The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 24, 1908, Image 1
1 VOL XLV NO. 04 NEWBERRY, S. O.. TUESDAY. NOVEM BER 24. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAH
Ij GRAND JURY'S PRESENTMENT.
<| Exhaustive Report, Dealing With Af;;>/ '
fairs of County, and Making
Pertinent Recommendations.
M 'he grand jury made its final prcs^ientment
on Friday lo the court of
$ sessions, Judge Memminger presiding,
Mand the jury was discharged lor the
Corni. The work of the grand jury
m lias been very thorough, as is evidencip
ed by the following exhaustive presiMentment,
and the highly complimcn\
r. tary remarks of .ludgu Memniingcr
J vto (lie grand jury upon receiving it :
||> To His Honor Judge If. \V. MomMmingor,
Presiding: We, the grand
Ijury for Newberry county for the
Jfvear 1908, beg to report that wp have
^considered all bills handed to us by
|i|fthe solieitor and have reported our
findings on same lo the court.
V ( ^ (i have examined the books of the
treasurer, auditor, superintendent of
education, supervisor, sheriff, master,
W probate judge, and such of the work
Jjwoi. the elerk of court as comes under
ml he supervision of our body, and find
JNieru, wilbout exception, kept in such
| manner as to reflect credit upon the
.^persons who are responsible for the
conduct of public affairs in each of
I he public ollices above enumerated.
m We are especially gratified in findJ|?
ing the following statement regardM}'
ing the financial condition of the cduj{;:
rational department of our county,
viz., Amount on hand at beginning of
the last scholastic year, $40,(>92.88;
amount expended. +'34,720.2:'); balance,
>' ?? on hand, $11,922.6;}; which, taken into
consideration with the fact that
jp| several new and modern and comforpi
table school buildings have been erectM
ed, valuable libraries placed, up-todate
furniture and other parapherf|t
nalia installed, and a school term com?
mensurate with the ability of the
w|people to patronize, evinces a degree
et progress which promises much fot
$$|the near future.
j,fj For some few years the supervisor
Mjj has been compelled to borrow from
|fjr the sinking fund commission amounts
jv-f ranging from live to seven thousand
"it ''^hirs to meet the public necessities
|i?f the county, entailing an interest
|?account of $350 per year. We feel
?that this is not good policy in the
conduct of affairs, and recommend to
M; the senator and representatives-elect
the passage of an Act by the next general
assembly authorizing the levy
and collection of a tax of 4 1-2 mills
for Newberry county, this being 1 1-2
y/ mills in excess of the 3 now levied,
6,..' which only produces $22,000, while
the books of the treasurer show an
expenditure of $27,947.(50.
!j3| j-"our (4) mills would be sulTicient
$3 '? place the county upon a cash basis
| in two years were it not that the late
l|; disastrous floods have entailed a loss
of several thousand dollars, which
L must, be provided for if we would keep
^ Newberry off of the "Hook of KeJm,
metiibrance of (he sinking fund coiusU
mission.
The county home is reported by the
W committee charged with the inspection
|!| of same to be in good condition. So
f?r as il can be maintained by the
I!': keeper, the inmates are as healthy as
K ape and infirmity will permit; well
jsL provided for as lo food and raiment
A and faithfully attended by the county
physician. We would suggest to
the supervisor, however, that this eonSi
diton will not continue to exist miles*
prior recommendation, coupled with
present instructions of this body, reP
suit in repairing the roofs and whiteH
washing the walls of the houses.
R We would suggest that rock be ob|
tained from the quarry on the lands
R belonging to the county at the home,
and used in building walls on the
northern and eastern sides of the now
court house lot, and that said lot be
sodded with Bermuda or other grasses;
also that a walk twelve feet, in
I width, from College street to the front
j steps, be built, of such material as is
used in the formation of sidewalks b,\
the town.
We would recommend that the old
court house be thoroughly cleaned
' and put in such condition as will induce
the rental of all rooms on the
ground floor, and that the upper story
he renovated and used for such purposes
as may be oermilted by a com'
mittec consisting of the clerk of
{ ?eourt., ma vor .of .the .town, .and chairI
i
ft.
I
man <>l' tho board of health. Also that
I lie basement bo put in such condition
as may bo found sulTiciont by the supervisor
and health officer of the
town.
The jail was found by tlie commit-1
toe of inspection to bo kept in first
class condition as to sanitation and
order. The brick wall on the rear
needs repairing; also the one on the
front at the larger gate. It is also
suggested that the supervisor have
placed on the western side of the
county burn near the jail, such guttering
and piping as will prevent the
water from the root of said barn
from flooding the property adjacent.
We have examined the books of record
of the magistrates of Xos. 1, 2,
'), (>, 8. !), 10, and II, and find that
there is a growing proficiency among
them for which they are to be heartil.v
commended, cases being properlv
docketed and findings plainly indicated
with treasurer's receipts cnveiing
lines imposed in every case except
one or two which are in course
ol adjudication and collection. From
a more intimate knowledge of the
conduct of affairs of Magistrate
Mease, of Nos. 1 and 8. we feci that
we would be derelict in our duty
should we fail lu call attention to the
ellicieut and intrepid course pursued
by him throughout his whole official
career in the preservation of peace
and the conservation of justice; and
e bespeak lor him, ou his retirement
from ollice, that confidence which is
the need of duty faithfully performed.
We would turther recommend thatall
eases growing out of the maintenance
of nuisances be reported to
the magistrate of the township in
which they are declared to be located,
and that said ollieer proceed at once
to investigate said charges, and, if
proven to exist, to take steps to abate
same in the manner provided bv the
statute.
llie grand jury desire to express
their appreciation of the lucid and
highly pertinent remarks embodied in
his general charge to that body by the
judge presiding, and wish in this public
manner to assure him of their
highest consideration of his services,
both as a man of untiring zeal and a
jurist of unflinching perspicacity;
and, following with profit the line of
thought suggested by him, recommend
to our representatives that they
take steps at the forthcoming session
of the legislature to render inoperative
all statutes that exempt the individual
from public service as juryman
in the courts of the land, leaving
the matter subject to the discretionary
powers ot the judge presiding.
W e would also recommend to that
same body serious thought along the
lino of conservation of principles involving
the well being of tho social:
fabric, tor we are forced to believe
that the rapid increase of crime is
contingent upon a growing disregard
of the courts, even when founded upon
the most intelligent interpretation
of statutory provisions. The substitution
of pecuniary consideration
for the more effective species of punishment
for criminal offences tends to
tho lihcr.ition and infliction upon the
means of the law-abiding a class of
beings whose existence is a menace to
society. Chain gangs, jails, penitentiaries,and
I lie gallows are institutions
growing, it is true, out of cruel necessity,
and yet they are undoubtedly
such as make for the preservation of
innocence. Tho case of a few dollars
, and the consequent peonage of fcho
ignorant cultivates a desire to get
even with society and a determination
to enjoy something beyond the bare
I necessities of existence, which cxhi-1
bits itself in theft, arson, and even in
murder. For this condition of affairs'
I we, the majority, are solely response!
[ ble; and we need but to lift our eyes;
to see, blazing in the firmament, our'
condemnation?short-sightedness, en- j
! v.v, greed. We again ask our repres-j
jentatives to rise superior to the situa- :
I lion and stand upon a plane of equal- j
ifv with the occasion and contend for!
laws beneficial along this line in thisj
matter, and far-reaching in results, i
Wo join with His Honor in an ex-I
pression of our appreciation of the,
services of the commission upon whom 1
fi"1 duties con-eoneivt upon the croc-'
li'?ti of this m.tgnif'rent temple of
justice devolved.
We congratulate them upon their
conception ol (In' wishes ol:' Hit! put violin
majority ol' (lie citi/.onship of our
eonnly, ami assure them that their
names are graven deeper in the hearts
ot all true Nowborrians than they
are upon the tablet which lends cnelianlinent
to the tinted wall of its
beauteous entrance hall.
We recommend that the fee usually
allowed 111 our elerU lie devoted to the
purpose of procuring a suitable mat
to be placed at the front door so (hat
visitors may contribute lo the olYorls
ol its occupants in keeping its floors
tree from disfiguring stains.
1?\ W. Iliggius,
Koreinan.
Judge Mommiugor. in receiving the
presentment, said it was a very fine
report ami that it would receive, and
certainly deserved, I he a I lent ion ol' the I
people of Newberry county. "You
have discharged the work vou have
had to do hero this week." lie said,
rapidly, and with judgment and dis-'
erelion. Judge Memmiuger also
thanked the grand jury for the kindly
expressions contained in the presentment
regarding the court.
I lie following six members of the
grand jury were drawn, in accordance
will) the law to servo on next
\car s grand jury: J. I). Davenport",
\\ . A. Kecder, K. S. Hawkins, \V. K.
Kulmer, J. W. Wilson, W. 1). Smith.
WOOD PRINCIPAL MATERIAL
IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Great as the advance in fire-proof
construction has been during the last
ten years there has been no let-up in
the use of lumber, and both architects
and builders find themselves so dependent
on wood toda that they are
compelled to admit that the forests of
the country are likely to be the
chief source of building material for
many years lo come.
''The use of cement, terra cot la,
brick and si one, with ^ framework of
steel, will make it possible soon to do
away with wood entirely," is a remark
otten heard. a??1, indeed, when
one stands on lower Broadway and
looks up at the towering skyscrapers,
the statement seems to contain much
truth. As a matter of fact, however,
the popular idea that fire-proof materials
will do away with the need of
using lumber in a comparatively few
years in a very erroneous one. Alt
of the various fire-proof materials
going into the approved construction
of the more substantial buildings artused
in greater quantities now than
the world dreamed of a few years ago,
,\cl the heavy demand for lumber oonI
i lines.
v "hat wood predominates is shown
by the annual building records. ()t
(lie permits used for buildings erected
last year, approximately 01 pei
cent were constructed of wood, and
the remaining :W per cent of fire resisting
material, according to a report
issued by the Geological' survey
on operations in forty-nine leading
cities of the country. Those figures
nre the most significant when it is
realized that they onl\ represent the
building activities in the largest cities;
they do not take into account
the construction of dwellings, store*
and other buildings in the thousands
of small cities and towns scattered
over and not included in the fortvnine
cities on which the reckoning i.x
made.
hi towns and small cities wood is
usually the predominating building
material and it is safe to say that if
the siatistitcs had included figures foi
all places of whatever size, the percentage
of wooden construction would
have been much grcaletr. These
figures, as a rule, are only for the cor- i
porate limits, and (lie suburbs of these i
cities have each very large amounts to
be added. The cost, also, is relatively
higher in these cities than in town's 1
nearer the base of the supplv.
Hill Nve is his earlier days once approached
the manager of a lecture'1
bureau with an application for em-'
plovment, and wis asked if he had!1
over done anything in that line. "Oh,
ves," said Hill. "What have yon
done?" "Well," re-died Hill, "m\ '
last job was with a dime museum,'1
sWSna- ;M |).,r.?t w:n. nl(.
"r he'd slicking out?nosing as the
largest ostrich egg In captivity." |
JOHN IRVING HOUSEAL. s
Dies In Memphis, Tenn.?Native of \
Newbrory?Brother of Dr. W. >
G. Houseal. a
(
A couple weeks ago Dr. W. G. !
Houseal received a message tlint his 1
brother, Mr. Jim. I. llouseal. was erit- 1
ically ill. Ill' went to set1 him ami !
had Ilu* pleasure of seeing him ami !
talking with him once more. Mis sis- li
ter .Mrs. Mai lie V. W'erts, of Salis- I
bury, N. ('., went with him. On !,
Tliur silay Dr. llouseal received I bo |l)
news of the death of his brother. An- )
other brother. M r. W. 1'. 1 louseal. lefl ?i
last week for Memphis, but his brot: ti
er died before his arrival. i
i:
.John Irving llouseal died in Mem- '
|>hi-. Tenn.. November IS, l))OS, and
was buried'in that city November 20.
I ill IS.
lie was born near I lot b Kden ehurelt *
Newberry county. S. .January 'J(i,
IS I.). \\ . \\ . llouseal moved with his
family to tin- town of Newberry in
IS.".:* ami his son. .lohn 1.. was a citiy.en
ot the town from that time until!'
187") when he went west to belter his
fortunes. '
Ilis education was received at New- ^
berry eolh'ue but before completing
his course he answered the call of hi* ;
country lo battle for her rights and
in 1801. lie enlisted lu Company I4',
-JUtli South Carolina Regulars, under
Capt. J no. M. Kinard of the Con fed- '
erate army. Willi this company he J'
fought at Fort Sumter and was at
the seige of Charleston in 18(51. lie '?
was put on guard duty at the surren-i
dor of Fort Sumter. He served in
(Jen. Lee's army in the campaign of *
1804 at Richmond, Va.. at the battle
of the Wilde rness, at the second I"
battle of Cold Harbor and at the seige N
of l'etersburgh. lie was then transferred
to (Jen Karly's eominand and '
fought Sheridan at Cedar Creek, Ya. v
lie was then transferred back lo ''
Richmond and finally to South Camlina
and met Sherman in his march 1
through Georgia. Tie surrendered (
with his company at Salisbury. N. C.,
in 180.). His career as a soldier was ;l
remarkable in that he was never !l
wounded nor was it ever necessary I1
for him to enter a hospital. ^
Most of his life was devoted to v
railroad work. He served his lime j
and learned the machinist's trade at .'
the old Helena shops of the C. & G. 11
R. R. and was afterwards an em- 1
ptoyee of that road. For a time he "
retired from railroading and entered '
IJie employ of a mercantile house of s
Newberry and at one time was a member
of the firm of llouseal & .Jones? '
( Jim. I. ami l'?. ('. I Later he was "
clerk in the sheriff'.* olliee ami I'oi I1
several years was chief of police of n
Newberry.
During the dark days of recousiruelion
he answered even call of dul> "
that was made upon him ami his was
shorn* ar.n o| defense and pndi.'C- ''
lion, lie was arrested and incareerat- (>
ed in t!te Newberry jail s a nieinbei s
of the Ku Klux Klan. but was releas- a
<'d without ever having been brought ''
In trial.
In 1S7.? lie left Newberry and went 8
West to reenter railroad work after
sin absence of seven years from that
occupation, and was continuously so
engaged until last August when he I.
was uranted leave of absence on ac- ri
count of failing health?a period of e<
thirty-three years. During that time b
lu? was engineer on the Ala. & Vicks- s<
burgh R, R? the K. T. & (J. R. R., and n
the Yazoo and Miss Valley R. R.. 'I
which was ahsorded by the III. ('en. in A
I8!)i{. Since the latter year he was in t;
the employ of the III. Ceil. R. R. Co. ' si
He was also foreman of the railroad ' h
shops at Memphis for five and one- J ci
half years. During his whole careei | ii
r?f nilroad work he was only in one I
wreck being slightly burned. He nev- si
r*r had a collision and no railroad pro-1 w
pe.rty under his care ''.as ever dam- j t(
iigcd. He was a popular foreman of ' ?
R. R. shops and passenger engineer r
iind highly esteemed by his employers. w
lie wa? .narried to Miss Augusta G. "
Addy of Newberry, S. C., Marc!' lilt. ? ?
1871. and is survived by her and four 1
Ii'.ldren: John Fi derick, an engi:>of
the 111. C. R. R.. who 11:is | wo !
>ons and one daughter; lOugene b
lierchett, Miles Buddele and Iva al- i
"? by Ilirc?t? brothers ami ono sister: <
as. h. llouseal, of Cederlowu, (la.; I
\ in. I'. llouseal, oi' Columbia, S. C.; i
lallie \. Weil/., ol.' Salisbury, N. C. j |
ad W. (J. llouseal, ol' Newberry, S. i
'. lie was a member of (ho Masonic 1
'raternily, of 1 lie K. ol' l\ ami lite
. O. <). |<\ In ilie laller years of iii.s |
ile lie was a consistent member of I
lie Baptist eliurcb. i
Hi' met I lie i>rim monster, Death, as I
?' ">''l I'"*' viei?i?.i|inle> ..I' lit',, and i
In- foe on (iie field of bailie- bravev
and unafiWlien told by his ,
>r.?liicr. a |>li\io'.iin from ||js faraway i
fewberry Imme, in,it a. l)(.sj i, , | ,
nly a I'-v wi ; !?> more |o In . !i(. ,ij,i (
iol intirm !' cii i*p.aln ici was .
n I lie leas| purl urbed. Ile said : " I f ,
> all riy:i. w il li mo, I am ii.it a "i aid .
i die."
MODERN LIFE A SCRAMBLE.
>r. Cromer, at Y. M. C. A., Paints j
Graliic Picture of Present-Day
Conditons. ,
The lion. (icorye II. Cromer, ev residenl
of Newberry eolle<_.,. and a
uadiny member of t In- Carolina j
tar. addressed a la rye ami iniensdv
uleresled audience ??f men al Ihe
o"11- Men .s ( liristian association
esterday afternoon. Hi- subject was
I lie Discontented Yoiiny Man." No
esnine ol it an ?ive even a poor re'(M'I
ion of i|. si renyl li, literary exellence.
(some men demand lliis if
0 oilier yood ipialily.) interesting il- |
list rations or brilliant epigrams. Fn '
11 truth and soberness it can he said J
lint every man of the many present1 |
':,s genuinely enlerlained and, belter
el. siimulaled to hiyln r ideals.
B.v way of parenthesis, while speak- |
ny of money the distinyuished visitor (
>>d he had noted I lie farl thai the
'harleslon V. M. C. A. needed mone\
roin citizens to help run its hi}?
''ork. "1 lalce il for yranlcd that a |
ioor Ii11 le community like Charleslon (
annol afford |o support a live Voun-i
len s ( liristian assoeialiou in deceit- ,
v." lie said in effect, i f not verbal im.
Speaking on the subject mentioned :
hove |)r. Cromer said modern life is
scramble. The impotenl man at Ihc
" ol is a yood picture of conditions :
oda.v. Slrony men push aside I he
1 eak, weak men the weaker in (he
ace for place, power and money, '
'here is discontent everywhere. Dav- '
il in the case of Abdullah drew to
im men of I he "Three D" class?ten
in debt, dissatisfied, disconlcntd.
That is another picture of the
amc coiidil ions. I
I he rich youny ruler who came to
esns presents a dramatic picture of
iaii s dissal islact ion. This man had
ower, money and moral character,
nd was dissatisfied, lie had three |
hinys, but, lackiny one, lie lacked all.
el I ishness or sel ('righteousness spoils
fe for any man.
1 hen followed a telling appeal fot ,
iyb ideals, failhfully followed in ,
\ er\ day lile. \ iewed from an\ {
Iandpoint, the address was a treat
nd an inspiration to those who heard
. News and Courier, 'J.'lrd.
ECOND CONFERENCE OF
GOVERNORS IN WASHINGTON ,
Wash! nylon, Nov. I!?. The much '
'Iked-of inventory of the nation's
['sources i. now practically complet- '
d. To consider I he material il has
rought loyether Hie National Cou[ rvalion
Commission has just anounced
ils lir-M full mectiny foi j
iiesda.v, December I, in Washington,
t that meeting the first steps will be
:iken toward put tiny into tangible
Itape the results of Ihc six mon'hs* 1
ard work on taking stock of the '
mm try's waters, forests, lar.ds, and '
linerals.
One w eek later, a tier Ihc commision
has yone over the inventory, it (
ill holrl a joint mectiny in Washing- 1
m with I he governors of the Slates *
'id Ti ril iries, or fhc.lr represent
.\| this meeting the invent 1
ill In* funthep di-eus?rd ami Ihe re.
'"'I whi'di Ihc president has request- '
I Ihe commission to make to him by j'
! will be formnlated. '
V less than six months in which
> " 1 > fhc inventory, the font '
ram 'nIo which Ihe commission
i divided, aided by fhc cooperation I
>1 it ho government departments, havo
brought together what is probably (ho
most usofnl collection o!' faols about
the material things on which national
induslrty ami progress arc based that
lias ever been assembled at one lime.
Reports presenting these lads and
pointing out their significaueo havo
been prepared. These reports, summarized
and indexed, will be submill?'d
to the commission at its coming
meet in,J*.
All throguh the summer general interesj,
in the work ami object of thu
L'onserval ion Commission has been
growing. The public is now well posted
on a subject of which only a few
specialists had knowledge at the timo
ot the eon J orcuco ot (tovoruors and
I'xperts at the White House, in Mas.
I In.* governors carried the spirit of
I he conference home with I hem to
their own people, and have kept,
things moving ever since by appointing
Slate commissions in siu?l\ local
problems, by writing and speaking
upon the subject of conservation, ami
by keeping in close and helpful touch
with the national commission. They
are ready to lake part in the approaching
joint meeting. The bare announcement
that it had been set for
December S resulted in a number of
acceptances before I he formal iuvilalion
of the commission had oven got
into the mails.
When the conservailion movement
was started, specific iu formal ion
about the actual state ol our resources
was partly wanting, partly inacnessible.
Certain facts were broadly
known, it was at least umpieslioua*
bio tha?t our resources had been wastefully
used, and that some of them, notably
the mines, wore sure iu time In
be completely exhausted, while others,
for example the forests, could
si ill be kept perpetually useful bv
right management. The first work
was to get the facts, to show exactly
what tin1 situation was and how it
I'ould be improved by measures that
would work. Without an inventory
of the resources which should show
I he present condition of the resources
and the way to develop litem
the best advantage, conservation
was in danger ot slaving up in thu
air.
lint t Iu; work is now prac.l ic.allv
'lone. The facts are mere, iu dollars
and cents, tons of coal, board feel of
limber, acre-loot and horse-power of
water, acres of land. And the possible
refroin measures have been
weighed. The final report to the
president will be the necessary supplement
to the addresses at the White
House conference. The Hole of | hostt
addresses was a note ?f warning. Tinreport
is expected In show thai I lie
warning must be heeded if the exhaustion
of natural resources is not,
me day, to, impoverish the nation,
and i| will also umlouhtcdlv bring out
liow the country's resources can bo
levelnped so as In last the longest
possible time and serve the grealcl ;t
;ood of tin- people.
Too Dangerous.
Old Audi lle.psy Oarside never
lad seen a moving picture show heore.
She gazed in speechless wonder
it the magic cnnl ri vanee by whicli
ncssenger boys wen* made to move
ivitli breakneck speed, barbers to
?ave I heir culsoiners in less than a
iiinule, and heavy policemen to dash
ilong the si reel at a rate never atained
by a livng specimen, either on
?r riIf duly.
II was ail real lo her. She could
lot doubt tiie evidence of her senses.
Ml things were taking place exactly
is depicted.
Presently an automobile came in
light in the far background, moving
lirectly toward the audience, at I lie
ale of at least a mile a minute, .htst
is a catastrophe seemed inevitable it
iwerved aside, passed on and disappeared.
Aunt llcpsy could stand it no long r.
Hastily grasping the hand of her
it tie m ice, she rose and started swifty
for t he door.
"Come ; long, Minervv'" site lid.
'It ain | safe (ft sta\' here anv long*
1' 1'iat I' in'/ didn't miss jne more
'tan I wo feel !''