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Nc ' " r .iii. ???m 4 VOLUME LIT, MJ1BEU 51 JiEWBKKKY, 8. t. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1917. TW1C1 A WSEK, tUt A YlUi J* JI** ????? 1 ??MMM m ???mm ?? M ' ? ALL POSTMASTERS ARE >W v CXDER CIYIL SERVICE f The following editorial squib appeared in the Observer on Tuesday. 1 he attention of Congressman Domi-1 io'ck was called to it, and he was asked if he had anything to say about ^ the matter, as the appointment *-kp TiActmoctflra cinnp the democrats . ' came in power has been largely in . the hands of the congressmen. Mr. Dominick is home % for ; ^ a few days, having" been called . here on account of the illness of his' ( bi other. This being his home town j * the people are naturally interested in , what would be done about the post- ;' *> mastership, at least those wno are not so familiar with the executive' or -1 * 11 J der of the president, or who may have forgotten it. UntiJ the issuance of ( the executive order by the president , the congressmen from the South under a democratic administration did have * some say about the appointments of pcstpiasters in towns the size of New-: skerry, hut now all are continued in ^ office during good behavior, regard-1 1 lessv.of when their terms may expire, j 1 The following editorial appeared in ' tfco.Observer on Tuesday: O "Postmaster Hill's term expires In August, but there is little heard ] about his successor. The community . seems to be satisfied with his admin-' ' - m ~ ? TtrAnl r! ' ' l^trRtion EQd ms r6<ippoiiiiuiciit nvuiu g've. very general satisfaction." In answer to a question from the repcrter of The Herald and News Con- ' ?iessmaa Dominick said: "About April 1 President Wilson is- i ' sued an executive order, which he had j' a right to do under the law, placing j ail postmasters in the civil service. |J \ Up to that time only, fourth class' *>n?tmasters were in the civil service, j * Under that order and under the rules ; * and regulations of the postmaster gen- j1 ' ' j ? 1 etfcl there will be no cnanges ?au w ^ vacancies in any of the offices, but j - , wtere there are n^ charges against I ' the postmasters and where the record Is good and the service efficient the J postmasters of all classes are con-1 tinued in office regardless as to wI ether the term for which they were 1 appointed and commissioned had ex-, ' ?a ? ?* aro in the same:1 pjreu or uvi. class as R. F. D. carriers. They have, ! n definite term of office, and bold of- f1 fice until death, resignation or re i J if oval for cause. And in the event of\ a vacancy from any of these causes J the vacancy is to be filled by an ex- j1 vanimation under the civil service reg- j1 u-ations and the person, whomsoever j J Je may be, who makes the highest i 1 _ l^rk "will be recommended for ap- j F pcmtmen1- Mr. Durlesoa, tae posi-, master general, says even if a negro ' stood the-T&st examination he would ( be appointed. Of course, the appomtment would have to have the en- * of or be confirmed by the ] j seEate. j "Under the present order of the 1 p -esident and the rules of the post- i 1 v office department, much to my regret j 1 "fend the regret and vigorous protest of j ( a large majority of the democratic 1 congressmen, including Speaker * Champ Clark and Democratic Leader 1 Kitc-hin, representatives in congress ' have nothing whatsoever to do with the appointments of postmasters. It j is probable that some action may be J ortprrmfed in December at the regular j ses^cn to change conditions but it , is hard?y probable that anything can j f be done as the senate favors the civ'l . s-'^ice protons as embodied in the postoffice appropriation bill of the . 64th congress. ? "Of course the republican congress- ^ mea are not interested in either view j. o* (he case, because as all of us good!} ^JMU-mocrats are glad to know they have j, -i?ia commonly I.. tad 110 cnauw cn. ? . known as the "patronage trough" for , the past five years. 4* "Under present regulations, so far I as I have been able to find and my . information goes, practically all tho; pctronage has been taken from tho 1 congressman except the clerical force . in his office, city earners at third . ? class postoffices and a police jog at , the capital..' ? Congressman Dominick was called 1 h<?me on. account of the eerious ill- , ness of his brother, Mr. Claude DomI inick, who i3 much better now, and' * * ATkV TT* o ir ( on this call WOUWi nave uinue any n?7, but he says that so far as the house 5* is concerned it is up with. iU work 1 ^ and is now only marking time and Important measures T>iiich are now HAS THE EXEC UTIVE ORDER PRES. WILSON BEEX IGNOR ^ In The State of Thursday morning the following special from "Washington appeared. As it is somewhat in conflict with the interview which Ccngressman Dominick gave The Herald and News in regard to the appointment of postmasters the reporter went to see him again on Thursday morning to enquire if he knew anything about these appointments as five of them are in the third district. Mr. Dominick was very much surprised because he had been told positively by Mr. Burleson, the postmaster general, that the order of the president would be strictly adhered to ani no appointments would be macte and ah postmasters would hold on to th(V" (cbj for life unless removed for cause or death or resignation and lew die and none resign. Here is the special in The State: Washington, Juiy 18.?The following appointments and reappointments :>? South Carolina postmasters were announced here today: Florence K. Metcalf;, Campobello; Lemuel Reid; Iva; E. W. Shull, New Brookland; E. L. Richards, Wagener; L. M. Poulnot, Charleston; E. C. Bethea, Latta; T. M. Mahan, Williamston; J. T. Lawrence, Seneca; Racheal W. Minsfcall, Abbeville; E. D. Raney, Beaufort; W. C. Clinkscales, Belton; Lula J. Huntley, Cheraw; W. M. McMillan, Cffnton; A.. G. King, Easley; J. A. T^annon, *** ??tr* Ti noffn^v flaffnev: F 1UU, X . u. . , J. F. Way, Holly Hill; J. H. Rothrick, [nman; L. Stackley, Kingstree, and P. H. Fike, Spartanburg. 1 Congressman Dpjpinick lpew nothing >f these appfcftnttnents except wftat lie 3a,tt in the South Carolina papefV He aau nothing to say further than what ae said in a telegram to the postmaster general of which the following is a 30 ty: i dewberry, S. C, July 19, 1917. H '* ? ' n "?'n~<?moofa? rtdn. ncn. A. o. DUriCSUU, rusiuia^vci U vu eral, Washington. Have noticed appointment of five postmasters in my district. May I ask if these appointments have been; i-.ade under civil service order of the president and regulations of department of April 2, 1917. You told me on March 29.1917, that no reappointments Bvculd be made and refused to reappoint postmaster at Due West "on my recommendation, saying that fie would De continued in office under order of p; esident and rules of department and reappointment would be unnecessary. FRED H. DOMINICK, M. C. , There was also an understanding between the congressmen froj^ South Carolina and the senators after Mr. Wilson was elected whereby the congressman would have the right to recommend for appointment of the postmasters of their respective dis:rkts and that such appointments p>ould receive the endorsement of the senators and the appoinlees would be ^nfirmed. In view of that" understanding which has been in force since ;he election of Mr. Wilson Mr. Domiaick sent the following telegram to Setator Tillman: Newberry, S. C., July 19, 1917. Hon. B. R. Tillman, U. S. \*?nate, Washington. Notice by morning papers that fire waiting on the senate to dispose of the before that body and wiiich hare al?-J?>io hrwiao reVt3 irauj i?>7Crw kuv wvvwv. _ une bill has been passed by the bouse icd is still in committee in t?e~ senate," eatd Mr. Dominick, "and the fcod control -bill was disposed of in a week by the house and it has new been in the senate for five weeks, rte $675,000,000 aviation measure was parsed in a short time by the house ana is still under consideration in the 3fnate. In fact, the house is entirely j.p with its work and is simply waiting on the senate. While some people are some newspapers seem to be chafine under the delays in the pas 0 s?ge of some oi the war legislation thf. house can not be blamed for any of these delays.'* Mr. Dominick will remain oyer m Newberry for several days unless the senate makes better headway, but will get back in time to be preseut wfoen the senate sends the bills back to the house. The strenuous life of a congTesiiran in Washington seems to agr?e with him as he is looking well and is in 8ne trim. / THE -NEW JAIL TO BE BUILT Oy THE OLD SITE : j i j I ?????^ The jail commission held a meeting o.Ti Tuesday. There were preesnt at the meeting the senator an<l repre-1 sentatlves and the chairman of the State board of charities besides a full; attendance of the members of the commission. Under the act the com>";pci'/\n r!r\ anvthinf must havp thft liuroivu ov uv v ?? _ afproval o? the Newberry delegation in the legislature as to location and j the State board of charities as to the plans and specifications ior the build- j ! . ! ing i The meeting on Tuesday was called 1 '.specifically for the purpose of determ- j ii;ing the location of the new jail.' Afcer discussion it was decided to build the new jail on the site of the' - - - , \ present jail and tile work to De com-1 n.enced as soon as it can under the J act and pushed to a "speedy conclusion.; .Tfcf- present jail is very unsatisfactory! j.The present jail is very unsanitary) ' and it is cruel to have prisoners con1 fined therein. Ii is expected now that the location ha~ been decided upon that the city council will build a good street out j Harrington at least from 'College j street to Nance and that Nance street | - u - in i irom 1^6 jdm iaj iudiu *T in uc put fire condition so as to be in keeping with the new jaiL ^ I They Will Be There. i There has been some question as to whether the speakers who have' been announced to be at Pomaria on" the 27th would really be there. 'We have been informed that each and every one I has personally accepted the invitation to be present and has promised . tr> be on hand. It is not an advertising scheme bnt each one has promised , to be present and will t>e tnere 'mxess i pre yidentially hindered. Do not fall to attend, rt is a fine combination of 'syc.akers who hare been selected Charch of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Falenwider, Pastor.) There will be services at the Luth eian Church of the Redeemer next ; Sunday as follows: 10:15 a. m. Sunj day. school. 11:15 a. m. The hour of j worship. Sermon by the pastor. All members urged to be present. 5:00 p. m. meeting of Junior Workers in the church. A cordial invitation to all the services is extended the public i j postmasters in the third district have; 1 been appointed. These appointments h^ve been made without consulation j with me and I request tfiat you hold up confirmation until I return to Washine-ton the first of the week. I am detained at Newberry on account of serious illness in my Tamily. FRED H. DOMINJCK, M. C. j It. does seem a little strange u?kt if i ! the executive order of the president is to have force that' there should be ap-1 V I p^intments made of .postmasters to i succeeed themselves. . 'Why not let! j them just hold on according to the j ' executive order. j I The following is the executive order j j of President Wilson to which refer-! i ence has been made in the interview with Mr. Dominick: Executive Order. Hereafter when a vacancy occurs in the position of postmaster of any j office of the first, second, or third j class as the ressft of death, resignation, removal, or on the recommenda! ftf the first assistant postmaster I "*"" I general, approved by the postmaster i gcr eral to tie 'effect that the efficiency or needs of the service requires that ; a change shall be- made, the postmaster general shall certify the fact to the civil service commission, which shall forthwith holi an open competi-1 j tive examination to test the fitness of | applicants to fill armch vacancy, and , when such examination has been held j and the papers in coffhection therewith have been rated, the said commi3i sion stall certify the result thereof | to the postmaster general, who shall j submit to trie president iutj uamo ui ( the highest qualified eligible for appointment to fill such vacancy, unless it is established that the character or I residence of such applicant disqualiI fies him for appointment. No person j whc has passed his sixty-fifth birth day shall be given the examination herein provided for. 1 (Signed) ^WOUDROW WILSON. ! Dated March 31, 1917. THE OLD LANDMARKS MAKE WAY FOR PROGRESS As one grows older the scenes and associations of youth stand out in bold i c liet*. And he hates to see the old landmarks taken down and removed. Even though it becomes necessary to remove them to make way for the progress and development of the age. It may sound paradoxical, but it is true, that in order to Duiid you musi tear down and destroy. Somehow I just can't help it, but since Mr. Leslie be,gap. to tear away the home of Mr. Geo. W. Summer I have felt constrained to write a little something about the dear j old place. It has carried me back ' - 1 1 J ? V? /-? to otner Q?tys? a,nu uiemui > u<i^ uccu busy in recalling the scenes and associations of those days. Not that I am so very aged, because I am not. I am the youngest man in this town for the years that I have left behind. My first recollections of the town of Newberry are associated with the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Hunter. Mrs. Hunter was my father's sister, and as a boy I frequently had the pleasure of visiting at the home. We lived then 12 miles jn the country at the old home near Jolly Street. The old Hunter home, which has just been torn down to make room for a new and modern dwelling, was one of the oldest houses in Newberry, though it did not have the appearance of being a very old house because it was always kept in good repair by Mr. Hunter, and afterwards by Mrs. Hunter and later by Dr. Peter Robertson and then by Mr. Summer. Mrs. Hunter was one of the best housekeepers who ever lived in this town. Tke house was built long before the war, and my recollection of the place recalls a beautiful flower gar| den always well kept, and on the lot I where Mr. Davis' residence now stands was one- of the finest orchards that the I country produced. There were ap' pies and peashes and pears and grapes and plums and. every fruit that this climate would produce, and the finest that could be purchased. And there was a great tall fence enclosing the orchard and the j? niila nr/iont flower garaen ou the front. Mr. Hunter did not care to iu-ve any neighbors too close, so his lot was bounded on one side by the street or public road, and on the other by the railroad, and on another side by the Baptist church. and the Lutheran church. He reserved a lane out to Boundary street between the two church lots, the same lot upon which my residence is now. He operated a blacksmith shop and a gin shop on the lot in, front of the Sum mer-Wise stables; the old brick blacksmith shop still stands. But the old residence is gone ?0 make way for a modern and palatial residence. And that grand old magnolia tree that stood by the corner and that was such a wonder and such a beauty to my youthful country mind is gone too. There were not many magnolia trees in this part of the country at that time. And they were something of a curiosity, especially fine a one as this was. And that beautiful and large sweet shrub tree i Kof/vro tho march of Dr02 Uct? l/VWA V ??? . ress and development. 5W!hen I saw the axe laid to that old magnolia I felt ttke saying "Woodma* spare that tree, Touch not a single txmgh; In youth It sheltered me An<?. I'll protect it now." "* * A1?A T Irr*OtTSJ Or iroras to Limt ea?,i, uuc x it would be useless. Somehow, to my mind the beauties of art can never equal the beauties of nature. And as for trees I hate to see one cut. But this is all sentiment and in this material age one must not indulge too much in sentiment cr the juggernaut of progress will crush him to earth, j Mr. Summer is going to build a modern and up to date home on this lot, and in order to get the room nena-ar Tirvrr p the old CBt'biirjf lUi Ulc Ub n house and the stately old magnolia had to come down. The old hos-se will be preserved and rebuilt just as it was! on Mr. Summer's lot near the Mollohon mill. And when the new home is finished, it will be one of the handsomest in j the city. The lot is ideal for a hand-, some home. Those of us who live] ' ANOTHER ROMANTIC MARRIAGE NEWBERRY COITLE IN ALABAMA I 1 The age of romantic marriage? seems to have been revived since the dawn of the era of high cost of living ; and preparedness for war. This state | ment may appear to be somewnat parI adoxical, but recent events will bear j us out that there is something to it. It may be that the activity that has quickened the pulse of the industrial and commercial world and caused a rush heretofore unheard of has Sharon rftflo /VM Han flu Did Cut Of hlS illbAV v*\* x I peaceful and quiet way of conceiving i and executing his program and made ! him "get a move on," to use the phrase of the times. i j From his snug little humming bird perch he S*es the tremendous surging | of the mighty masses, the mingling r>f i millions of men in the mad push for J victory and supremacy, not only in ! the war departments that are hasten| ing the mobilization of our regiments and getting the boys ready for the | trenches in France, but also in the i ?.ci r>H trarta TVh firfi liial Id Ul 11 U litV/ V4r i * VA V* v??v ? _ greedy men grip and clutch for the fortunes wrung in heartl<?ss avarice from the struggling poor through the storing of the flour that should be made into cheaper bread for the hungry and the meat that should be easier to get to give them strength. Seeing all this and more the little god of love and happy marriages wants to keep up with the procession in the rcpid onward march. He has to get busier or get left in the sweep of the on rushing tide. So into the fangs of his darts he injects the germs and microbes of restless haste to exceed the speed limit. Hence, while the whole world *8 throbbing with excitement and nothing its calm and serene except the babbling brook in the meadow and | the chirping insects that play around; I while the huge and migbty war.mow i ; ers and reapers^ and binders ^nd threshers of batus are moving down men like wheat in the fertile fields, reaping- the harvest of awful death and destruction, binding the widows and little children to poverty and despair and threshing dead bodies for grease to move the wheels and mai chinery for the carnage; while crowded trains and ships are hurrying with more men to fill ihe ?ap3; while the earth is heaving with the tramp and the tread and the turmoil of gathering and increasing forces and the sea is rolling with the submaI rines beneath its waves and the ba> | tele hips upon its ruffled bosom and I the air beneath the skie9 is pierced with the flying implements of the combination below;-while all this is going on, Cupid, on to his job, is spurring men and women to register for i fhe matri-monal race and lose no more near by should be glad that Mr. Summer is going to build such a nice home, and we are, but somehow I just hate to see that old house come down and to see that magnificent magnolia come down also. By the way, when I come to think of it there are very few families in ftt Hiring at the same j i\ O WUKPi 1 J W. place or in the same house where they T*ere living when I moved to the house where I am now living. Dr. James Mcintosh, the Clines, Wm. Jo&iaon, W. H Hunt's family, Mrs. 0. Wells, Mrs. Hornsby, J. M. Bowers, jars, mo Crary, Mrs. Mary Wright Cnot the same hou.se). Any others? N&me them. So really I guess the reason for this sentimental reeling about the old lardmarts is due to some extent on account of tie years that are gone I and are behind- Be that a? It may I am * glad that I have such a feeling about these old landmarks. Yee, there are the Griffins, Bugene and John and Mies Sallie Earre, the same places but not tie same1 houses. Even the parsonages of all the churches have been relocated and re| built. But it 45 the law of natare that we tear down that we may b?ild. We must die that we may live. One of the things tha*; I wanted rery much to see on the "visit of the Press I association to the low country was one of those before the war plantation* homes but I was told that there "was , none?not one left. So it ?oes. So It naa ever been. So it will be to the end. & H. A. ? Distinguished Visitors. i Among the visitors to Newberry on ! s count of the sheriffs' convention i . were Hon. Cole L. Blease, former govi ernor of South Carolina, the same old Colie that we used to know'7 ancL At| torney General Thos. H. Peeples. They were given the glad hand by their . many friends in Newberry who ard : always pleased to see them. : time at it, as tney Know not wna* a day may bring forth. i I But to get to the story of this writ; ing. In the issue of The Herald and News just about two weeks back, among the personal mentionings, it was paragraphed in separate places that Miss Ella Mae Williamson had gone on a visit to Montgomery, Ala., 1 n/J tViQ* TVTr T T* "Vfarrn umsx in At? | lanta. In noting his absence -we hinted that he might spend part of hia vacation "somewhere else." That ' was. merely a supposition on our side, although it bore the evidence of a J foregone conclusion, as "comrng ' e"v ents cast their shadows before." Last Monday afternoon, 4 few hours before the paper went to press, it was rumored over town that "Issie Mann was married." The rumor was persistent and would not down. We did not want to miss such an item -of news. The father of the young man I Hirf-n't Ifnnw it hilt. Mr. PI SL Dickert, who saw a Coweta calf in ! Georgia and had returned home, said | "Issrie" had told him in Atlanta that he was going to be married, and Mr. | Dickert felt sure that he had married, but we did not want to run the rislc of being premature in the announcement,. a?. "?here is many a slip betVfict , the cup and the lip." We thought . maybe the rumor was "father <o the thought." It was in the air and seem* ed to, be catching. The expectant pub j lie had just been treated to tne tnrut of a young National Guardsman speeding to Ninety Six with a Newberry girl, and it was only quite recently that a young marine came back j from Norfolk and drove up from Pros; perity with his sweetheart to be mari ried in Newberry. And it has not beea ; so long since another couple left Newberry by different routes and got mar, r ed in a State outside of South Caro: lina. The public had featsted on. all : this and was ready for more, and' we 1 wanted to give it to the people if could, but we had to go to press with/, out the information. Tuesday morning the first thing i went to Mr. W. S. Mann's store and i asked him if he had heard anything. He said he had received a postal card from his son to the effect that he and the young lady would arrive home at j the stated time and that he would tell : ai: about it. Nothing was said about | the marriage, but the wording of th? : card was sufficient. That was a settled fact. Accordingly, on Tuesday night Mr. Issie Brown Mann and his bride, nee I Miss Ella Mae Williamson, arrived in Newberry, going to tne nome or tne bride's brother, Mr. J. M. Williamson* They were married in Montgomery: Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. W. j R. Harvey, 118 Catoma street, by ifea ! Rev. Mr. MdCaslin, pastor of the j First Persbyterian church of that j Alabama city. They left Montgomery ' Sunday afternoon for Atlanta, J& i wfcicii lively city they remained uatii Tuesday morning when they left for ' home, where they are no'w reviving j the congratulations and well wl^ies ; of hosts of friends, all of whom hope for them a long life of happiness, usefulness, and prosperity. The bride is an attractive younj wol \n who possesses the Happy charm of winning friends by her j pleasant and agreeable disposition. j The groom is the efficient Assistant j Clerk ">f Court, whose swiftness at j the typewriter equals two or three hungry chickens pickii g up corn all at the same time, aid with as macii accuracy. His thoroughness and reliability quickly won responsibility ia j tlte oiace or mat master c;ei a. ui wurc, j Mi Jno. C. Goggans, where he has re: suined kis duties and is awaiting the ! call to the service in the engineering . corps ef the army of which he is i | member. t?Vhen that call cornea there Will be another war bride left la Newberry . Wt Next! Vv ' i-T *' V,&- J \ V