The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 22, 1907, Image 1
i VOL XLIYS NO 85. NEWBEltliY. TUESDAY' OClOBELl 22. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. 81.50 A TEAR
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CHAIRMAN x/AUOrHMA.N TALKS.
Says There is No Demand for Radi- i
cal Railroad Legislation Among
tlio People.
Columbia, October 1(J.?Chairman
$ Caughman ol" tho railroad commission t
in speaking of the probable action of I
the coining legislature with regard to 1
the railroads, said that talks iie had
had in every section of the slate with
business men, manufacturers and i
professional men had convinced him -6
that there is a strong sentiment <
throughout the state against anything <
in the nature of radical legislation j
just a<| this time.
"My observation,' .said he. "is ?
that these interests as a whole are i
satisfied both as regards passenger I
rates and freight rates, ami there is a
disposition to have the railroad people
feel that the slate is not hostile to
them. These men tell me every- I
where that it is service and aecommo- 1
nation that are desired, and that if
the roads continue to show a disposi- *1
tion to improve along this line there I
will be no general kick about the i
rates. Of course there arc always a <
number of individual complaints here i
and there and some changes may bo
needed in the law, but while I do not 1
wish to be placed in the position of
seeming to decitate to the legislature 1
as to what it shall do, still I do not
hesitate to give it as my individual)
opinion that any radical legislation at
tihis time would be a very unwise step.
"What is most need for better
greight deliveries, and improvements
generally. The story has been sent
out from Sumter that extensive improvements
laid out there have been
abandoned on account of hostile legislation
generally against the roads.
"Now this state has not been hostile
towards the roads and 1 think the
roads will make a mistake to abandon
improvements. Of course we all
know that the money market is extremely
tight just at this time and it
may be that the roads are unable to
get needed money for improvements.
Still in spite of such conditions heavier
rails are being laid in various
parts of the state an passenger service
lias been generally improved. Therein
also emphatic need for new ties and
better trestle timber throughout the
state."
The commission lias not vet finally
decided as to whether it will ask the
legislature for n special attorney and!
expert for the commission, (hough all
the members of the hoard feel the
need for the services of both.
So far as a reduction of rales is
concerned, Mr. Caughman is decidedly
of the opinion that the business interests
of I he state would rather have <
any increased earnings ^o into improvements
and better service. Mr. ;
Caughman has been talking to people
from Georgia and North Carolina and
folks in those slates arc enthusiastic
over the reduction in rates involving i
the curtailment of schedules in passenger
trains and service. i
Mr. Caughman is decidedly of the
opinion that by the policy 1
of this state in maintained that 1
Ilie railroads should in good faith use
the increased earnings in this slate !
for the development of South Car- 1
olina and that I hey should not, because
of (he leniencev or co-operation 1
of South Carolina, lake the funds derived
here into other states.
MRS. CASSIE CIIADWICK HAD
$300,000 IN PITTSBURG BANK '
Cleveland, O., Oct. 10.?-A pass- 1
book showing deposits of over $300,000
in favor of the late Mrs. Cassie !
Shadwick in a Pittsburg bank came
into possession of Nathan Locsser,
the referee in bankruptcy, today.
The deposits were made on June 10, i
1002, and the referee says there is '
nothing to indicate that the account I
was checked against at all. The de- <
posits were made about the time of i
Mrs. Oh ad wick's dealings with the i
late James W. Friend of Pittsburg.
The usual examination for teachers'
certificates in (he public schools :
was held in I lie court house on last
Friday. There were ten white applicants
and thirteen colored.
A
PRESIDENT KILLS A BEAR. .
\t Last Brings Down Game?Killed 1
a She-Bear in the Louisiana
Swamps.
Now Orleans, Oct. 1!).?News of
lie killing of a big black bear by I
'resident Roosevelt, in the cane- <
>rakes near Bear Lake, La., reached '
Sew Orleans in a telegram to John
W. l'arker. one of the gentlemen who I
nviled the president to limit in the 1
it at e and who himself was a member :
>f the hunting party tinl.il business re- '
juired his returning to New Orleans '
several days ago. <
The telegram to Mr. l'arker was '
'igned by Mr. Leo Shields, another }
nembe.r of the party, and read as
follows: !
"President killed ureal big bear.
Went into thicket after him." 1
N'o particnlars were stated in the J
telegram, but Mr. l'arker surmised
that the president got. his bear late
Thursday. Two days ago several '
trails were struck, but only once did :
the dogs come up on bruin, and then '
it became necessary for a negro hunt- 1
sr in the party to kill the bear im- 1
mediately in order to save the dogs.
It was announced that the president
had started ou| early and that
with fresh and better dogs, trails had
been struck in the morning and wore
being followed in a lively manner.
Mr. l'arker believes that the bear
was finally run down and cornered in
t'.ie eanebrake and that the president,
as Mr. Shields expressed it, "went
in to the thicket after liini," obtain-'
ing a successful shot.
It Was a She-Bear.
Stamhoul, Lay Oct. ti).?The president
killed a bear late Thursday afternoon.
Few details of the president's bear
killing are known except iliat it took
place late in the afternoon after he
and the other hunters with him had
followed the dogs in ihe cliass
through the jungles for four hours.
The beast was a female of the
black variety and was beyond the average
size.
Ihe tact that she was secured at
all is attributed l<? the slaying qualities
ol the new dogs. The news was
brought in by a courier who arrived
I roni Hear Lake yesterday mornim?.
President's Bear Hunt Ends.
Stamhoul. La.. October .1!).?Willi
the close of today, the president terminated
his I?>iii*ieon-day limit on
Hear Lake and Tensas Bayou. That
the last day was one of unabated activity
on iiis part is certain, but what
ihe result Was, was not known at (>
[?'clock, as no messenger leaving tIk;
camp after the close of the day's
<poi't had reached the telegraph station.
The .weather was excellent a?
it has been throughout the week, and
the party started out in the early
morning in high spirits and in anticipation
of a fine day with which to
close the fortnight of sport.
The president will reach Mr.
Shield's home during the forenoon
tomorrow, and will meet a number of
Mr. Shield's friends at dinner. A
special train will take the president
iind iiis party to Vicksburg, starting
from Ibis point at. JO o'clock Monthly.
Alter a stay of four hours at
Vicksburg, the president will board
the Pennsylvania Railroad tnvin,
which carried him from Washington
lo Keokuk and return to Washington
iiboard of it.
GRAVES TO EDIT HEARST PAPER
Becomes Editor in Chief of the New
York American.
Atlanta, (Ja., October 19.?Tt was
[innounced here today that John
Temple Graves, editor of the Atlanta
Georgian and News, and considered
me of the south's most gifted journalists
and orators, has accepted the
chief editorship of the New York
America n.
It is understood that Col. Graves
will assume bis new position about
November If). (
Magistrate C. G. Blease is in Green - <
wood'on busines.
*
SENATOR BLEASE IN RACE.
[f Ansel Runs for Semite Bleasc W
Run for Governor?Direct
Statement.
Tlw interview I i ( in Senator ('.
IJIcase comcs by way of tin' Au^n>
.'hronicle. I; is printc?) under a No
>orry dak' ??I* October II. ll reads
Willi a full realization of the f;
ha! Senator Cede I.. I5lea.se, of tl
ity, luul gubernatorial aspiratioi
uid with III,* foreknowledge of 1
letorniina I ion to make the race I
governor of South Carolina at t
xpiral :on of (low Ansel's term, y<i
[ orrcspondent today called upon I
senator.
"Senator, I notice by Sunday
""'late that (Jov. Ansel has under c<
uderat ion I be matter of bciny a c:
lidale for the I niled States son;
nihilist Latimer, ami that this repi
was started by a gentleman who I
recently been in (iroenvillc and v
in conference with tbe governor a
some of his closest friends. Will \
lie. in tbe race for governor next su
mer if flow Ansel runs for the s,
ate," was asked
"1 will," was the reply.
"Upon what platform will y
make the race?"
'Tpon the same t.haf I made
race for governor in 100(5 and uj
the same principles which I have
vocated since my first entrance i:
politics in 1S00."
Mr. l>lease now represents Xewli
ry county in tbe state senate and
ivco'_'ni/,.'d as one of tbe leading nu
hers of that body. Tie has alwi
been a strong advocate of the st
dispensary system, ami assuming
leadership of the dispensary fori
fou'jhl to the last diteih for that m
sure when it was killed by the lej
latuiv a year ago, being replaced
Hie Carey-Cot bran law. lie was
so a candidate for the governors
on the same platform.
A Word With Our Subsciibers.
The Mem Id and News has
adopted the cash in advance systi
and. therefore, we find that a ,ur
many of our subscribers owe us
one or more years in arrears. 'I'll
amounts are small and with the pi
peril v, which has come to our peo|
we I eel that they should not mak(
necessary lor us (?> send a eollee
alter liicm. We need ilie money in
:ind need all of it. We hope that ;
Mitlicient ly appreciate th.? indul-jo:
which has been extended, to let
have what is due, and if you can
pay it all, at least pay a part of
I hose who live in the country, t
easily secure a money order from
rural carrier without the necessity
waiting until they come to town
pay what is due. We will mail yoi
receipt promptly for any anion
which you may send. This request
urgent, and we hope that you will
lend to it at once.
- Mimnaugh's Big Store.
Mimnauirh quotes some prices
this issue of The ITerald and Ne
which should draw you to his
store if you desire to save mon
Will ore there is cash buying and c;
selling, there can always be short p
lifs, because there is no risk and Ih
are no bad debts, and that is
motto of Mimnaugh's store. His s
cess, since he has been in Newbei
has been remarkable, and lie cret
it to the motto which we have j
quoted, and which has been bis hi
ness motlo. Think of a $20 coal
$1;>, and everything else, in prop
fion. It is true that right goods
right prices tell the tale, and th
you will find at Mimnaugh's, r
some few of them are quoted in
advertisement in another part of I
paper. II would be impossibly
quote prices at any great extent ii
stock so large and so well seloc
but tin' goods are here and the pri
are right.
Wov. I), O. Phillips and Or. K.
Jones returned yesterday from
meeling of IMVsbytery at Ml. Cam
Mr. J. I?. (Jreen is announced a:
caudidate for re-election from ward
\ i>". Jos. II. Hunter returned \
I"?dry from a visit to relatives
BISHOP POTTER INTERVIEWED.
ill Sees Nothing Strange in liis Entertaining
Colored Bishop.
Uielnnond. Ya., October I!).?BisliL.
op Potter. when interviewed today reta
gard'uiir his entertainment of Bishop
w- I'iM'uusoii, (?!' Africa, ill luncheon yesi:
terda.v. said:
u'< " I'here is nothing strange in that.
I u'll waj?er two shillings that the
us, Bishop of Louisiana would have aeiis
copied ;iii invitation to meet Bishop
or Fermi son it' I had extended it to
he liiin."
Il,r I '11' Bishop of Louisiana replied in
lie the allirinative and Bishop Potter remarked
:
*'s ''I knew it."
?h- I'll'* Bishop of Louisiana, when apin
proat'hed on the subject, said lie had
lie answered in a perl'iuietory and preoeirt
eiipied sort of way: ''1 am a Southlas
ern man." and eontiiiued, "and the
. as influences there are far different
nd from those in the North."
'?u He seemed much aggrieved that his
m- name should have been brought into
ill- the matter, and expressed appreciation
of an opportunity to explain his
position. He said he did not know
oil that he was talking before a reporter.
I lie WILL GO TO BREMEN.
)on .
ad- Farmers' Union Manager to Confer
"to With Foreign Spinners.
,(>! _ Anderson. October IS.?Mr. \V. (\
is Moore, of Greenville, business ntati'in
ajrer of the state Farmers' I'nion, will
nys leave for Bremen. Germany. in a few
ate days to confer with cotton exporter
the there with a view of making arrange es.
ments by which the Farmers' ITnioi:
ea- (,au sell cotton to the exporters direct
is- Mr. Moore's visit to Cicrmanv
by comes as a result of the recent Cot
al- Ion Congress in Atlanta. Some of |h.
Slip European spinners who attended tin
( oirfcrence were much impressed
with the plan of the Farmers' Unior
lor handling cotton through waiv
not liouses. and they invited Mr. Moore
Din, b? go to Germany and confer witl:
eat spinners there on the subject. Tt n
for understood I bat I lie European spines,.
ners were so much interested in tin
'os- matter that they agreed to pay Mr
)h', Moore's expenses on the trip, and In
> il has decided to go and will leave in ,*i
tor i'-'w days.
,on EARLY CLOSING.
ice, |
,,s Spartanburg Merchants to Close at
not 6.30 Except Saturday?In Beit.
half of Clerks.
the ' be merchants of Spartanburg hav?
of agreed to close their stores at G.3f
to p. m. the year round except Saturday
u a nights and every night in IVcemhot
int. when they will keep open until 1(
t is o'clock. The movement was started
a(- in behalf of the clerks and salesladie>
and pushed and pressed upon tin
merchants by the ladies o:f the cit\
through the V. M. C. A. auxiliary,
ws, ' Hi*?i some of the merchants enbig
n vigorous protest but the wo(>v
men had gone into the fight and il
asji was their determination to win. S(
,r??- 'hey quietly passed the word around
thai they would no longer trade will
l)H. those merchants who had not heeded
ne- heir petition and if was not long be
rv.j'u,(> he merchants came aeros<
lits ami now tJiey have all sinned up.
list | A great many of the merchants ol
isi-1 Columbia have adopted the. earl\
for ; closing and there is no reason wliv il
or- should not be done elsewhere. T?
al Island on one's feel behind a countci
ese from seven jr (lie morning to almosl
ind jany hour at night is iiarder work am
hi., more tiresome lliiin l<> plow a mule
his | And from early morning until ii
to I lie aflernoon everybody could be
l a served and if all the merchants clos
led cd each one would have I lie same ail
ces vantage.
Mrs. Augie Caldwell is visiting re
C. lalives at Ml. Carmel.
a The Young Ladies' Auxiliary Mis
lei. sionary society of the Church of tin
s a Redeemer will meet al the churc'
I 2- I hursday afternoon ?' ! ~> o'clock.
al Stolen swcels ail often hard Jo digest
The Governor and tlie Superintendent < !<
News and Courier.
Passing over the humorous writings co
in ill-;1 letter of State Superintendent la1
ol I-.ducal ion Mart in, tliirtv-six hours su
having elapsed during which the ?d"
laughter has in part subsided, it may tti<
be as well to direet public attention it\
to tin1 omission ol the South Carolina | bo
cousiilulion-ntakers to create a gov- eh
ernor's cabinet. South Carolina's as
chief executive, unlike the president, lh
has no "ollicial family." The consti. a
I ut ion-makers and other legislators ca
may have been ignoramuses, but oer- nn
tain il is that they nave no intimation en
to the governor Mint lie is called upon M
to advise with any slate ollicial, ex- <M
cept on his own motion, in making |d
executive appointmenls. h;i
The suggestion is respectfully but ' b'i
firmly adv Sliced that the appoint-Is"
ment of members of the stale board lb
of education was not placed in tliu
hands of the superintendent of education
for the simple and sulllcienl ??>
reason that the lawmakers preferred s"
that it should be in the hands of the ,(1
governor. To be sure, it may strain s''
the credulity of the public to believe ,l'
that the lawmakers knew their busi- A
ness, but they are entitled to a presumption
to thai effect.
The common schools and liie com111011
people are intimately connected. 11
livery "old lield" school is control! ,s
ed by citizens who are not profes- '>
sional teachers. There is much in
school tcaching that is not technical.
lite parent ol the pupil is sometimes
better informed about some school
| matters than some teachers. Above
all things to be avoided is the "
; building up of a cloistered class of
. teachers; of teachers so addicted io >'
i their profession as to be withdrawn ^
. I rom pupils and parents. Overspecializing
teaching is the undoing
. ol educational progress. The really
. competent teacher has an open mind Jl
. that receives as quickly form the pu- ?
| pi Is and their parents as from the n
i books o| pedagogy. In short, common
? sense is nine-tenths or leaching and
> lechniciility the oMier tenth, while in a:
i pharmacy or medicine or law techni- r;
: cality may be five-teulhs or more, e
I fence the palpable value of lavuieu
. on the board of education, especially |
il I hey be ''interested in school mal-ja
? ters,' aud may thus be ?111a 1 itie(| to!"
i . >"k at ;i given proposition from thejri
viewpoint of hot || teacher and school !
patron. J
K"r example, let us consider tin- se ;
lection o| schocd book-, a tom-tuni of t'j
; the slate bo.anl. Teachers are ver\ f'
prone io one-sided nolion> mi tlii- i'
subject. The sympathy between lhc{u
school book publishing house and the
> teacher is often strong. The puhiishI
ers' man points the teacher to a '
- slight improvement in a geography. !
All other geographies instantly be-'a
I come intolerable to the teacher's ex|
pert mind, and the drumhead con- I;
; demnation of those in use seems to
, him imperative. The layman, how
ever, has had more experience in buying
geograpnies. lie has seen im- u
proveincnl. follow improvement in fi
books with no proportionate mental n
j. strides bv little Sammy and Susie
( ami in the hoard of education, ,jus|
I as likely as not, he may be obdurate,
, perverse, stubborn and "bull-head- c<
I ed. In such ca-'e, the publishing \v
hnuses and the superintendent would 1 n
, be likely to set down the deparlment I
as out of dale and generally decayed,
s but education would proceed in South a:
( arolina. ^ our layman on the board -J
is sometimes ull ra-conservaI i ve, es- ii
pceially in matters tiiat would in- j h
volve expense to the people. After all, |>
the lawmakers may have known thoirjh
^ business when they protected the '
stale board from becoming overburdened
ami unbalanced with teach-!,,
ers, and conserved lay represent a I ion ; y
in il. j I,
No evidence is at hand that the gov- |
crnor had adopted any policy of ig- j
noriiig the supcriulcmicnl previous-'
t" that gentleman's high kicking at}"
the lime ol cx-(loverimr Sheppard's
appointuir-nt. The people are not dis- "
- posed to believe that Governor Ansel,
1 a bland and courteous gentleman,
i would deliberately ami habit ualiy i
forget I he existence ofs" grcal a man !
as Mr. Martin, but after the S!iep- a
i pan? incident. he may have reinem- , u
be red that he, wa.i governor and 1 r
>tli;'i| wit I? the ;i|?p?>in| in*_r power.
Tilt' our t hinjr most clear from the
nl roversy is I lie wise loin of the
ivniakers in not making the stale
periutendent l.hc appointing power
the state hoard, thus prowntinj*
e hoard t'rom losing its individual;
in that of the superintendent. Tin)
ard, it seems, is designed to he ^
eek upon the superintendent as well
an advisory committee to him and
at character it would lose were not
.Martin Ansel to assert himself oesionally.
The value of a hoard not
ider the thumb of the supcrintendI.
whether the otlice he held hv Mr.
art in or sotne other person, w'lt,
>on relleetion. he e\ident to the pcoc
and, meanwhile. Mr. Martin need
ive no tear that the people will hold
in responsible for anv "duties,"
?'h as mal<im;- appointiiienfs, which
e lawmakers have placed upon the
ivernor. If other unveruors have in
iod nature chosen to permit supertendents
ol education to exercise
une ol their powers and superinndents
have leaped to the eonclui?n
that all jyovcrnors should follow
eir mild example, that is not Mr.
nsel's fault.
Amonjr the triumphs of medical art
i which the n'/\t sreneration will di et
the hackpointintr fiiurer of pride
the1 marvelous recovery of the para'/.cd
Hoyers.?St. Louis Times.
Many a man who lives hv his wits
'is a ha 11-st a I'ved look.
I here seems to lie an impression
lal Mr. Mui'ton could put in some of
is time to yood advantage hv locator
a soft spot mi which to fall.?
^ashinjrton Post.
For Mayor.
('. Ji. TTavird is hereby announced
s a candidate for mayor of the city
I Newberry, subject to the rules and
simulations of the Democratic party.
J. J. Lanu'ford is herehy announced
s a candidate for mayor of Newherv
subject to the rules of the Demorat
ie primary.
II. II. I'.vans is hereby announced
s a candidate for mayor of the city
t Newberry, subject to the rules and
uulations ol' the Democratic party.
Alderman Ward 1.
Appreciating conscientious and
lit lit ul services rendered, we therein'
lake pleasure in nominalintr Mr.
. ! '. Itaxter for reelection as alderlan
for Ward 1.
Voters of Ward 1.
Alderman Ward 2.
.1. I*'. (Jreen is hereby announced as
candidate for alderman from ward
, and will abide the rules and result
ions of the Democratic party.
Alderman Ward 3.
Mr. S. K. Boiikniidit is hereby anounccd
as a candidate for alderman
i?r ward subject to rules of denicratic
party.
For Alderman Ward 4.
Mr. .1. A. Sonn is hereby nominatI
as a candidate, for alderman for
ard !, and will abide the rules and
' - 'illations ol the Democratic party.
M. I?\ (Irillin is herehy announced
s a candidate for alderman for ward
, and is ur/jod by his many friends
i that ward to consent to the use of
is name for this position, and is
ledired to abide the rules and result
ions of the Democratic party.
d. McWhirter is hereby announeI
as a candidate for alderman for
lard d, subject to the rules of the
emoeratie primary.
A. d. S. Lanj-'ford is hereby anounced
as a candidate for alderman
nr ward d, subject to the rules of
lie Democratic primary.
Many Friends.
Alderman Ward 5.
Mr. Kd. li. Ii'odidsperjier is hereby
iinotinced as a candidate for alderlan
for ward No. f>, subject to the
ules of the Democratic primary.