The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 20, 1909, Image 1
VOL XLVI io. NEWBERII .EI.11 AY. AUGUST 20. 1909 TWICE A
FIFTEEN PROMiBITION
SIX FOR DISPENSARY
RESULT OF TUESDAYS LIQUOR
ELECTIONS.
Light Vote Was Polled Throughout
the State.-No Excitement in
Any of the Counties.
Fifteen of the twenty-one wet coun
ties of the state voted for prohibi
tion in the elections held in those
counties on Tuesday. six of the coun
ties voting to retain the dispensaries.
A light vote was polled throughout
the State. and there was no excite
ment in any of the counties.
The line-up was as follo.ws:
For Dispensary-Aiken, Beaufort,
Charleston. Florence, Georgetown and
Richland.
For Prohibiton-Abbeville, Ba.m
berg, Barnwell. Berkeley,Dalhoun , Col
leton, Dorchester, Fairfield. Hampton,
Kersha.w, Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg,
Sumter, and Williamsburg.
The votes in the various counties
were as follows:
Abbeville, complete. Dispensary
516. No Dispensary 749. Total vote
in primary for governor 1908, 1,626.
Aiken, with all accounted for ex
cept 15 votes. Dispensary 1.308, No
Dispensary 1,148. Total vote in pri
mary for governor 1908, 3,791.
Bamberg. omplete, Dispensary 162,
No Dispens.&.y 663. Total vote in pri
mary for governor 1908, 1,192.
Barnwell. 15 out of 17, Dispensary
537. No Dispensary 806. Total vote
in primary for governor, 1908, 2,187.
Beaufort. complete, Dispensary 277.
~No Dispensary 239. Total vote in
primary for governor, 1908, 813.
Berkeley. complete. Dispensary 210.
Njo Dispensary 553. Total vote in
primary for governor 1908, 1.204.
Callhoun, complete. Dispensary 272,
No Dispensary 286. Total vote in
primary for governor 1908, 797.
Charleston. Dispensary 1,868, No
Dispensary 341. Total vote in pri
marv for governor 1908, 5,148.
Colleton. 23 out of 26. Dispensary
179. No Dispensary 729. Total vote
in primary for governo r 1908, 2,762.
Dorchester. 13 out of 14. Dispen
sary 495. No Dispensary 664. Total
vote in primary for governor 1908. 1,
406.
Fairfield. 12 out of 15. Dispensary
126. No Dispensary 706. Total vote
~Tn primary for governor 1908, 1,542.
Florence. complete. Dispensary 883.
No Dispensary 839.. Total vote in
primary for governor 1908, 2,431.
Georgetown. complete. Dispensary
450. No Dispensary 361. Total vote
in primary for governor 1908, 1,467.
Hampton. 15 out of 20, Dispensary
178. No Dispensary 594. Total vote
in primary for governor 1908, 1,754.
Kershaw. one small box missing,
iDispensary 340. No Dispensary 674.
Total vote in primary for governor
1908. 1,405.
Lee, c.omplete. Dispensary 304. No
Dispensary 586. Total vote in pri
marv' for zovernor 1908. 1.556.
Lexington. 3 boxes missing. Dis
pensary' 702. -o Dispensary 1.164.
Total vote in primary for governor
1908, 3.811.
(Ora.ngebu rg, complete. D)ispensary
60. No Dispensary 1.520. Total vote
in piimary for governor 1908. 3.422.
Rich.land. complete. D)ispensa ry 856.
No Dispensary 746. Total vote ini pri
mary for governor 1908. 4.266.
Samter. one small box missing. Dis
ensary 382. No Dispensary 558. To
1a vote in primary for governor 1908.
1.980.
Wiliamsb)urg, 4 out of 21. Dispen
ary 199. No Dispensary 308. Total
vote in primary for governor 1908,
3,239,
T-hd dispensary at Abbeville having
been voted out, there wiil be no whis
key legally sold in South Carolina
above Columbia. Abbeville having
been the only upper county which
had retained the dispensary up until
the time of the election. Abbeville
1 ot poll nearly her full strength,
.ibiton won by the decisive
vof over 200 -
ote in all of the counties was
than in the primary last year.
nseveral of the counties it was
dingly light.
the counties which retain the
ensary, Aiken's vote fell shior:
W1inni,. )y a inijority of nearly two
hundred. Beaufort's vote was shurL
some three Oilel- the dispensary
winning by a very narrow inargin.
Charleston lacked some three thous
and of polling the vote which she poll
ed in the primary last summer, but
the dispensary won out by a majority
of over five to one. In Florence the
dispensary won by a very narrow inar
gin, and Florence was in doubt until
the complete returns were obtained,
and also Georgetown, Which, however,
when the final count was made, gave
the dispensary a majority of nearly
one hundred. In Richland the vote
was only a.bout 1,600. as against about
4,200 in the primary last summer.
The dispensary won out in Richland
by a majority of 110.
In the counties which voted out the
dispensary, th~e vote was also very
light. In Sumter, for instance, there
were only about 900 votes as against
about 2,000 in the primary last sum
mer. In most of the counties which
voted out the dispensaries the major
ity was large. but in others it was not.
In Calhoun, for instance-the baby
county-prohibiton won by only 14
votes, Calhoun lacked little more
than a hundred votes of polling the
strength which she showed in last
summer's primary.
In some of the counties, including
Richland, there is talk of contests.
The dispensaries will remain closed
until the result of the election is of
ficially declared. After that- time the
counties which have voted to retain
the dispensaries will open them again.
The counties which have voted out
the dispensaries will open up to dis
pose of their stock.
In the counties which have voted
out tihe dispensary the sale of the
stock will commence immediately af
ter the result of the election is offi
cially declared. The sales will con
tinue at retail or wholesale until No
vember 15, immediately after which
time the remaining goods and proper
ty of the several dispensaxies shall be
disposed of by bids. The act to pro
vide for the closinx down of the dis
pensaries voting out the same has pro
visions as to 'how the bidding shall be
conducted.
T-he dispensaries will probably be
opened within the next two weeks.
The Code (Secti n 216) provides that
the commissoners of election shall
meet in some convenient place at the
county seat o'i the Tuesday next fol
lowing the ehetion, before 1 o'clock
in the afterncon of that day, and shall
proceed to organize as the county
board of canvassers. The board is
then to canvass the votes of tihe coun
ty. "Thbey shall make," says the
Code. "such statements of the votes
of the county, as the nature of their
meeting shall require. within ten days,
from their first meeting as a board of
county canvassers, and shall transmit
to the board of State canvassers any
protest and all papers relating to the
election.''
The Code (Sect.ion 223) provides
as follows for the meeting of the
State board of canvassers:
''The seeretary of State shall ap
point a mneeting of the State board of
canvassers, to be held at his office or
somne convenient place within ten days
after such general election. for the
pur pose of canvassing for all offices
voted for at such election."
How many of the counties will have
protests to file with the board of can
vassers is not known yet. It is very
probable that the election will be con
tested in Richland county.
TRAGEDY IN AIKEN.
Aiken, Aug. 18.-N. H. Hamlet, a
young mani. ani operative in the Lang
ey mill, was placed in the Aiken jail
this morning. Hamlet shot and in
stantly killed John Rhoden, another
young man, with whose brother Ham
let had a disturbance last night. The
shooting occurred about 6 o'clock
this morning in the public park at
Langley. Hamlet was immediately ta
ken in charge and brought to Aiken,
Deputy Busbee meeting Hr. John
'lekley. in whose el:arge Hamlet
was, at (Graniteville. en route to Ai
Jn.James ~andl Osear Rhoden.
three brothers. moved to Langley
s:me years ago and kept bachelor's
(piarters t.h:ere. They ar.e well known
yo:ung men. having splendid reputa
NEWS OF PROSPERITY.
Mr. George A. Cook Elected Cotton
Weigher-Personal Mention
Other Matters.
Prosperity. Aug. 19.-William E.
Moseley. one of our most popular
young men.has left for Texas to accept
a position. He lea:es a large number
of friends who wish him well in his
new work.
Mr. John Pat Wise returned on
Tuesday from the University of Vir
ginia. where he has been pursuing the
summer law course.
Oh-as. P. Barre is again in our
midst. We are glad to see him agrail.
Mrs. S. P. Stribling and son, f
Oconee, are visiting her hister. Mrs.
Geo. F. Hunter
Messrs. Goggans, Fellers, Mn -gai
and Wallace were in our town Moa
day.
On Monday evening the young set
of our town enjoyed a water melon
party at Miss Julia Sehumpert 's.
Misses Alda Wheeler, Sudie Den
nis and Julia Johnstone, who have
been visiting Miss Mary Wheeler, left
on Monday.
Olin Bobb, of Columbia, is spend
ing his vacation at home.
Harvey Witherspoon, of Due West,
is visiting his mother, in McNary St.
Mrs. J. Malcomb Cook has been
du a. visit to her sister at Due West.
Miss Willie Birge is visiting rela
tives near Greenville.
Prof. J. E. Hunter, of the ~ St.
Lukes communty, is spending a few
days in Prosperity.
Miss Della Bowers gave a very en
joyable "At Home" Monday even
ing for her charming guests, Misses
Annie and Margaret Wienges.
Miss Rebecca Mahon is spending
a few days at Mr. A. H. Kohn's and
Wise Hotel. N .
Dr. Littlejohn is visiting friends in
Prosperity.
Harold Craig left Tuesday for
Greenwood, where he will work.
Jacob Harmon has gone to Kin
ards for a few weeks for his health.
Mrs. D. E. Ridgell, of Florida, is
visiting her parents.
Mr. J. Lawson Wise made a short
visit to Asheville on Sunday. He re
ports that Mrs. Wise is doing nicely.
The second primary election for
cotton weigher resulted in favor of
Mr. Geo. Cook.
Robert Wise and Hal Kohn made a
short trip to Columbia Tuesday.
Miss Gertrude Derrick and Master
Pat are visiting at the Wise Hotel.
Miss Erin Kohn, who ha sspent a
month at Williamston. is expected
tome Saturday.
'Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. Mayer have
been visiting W. N. Shealey and oth
er relatives near Little Mountain
The oil mill has recently installed a
railroad track scale. The Prosperity
Stock company is also installing a
pair of wagon scales. These progress
ive concerns are fixing for a good
business in the coming year.
Quite a large crowd gathered on
Main street on Saturday, and it was
found that the center of attraction
was two bears and a monkey. This
is the first time in a good while that
any of t he dan eing& bears has been
seen in our town.
Mrs. Grace Reams, of Spartanburg.
visited her mother, Mrs. M. B. Beden
bangh, last week.
Dr. and Mrs G. Y. Hunter left
Tuesday for Washington and other
points
Miss Mary Lizzie Wise has return
ed from a visit to Newberry.
Master Lewis Bedenbaugh visited
relatives in Saluda last week.
Mr. T. Long, of Newberry. was in
our town Saturday.
Miss Eula Jovner returned to her
home in Georgia Sunday night. lea'r
ing a host of friends.
A Basket Picnic.
A basket picnic, with hash. will be
given at the home of Mr. Alex D.
Hudson on Friday. August 27. under
the auspices of Smyrna Farmers' Un
ion. A number of speakers will ad
dress the meeting. The public is cor
dially invited.
Barbecue a.t Bethel School House.
Messrs. Johhn A. (iriaham and H. M.
Wicker will give a barbecue at
Pethel school house, Pomarina. on Sat
urday. September 4. A first class din
er will be served, and a pleasant day
PLANS FOR Y. M. C. A.
Outlined by Mr. McSwain.-Efforts
Should Meet Encouragement of
All.
To the Citizens of Newberry County:
At a meeting of the men of Newber
ry, held in the Presbyterian church,
on Sunday evening, July 25th, the
matter of organizing a Young Men's
Ihristian Association for Newberry
county was discussed. This lead to
another meeting of men in the-cham
ber of commerce on the following
Tuesday evening.
At this meeting was Mr. Hunting
ton, secretary Interstate Committee of
Y. M. C. A. He talked very forcibly
of the great work that is being accom
plished in the communities where they
have equipped associations in the way
of providing homes for young men
where they may have every influence
that will encourage proper living and
high ideals. He said that the move
ment had the endorseemnt of churches
and pastors and business men every
where. He gave it as his opinion that
there was a possibility of securing
a well equipped association for New
berry and that the committee did not
encourage the 4organization of associa
tions where they could not own their
own building.
A tentative organization was then
proposed with a view to furthering
the plan which resulted in the elec
tion of a chairman and secretary and
appointment of an executive commit
tee somposed of Mr. A. C. Jones, Hon.
Geo. S. Mower and Dr. 0. B Mayer.
This committee has framed the fol
lowing proposal which if accomplished
will result in a permanent organiza
tion:
To canvass t.he county with a view
to ascertaining the names of those
who are interested and will join in the
movement and to look out for a
building and equipment.
It has been suggested that the old
Court House with certain alterations
and improvements would be an excel
lent place for the home of the asso
-ciation. The changes suggested are
that the present basement be fitted up
with baths, that the clerk's old office
be used as a reception room and gen
eral office, the probate's office to be
used as library, sheriff's office for a
.dirs' parlor. with, suitable toilet
arrangements and school superin
tendent 's office to be used as reading
room. The old court room to be parti
tioned for gymnasium and auditorium
together with three private class
rooms. A third story may be added
to be used as sleeping apartments by
men. To make such alteration and im
provements and to properly equip t.he
building will require between $10,000
and $20.000. Now if this amount is
raised and the building be secured for
this purpose Newberry county will
have an institution that will add as
much to the welfare of the men and
bovs of the county as anything that
has been or may be done in that di
rection.
If~ *is plan can be carried to com
pletion we will have a building that
~will be an ornament to the county,
i:e members and their friends- may
have the privilege of the resting
rooms, the baths, gymnasium, reading
*of the best literature and a place
where we may' carry our mothers,
wives. sisters and daughters, where
they may have a private resting place
when weary from travel or shopping,
where everything is under trained
supervision, where everything done is
wit.h a view to inspiring higher ideals
and correct living.
We hope that every man in the
county. both in the country and in the
towns, will give their support in the
effort to provide a place for men and
boys where they may be entertained
and in such a way as will develop
the best that may be in them.
This organization will be for New
berry county and not for any partic
ular section and every man and boy
of the county may become members
under limited restrictions.
We ask your' co-operation. Call on
any' member of the committee for in
formation.
Yours truly,
I W. A. McSwain,
Chairman.
A woman can remember birthdays
hat she conun't con.nt to save har
ROMANCE 01
01
THE OLD SOLDIER'S
By Col. D.
While the boys were sitting around
the stove in the corner grocery, talk
ing of the dangers and hardships of
the soldiers during the War Between
the States, the old veteran on .the
nail keg slowly knocked the ashes
from his pipe and said:
"Boys, you waste a lot of unde
served sympathy upon the old sol
diers. Now, they had their inning,
too, they had their bright sides as
well as the shadows. Did I ever tell
you, boys, about our trip down the
James? Or, rather, about "The
seven girls that danced at the Model
Farm." No? Well, I'll tell you."
The old follower of Lee had gotten
his pipe refilled by this time, packing
the weed down in the bowl with the
little finger of his left hand, and he
struck a match, and began:
Well, there were really eight, but
Connie being a widow, she didn't
count. Down the James, a mile or two
below Richmond, in a little dell, sur- ]
rounded by high cliffs, the promontory I
of old Chimborazzo, jutting out over
tlhe stream, is the little city of Rock
etts. Who built it, or what it was
ever built for, in that God-forsaken
hole, no one ever seemed to know.
At first glance it seemed a perfect
human cesspool, where the offseour- 1
ing of Richmond and the coast cities 1
could collect and live.
You could get anything in Rock
etts, from a jack-knife, to having
your throat cat, mostly the latter.
There were no police regulations and
robberies, sandbagging and throat
cutting were of frequent occurrence.
It was filled, at the time I'm telling1
you about, with sailors, river thieves,.
smugglers, and blockade runners,
chased up stream by the advance of
Grant's gun boats. All the denizens
of the underworld seemed to *seek a
home there, and just such a go-lucky
free and easy city was the haven of
the soldier. There were dance halls,
gambling hells, and gin shops, going
night and day. You could get a
clean, straight game .there, too, if
you, set with a cocked- revolver at
your right. Standing in the big bluff
overlooking the little city, at night,
you would think for a moment it was
the red light and demimonde district
of a great city, but it was not. There
were some as fine girls there as ever
lived. even daughters of the F. F. V.,
driven there by stress of circumstan
ees.
Oh! Rocketts was a dandy in those
days for the soldier, always a frolic,
afight, or just any old thing in the
way of sport.
But between the girls of Rocketts
and those of Richmond there was a
continued feud. If you went with a
girl of Rocketts, the Richmond girl
was sure to down you, and vice versa.
Why the deadly enmity between
eignuto rig mtownus 1 never understood.
Roketts called Richmond "uppish,''
and Richmond retorted by calling
Rocketts. "common.
In the army, like in the far West,
we never enquired very closely into
one 's family or antecedents, so long
as the party was all right at the time.
And our girls of Rocketts were just
splendid.
After Cold Harbor, and the bloody
battle from the Wilderness to the
James. Kershaw's South Carolina
Brigade lay for awhile just below
Rocketts, and the alluring tales the
privates would tell of girls. dance
alls and grog were too much for the ~
young officers to stand. The privates
would "run the blockade"' as slip
ping through the sentinels was called, 1
nd just here the times of their lives,
while the offiseers--. You know it
wsn 't g od form. in fact, against
rmy regulations, for otlicers to min
le socially with the enlisted men,
ut they did it just the same, and oe
asionally an othicer would change
his coat and go up and then another
uil the wholegng of us begn run-.
ROCKETTS
TORY OF THE JAMES
X. Dickert.
ning the "block" to take a swing
with our girls. They found out by
degrees that we were officers, and they
had an ambition, it seems to have a
select party, and dance with their
sweethearts in their true colors, in
their own officer's uniforms. Womeu.
the world over are as foolish about
brass buttons, swords and shoulder
straps, as I ever was about a drum.
I never hear one to this day, with
out wanting to fight something. Ker
shaw had this gang of boys, like other
troop in the field-and you could not
aall them anything but a gang,for they,
?preed togethe*, frolicked together,
and fought together, and each would
ive his life for the other.
After awhile it got rumored in
,amp that our girls in Rocketts were
ixing up for us a "show down" at
a, deserted dwelling down the river a
iece, -and Capt. "Dell" was to man
1ge our end of the line, and the girls
wvould take care -of the other. Dell
ad a kinsman, who commanded a
Jrigade of cavalry in our front, from
Whom he was wont to get passes to
Yo to Richmond, when it was impos
5ible -to get them elsewhere. Capt.
Dell got the passes all right, but
6rhether his kinsman or his A. A. Gen
ral ever saw them is another ques
:ion, for sometimes I think Dell wrote
them himself. But they passed the
ouard marked "correct."
The day was set, and the word went
out to be ready and to be sure to go
out two and two, so as not to excite
suspicion. Each officer was to tell
his next in command such yarn as
would suit each case best. Now, un
derstand, the girls were to look out
for refreshments, dance hall, music
and such, at the other end-we to pay
for all, of course,-and it must be
said to their credit, they did it well.
Just as we were getting away, Duck
legs came up and said he wanted to
go, but for what, we aidn':.t know. This
was some t.ime before night, mind
you, because we had to 'go to Rich
mond first to hire each a new uni
for t for the occasion. We could .rent
a uniform for $50.00 per night,
$2.00 extra for a het. Some of the
boys didn't want Dueldegs to gat.
but go he would. Sometimes he came
in handy.
Now, let me tell you something
about this Ducklegs. He was a tall,
gangling, skinny surgeon of the -th,
who, when he sat down tailor-fashion,
to play cards, made it necessary to
take the tent pegs up to give his legs
room to erook. He never drank,
never smiled, never saw the funny
end of a joke, his face bearing gener
ally the hard expression of a black
smith shop. He would gamble with
us boys, and lose his money like a
prince, and I had the first time to ever
see him crush a card, tear up a deck,
or eurse the run of hard luck. Never.
Well, Duck went, and it was a bless
ing to the boys that he did. He al
ways had plenty of money, and would
lend it, spend it, or even lose it, with
equal indifference. He was a good
doctor, though.
We all went to Richmond and got
our rented uniforms and hats. I re
member mine well, a broad-brimmed
black felt, one side tucked up with a
silver star, a great ostrich plume, as
arge as your arm, trail.ing out be
eind. It was no use for Duck to get
i, new uniform, for being a surgeon,
2e kept his nice. But he must have
i. new one, and no one objected.
'Hot Spur," our big fighting lieu
:enant. spoke of us getting "boiled
shirts" to put on, but, gracioirs!
:he bovs kicked over the traces at
hat.
"What in the world do you want
vith a white shirt ?" some one asked,
'with your coat buttoned to your
thin.''
"It would give me confidence to
:now it was there," said "Hot
Of course, they had worn their dira