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4~e - AL XT VOL. XLII. NO. 85 NEWBERPRY. S. C.. 1'FTE DAY JULY It, 1905. TWICE A WEK1.0YA LEAKAGE GOYEMENT FIGURES PROYEDI SEC'T'Y CHEATHAM'S CHARGE WELL FOUNDED. It Was Claimed that Holmes Had Furnished Advance Information to New York Brokers. Washington. July 8.-As a result of inxestigation by secret service agents into the charges made by Richard Cheatham. Secretary of the Cotton Planters' association, that informa tion has been given to cotton brokers in New Yo'k by some person or per sons in the bureau of statistics of the -department of agriculture, secretary Wilson today made public an offcial report in which he states that Edwin S. Holmes. associate statistician, has been guity of "juggling" ofnvial re prts. The report says that it has been found that Holmes communicated ad vance information to L. C. Van Rip per, a New York broker, and H. Haas, of New York, who acted as a ;go-between in conveying information from Holmes to New York brokers, including Theodore H. Price. Steps have been taken by Secre tary Wil:on to prevent further leak age of department figures, and an en tire reorganization of the bureau. of statistics and the manner of prepar ing the monthly crop reports has been outlined by him. The papers in connection with the investigation have been referred to the United States Attorney for the Dis trict of Columbia and he Ws reported .that in his opinion criminal prosecu tin will not lie against Holmes. who has been dismissed. The secret service agents found that Holmes had grown immensely wealthy in a few years. Price Makes Denial. New York.. July 8.-Theodore H. Price, the New York cotton broker, declared that he had no acquaintance with or k nowledge of either L. C. Van Riper or M. Haas. from whom he is said in the report of the depart ment of agriculture, to have received information concerning t'he cotton crop. VICTIM OF POLITICS. How Governor Davis, of Arkansas, Ousted. Dr. Hartzog. Barnwell People. Arkansas papers of late date lift the .lid from tthe proceedings of the trus :tees of the State university. and show how Dr. Henry S. Hartzog was traded out of the presidency of that instit.1 tion. Governoir Jeff Davis. if thal -state, appears to be a regular W*esterr Tillmnan, the new president anothe1 rule-the-roo,'st politician, with an ey< very astute t. the height and strengtF of his political iences. No charges had been made agains Dr. I-artzog. and none could be. fo: during t'he three years of his adminis tratio)n he had worked with might an< main towards the upbuilding of th< university, and had "'succeeded mag nificentlv.' as :he Fayetteville paper: say. It has been his constant purpos to- lift the university out of p litics The .2 vernlr andl one triustee wer< wa .. over by ptr'mise If a judicia that greeted "iim was spontaneous. en thutiiastic, deaiening. it was hurri cane-like in its intensity-the iremen i dus cheering grew iII y,Alumne and intensity until the audience became almost tincnitr, llable." The affair has brought ,ne embar rassmnent to Dr. Hartzog-the ditticul ty ot selecting )ut ,f the numerous propositions +,f far greater proft and -pportunity showered upon him. He is wanted from the Mississippi :o the Golden Gate. JET BLACK ROSES GROWN? An Englishman Said to Have Dis covered the Secret. Baltimore Sun. New York. June 26.-Florists in New York were greatly interested to- 1 day in the announcement that an Eng lishman has discovered how to grow jet black roses, a feat whic!i has been vainly attempted for many years. If 1 a dozen of them could be offered for 1 sale to-day in the city. leading florists agreed that there would be no diffi culty in obtaining $1,200 for the bunh. On a few states along the Rhine practicall b'ack roses have been grown i for the last ten years, but a1 efforts a to eliminate a reddish tint in the cen tre of the bud have so far failed. No secret has been more closely guarded , by the German gardeners than this 1 one of developing even a compara tively black flower. Visitors are al lowed to look at the bushes and buds on special occasions, but w'hat in gredient has been put into the soi! to 1 bring about the abnormal color has 'not been told, even to close friends. In California a specialist has also 1 been partly successful in producing roses practically black, but, according to an announcement in London, it re mained for a peddler of shoe laces to attain perfection. It was said to-day by New York florists that undoubted ly the color is the result of a chemical introduced in the soil. The same principle, however, is sup posed to be involved as in the produc tion of blue hydrangeas, which are produced by putting iron into the soil in which the plants are grown. The black blossoms would be most popular as indications of mourning. but it was agreed by florists that the day is yet distant when any one of the freaks kill he seen in their win dows. Does Family Count? Portland Oregonian. "I go a great deal on family," re marked the Ward McAllister of the community. -"I tell you there's lots in blood; family counts"' Ah! does it? Abra'haii Lincoln's father was se poor that the negroes called him p0' white trash, and Abe himself wvas born Iin a log hut wvith cracks in the wvall so wide that you could throw a dose through them, and 'his mother's name was Nancy Hanks. The fat.her .of John Adams ran a corner grocery. John Quincy Adams however, had "family" back of him. for his father, John, had been Presi denit of t.he United States. James K. Polk grubbed roots out of a ne.w farm in North Carolina until he got too strong t.o work for his father, then he managed to secure a job 'in a country- store. Andre w Jo hns 'n married "fanmily" fr his wife knecw enocughl to teach [iE DISPENSARY SIDE PRESENTED AT POMRIA k PLEASANT GATHERING FOR ANNUAL 'CUE. kddresses By Seantor Cole. L. Blease, The Rev. J. A. Sligh and Mr. R. Y. Kibler. With about three hundred people n attendance, the campaign upon the lispensary question in this county spened at Pomaria on Saturday. ad iresses being delivered by Senatoz ;ole. L. Blease, the Rev. J. A. SligI md R. Y. Kibler, of Columbia. The >ccasion was a barbecue given by Mr kdam L. Aull. of Potnaria. It ha: )een Mr. Aull's custom for severa ears past to give a 'cue during th veek in which the fourth of July falls mnd this year, the agitation to vote ou he dispensary in this county having )egun. he decided to invite the lead !rs on both sides of the movement cc leliver addresses, and invitations were txtended to Senator Blease, represen :ing the dispensary side, and to Mr. A Jones and Dr. Geo. B. Cromer. rep -esenting those who favor voting oul he dispensary. Mr. Blease acceptec :he invitation. Mr. Jones gave hi! -easons for not accepting, in a letter hich was read by the chairman of :he meeting. at the request of Mr. A L. Aull. After the speeches of Sena :or Blease and Mr. Kibler the call foi :he Rev. J. A. Sligh was so strong thal ie was .orced to respond, and -h< nade an address. stating that when hE ,vas in the state senate he had vote< ,or the dispens,ary, believing Then, a! ie believed yet, that it was the bes ;olution of the liquor question, it 'be ng impossible to enforce prohibition which he would favor if he believe< it could be enforced. Mr. F. H. Dom nick was also called upon for speech. but preferred not to enter int< the discussion as be did not inten< taking part in th.e campaign, owing t< his position in the supervisor's offic< and as commissioner of election. Those in attendance upon the 'cu< and who heard the speeches include< representatives of the entire lowe section of the county, and severa from other sections of the county Among them, as could be gathered b: a representative of The Herald an News, the sentiment was strongly ii favor of retaining the dispensary and there seems to be little doubt tha in and around Pomaria the dispensar: is strong. Something Of Pomnaria. Pomaria is one of the best section of Newberry comity, and that mean one of the best sections of South Car oina. The town is small, but the bus iess of the merchants is good. an: every y'ear new life is being infusec The Pomaria oil mill is one of th town's recent enterprises. whichi undler the manag~ement of busines men of energy and ability, insuring it success. Among those who carry line of general merchandise are Au! & H ipp, the Setzler Co.. C. H. Co-.mte J. L.. Graham & Co.. WVedaman Bros and H-entz Bros. The surroundin: farming lands are fertile and well cul tivated, and the planters are prosper ')us. M\ost of them raise most of thei home supplies at h ime, and t.hey ar ndependent. Saturday's Meeting. .\'. the' requec-t of \lr. .\dami L. A-ul dispeinsary "ut Ifi this county have c made a special appeal to me to with draw my acceptance of yotrr kind in vitati''n to, be present with vu tomor- h ri)w to discuss the temperance ques- v tii,n. and as they feel that it would he a di:fficult f-or me to satisfy the people [ that I was only there in my" individual t capacity and no,t as a representative I if the co mmittee. I have decided to d c-mpip with their request. although I - see no reason myself why I could not. Thanking you again for your kindness b in inviting me. I am. b Sincerely yours. ' I A. C. Jones. c State Senator Cole. L. Blease was i1 then introduced by Chairman Aull. i Senator Blease's Address. t Mr. Blease said he had.hoped that b any campaign with speech making s would not be necessary this summer a but this questi,,n has been forced upon us and we must meet it. Every time t it had been his privilege to appear be- v fore the people here before, he had n appeared as a candidate seeking public t oftice. Today he appeared not as a t candidate, but as a representative of the people of Newberry county. He had hoped that Dr. Cromer and i Mr. A. C. Jones would be present, be- a cause he wanted to meet the other side on the stump, as was shown by s the challenge which he had issued in .c the prss. In 1892 a resolution was in- a troduced in the house of representa- C tives by Mr. Perry, of Greenville, pro- c viding for submitting this question to the people. The prohibitionis-cs op posed the resolution, and it 'was de- t feated. His position, said Mr. Blease, had always been to submit this ques- i tion to the people in the primary. In 1898 the Newberry county convention ,assed a resolution asking that the State convention provide for an elec tion upon the liquor question in the I primary of that year. In the state - convention, said Mr. Blease, Tillman choked it tQ death, and today Sena tor Tillman was clamoring for the same Thing which he- declined to give in 1898, when Newberry county unani mously asked him for it. Wanted Question in Primary. In the house in goo Mr. Blease said I that 'he again advocated submitting this question to the people in the pri mary. and today he was still in favor of 'that plan, but he was opposed to r submitting-it in any general election I at any time. He had been told that if he took the stump in this discussion 'he would tdig his political grave. If he had to tlive politically by deceiving his peopTe, the sooner his people put him in his political grave the betier it would be Sfor them. He 'had been told in 1892, Swhen he opposed prohibition, that he -was digging his political grave. He - had been told the same thing in 1894. Iwhen he refused to pledge betwveen -Butler and Tilln"in: .he had been cold Sthe same thing in the prohibition tight Sof I894. and he had been told that 5when he went toi the senate. if he 5 pursued certain measures 'he would a dig his political grave. He had been 1 todld that wvhen he opposed bonds for .good roads three years ago, when he - voted for Hampton to be re-elected *United States senator. and when he - Ivoted for Wallace to be .re-elected -judge that he was dligging his political r grave. e I Ileave it ti yo u."' he said. "'and not only ti you but ti one of the most bi)tter pol'itical enemies I have ever had,1( tha-t man who in his paper came Lal the real purposes of this move enit. and they won't come on the winmp before von face to face. Pro ibition has been pr-ved in every state -here it has been tried. to be a farce, nd I stand here ready to prove it. t was said of the last legislature that icre was an agremrnt between the riends of the dispensary and the anti ispensary people not to do anything. 'he members of the legislature are nod men, who wore no man's collar ,ut their own and 'had no special rand of politics except that they are )emocrats. The legislature found harges of all kinds before it. When asked for proof it couldn't get it. 'herefore. I introduced a resolution a investigate these charges and to ring a report back at the next ses ion. As a member of that investi ating committee and the author of hat resolution. I propose to show hings that will surprise you and ill open your eyes. These .men could or act without that knowledge before hem, and that committee will put hat knowledge -before them. Wait for the Investigation. Vhy not wait for -chat report? If is not an honest report, I will re ign my seat, you being the judges. "Who are the leaders on the other ide? I can't speak of them, because hey are not here. They were invited, nd they were afraid to come. Which ne of them ever supported Tillman r the farmers' movement except to et office? Which one of them sup orted the Haskell movement? Let hem answer, and God be their judge. "After the dispensary, then what? know why they are not here. I love good. clean fight, not with your ists, but in debate. I love to fight gainst odds. I love it anywhere you ut me, and I want to say to them vhat a great statesman said when he vas in a presidentia-convention. He valked up to another and laid his iand on his shoulder, and said, 'Joe, ,od Almiglity hates a quitter,' and I vish to add, he loves a loser, if he - good fighter, and crowns a victor. e may love me, he may crown me, iut he will never hate me. Prohihition Not the Aim. "What says the Columbia State? oin the prohitionists all ready for the :ommon charge upon the foe. What :ommon foe? The dispensary. Then t goes to work and takes issue with VIr. Brunson, an honest pro' : tionist, mnd advocates high license. Then vakes up old Granny in Charleston, md admits that she, 'too, is fighting ~or 'high license. The Darlington T'ews is honest. 'This newspaper.' it ays. 'is not much on prophecying. but eliev% the downfall of the dispen arv means the downfall of Tillman. ilman and the dispensary have been o e'osely allied for the past ten years hat they must stand together or fall :ogether. - A god. clean, strong man :an heat Tillman for senator in 1906.' Tat fellow is honest. That is the :ruth of the whole business. It is ;mply the old fight concealed tinder :he name of prohibition. This looks like an hocnest prohibition fight. to publish a thing like that, don't it? "The idea of a man saying it is not to his personal interests to come be ore you! Personal in'terest? WXhat else is in it? \Vhy niot go before the people, in stead of dodging? The Anti-Dispensary Forces. It is the greatest comb.ination on the earth: The hone'st prohibition i:then the ig> license people; ':he th!e .,b barkeepc'ers: then the