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Il TOUEXI9'NU-BR-EBRY9(OT AOI-qMY2 91 GOV. 'BLEASE IN -NEWBERRY. Talks of Felder Incident-Constables for VoUnty-Use of Pardoning Power. Gov. Cole. L. Blease was in New berry Friday to look after some pri 4 vate matters, and was seen by a press representative in the offices of his former law partner, Fred. H. Domin ick, Esq. Gov. Blease, when asked in regard to the loan of $500,000 for the S:ate, which was arranged by the gov ernor in New York last week, Gover nor Blease said: "On account of cer tain friends, both personal and poli tical, it was made possible to arrange the loan at three per cent., notwith standing the fact that some people, on account of political prejudice to me, had endeavored to balk the deal. I am satisfied that this is the cheapest money that has been borrowed this season. "I am an advocate of an economical administration of the affairs of the State. This was shown by my veto o many items -in the appropriation bill and other acts. "At the last session qf the legisla ture, a bill was -passed, authorizing rural police for Newberry county. On account of complications, I did not sign this bill, but I have kept two con stables in this county to carry out the wishes of the delegation. Now that the summer season is on, I do not think that the, business will war rant the two constables, and one of them will, therefore, be transferred to .another point in the State. This change will mean a saving of more than $100 per month to the taxpa.,. of Newberry county." Governor Blease was asked in re gard to the "Sparks incident," which is now going the rounds of the pres. the "incident" being the ordering o' Mr. Joe Sparks, a representative of the Columbia State and other news papers, from the governor's office by the executive. Gov. Blease said: "I had always treated Mr. Sparks with the utmost courtesy, kindness and consideration, no,twithstanding the fact that he represented papers edit -ed by my bitterest personal and poli tical enemies. I had given him the inside on many news items. Mr. Sparks betrayed this courtesy and kindness, and time after time, wilful ly, ma?ciously and malignantly mis repreented me, and publ-ished the most outrageous l1es in regard to the governor's acts and his office. I spoke to him about it, but the mis representations contin-ued, I t.hereup on told Mr. Sparks in a polite, but very positive manner, to leave the ot fice, and. not to come -back during my term of office, that no other informa ti on would be given him from the of fice for any paper that he represented. When the cause was asked,. I said that he had 'been ordered out for ly ing, and I hoped that he would have sense enough to obey the request." "What about Felder?" was asked the governor. "I care nothing for Mr. Felder or his threats," said Governor Blease. "He is at liberty to write his book. After it is written, I shall deal with it and with him in such manner as he or it may deserve. However, 1 'believe that his 30 days has about expired. My life, 'both priva+e adK public, is an open book b4onging to the people of South Catrolina, and they are at liberty to read it." Whe3n questioned in reference to nis use of the pardoning power. Governor Blease said: "I have not pardoned a man but what the majority of the people of South Carolina will approve of. I have been careful to be right, na to re&ieve those whom I thought were entitled to it. "Young mnan, I have read some -where and at some time: 'Do unto others as you would have them de unto you.' I have also been told to each day make somebody happy. I hav~e endeavored during all my days to live for those who love me, and anm keeping it up. Good bye, and 'God be with yo till we meet again.'" Governor Blease is apparently en joying good health. He was in a with Mr s. Blease, who was with him, Teceiving the hearty handshakes of~ their .multitude of frie'nds in1 Newber NEWBERRIANS ABROAD. The High Measure of Success Which The Messrs. Scholtz Have Met In Charlotte. While spenaing a day in Charlotte recently I had the pleasure of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Eduard Scholtz and their family, who moved to Charlotte from Newberry in December, 1905. At the time of his leaving Newberry. Mr. Scholtz had long been in the jewelry business here, and during their many 1years in Newberry he and his family had made for. tbemseIves a place in the hearts of this community which they still hold and will continue to hold. His son, Mr. W. W. Scholtz had been engaged in the business of florist in the north and west, and see ing a broader and mre lucrative field in the city of Charlotte in the busi ness with which his son was familiar, Mr. Scholtz went to Charlotte. "Scholtz, the Florist," of Charlotte, is now the name of the biggest deal ers in their line of business, with one exception, south of Washington. In terested in the business are Mr. Scholtz and his two sons Eduard P. Scholtz and W. W. Scholt2. Their home is in the DilwortS park section of the city, and surrounding the modern residence are five acres which are used in connection with the big green houses. Their retail business is in the heart of .the city, and they are now engaged in erecting a new structure for their retail trade in the government park in the rear or the post office building. Mr. Eduard P. Scholtz is in charge of the work. They have secured a lease from the government for a number of years, and a building especigly fitted for the buSiness will be built. I had the pleasure of spening a little while in their home and of meet ing all the members of the family. They 'Vere keenly interested in New berry and their friends here: It was also with a great deal of pleasure, as well as profit, that I saw the big green houses and the flowers under culture. Their many friends in Newberry will be delighted to know of the suc cess whic'h has attended the enter prise of Mr. Scholtz and h-is friends in thir new home and the happy and beautiful surroundings of their home life. J. K. A. SPECIAL JUDGE FOR NEWBEERY. Defect in Act-Circuit Judges Are Not Rotated at Particular Time-Will Provide for Newberry. Special to Herald and News. Laurens, May 1.-On account of a conflict between the courts of this and he seventh circuits, the supreme court has assigned Judge J. W. De Vore to hold the second week of: the common pleas count in session here, Judge R. C. Watts having to go to the seventh circuit to open the Union court this morning. For this re3ason Judge Watts will not hold the common pleas court at Newberry next week, as had been ex pected, Mt it will be necessary for the supreme court to assign some one twlve circuits and twelve judges, and of the circuit judges to hold this! ourt.I It seems that the old provision changing the judges at a certain time., to-wit, on the first of May and the first of September, was not re-enact-! ed in the twelve-circuit act, and hence this conflict. If the judges all chang ed circuits at a fixed time , there could, of course, h.e no conflict. there being twelve circuits and twelve judges, and Judge Gary, who is to hold the sum mer terms of court in this circuit, would have come into this circuit reg-I ularly on the first of May, and .Judge Gage would have gone into the Char leston circuit, where .Judge Gary has been holding court, and so on. Blut it seems there is no such provisiom now, and hence the conflict. In a wire to Ju~dg'e Watts hero~ last week. Chi?f Justice Jlones saidl the~ suprmne court would take care of the Newberry court. J1. 1K. A. Crosses of Honior. Veterans desiring c'rosses of honor Ma the tnthlf mu~st appy for themi at one from Mrsi.. J. E. Norwood!. FOR ENTICING LABOR. Novel Suits Brought in Laurens ('our ty Against The Seaboard Air Line Railway. Special to Herald and News. Laurens, May 1.-Messrs. Simpsoi Cooper and Babb have instituted a IL,aurens three suits against the Sea board Air Line which are novel i their nature and raise a questio w[hich it is not recalled has ever b( fore been before the courts cf thi State. The three cases ar<. h:'se W. D. Boyd, T. P. Davis and C. I Workman against the Seaboard Aj Line, for damages in the sum of te thousand dollars each, the cause action being the alleged hiring an soliciting of labor through tne agenti servants and employees of the roa< it being alleged that these agenti servants, and employees were "ur lawfully engaged in the business an emigrant agent." The.complaint of W. D. Boyd, whic is similar to the two other complain1 except that the employment of di, ferent laborers is alleged, saets ot "that Mack Attaway, Nora Attawa: Will Pettus, Lude Neely, Emma Neei and Anthony Kingsboro were und( contract with this plaintiff to perfori farm 'lajbor for him during the yea 1910," on his plantation in Lauren county, "and were, on or about th first day of August of said year lib ing on the plaintiff's plantation in th county and State aforesaid and er gaged in- the performance of thei aforesaid contracts with the plaintif all of which was known to the d( fendant. "That on or about the first day < August, 1910, the defendant, throug its agents, servants and employeE being unlawfully engaged in the bu4 iness of an emigrant agent and hii ing and soliciting laborers in th county and State aforesaid, to be err ployed in the State of Alabama, di willfully and, unlawfully, in violati3 of the rights of the plaintiff, in dic regard of the laws of the State C South Carolina, and intending to it jure and oppress the plaintiff, hir and solicit the aforesaid Mack Atta way, Nora Attaway, Will Pettus, Lud Neely, Emma Neely and Anthon Kingsboro to go -beyond the limits C this State and to labor for the de fendant in the State of Alabama, an the safd defendant did furnish to th said laborers free transportation ov er its line of railroad from the coun ty ot Laurens to Ragsda'le, in th State of Alabama, and the said la borers of t!he plaintiff, by reason o the wrongful and unlawful conduc of the defendant as - aforesaid, weri thereby induced and persuaded ti breach their contract with this plain tiff and' to leave the State of Soutl Carolina and go to the State of Ala bama and there work for the defen dant. "That the plaintiff was unable ti procure other laborers to take ths place of the laborers aforesaid ani by reason of the wilful and unlawfu conduct of the defendant as abovi stated, has been damaged in the sur of $10,000.'" J. K. A. Utopia Pienic. The annual picnic of the Utopi school will be he-ld Saturday, May 4 on the school grounds. There wil also be a meeting of the Utopian lit erary society at 10.30 a. m. The fol lowing program will be carried out Prayer. Welcome address-John Herbert. Roll call. P'cst>ation-Pir~st speaiing Day a School-Otto Nichols. Song-A. B. C.-Five chilren. Recitation--In a Friendly Sort o Way-Sherwood Cannon. Song--"Old Blac1k Joe.". Recitation-,Five Little Chickens Six children. Recitation-Wispjrn' Pill-Helei Hecrbert. Reitat ion-The. Loan'nt of a Litti Girl-Mary Can.non. Song-Bohunk us. Fo. Reltation-Second Table-Davi4 Cannon. Song-Origin of Yankee Doodle. After the rendering of this pr~ogran an aldes i evnpetto rnbe madie THE LIST STILL OPEN. Come Along and Take Your Subscrip fion to the Park-Now is the Time. The subscriptions to the park for ' Newberry continue to come in, and, while none of them are large, in the n aggregate we can make up the amount n if we can secura enough small ones. We would prefer to have the amount s made up of small subscriptions rath er than in one or two large ones. This r is to be the people's park, and if ev erybody is interested, of course, it r follows that everybody will take more d pride in keeping the park up to the standard. We already have a sufficient amount subscribed to assure the park, and to begin operations. Of course, we would prefer to have a little more, but it is the hope of those who are in hterested in this movement to organ ize the Park association, and to begin laying out the, grounds in the very t near .future. Let everybody, who' is interested come along now and get in on the. ground floor and help to push r the enterprise along. The following is the list of sub scriptions to date: e J. A. Burton.. .. ........ .. .. .$600 e W. H. Hunt... ... ... ..... ... 100 H. L. Parr... ..... ....100I M. L. Spearmani.............. 100 B. C. Matthews. ............. 100 r I. H. Hunt... ... ... ... ..... 100 0. B. Mayer.... .... .... .... 100 ' J. H. West... ... ... ... ... ... 100 E. L. Bailes.... ............. 10 >f G. F. Wearn... ... ... ... ... .10 h W. B. Wallace... ........... 10 s W. E. Pelham........ .... .... 25 - J. W. Chapman... ... ........10 J. E. Norwood.... .... .... ...25 e I. L. Blaustein... ... ... ... ...10 L. W. Floyd... ... ... ... ..... 25 d Thos. P. Johnson. ............. 10 n P. E. Scott... ... ... ... ..... 300 ,- W. A. McSwain... ... ... ... .. .50 >f R. M. Werts.... ......... .. ..50 - J. N. McCaughrin... ... ... ... 50 e W. G. Houseal... .......... ....50 .T. C. Pool............-.---50 e Arthur Kibler... ... ... ... .....20 Y C. J. Purce:ll.... .... .... .... ...50j it W. G. Mayes... ... ....... .....30 - Van Smith... ...... ... .... ....~20 i1 0. Klettner.... .... .... .... ...30 e J. W. White... ... ... ..........10 - Mrs. E. M. Ens... ... ........10 - R. M. Lominack.... .... ........10 B Pope L. Buford.... .... .......10 - T. W. Smith... ... ... ..........10 f T. M. Rogers... ... ........-...10 t E. T. Carlson...... .... .... ...10 e H. D). Havird... ... ....... .....10 ' E. Y. Morris. ..... ....... .....10 - J. Claude Dominick.... ........10 N0OvvRHAe - You . I nnNK M TUF RE . TIF'LWL WILL 0 WBRc( OPENS THi Mr.. /Ji t -./M. Willowbrook park will be open for lay afternoon and evening of this weeb, I d enjoy the pleasures -afforded by the Yest End in furnishing this place of re, Mr. J. M. Davis states that the pec :ome, and, of course when The Id-ler vill be very glad to reciprocate the ki f West End come over and enjoy the )ark on the east side of the railroad. .. J. Bowers, Jr..... ... ... o10 S 1. G. Parks... ..............10 F. M. Ward....... .... .... .. 10 T 1. S. Chapman... ... ... ... .... 10 . S. Langford... ... ... ... .. 10 ugene S. Blease.... .... .... 20 h4 rno. B. Mayes.... ... .... .... 50 at Gist... ... ... ... ... ..... 10 1. D. Smith.".... ... ... ..... 10 . N. Martin...... .... .... .... 10 fa . B. Hunter.... .... .... .... .. 20 wart-Perry Co. ....... ...... 101 w -arry W. Dominick.... ........ 10 W xeo. B. Cromer... ... ... ... .. 10 ash Store... ... ....... ... 10 t )r. E. H. Kibler.... ........ .. 10 st r. M. Davis.... ... ... ... ..... 2-') S . F. Wright... ..............50 I. H. Aull Co... ...P.......- 0 bc 1. W. Schumpert. ... ...e...... e Vm. Johnson..... 20 vi ohn Henry Baxter... ... ... ...30 ti< I. L. Dean....... ....... . - 10 b nderson 10c. Co... ... .. ... ...10 .M. Kinard... ... ... .... ... 50 g . W. Bishop... ... ... ... .... 10 . .Dangford... ... ....---2 rank P. Devore... ... ... ....10 in .A. Peterson... ... ... ... ...10 . E. Stuck... ... ......---10' . H. Longshore... ....... 10 s Pr. W. E. Pelhym, Jr.. .. ......20 H rs. C. E. Garvin.. .. ........10 M C. Sample....... ... .-.-- 10g -as ,Total.. ... . . . - -$2,795~ r 0 3O .ADNG AND EARNEST APPEAL OFi~ nWnmum4) PARm? AND IT iSNOW )K PARK RSDA Y, 4th Zt I V "I4 the first time this season on Thurs Everybody ic invited to come enterprise of the mill people of creation and amusement. ple on the East side will be wel s park is completed- over here, we nd invitation and have the people pleasures to be afforded by the ALUDA VOTES RAILWAY BONDS. own to Issue $10,000 to Aid Railroad Now Building From Wards. Saluda, April 30.-The, election held re Saturday on the question of nds in the sum of' $10,000 in aid of ie railroad building from Wards to is place resulted unanimously in ,vor of the issue of, bonids. Last summer when the contract as entered into with the parties who ere to build this road a personal >nd for $10,00 was made as part of .e $50,000 bonus with the under anding that a similar amount of fluda town bonds, if voted, would accepted in lieu of the personal nd. At the last session. of the gen al assembly an act was passed pro ding for the election on the ques n and the issuance of the bonds r the town if carried. The bonds ill at once be prepared and~.ready -- r delivery upon the completion of e road now building, along with the her portion of the bonus now held escrew. The Broad River and the Pressley hools, taught by Misses Lottye Lee dlfacre and Mattye Rogers will close tv 6, with a picnic in the beautiful 'ove near Mr. Arthur FeHlers, known John A. Cromers'. The public is rdially invited to,attend. T- 'CAH T )ISM NEWBERRY' WHEN HE OPEN. TOO.