Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THAT WARE SHOALS STORY. Columbia Correspondent Replies to Criticism and Insinuations mau Gives Authority for Article. o the editor of The News and rier: The News and Courier has n assailed by some of the news pers of the State for the printing a news item sent by me from Co mbia, to the effect that the mill help Ware Shoals would not work in mill on the day Governor Blease ke at a picnic given at Ware oals. The news item appeared in e News and Courier on May 18. here has appeared a card in the! -press from a minor official of the mill, to the effect that the mill had volun tarily posted a notice that it would close down on May 18. On the same day that this card ap peared, the State, which is the local morning newspaper in Columbia, printed an editorial, in which an ef Iort was made to discredit the News and Courier correspondent in connec tion with the Ware Shoals article. The editorial had a decided political tinge, insinuating that the news item was printed for political purposes, the intimation gathered by a few people 'here who read the editorial being that the State sought to show that the item came out of the governor's of nice or from some close political friend given designedly. This the News and Courier has already iitorially de mied. 'The News and Courier correspon ,dent had not intended to publicly no -tice the editorial in the State, but -more recently certain reputable news papers of the State, including the An derson Mail, taking the State's edi . torial apparently at face value, with out inquiring into the facts of the -case, have denominated the story as r to the Ware Shoals incident sent from here as a "fake" or, in other cases, 'words to that effect. It is, therefore, not in reply to the jw -Columbia State's question as to the source of the News and Courier cor respondent's information, (already answered editorially by the News and -Courier), but in justice to the News and Courier itself, that we have deem ed it best to give to 'the public the fol lowing letter, addressed today to tha -manager of the News and Courier's *Columbia bureau: "Columbia, S. C., May 25, 1911.~ "Mr. August Kohn, Columbia S. C. -Dear Sir: Noting the controversy ii the nIewspaper's concerning the news item n,ublished in yyur paper on May 18, will say that I am the party who gave Mr. Green the news tip on this -sui,ect. "Mr. B. D. Riegel, who ml met in the sleeping car with Mr. Williams, his Southern representative, coming from Greenville to Columbia, told me that some of his employees at Ware ~Shoals had told the management that Sif the mill ran on the Tharsday fol oIwing that the help, or employees, ~would not report for work; that they intended to go to the picnic and hear 'Governor Blease. The next day I was in my office with Mr. Green and told 'him of this conversation. Hence his article in the News and CourIer. "If there is any misrepresentation ~ of facts it was not by Mr. Green, and 'not by myself. There was no reason, zas far as I know, why Mr. Riegel1 ~should have made the statement to 'me that the help intended to reraain out of the~ mill whether the mill was going, to run or not. I know nothing :about any posting of notices, and simn ply repeated a conversation witl Mr. ~ Riel to Mr. Green. "y reason for making a statement :in the question is that it seems that1 Tir. Green has been charged with hay fig faked a news story. "Yours very truly, "(Signed) B. F. Taylor." Mr. Riegel is the treasurer of the 'Ware Shoals Manufacturing comn pany. It is hardly necet sary that I should Sadd who Mr. B. F. Taylor is. For the' 'bene~fit of those, however, who do not "know him I will say that he is the~ -president of the Inter-State Cotton SSeed Crushers' association; secretary -and:treasurer of the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers association;* "vice president of the American Press Cloth company; secretary and gener adLmanager of the Taylor Manufactur-: ing company, and is interested in oth er industries in Columbia. He . is known by the people of South Caro ~lina. In addition to the letter directed to the manager of the Columbia bu reau of the News and Courier. thero :s in my possession a letter directed to me. giving practically the samE statemen~ft as to the incident. This letter I have had since May 22. The following editorial appeared yesterday afternoon in the Daily Rec ord, Columbia's afternoon paper. ed it:ed by James A. Hoyt: "The Anderson Daily Mail denomi nates as 'fake journalism' the story: published in some of the South Caro liina papers that the employees of the: Ware Shoals Mill had demanded a holiday on the occasion of Governor Blease's speech at that place and the Orangeburg Times and Democrat re fers to the story as a 'lie out of the whole cloth.' Other papers have had similar comments. It will be well to proceed a little more cautiously in the matter of denouncing a story pub lished in a reputable newspaper, writ ten by a reputable newspaper man, whose chief asset in his profession is his reputation for truth and veracity. "As for the Daily Record, this news paper has no interest in the matter. The story was not published in this paper. But we are free to say that we have since read a letter written by one of the most reliable and most prominent business men of Columbia, confirming the 'tip' which he gave to the reporter who wrote the story. This gentleman was the reporter's au thority for the story, and the gentle man himself received his information personally from an oricial who was assuredly authorized to speak for the Ware Shoals Mill company. The story did not emanate from the governor nor any of his friends." The News and Courier correspon dent was not concerned at all with the possible effect of the story sent out from here. It was recognized to be a news item. That it Is probaDly not to the best interests of the Ware Shoals Manufacturing company for it to be known that the men asked the management to let them off and then stated, according to the News and Courier correspondent's information that they would take the holiday any way, can be understood at a glance. That it hurt some people to know tnat the mill men were so anxious to hear Governor Blease was anotner matter, W..o which this corr upo-*-ndt was not con: riied. Newspaper men, other than those who are. biased, will understand the situation, that a'correspondent Is only to guard the sources or inrormarnon without regard to editorial policy. If the paper he represents does not wish to publish an article he writes, the correspondent's responsibility as to the matter ceases. The sooner the pub lic learns the distinction between tne editorial and the news columns, the sooner will the work of the higher newspapers be generally understood. So that in the Ware Shoals matter, this correspondent was solely inter-1 ested in the item frown a news stand point. He was not surprised that cer tain papers~ tried to make political! capital of the incident, but surely public will now see through the mat ter. The letter of Mr. Taylor quoted above certainly nails the efforts of critics to discredit the article itself. The News and Courier correspon dlent is not especially mnterested in the actual situation at Ware Shoals, as to what the men did, or did not, at the time Governor Blease was to speak there. I would suggest, however, that some very interesting reading could beha if statements were secured from at least one or two men who were in at tendance. Having been upheld by the tatement of Mr. Taylor quoting the treasurer of the mill, the News and Courier correspondent does not desire to go any further into the matter. I am informed (in Writing) that one of the editorial writers of the Colum bia State was in possession of the name of the gentleman who ga ve me the Ware Shoals information, shortly after the State's editorial appeared,I but up to this time the State has not seen fit to make any amends for its two-by-four" insinuations. Leon M. Green, Columbia Correspondent The News and Courier. Columbia, S. C., May 25, 1911. $50.000 TO"CONTERSE COLLEGE. General Education Board Disburses Large Sum-Other Awards. New York, May 25.--The general education board met today and award ed $634.000 to white and colored col leges and (chools and for other edu cational purposes. Conditional ap propriations were made to these col-! leges: Converse college, Spartanburg, S. C., $50,000; Drury college, Spring-i field, Mo., $75,000; Franklins college, Franklin, Ind., $75.000; Franklin and iarshall college. Lancaster, Pa., $50, 000; Huron college. Huron, S. D., $100,000, and Pensylvanian college. Gettysburg. Pa., $50.000. The general education board is en-* dowed for $32.000.000 by John D. Rockefeller and today's meeting was' the first of the current year. Condi tional gifts are applied to endowment only, that is, the general board agrees to give a certain amount provided the beneficiaries raise a greater amount. Converse college must raise $100,000: to make today's award by the board* available. What Struck Him. "MJr. Jinks. wasn't that collar your wife got a V-shaped one?" "I don't know about the collar, but1 it's price was2-Baltimore American. Use Nothing But High Grade Reliable Fixtures a - es. " 1113 Frierid St WINTHROP COLLEGE Scholarship and Entrance Examina tion. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop col lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 7, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When schol arships are vacant after July 7 they willI be awarded to those making the. highest p and t this examination, provided they meet the conditions overning the award. Applicants for scholarshiol should write to Presi den hnn bfor e xa yminofinw cort shouasi exnton Frdy,Jl,aks 9 Th coarships are vaanoatruythe$10y proid hemet .The nit sion - wllropen Sethembeard 20,p1911.Fo fur - be dentohnso lieuid, D.h.eD exaiaole, for5chlaipvealinaiokn tble, d Tenschoarsayp the woprties10 and clan upe titon Theplextssion noh tes, IfoIrhaio an id caogue,i ado dres Presien. D. . Jono,Rc1E Hill,r S.eC. sootIng liqid TAX DELINQUENTS. b otte Hn. Releve Ll kins countyi troaubler, clasplcing awy thand eecurtins n clerngu the coplexion asinunth-xe ingele an.moe pn etedt to~ ldvys ad. colec thsta tne notpaidtheirta er tha theemay s aed bcoing y hand exeainsga fthe colectonptof Tenuetrtaxe fxo ns th hisa yer9s1are,an. urge lhos imposhes upno mei to duty-s teto v adcletia t once. o Sherpifd' theirces ha t they1911. tICE sam prmTlyN The DnErI. er: ted ot QUnEN. co The Ho.J. . gfrd B aor oftc the To eiff Newberry a lcu nty usa Syhriffs Ofe,uin May 25, 1911. -fa same Htonce JThi isod Mof allfr myensxctons fo the cotywhlhveco paid] such taxes that they can save cost by' coming to mie and paying the same at once. M. Mw. Buford, Sheriff Newberry County. de Sheriff's Officc, May 25, 1911. pe ces COLLEGE OF CHAELESTON. Gil 127th Tear begins September 29. Ju Entrance exan:.inations at all the off county seats on Friday, July 7, at 9 be: a. m. aft The college is well endowed, enab- est ling it to maintai n the highest stand ards. It offers complete 4-year courses In Ancient and Modern Languages,; Mathematics, History. Economics, Science and Engineering-.t Courses for B. A., B. S., and B. S. ge degree with Engineering. A free tuition scholarship to each : county of South Carolina. Vacant an Boyce scholarships, giving $100 a year co and free tuition, open to competitivere examination in September. " Expenses reasonable. Terms and wr catalogue on application. Write to "I Harrison Randolph, President, Char- r Mrs. Hiair's I Main Street, Bargains i 'Will offer special bar the next ten days. E reduced in price inc shapes just received. feathers, etc., is up to just6opened lot Ball ] Nets, Belt Pins, etc. We invite you to co1 things over. The j please and profit you PRICES TO SU Mrs. H air's 1 Main Street, EE. Chamberlain, of Clinton, Me., lly accuses Bucklen's Arnica Salve tealing-the sting from burns or ils-thie pain from sores of all sd-tile distress from boils or Le. "It robe cuts, corns, bruises, rins and in.iuries of their terror," ays, "as a healing remnedy its .a1 don't exist." Only 2~c at Wmn. 'eham & Son's. NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. Il overseers of public ros1s are j rby notified and ordered to work - respective sections at least three - yby May 15, 1911. L. I. FEAGLE, County Supervisor. OICE OF FINAL SETTLEIIENT. otice is hereby given that I will Lk a final settlement of the estate ewton R. Lester, deceased, on the hday of May, 1911, at 11 o'clock ., in the office of the probate e for Newberry county, and im ately thereafter apply for a dis ge as administratriX of said e. IDA B. LESTER, inistratix of the personal estate ewton R. Lester, deceased. * * * * * * :4t-ltaw. ______________________* Summer and H. Thirty Years Together.* irty years of association--think * * * * * * * . How the merit of a good thing s out in that imeor the worth- In the piano c .ess of a bad one. So there's no Summer & Hipp, swork in this evidence of Thos. s, Concord, Mich., who writes: standing of the c; ave used Dr. King's New Discov- -Mary Hardeman, for 30 years, and its the bes.tDsaFrnln h and cold cure I ever used,'~aFrnln eit finds entrance in a home you Mary Yocome, Mc tpry it out. Many families have Daisy Milstead, 12 dit forty years. It's the most mn-LarLmic, >ie throat and lung medicine on Ala oiik th. Unequaled for lagrippe, asth- Lizzie Earhardt, ( hay-fever, croup, quinsy or sore Lassie Mae Booze gs. Price 50c, $1.00. Trial bottleWilaMe ie eGuaranteed by Wmn. E. Pelham Wli a ie ~OD Annie Mae Beden --Annie Singley.. NOTICE. Vera Boland, Lii otice is hereby given that the un- Ellie Jacobs, LWt sgned, as administrators of the Cora Sheely, Litt] ynal est'ate of A. J. Gibson, de- Mu eze,P se, will make a final settlement of Anna Koon, Pomne guardianship estate of Nina B Helen Hentz, Pon yn, minor, on the 19th day of Annie Eargle, Pon e1911, at 11 o'clock a. in., in the LuaSbr o eof the Probate Judge for. New-LarSue,Pn r county, and immediately there- Jannie Mae Sease rapply for a discharge of said F. D... .. .... e by reason of said guardianship. Joe Caldwell, New IL H. Hunt, Mayme Cromer, N 0. B. Cannon, D.. .. .... . ay 16, 1911. Administrators. nfighting to keeD the blood pure CIi white corpuscles attack disease 1. ms like tigers. But often germs iltply so fast the little fighters are zoe. Then see pimples, boils, na, saltrheum and sores multiply strength and appetite fail. This dition demands Electric Bitters to uate stomach, liver and kidneys dto expel poisons from the blood.C ey are the best blood purifier," C se C. T. Budahn, of Tracy, Calif., T e f have ever found." They make rich, bod. strong nerves and buiild up IObserve: rhealth. Try them. ~>0c. at Wm. i Pelami & Son's. I V1ilinery Store Newberry, S. C. Millinery. gains in Millinery for very hat in the house Iuding a big lot new Our stock of flowers, the minute. We have 3earing Barettes, Hair at very low prices. ne and look the new >rices and styles will Come. IT EVERYONE Vi11inery 'Store Newberry, S. C. ** >netcnutdb mdatidndrantes:s,S.C.~ ppit.. .. s...11,230.......... 5,6 ity.. ..tny, .air,..8F.4.,2803 Nannohon.. ..ir'.R.10,400 ,00 th ollo in is. t7,0 ni00neso ..... ,0 ity ..i .olk.Jl.a.60,19. 3586 ity.. .. .. .. 1,0 Mrrw, ebry . .D ,3 , ity......24,280MreW24,Nwer,R.F .442 Posperit... 7,000 Wli ie hpel,R .D ,0 baugh, Slighs 243,360 F .N.7....... ,4 ... .. ....216,147 Mgi iigtn iy.. 1,2 tle Mountain. 1,000 Lli isr onra . 1,2 le Mountain. .14,041 Mgi ob iy...... ,0 e Mountain .. 6,248OaBrw,Nwey,RF.D100 maria.. .....23,391EuaRySihPoaraRFD1,0 ia.. .. ....21,180Id Coma,ilesrt. .. 116 aria, R F. 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