairs in
my own way, as I will allow others to
do. / desire, If possible, to forgive all
of the sins that have been committed
against me; al Of the contemplate
falsehoods that have been published
against me, and, if possible, l desire
to forget them For this reason, ]
have advised Mr. Blackburn the prose-
cutor to ask you to enter nolle
prosequi in this case-thus personally
exercising in this instance the same
power Of forgiveness that / have eX-
ercised throughout my career as chief
executive of the great state Of South
Carolina. in order that when / retire
to private life, l may at least forgive
If am unable to forget. With kind
est personal regards to yourself, /
am, very respectfully, ETC."
Columbia, January s: A major
part of the first day of the session Of
the general assembly, which convenes
on January r. will be occupied by the
election Of executive officers for the
senate and house. The two houses
will meet at u o'clock. The senate
will be called to order by the retiring
lieutenant governor. Charles A. Smith,
and elections will be held Immediately
for the clerk, reading clerk, chaplain
and sergeant alarms for both houS-
es. The present clerk of the senate,