Governor Suspends Sentence of Watson, Blaney. R. J. Watson, ex-soldier and formerly of Blaney, convicted in Charleston county in June 1929 of manslaughter and sentenced to serve ten years and a day in the state penitentiary, yesterday received clemency at the hand of Governor Blackwood. His sentence was suspended on condition of good behavior. Watson was tried in connection with the fatal shooting in December, … Continue reading Shows Clemency To Ex-Soldier

R. J. Watson Had Good Reason For Taking Poison to Escape Sentence BY ASHLEY HALSEY Devotion to the bride he went during his first leave of absence in July caused R. J. (“Willie”) Watson of Blaney to take “poison” twice and declare he preferred a firing squad to seven remaining years of a servitude in the penitentiary, it was learned Monday night after Governor Blackwood … Continue reading Paroled Prisoner Goes to Bride He Married in July While on Leave of Absence

Revival at Blaney. A revival began Sunday at Blaney Baptist church by the Rev. A. L. Willis, pastor, and will continue through this week, it is announced. Services will be held at 7:30 each evening and there will be special music. Ha Continue reading Happenings Yesterday and Today in the Churches

STRAYED OR STOLEN – TWO BAY mare mules, three and four years old. Weight about 1,000 lbs. H. T. Jeffers, Blaney, S. C. Continue reading Lost and Found

THE MURDER OF W. C. RASOR The beating to death of William C. Rasor, retired business man, capitist, in his home in the village of Cross Hill, Laurens country, is set down to robbery, or possibly to a robbery, or possibly to a robber who also harbored a grudge, and that may be correct explanation of the immediate, the direct motive, of the crime, but … Continue reading Carolina Press