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TOLUIE XLIX, NUToER 7.. NEWMERRY SOUTH CAROLII TUESDAY , T M 26, 1911. WICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAB. TROOPS ARE ORDERED TO BE IN READINESS MILITIA 3AY TAEE HAND IN SPARTANBURG STRIKE. Gov. Blease Notifies Greenville, Clif ton and Spartanburg Companies to Prepare for Service. Columbia, Sept. 24.-To protect the rights and property of citizens of Spartanburg, three military compa nies in the upper section of the State -were this afternoon notified by Gover nor Blease to hold themselves in read iness to report for duty in Spartan burg immediately upon command from superior officers. The action was taken following a conference with Assistant Adjt. Gen. 0. W. Babb and Brig. Gen. Wilie Jones, this afternoon, which conference itself followed immediately upon the heels of a long distance message to Gover i )r Blease from Mayor J. B. Lee, of - artanburg, who requested that troops be sent to Spartanburg, as con ditions were becoming worse because --of the rioting street car strikers, and he feared that he would not be able to cope with the situation with the city -police. Captains Notified. Following the conference with the heads of the militia, this afternoon at the executive -mansion, telegrams were immediately forwarded to the captains of the compenies at Spartan burg, Greenville and Clifton. A tele gram was also sent to Major E. M. Blythe, of Greenville, of the 1st regi ment, requesting him to proceed at once to Spartanburg, where he will .confer tomorrow morning with Mayor Lee and Col. Bahb, at which time it will be decided whether or not it will be necessary to call out the troops to restore and preserve order. "If necessary to preserve the rights and property of the citizens of Spar tanburg," said Gov. Blease this after noon, "Gen. Jones will proceed at once to Spartanburg, assume command and order out the entire State militia. "I myself will go to Spartanburg, should there be any bloodshed or in <dications of trouble of a serious na tre." Conference Today. "Mayor Lee, Col. Babb and Major Blythe wjll hold a conference in Spar tan'burg early tomorrow morning," ~continued the governo'r, "and if they feel danger is inminent they will or der out -the Spartanburg militia to preserv'e order. If .that company is not sufficient~ the company at Cifton 'will be called out, and should that not prove equal to cope with the situa tion the compan:y at Greenville will be ordered upon the scene. If neces sary the entire Sta:e militia will be * sent to Spartanburg. ."We all hope, however," said the governor, "that the passions will cool; that the better judgment of the people will prevail, a.nd .that it will not be necessary to call oui any of the Na tional Guard." Adjutant and Inspector Gen. W. W. S Moore is absent from the city today. Gov. Blease received the message over the long distance telephone this af -:ernoon from Mayor Lee, of Sparban bu g, asking him to order out some of the State militia to 1:rn . orler in Spairtanburg, i-s c-..nmins ;'ere car strikers and he feared they would not be able to handle the situa-tion. Mayor Lee Approves. Immediately upon the receipt of this message Gov. Blease called a confer ence with Col. Babb, acting for the adjutant general, and Gen. Jones. Fol Alowing this conference the action in notifying the companies was taken. 'Mayor Lee, of Spartanburg, was noti fied and expressed his approval of the Spartanburg company reading as course. Telegrams were sent to Capt. P. C. Hunley, of the Clifton company; Capt. R. F. Watson, of the Greenville com pany, and Capt. John E. Rhett, of the follows: S "Hold yourself and company in readiness for quick action and to obey such orders as are given you by Maj or Blythe. (Signed) "Cole. L. Blease, "Garnorm ad Commander-in-Chief." To Major E. M. Blythe, of Green vilie. the following teligram was sent: IP'>ease go to Spartanburg by first train tand report to Mayor Lee and Col. Babb. Have wired captains of Spartanburg, Greenville and Clifton companies to hold themselves in read iness to obey your orders after con ference. (Signed) "Cole L. Blease, "Governor and Commander-in-Chief." Col. Babb to Sxartanburg. To Mayor J. B. Lee, of Spartanburg, the following telegram was dispatch ed: "Col. Babb, adjutant general's of fice, will confer with you early in the morning, in Spartanburg. Have wired captains of Greenville companies, also Major E. M. Blythe, commander bat talion, to hold themselves in readi ness for service if necessary, as per your request. (Signed "Cole L. Blease, "Governor and Commander-in-Chief." Col. Babb will take charge of the situation in Spartanburg, unless it should be necessary to order more troops than are in the 1st regiment. He,has already had experience in af fairs of this nature and in Spartan burg, too, having been ordered to Spartanburg several years ago when there was imminent danger of the lynching of a negro there. At that time he -was captain of the company at Laurens. No Change in Situation. Spartanburg, Sept. 24.-There was absolutely no change in the street car situation today. The locked out men and officials of the company are equally firm. Throughout the day no attempt was made to operate any of the cars, other than one from Glendale to the city, on which the Inail was car ried. People living several miles from the city are greatly inconvenienced by the failure of the cars to be operated as usual. Drivers of carriages are reap ing a harAest. It is impossible- to forecast what to morrow will bring. As long as the cars are not operated there is abso ,lutely no disorder, but as soon as an attempt is made to run one, trouble starts. An uncon.firmed rumor states that dynamite may 2ave been used if a car had been operated to Saxon mills last night. The usual crowds of labor sympathizers have left the streets. The Candidacy of Judge Jones. Yorkville Enquirer. The action of the Hon. Ira B. Jones in resign-ing the position of chief jus tice of the supreme court, and an nouncing his intention of standing for the gubernatorial nomination in the primary election next summer, consti tutes an unusually significant political development that is receiving atten tion from one end of the' State to the other. Up to this time, so far as we have noted, the only interpretation the pa pers have seen proper to give to Judge Jones' action is that it is in the na ture of a patriotic sacrifice that is highly creditable to him as an indi vidual and that is bound to meet with the highest appreciation on the part of his fdllow citizens. This interpre-. tation, although all right as far as it goes, lacks to our mind, a whole lot of going far enough, and we are in clind to su.ggest that it might be well just at this juncture, for men who think at all, to cudgel their wits and think still more deeply before set tling upon final conclusions. In the first place, there are lots of good men all over the State who in sist that the whole issue is merely a personal one. But is it? Is it possi ble to say of Mr. Blease any more than has already been said? Did the people not know him as well before < the recent primary as now? These questions are pertinent, and we can didly confess that we are unable to1 appreciate wherein the issue is any1 more personal now than it was last -summer. And if the issue ?s not per- < sonal, then what is it? What do the < people really want? That is a ques tion which, it seems to us is deserv-1 ing of very careful consideration. There is no sense in politicians blind ly deceiving themselves about a mat ter so important. As to whether the administration of Blease.has the endrinmnt of a majority of the Democratic voters of South Carolina, we are extremely doubtful. In fact we do not believe anything of the kind. But we can readily understand that even admit ting the correctness of the proposi tion that the governor is not endors ed by a majority of the voters, it does not necessarily follow that his Ce feat would be an easy matter. We think rather that the secret of his strength lies in one of two things. Either he stands'for something of which the people believe, or he is be ing supported as a protest against conditions of which the people do not approve. And whether it be one thing or the other, there must be intelligent comprehension of the problem before there can be reasonable hope for a satisfactory solution. That Judge Jones is an able man, there is no question, nor is there any question of his character or fitness for the position as compared with the character and fitness of any man who has held the office for a great many years past; but let no man deceive himself into believing that the judge's action in resigning his high pesition and announcing as a candidate for governor is altogether a matter of disinterested patriotism. Don't get the idea that the mere desire to se cure the honor of this high office fig ures, because there are few men who would hold the governorship to be higher than the chiev 3usticeship. Be- 4 hind it all there is a reason that seems A to be more practical. From the na- 4 ture and character of Bleaseism, as it is commonly understood, no one would think that the leaders of it would be content to stop with control of the executive department alone. Certain ly in the light of th6 very serious spat between the governor and chief jus- 1 tice last winter; no one can doubt that if the governor's star grows brighter, the star of the chief justice would be come more dim. The general assembly to be chosen next summer will elect a successor to the man who succeeds Judge Jones, and had Judge Jones re mained in office, and should the legis lature to be el-ect.ed next summer be a Blease legislature, it is quite certain that Judge Jones would not have been his own successor. That a mn of Judge Jones's experience and percep tion could see this is too plain for any thing, and in this view of the case i,t would certainly 'be monumental idiocy I for the judge to remain inactive and persh miserably like a fox in .a hole rather than -come out in the open and make the fight of his life like the man that he. is. As to whether Judge Jones can be elected, we are unprepared to.say. It epends in a measure, we think, oni the answer to the uestions we have sked abovie, and perhaps in a still larger measure upon the energy and ntelligence that his friends and the ~ pponents of Mr. Blease exert in his ~ ehalf. But, the people who think it ~ will be a win in a walk, hands down ace are going to be badly mistaken, r n our judgment. If there is to be uccess,.there must be no underrating f the strength of the opposition, andA here must be no leaving of the bur en of the fight to the newspapers. [here are lots of good men who are ot yet thoroughly aware of the fact, bt this is an era of intensely practical' >oitics in South Carolina, and folks who are disposed to rest easy in their weet and abiding faith that right al ays wins through its own power, without assistance, are niable to be arred into a surprising realization of1 he fact -that perhaps after all, right nay hav-e been on the side of the oth r fellow. b b heirs Without Quibble or Question. b Editor Herald and News: I have e ust seen the publication of the list h f subscribers to Mrs. Evans petition h or the use of the old court house as h rest room for the ladies of the coun- b v. Now. I want to say that whatever si he ladies of Newberry want, so far fC s I am concerned it is theirs, with-c ut quibble or question, and I not IP nly will vacate with pleasure, but ti vill swing a mop to make it presenta le for the choicest creations of a ti eneficent creator's invention--the ol coen of my county. , l F. W. Higgins. N Domestic economy is taught in the tc annio of matrimony. a I CAN CdD HER S7AN TE Boy'! STRA04 * * * key problem. If there * peal to the conscience THE IDLER. * ballot, whiskey consun * outstrip the growth o "Life, that mystery of mysteries! I am my brother's l he silence at the end and the begin- must help him and tea iing is far easier to understand than cept and example, and he rainbow that arches between. Man, right way, but I am n( he epitome of his forbears,-more in that way by statut han that, 'the epitome of creation,- "The wages of sin is df tands by himself-the riddle of the goes wrong in spite of iniverse." How true. I said once be- and my precept he mu. ore that it was best not to try to un- alty. But I am not g erstand the mystery of life, and I at this time. eckon it is best, but there are timeslo n every life when you have to think I -notice that all th in these things and these myste.ries, practically all of ther .nd you just can't help it. "Whoever a petition asking that s dead, if it is only one little bird, it provided in the, old cou hould make you feel sad. But it', ing for the ladies who vaits. Before you have finished, the from the country. Thz orld will do one of three things to in the right direction. u. It will make your heart very Iare doing this. I have ot, very hard, or else break it, so. if the good women of I oonp escapes." How happy you not dread a trip to th ould ble even in the midst of your lot of little children al rrow and your gloom if it should -go where 'they would f ike your heart very soft. "ft is refresh themseles and nly the surface emotion which is re-J Such a place, to be we ved by tears. Within the prison|have to have constant ose of the soul, when Grief, clad tention.. If this old grey garments, enters silently and stand where it is thi pares to remain, there is no weep- stairs should ba used fC . One hides It, as the Spartan coy- tand it ought to be fixe d the bleeding wound in his in neat and attractive ast." But it is there. And it is jthat it would in fact b t to do as the Spartan .did-hide it. The up stairs could' b y should it come? That is the~ convenient convention: nestion. We are told that all - mys- so would require coni y will be revealed, and we shall and proper care. ow. Please pardon me for these I --t editations. I am growing old and I saw a man .the oth nmetimes in my loneliness I can't, ing the mud off one o: p giving expression to my feelings. 'sidewalks we have in N d as you ne.ar the end of the rain- that was the proper th v you are more inclined to thinik do, if it was on the sid these mysteries. It is well that of his door, but the p< u do not think on them in the begin- mk sta h al ing, because if you did there would down right, or there eno rainbow. wrong with the drains -+- that sidewalk, or the r notice one paper says Maine has jhave been up there. ne wet by 26 votes, and another Ihere is the intelligen esays it will take the official count what little permanent Stell what the result is. Well, if it we~ undertake. that close. there will be wik, 1d and drank too. Bytewy,weI ometimes I 'think it would have Bytew,whni n better if there had never been anyfodgigtbenth hiskey made, and then it would have pbi qaeaAM en better too if sin had never enter-wilsobetnefra jthis world, and yet I reckon if thatanifhisgngtd d been the case there would not JSol e uy tr ve been any world Just like we sur n ul u ave. I am one of those who do not work good as you go ~ eleve we should remove all evil bywilnthvtodito aute. On the whiskey question the each ra-in. lowing, which I saw in some paper, pied from the Wilmington Star, I wonder if there a etty nearly expresses my views on public spirited men in 2 iesubject: would like to make this Maine was closely divided between from a civic standpoin ose who wanted 'to get it in thewolbeilngtwo en and those who were satisfied to btwtotsen w twell enough alone. The vote inbaki edtlyfre ae many eliminate prohibition but te u u.I hr re influence and the pulpit remainlietha,tei a inculcate temperance and bringnubr.IhV sm outth rel oluio ofth hstliey pto out. befor themre """ HOLD ME AND I WILL BRING YOU 15 CENTS IA )e were more ap- confidence. I don't waut too ManY, and less to the for that would spoil the game. There iption wouldn't is no graft in the proposkon but it f population. has merit in it for the town, and wil -do them good at-the sa-me time. Let eeper in that I me have your name and I will writP h him by pre- You.. I thought I knew some of the lead him in the people here, but I have about con t to force him eluded that I am out of touch. MaYbe ry enactment. I have outlived my usefulzess, but I ath," and if he would like to leave a good idea wI& 1ll my teaching some real live man-not one of your t pay th-e pen- old hard shell selfish kind who never ing to preach sees anything but his. own noble self. The Idler. e mercA~ants-1 Orpbanage Work DAY. For the last few years the various ii nos graft intepooito,bte orphanages o -the State hve united rt house build- in asking the good people of the State you.. I, thuhtIonwnsm o h luto ge the proceeds of one days labor Lt is one move to the orphas. The last Saturday in some real lieoa-ntwnnosyu A e n September has been st apar as "Work te onee id- iny and the, both peowplefte Sand ie country did children-, who feel interested ini help -_ town with a ing the orphans are asked to give that id no paetday's labor or income to the orp)ha' ce thiomento age of their choice. There are about their cide.250 orphans at Thornwell orphanage, rth while, will (Presbyterian) Clinton, S. C.; almost and oodat-as many at Connie Maxwell (Baptist), uilding is to Greenwood, S. 0.; 225 at Epworth Or entire down phanage (Meth.) Columbia, S. C.: 60 r this purpose, at The Church Home (Episcopal), up and kept Yorkville, S. C. - - condition so e ares rom. These orphan children a.re being . aeit clothed, fed and educated entirely by all, but to do the gifts of the people, and it is ear ~tat ittntonnesstly hoped that a liberal response will be made to this appeal. Let none fail to send the wages or income of one day's labor to the orpanage of r day shovel-1 his choice. Make Nmittances by these cementt check, P. 0. Money order or -by ex wberry. Well, jpress to either of thd four orphanages ing for him to named* below. walk in front Dr. W. P. JlacoDs, tint I want 'to Clinton, S. C. was not put Rev. A. T. Jamison, is something - Greencwood, S. C. ge along side . e. W. B. Wharton, iud- would not Columbia, S. C. That -we lack The Church Home, direction of Yorkytille, S. C. improveme2nt I _________ Special Meeting Chamber Commerce. IA special meeting of the chamber of Mayor Lang- commerce is hereby called to be held paing of the in the rooms of the chamber of com n street? It merce on Tuesday, September 26, at Lother election 8 o'clock. Matters of vital importance > anything he to the community as well as to ,the at the public chamber of commerce are to be con and do your jsidered anid it is very much desired long and you that every member be present. er again after jJohn B. Mayes, President Mreeting of County Farmers' Union. e any really The regular quarterly meeting of eterry twho the County Farmers' Union will be anete wow held the first Saturday in totober, k just a little t) dollars come Let me urge all local secretaries to 'ery ten cents make fulU reports by that meeting so are I muld that proper credits may be given by es and street the State secretary. :hing I would J. B. O'Neall Holloway, n the strictest Secretary Newberry County F. U.