The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-09-08
The Record in $psrtaaArrg

A representative OF The Journal OBJ
tanned yesterday from the docket Of
the court of general sessions of Spar
tanburg county the following recori
cf the cases disposed of during the
present year "either by the appeals
being dismissed or the Judgment OF
the trial court affirmed and bench
warrants issued for the defendants"
Randolph Jenkins, murder, ar
rested, and is now serving his term.
Leonard Horton, violation prohi-
bition law, has never been arrested.
"Thad Miller, larceny, serving SEN
tence.
"Oliver Trolins, alias Oliver Ross,
violating prohibition law, has never
been arrested.
John Davis, disposing of property
under lien, has never been arrested.
will Gregory, larceny and receiy-
ing stolen goods, has never been ar.
rested.
"T. NJ Hatchett,. murder, has never
been arrested.
Jim Thompson, violating prohibi-
tion law, has never been arrested.
"Jim Thompson, violating prohibi-
tion law, has never been arrested.
"Will Atchison and Alphonso Az
Gibson, car breaking and larceny
serving sentence.
"a. F. Hempley, murder, serving
sentence.
"T. B. Alverson, murder, serving
sentence.
"Tom Howard and John Smith, lar
ceny of livestock, have never been ar
rested"
This record was taken from tho
docket of the court and was Checked
up with Sheriff Sam X. Miller, and
the disposition of the case given by
him.
Last week there were seven homi-
cides in South Carolina in six DAYS
and there will be no improvement OF
the conditions until the people place
the administration of their affairs IN
the hands of men who can be trusted
and who will do their duty. The is
sue of all issues in the present cam
paign is the reign of law in South
Carolina which can be assured only
by the enactment of new legislation
reforming the jury system of the
state, extending the authority of the
courts, taking the exercise of the par
| donlng power in the case of persons
who have been tried, convicted and
sentenced by the law from the COVER
nor of the state and placing it in the
hands Of the judges of the court of
the state with the governor acting
merely as the agent of the pardonine o
board so constituted to certify its con
clusioAs.
1t is expected that Governor Hal.
Ney will visit Spartanburg about the
middle of September and we hope that
! il will be convenient for. him to sperd
a day or two here to make a study
of the way in which the criminal laws
have been administered in Spartan
burg county, which we have been ac .
customed to extol as the county hav-
ing the largest white population in
South Carolina. He would be inter
ested, we feel sure, in the very warn
affection the ministers of the law have
rad for the men who have been con-
demned by the law, the special priv:
leges that have been extended to those
convicted of taking the life of some
man, woman or baby in this great
county, how the favorites of some
authority have been permitted free
range on the roads or streets of the
county or town in overalls, the very
badge of lawful and honorable serv
ice, while lesser persons under sen
tence have been required to appear
in stripes.
Governor Harvey should spend :.
few days here and call for persons
and papers. In such preliminary study
he would find much material for his
first message to the legislature of the
state on retiring from the office which
he has already honored by his service.