University of South Carolina Libraries
)AA CUEr XLIX, -NUMBER 71. NE MBERRY, SOUTH CAROLIA. t,,stJ)y, SEUTE-11BER 5,1911. TIEA EK 15 ER BLEASE CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. Neither Jones Nor Any - Other Can Beat Him, He Says-Fears Not MeLeod or Manning. News and Courier, Sept. 2. Governor Cole. L. Blease, who came to Charleston yesterday to make a speech at the annual outing of Red Men at the Schuetzenplatz, gave it as his -opinion yesterday in conversation with a reporter for the News and Courier that he would reciv4 a .majc.rity of the- votes in South Carolina in the first primary of the next election regard less of who or how many ran against 2im. 'What do you think of the reports that Chief Justice Ira B. Jones will be a candidate- next year?" was asked Governor Blease. "In the first place," he said, "I don't think that Ira B. Jones would give up his position as chief justice to run for) that of governor. It is the crowning ambition of every lawyer to be the chi9f justice of his State. "In the sepond place, I don't see how he could malok the race for governor consistently without giving up the chief justicesbip. "In the third place, if he was to -and make the race, he would be ta man without a job, for no one can beat me in this State. My friends will stand by me and no one can take them away from me." - Governor Blease made these state tents in an emphatic tone, as if he every word he said. -He 'had said earlier in the day that he was sure he could defeat any man that ran against him next year, making men -ion at the time of Justice Jones, ex Lieutenant Governor McLeod, the Hon. t.' I. Manning and others who hav4 been 'mentioned at various times as likely to -be candidates. From the governor's manner, there could be no doubt that he was firmly convinced that he would succeed himself. in 1912. He spoke of his election in most con fident terms. As an example of the friends he had In this State, Governor Blease stated that durng this past summer he had -spoken to more people than in any other one season before. H'e placed , the number of those to whom he had spoken at between fifty and sixty thou sand. He said that. from awhat he had ~observed in the crowds to which he had spoken, the sentimenrt seemed to be all his way. 12 Governor Blease had very little to say on politics yesterday. Tt is inter -estipg, however, to note one statements -which hie did make. This was that,t although he had been accused of tak ing sides with one candidate or an b other, he had not lifted and would notF lift a hand to aid either side in lAe coming municipal election in Charles ton. He has also asked the State of ficials in this section to keep hands offg in the mayoralty comnpaign, and not' to take an active part in it in any way.j Governor Blease said he had enough a to do to look out for the duties of the office of governor of South Caro lina withut mixing in this municipal 'election. 'A WERE IN STORM. Prof. anid Mrs. J. W. Swittenberg Were in Storm--Lose Their Trunks, to -But No Injury to Person. jSi *Kingstree, Sept. 2.--Mr. and Mrs. id -Swittenburg arrived Tuesday after- 01 sioon from Charleston and are at the tl< tome of Mrs. Leroy Lee, Mrs. Switten burg's sister. They were among the m unfortunates on Sullivan's Island, <Iur- ce ing the storm and barely escaped with de f)ieir lives. They were at Miss May- be rant's cottage, Station 23, and the at bouse was almost entirely destroyed th ~by wind and water. Mr. and Mrs. is Switt,enburg's trunks were washed away, so that they suffered consider- ne able loss as well as the'strain and anx- N ety and terror. Mr. Swittenburg is the superintend-, ent of the Kingstree graded school. ho Wi Marriage Licenses. E August 31. David Corthan, Lucy 3.3 ~Batson, Both of Newberry. Colored. W SSeptember 2. Ilennie Crosson, New- eb berry, Bertha Kinard, Kinar'ds. Col ored. September 2. Doc Gilliam, Sallie jesE Toung, both of Mayinton. Colored.-J tux STOPS SALE OF BAD MEAL. Conisalsioner Watson Issues Orders. Many Samples Analyzed. Columbia, Aug. 31.-As a result of the investigations by departmental chemists, who have found and appear to be still finding dangerous corn meal on the market throughout the State, orders withholding large quantities of corn meal from sale have 'been issued and will be served at once by inspec tors of the State department of agri culture, commerce and industries. Commissioner Watson said today that out of thirty-two samples analyz ed only seven were shown to be ft for food in the analyses submitted to him this morning. Fifteen of these sam ples were drawn in Columbia. Only three of the fifteen were shown .to be safe, 12 ran considerably above the 30 c. c. mark, which is fixed as the maximum limit. Out of -the thirty-two samples, in addition to the seven found to be satisfactory, another seven show ed acidity ranging between 30 and 40 c. c., ten showed from 40 to 50 c. c. These samples were all of corn meal. It was said today at Commissioner Watson's office that so far: all the samples of corn grits or hominy ana lyzed had been found safe. Corn meal samples are 'being taken, throughout the State and each day reports there Dn from the chemists are brought to Commissioner .Watson by Chief Chem Lst Summers. In every case where acidity above the maximum is found orders withdrawing the damaged meal Brom the market are served. Further experiments are being con lucted at the laboratories to deter nine whether or not meal deteriorates tfter it is kept in stock. The millers u,ho have shipped in the corn meal ound to be dangerous are taking the natter up with 'the department -and tre protesting that their -products were nade from good corn and that they ise eviry precaution. It was stated this morning that in peotors had yesterday finished taking amples in Sumter. These have been ent in to the laboratories, and the re orts will be issued in a few days. In pectors are now preparing to make thorough canvass of Charleston, there th'ey will 'take 'samples of corn roducts from all the supply houses, ust as was done in Colu.mbia. Among the other .reports receivedC rom the laboratories the chemists re- I orted on a number of samples taken e i Pendleton, Lake City, Swansea, 3 reenville, Marion and Spa.rtanburg. 3 'ractically all of these places had ame deteriorated meal according to ~ le chemists, but the condition a'- V ears to have teen found especia-fy t ad in Greenville and Spartanburg. s ive- samples taken in each of these I laces were badly deteriorated and I sngerous for use as food. Orders ' ave been given withholding these mods from sale.'t No prosecutions have yet been begun ' id none will be until all th-e evidence a in hand from the chemists. b THE 00TT9N IrARXET. ti n Implortant Thing for Each Town b to Consider-The -Farmer Will. si Sell in Best Market. ' s S There were about 100 bales of cots ti n sold o~n the market at Newberry on tturday. Owing to the weather pick g and ginning have not been as rap as it would ibe. The prevailing price tMonday, .though there was very lit Scotton on the market, was 11 3-4. Our Pomaria correspondent says the archants at Pomaria are paying 12 H nts. for cotton 'and that they have ' cided that the Pomaria market shall r' as high, if not a little higher, than S y other market. That is the spirit v( at will keep that market up and if it a~ kept up the cotton will go to it. ty The Herald and News will begin '2 xt week to quote 'the markets of to :wberry county. i Death of a Lady at West End. at Mrs. Arthur Jordan died at her el re in West End on Sunday nooa, Jc th pellagra, and was buried at West gc d cemetery on Monday afternoon ~at Ti 0 o'clock, service 'by the Rev. L B. ar ~ite. She leaves a husband and tez~ tic Id. th rhe man who weds a homely heir- tic may consider her face his for- J. CROWD MURDERED HIM. Frisbie, Aviator, Kiled by Fall al Norton, Ras.-Crushed Beneath Engine. Norton, Kan., Sept. .-J. J. Frisbie the Curtiss aviator, was killed by a fall at the Norton fair. Frisbie mei with an accident yesterday and only went into again today when driven tc do so by the taunts and jeers of the crowd. Frisbie fell 100 feet and the en gine of his machine fell upon him, crushing his left side and chest. He lingered for about an hour before he died. Frisbie has been giving exhibition flights at Elmwood park for several days. Yesterday his machine acted badly' and he had a fall of about 40 feet, but beyond bruises and a shak ing up was not injured. He announced he would not take the air this afoer noon, but when his statement was communicated to the crowd the specta tors shoifted "faker," and would not listen to explanations. Frisbie an nounced that rather than have the big crowd go away from the park, he was willing to do his best. He ascended from the track without difficulty and attained a height of 200 feet, but in attempting to make a turn the plane tipped and Frisbie lost control. As he came crashing to earth the spectators could see the aviator trying to right the machine, but as it approached the ground one of the wings crashed into a barn and the biplane struck the earth with Frisbie underneath. Fris bie's wife, son and little girl were wit nesses 'of the accident, and Mrs. Fris bie was prostrated when she saw her tusband fall. Tonight she bitterly de nounoed the action of the spectators in orcing her husband to make the flight with a disabled machine. Plans Are Perfected. lumbia State, Sept. 2. Plans for the second South Atlantic tates Corn exposition, to be held in 'olumbia commencing on December [1, have been perfected by the State ommission charged with the affairs I the show. The commission was in session yes erday when the priie list was coM leted. At least $10,000 will be given n prizes far the best corn to be bown at the exposition. The State ammisson will work to make this position to be held in the South a uoess as it will forerun the great ational Corn show to be held. here in a uary, 1913. At the last session of the general as embly $3,000 was a.pproprwiated 'ro ded an additional $4,000 be raised by. e commission. This amount has been cured and was so announced 'by A. . Hudson, the president of the ex sition, at the meeting of the com-j 1sSon. The corn exposition last year was! e first to be held in the South. It "as a success from every standpoint nd there were several hundrLd ex bits. It is hoped to have several iusand exhibits at the exposition s year. While no definite announcement has, en made it is expected that thie large :eel auditorium, seating 35,000 per- . nfs, which is to be erected at the tate' fair grounds, will be used for e second corn show. SMITH DECIDES TO RESIGN. il Quit Georgia Governorship Be- 3 tween November 1 and 15. 1 Atlanta, September 2.-Governor , ke Smith will resign as governor ~tween November 1 and 15, and be i a.dy to assume his dut-ies as United ates senator when congress con- ( nes.. The governor, it was stated y ~thoritatively tonight, will give thir- a days' notice of the date of his resig ition to enable the State legislature arrange for a primary for the nam- r3 his successor. he primary probably will be held out the middle of December, and the!4 ection date is expected to be set by I n M. Slaton, who will be acting I vernor for the first week in January.' o candidates for the governorship > already in the field, and prohibi will be ani issue. c .. B. Russell, of Jackson, is seeking a: nominatio.1 on a straight local op- u platform.. The other candidate is c Pope Br nywn, of Pulaski, former Ni *$**:***** * * * * t * * v THE IDLER. *Is *Is * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** *1 t I love Newberry and all her people. I think I should say this for fear some one may think that I am "agin" the V government. My only purpose in Y writing the last few observations has t been to try to awake the people of this P goodly old community up to their op- Y portunities. In my long residence ii here I have seen her throw away so many opportunities I have been trying to keep her from doing so any more. I That is all. And what I write is to V serVfe-no purpose of my own, but sim- tl ply in the interest of the public weal. N Personally, my race is about run, and tl I have no axe to grind, and am not cl going to turn the grindstone for any a one except as I may serve the com- h munity. So much for a .personal ex- I planation-a question of personal b: privilege-as the law-makers would & say. tl -0 I notice Alderman Earhardt writes a ommunication to the Observer in re ply to its question or invitation to dis cuss the enforcement or violation.of the law against selling liquor. And . 6nidentally he touches on the finan 01 :ial condition of the town. Now, I Jon't know whetber any liquor is sold M In Newberry or not. If I did know it ind wanted to see it stopped, I would aj ro before an officer of the law and fur iish him with the evidence. That's :he way to do the- thing. But what I was thinking about .is why so much nterested in the liquor law. For the ast twenty years and more we have. ieard in South Carolina more (about he liquor law than any other and the. ale of liquor goes right on and peo )le continue to drink it. I think if we vould all giVe more time and energy o teaching and practicing temper- o nce, and spend less of our time and .nergy in trying to do the thing by W aw, we would accomplish results more apidly. That is the way I see it I 4 :now that I am sort of an old fogy, TI ut I am judging other people by my- ye ef, which may be a false or incorrect tr< tandard, but when you say to me I fr< hall not tak6 my glass of beer, and ay it by statute law, then I begin to rant it and have a sort of feeling thattr ou are -invading my personal rights. . 'ou have no right to regulate my con- e uot :by statute, so long as I do not in ~rfere with your property or your gg appiness or invade your rights.. That th the way I feel about it. Of course, of niay be all out of tune with modern g otions gfmorals and right, and the del motions of governmnent, and all that a) rt of thing. That was the way weSa d in the old days, and I know from g .y limited experiences that a man's bui ord went much further then than it at )es now when every, thing has to be ust egulated by law, and .men regarded ho: eir honor more jealously then than I mey do now.. But,-gs I say, I may be the it of harmony with modern notions se id ideas. fre: -0- for But I didn't intend to write all this. ed simply wanted to suggest that these jSuj llows-gentlemen I should say-who the ow the law against selling liquor in sidi swberry 'is being violated and want is see it stopped, as all good citizens sh , should give their information to the c officers and then if the officers fail Sta act should know the reason why- the at is all. son As I understand Mr. Earhardt's Tj itement the 'town is spending some-pa ing like $20,000 a year for current int< penses-cutting weeds, filling gul- lish is and cleaning out gulleys, with w and then a little piece of perma nt work. It seems to me that I read N'a the papers that about two years Ti o some gentlemen came 'to Newber-' *.e and effered to pave the public so e are and Main street from the depot the Wilson street and all the streets isn'i ssing Main up as far as Boundary, who d Boyce street to the Crotwell hotel, new -something 'like ten thousand dol- his 's. Now ~the question that I have him, mn trying to impress, would it not that ve been better to have taken half have s money that we have wasted each Ai t.r and put it on this perma.nent of a rk, and had that much done, even a st a few weeds did grow in some thou ,ces. Seems to me that it would tive Te been economy to haV'e done this. to o it would not have needed any more and rk. And it would have been an or- strili nent to the town. The next year of ni INDICTED MEN ASK FOR TRIAL. Attorney Representing Black and Oth ers Writes to Lyon-The Case May Not Come Up. Columbia State. Attorneys representing several per sons indicted for various charges in connection with the affars-of the State dispensary yesferday made formal de mand upon Attorney General Lyon for a trial at the approaching term of the ariminal court in Richland county, which commences on September 5. Attorney General Lyon is out of the city, and no official statement was made at the office by the assistant at torney general, M. P. DeBruhl. The attorney general is expected to return to the State tomorrow, when he will announce his decision as to whether or not the cases will be brought to trial. Notices stating that, the attorneys will press for a trial at the coming term of court have been received in the following cases at the attorney general's office: The State against J. S. Farnum, J. M. Rawlinson, Jos. B. Wylie and John Black; indictment to cheat and de fraud the State to the amount of $4, 825. The State against J. M. Rawlinson, Jos. B. Wylie, John T. 9arly, James S. Farnum, John Black, Morton A. Goodman and H. Dee Solomon; charg ed with conspiracy to cheat and' de fraud to the amount of $133,000. The State against Goodman, Boy kin, Towill, Tatum and Weiskoff, charged. with conspiiacfy. This is in connection witbk the label case. 1ae State against Johi. Black, in dicrr.ent for accepting a bribe 6f $2, 50' '.'te following is the fform of the de wDrd for trial tut has i sent to 11 L t ta attorney general and to the ic!i tor "The above stated case has been. oa the docket of the court of general ses sions for Richland county since th3 r September term, 1909, ancd yo' will I recall we wrote you on May 19, 1911, on behalf of the defendant, calhng s attention to this fact and asking that S he be given a trial at the then an proaching term of court, which con vened on May 22. During the~ ses sions of this court\we again asked for ~ trial, but the case was continued on your motion.d "The court of general sessions .for Richland county convenes again on. September. 5 next, and we feel that ' the State has had ample time and should now abe ready for trial, and w6 n write to notify you that we will press f S< for trial at the approaching Septem-d er term of court." FORMER SENATOR MILLS DEAD. ~ ulberson's Predecessor Fronr Texasr Noted Confederate Soldier. Corsicana, Tex., Sept. 2.-aFormer 0 nited States Senator from Texas R. . Mills died at his home here today. Senator Mills was a noted Confed ~rate soldier and one of the best nown statesmen of Texas. He was f orn in Todd county, Kentucky, 79 ears .ago. When a young man he mov- t to 1d to Texas, starting out as a drug ~lerk :and studying law at -night until ~dmitted to the bar. It He entered the war as lieutenant ~olonel of the 10th Texas infantry, ater succeeding to the command of hat regimrent. At an Arkansas* post in t anuary, 1863, he distinguished him- t ~elf by withstanding for weeks a sup- le rior force of Union troops, finally be- 1 g captured. For several months he n ne as a prisoner of war at Columbus,. hio. After his exchange he com- in ianded regiments under Gens. Bragg, a~ ohnston and Hood. r .sq His congressional career began in 872 as representativie-at-large from t exas, followed by four terms ascr mgressman from the old 4th district. an e was elected United States senatorf o 1892, serving until 1899, when he re-la ned and was succeeded by Charles b .Culberson. h ____ ____ __ -thi Mr. H. T. Morrison Speaks. y Mr. H. T. Morrison, of Charleston WO unty, who was in the county during if 1 of last week addressing the local pla ions, delivered an address at the ha' urt house on saturday morning. Mr. Th orrison is discussing the advisability1 Wo estabishing warehouses. - na tie same amount expended in the same ,ay would have extended the paVed treats further on out and we would con lave lea.'Wed the residence por toIs. As it Is our ten thousand do] ars has been washed down tlZi cott's creek two times and we are in rorse condition than we were two ears ago. And it will continue to be 1s same if we continue the present atch work policy for a thousand. ears to come. That is all there is to I saw a novel sight the other day. was coming along one of the streets ary close to the business portion oft - le city and. a half dozen negro boys, to ought to -have been in some of iese cotton fielos at work, had a iecker board down on the sidewalk ad were enjoying themselves. They ad the whole sidewalk and of couroe had -to get out in the streets to get r, but I would never have disturbed important a game by sugesting Lat they move so I could pass along Le sidewalk. I dont want any one to tbink that tere is anything personal In anything. Lat I suggest, or that I have any- j dng against any one in authority'.O it of authority, for I have not. My ily purpose is the good of the com unity. If any one will look at ay these sidewalks after a little raid id see how the sand washes. rigbt vay the evidence for the truth of m y ggestions may be seen. 'M. Idler. LLUDA SOON IS TO.TAE PLACE O( RARRAD NAP -aims Will be Deliyeing Freiglt. There In Few Days-Grading.Al most Done. Saluda, Sept. 2.-The Independent onstruction company, which ihas the 7 ntract for building the railroad fromk" ards to Saluda, is now on the last -etch of grading. The camp has been ved to the southern edge of town. tere is not over six miles of grading t to be done. The steel bridge and ,stle over Mine creek, four miles m Saluda, is about completed. The ek laying is completed to that point Strai-ns are running as far as the eck is completed. En another -week the long and rath hard cut in -the reay of Attaway's, Llbefrnised and the laying of is to within a mil of Saluda and > runting of trans wll be a matter a very short time. i'reight in car lots is now being ivered over the new road at Bells, roposed station four miles from 4) uda., For the past te~n days: great ttitles of cement, -Ime and other ding material has been received Pells. All of this material is to be 'd in the construction of business ises here. t is the purpose of the owners of road to put .in a siding one mile th of Saluda in a 'few days, where ight can bhe deliviered or received. shipment until the line is complet into -town. It is understood that ervisor Padgett will at once put road from h1ere to the proposed ng in first-class condtion. If this - tone there is no reason why Salada uld not at once take her place on map as a railroad town in''the e, and have a cotton market from 7 very beginning of this cotton sea- - he Western Union Telegraph comn y, it is understood, will run a line SSaluda in a few days and estab an office here. How It Is to Some. rspaper Writer. b.ere is no business in the world re the, hours are so long, tile work ,acting, the discipline.so rigid and sense of responsibility greatep. It like that of a professional man does his work and quits. The spaer man not only has to do work, but he lugs it around. with always haunted by the thought the man on the other paper may put it over him. iy man who has the constitution horse, the capacity for work of sam shovel, the ability to put his ghts down on paper in consecu order, to see what happens and bservle what 'he sees, to put two two together, to mass facts in a. ing way, can make a success outr wsaper work.