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.C .j LU ] 'VOLUME L~ NUMIB 10. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEB1RUARY 2, 19124 WC EK U Eh __ _ _ _ _ __3 - - w ~ W rWILSON AND HARVEY. Correspondence Between Them Pub. lished by New York Paper With Consent of Both. New York, Jan. 30.-The New York Evening Post has sought, for the sake of justice to all concerned, to secure the publication of the correspondence between Gov. Wilson and Col. Harvey. In that sense it applied to them both. Neither wished to be put in the po sition of giving out private letters, but both assented to the publication with the distinct undersanding that the ini tiative came from the Evening Post. The first letter, dated December 21, addressed to Col. Harvey by Gov. Wil :son, is as follows: Matter of Fact. "My Dear Colonel: Every day I am confirmed in the judgment that my mind is a one-track road, and can run only one train of thought at a time. A. long time after that interview with you and Marse Henry at the Manhat tan club it came over me that when, at the close of the interview you ask ed me that question about the Week ly, I answered it stmply as a matter of fact and of business, and said never a word of my sincere gratitude to you f0' all your generous support, or of my hope that it might be continued. Foigive me and forget my manners. "Faithfully yours, "Woodrow Wilson." .In reply Col. Harvey wrote to Gov. Wilson as follows: No Persondl Issue. "My Dear Governor Wilson: Reply ing to your note, I think it should go without saying that no purely person al issue could arise between you and me. Wha'ever anyo'dy else may 'r mise, you surely must know thai, in trying to arouse and further your political aspirations during the past few years, I have been, actuated sole ly by the belief that I was rendering a distinct public service. "The real-point at the time of our interview was, as you aptly put - it, one simply 'of fact and of business,' and when you stated the fact to be that my support was hurting your candidacy and that you were experi encing difficulty in finding a way to counteract its harmful effect, the only thing possible for me to do, in simple fairness 'to you no less than in con sideration of my own self-respect, was to relieve you of your embarrassment so far as it lay within my power to do so, by ceasing to advocate your nomi nation. 9' . Nothing More. , "That, I think, was fully understood between us at the time, and acting accordingly I took down your name from the head of the Weekly's editor ial page some days before your letter was written. That seems to be all there is of it. "Whatever little hurt I may have felt as a consequence of the unexpect ed peremptoriousness of your attitude toward me is of course wholly eli minated by your gracious words. "Very truly yours, "George Harvey." Gov. Wilson replied under date of January 11 as follows: Hurt Was UnintentionaL. "My Dear Col. Harvey: Generous and cordial as was your letter written in reply to my note, it has left me uneasy, beca'ise, in its perfect frank miess, it shows that I did hurt you by what I so tactlessly said. I am very much ashamed of myself, for there is nothing I am more ashamed of than hurting a true friend, however unin tentional the hurt may have been. I wanted very much to see you in Wash ington, but was absolutely captured by callers every minute I was in my rooms, and when I was not there was fulfilling public engagements. I saw you at the dinner, but could not get at you, and after the dinner was sur rounded and prevented from getting at you. I am in town today, to speak this evening, and came in early in the hope of catching you at your office. Grateful for Support. "For I owe it to you and to my own thought and feeling to tell you how grateful I am for all your generous praise and support of me (no one has described me more nearly as I would like to believe myself to be, than you have), how I have admired you for the inpndencraa nd unhesittngn courage and individuality of your course, and how far I was from desir ing that you should cease your support Df me in the Weekly. You will think me very stupid, but I did not think of that as the result of my blunt answer to your question. I thought only of the means of conVincing people of the real independence of the Weekly's position. You will remember that I have- unintentionally put you in a false and embarrassing position, you heap coals of fire on my head by con tinuing to give out interviews favor able to my candidacy. All that I cam say is, that you have proved yourself very big, and that I wish I might have an early opportunity to tell you face to face how I really felt about it all. With warm regards, cordially and faithfully, yours, "Woodrow Wilson." No Rancor Left. Col. Harvey's reply was as follows: "January 16, 1912. "My Dear Gov. Wilson: Thank you sincerely for your most handsome let ter. I can only repeat what I said before: That there is no particle of personal rancor or resentment left it me. I beg you to believe that I havE not said one word to anybody of crit icism of you. "I have to print a word of explana tion to the Weekly's readers, but ii will b,' the briefest possible. "Very truly yours, "George Harvey." NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Messrs. Cook and Singley Use Roai Drag to Fine Effect-Personal Mention-Other Matters. Excelsior, Feb. 1.-The grain in thii section is all right so far. There will be less fertilizers usec in this section this year by all of ou] farmers. Miss Annie Lou Dominick, of Hel ena, is visiting Mr. Cornelius Counts family. Mr. Arthur Lee Wheeler, of Colum bia, spent Sunday at this home here. Miss Helen Nichols has been on visit to Misses, Alder Ray and Nanni( Wheeler. - Mrs. J. W. Hartman and Mrs. H. J1 Kinard have been on a visit to rela tives at Little Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Addy, of Salude county, spent Sunday in this section Mrs. Addy will spend a week witi relaives here befor'e her return t< Saluda. Messrs. Enos Counts and Berr: Hartman are making quite an im. provement on their homes by the us< of the paint brush.' Rev. Jas. D. Kinard, of Newberry paid a short visit to his brother herm on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of neal Leesville, are spending several day: with relatives in Mt. Pilgrim section. Messrs. E. M. Cook and A. A. Sing ley used the road drag on a few milee of road here last week leading fron Prsperity down the Columbia road The drag puts the roads in fine con dition and ought to be used more fre quently after the ra,ins. The abovE named gentlemen are to be praised fo: their good work on the roads. Sigma. THE SPLIT-LOG DRAG. Fine Results Being Accomplished Witji It on the Roads Throughout the County. From all over the county reporti are being received of the fine effects on the roads from the use of the split log drag. .The rural mail carriers have been enthusiastic advocat-es o: this means of keeping the roads it condition, and they have been urging the people along their routes to use the drag, and their work has beet having-results. Judge Peterson said this week thal he 'had promises from people alona several miles of his route from New berry to use the drag on the roads each agreeing to use for a certain dis tance, and that he was hoping to gel the patrons along the whole route in terested. For sey.eral issues The Her ald and News has been carrying re ports brought in fromn other carriers as to the good work done by tI' , NEWS 01 BACHMAN CHAPEL. Road Drag Got in Good Work-Colony Church and Grave Yard-Other Matters. Slighs, Jan. 30.-After a week of regular "spring-like" weather, such as we haden't seen for a good long while, we are having some rain again. We now ought to know how to appre ciate such weather as that of last week. I never saw a greater improvement on roads in the same length of time.. Their condition had been such that it was real burdensome to travel over them in any way and you can imagine how it was to get through with a loaded wagon. Though with such nice weather as last week was and by the use of the "road drag" the roads had gotten in fine shape and the auto mobiles, motorcycles, etc., had begun to venture out again. We suppose though that they will have to do as the "ground hog" for a while longer now, return to their den. If you will allow me the privilege, I will copy a few lines of "poortry," as it seems to be fashionable. Any thing, you know, to "keep up with the fashions and styles." So here goes the "poortry:" It is very easy to be pleasant When life goes on like a song; But the man worth 'while is the man with a smile, When every thing goes dead wrong. So what's the use of wearing such long faces about the bad weather and roads? Cheer up and make a "road drag" and when the roads get in the right condition, use them. There ought to be a good one on every section of public roads in the county. They save so much time and labor and do such good work. Oats have been injured some by the recent freeze, but they will be O. K., I think, if no more of them are killed. Regular services were held at Col ony on last Sunday morning. On ac count of the weather we failed to have any service on the second Sunday in this month. Rev. Mr. Kinard announc ed that communion services would be held at Colony on the second Sunday in February, unless providentially hindered. Preparatory ser.vices on Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. The graveyard, under the super vision of Mr. L. M. Fel>lers, has been put in excellent condition. It is a pleasure to see the graves of your dear ones kept in good shape. All who hav~e relatives buried in Colony graveyard should go up and inspect it occasionally and see how nicely it is kept up. I have been informed that there will be a box party at Union scho'ol house on next Friday night, provided the weather is favorable. The proceeds are to go towards helping to purchase a l.ibrary for the school. Gary Epps, who has been confined to his roonm for the past week, is im proving. The oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Schumpert has had a severe at tack of catarrh, but is greatly improv ed now. Among those wearing a broad smile these days is Mr. C. B. Halfacre of near Colony. "It's a son." There are two new* telephone lines to go up a.t an early date that I know of. One is to begin in this section and connect with the exchange at Pros perity. The other is to begin in the Colony section and connect with the Newberry exchange. 0Xarse Henry" in Columbia. Columbia, Jan. 31.-Col. Henry Wat terson, the great editor, spoke tonight *in the hall of the house of representa tives on arbitration. Mr. Watterson did .not show hIs years, except in his white hair, nor that he has been a suif ferer and had been operated upon. There was a 'band of court plaster on' his head, the "token of a carbuncle." The subject of his speech was not one that could well touch on current top ics, but all he had to say was well done and with unexpected vigor and force. Laurensville Herald. Recently bids for the building of 1federal postoffices at ditferent points n South Carbli.aa havy b'een i.;)ened WHO KILLED IRYTLE HAWKINS Judge Ewart Startles Hendersonville With Theory-Responsible Party a Free Man. Hendersonville, N. C., Jan. 30.-Like the famous ghost, the Myrtle Hawkins murder case will not down. Never, since the horrible crime was commit ted, has the public felt that sufficient effort has been made to bring the guilty fiends to justice. There has been an undercurrent of feeling all these months that the light had not been turned on either long enough or searchingly enough. Probably a few gullible souls have been satisfied with the official declaration of the authorities that "Myrtle Hawkins came to her death at the hands of parties unknown to the jury." But and here comes the rub-the vast ma jority of people never felt that the "party" or "parties" should remain "unknown" to the jury and authori ties. Of course, due allowance is made for the wiseacres, amateur sleuths and others who shake their heads and look knowingly whenever a murder is de clared a "mystery." But the feeling that "the lid had been put on" in this case, for various and sundry specula tive reasons, was and. is shared by a large percentage of the intelligent citt zens of this place. In fact all Western North Carolina is deeply interested in the case, and will not drop the demand that the guilty parties be brought to trial. A Confirmed Sceptic. Perhaps the most confirmed sceptic regarding the efforts of the authorities to go to the bottom of the mystery is the editor of the Asheville Citizen. That gentleman through the columns of his paper has kept the story of the crime before the public almost daily, under the caption, "Who Killed Myr tle Hawkins?" In season and out of season the editor has hammered out that question. As was to be expected a perfect torrent of answers have steadily poured into the editorial sanc tum, and some reproduced in the newspaper. Eviry conceivable theory has been advanced, from suicide to the statement that Myrtle Hawkins is still alive. This last was based on the correspondent's opinion that the coroner's jury could not possibly have identified 'the body, because of the ad vanced putrifaction of the body when. found. Other theories, including cold blooded murder, accidental manslaugh ter and what not, have been advanced. Some writers abused the officials, some defended them. The local newspapers have fairly rung with the clash be tween those holding divergent opin r..Ti : :hy 7:th the truth to say that no crime in the history of a long lie d~ blac': cri:1e: he. s* sti:':e-t the people of Western North Cai:oliia as has the kiling of Myt:e hawkius. History of the Crisne. One Sunday morning in earlyv Sep temb'er of last year, long bef->r the~ summer visitors .hal begun to turn their faces toward huma tis quiet resort among the mo)unta!is was shocked and thrilled b,y the anno:nee ment that a terrible mardar had been committed in Hen'dersonville. Coming. as it did on top of seqeral tragie deaths from automobile accM'ents hereabouts, the whole populat3n wAs keyed lip to the highest tension. The demand for details 'was insatiable. Every news paper that contained a line in refer once to the singular case was immed ately bought up. For several aays the entire people were so astounded by the little scattered bits, of news con cerning the case that it was impossi ble to get the straight of the matter. Hysteria seemed to have suddenly seized upon every one officially con nected with the case. But as was in evitable, the story in some of its re volting details began to get to the iublic. After -numerous witnesses had been interrogatedl and more than one inquest held, the cfficials declared that Myrtle Hawkins' murdered or murder ers were unknown to them. This only added fat to the fire. Detectives, at fancy figures, were imported; city and county officials pursued every possi ble clue-; rewards were offered by the town, county and State. But no one was fastened with the uncanny crime. Revoltime Details. Who. having heard them. wiP #-e' young girl's death? On that Septem ber day some stroller on the beautiful drive around Lake Osceola was start led on beholding the body of a woman floating face upward, fully clother, on the calm waters of the lake. Like electricity the news flew from mouth to mouth. "An unknown woman had committed suicide out at Lake Os eeola," ran the first report. But when it all had been sifted down and some of the truth became known, it was changed to say "Myrtle Hawkins, one of Hendersonville's most widely known young women, has been murdered and her body thrown into the lake." And there is where matters have officially stopped. But the question, "Who kill ed Myrtle Hawkins?" did not stop. It has been asked every day since the occurrence. Light Begins to Break. Like a bombshell- of high explosives, therefore, came the lengthy statement from Judge H. G. Ewart, of Hender sonville, published in the Asheville Citizen of Sunday, 28th instant. Light begins to break with the -state nient issued by this .able juTist. Judge Ewart was the. conudential attorney, of one of the parties suspected of the crime, and he is,- therefore, in a posi tion to speak With some degree of. au thority. By a process of elimination the- judge puts aside, several theories as to how the girl met her death, to fasten on the one that Myrtle came to her death as the result of a crim inal operation. To quote his. words.: "- but in this instance, whether from loss of nerve or from the power ful anaesthetic administered, the operation was bungingly done. The girl died of shock." A Stariting Statement, In the body of the article, in italic ised letters, are these startling words: "The man who did this is in Hender sonville today!" Truly a most remark able assertion. "Why, then," one asks, "is he not arrested?" Because, as Judge Ewart points out, the man has so closely covered his tracks that the law can not touch him. To quote the correspondent: "The evidence against him is such that no grand jury would consider it for a moment and no judge would allow it to go to a trial jury." For that reason the murderer or the accomplice is walking the streets of this town daily, immune thus far from arrest. How Solve the Casel / "Cherchey la femmes," says the judge. Find her and the murder mnys tery will be solved. It was the bung ling hand of a woman, attempting to perform a criminal operation, that caused the death of the girl. Either shock or chloroform poisoning was the direct means of her end. If the woman is found the key to the mys tery will be found. It was a woman who undertook to help the girl's se ducer rid the girl of her impending motherhood. The woman disappeared 'the day following the last ..n which Myrtle Hawkins was seen alive, and her whereabouts has since remained a mystery. Urp to the Authorities. "What will the authorities do now?" is the question upon everyone's lips. Clearly they must either renew the! efforts to locate the woman in the case or they mtich tell Judge Ewart, "you don't knogy what you are ' talking about" It is the fixed belief of many here that the question, "Who killed Myrtle Hawkins?" will never be set tied dntil it results in the conviction of ~murder .in the flrst degree -of a certain man who today walks the streets of Hendersonville. Death of Mr. W. H. Eddy, Sr. Just as The Herald and News is go ing to press the sad intelligence of the death of Mr. W. H. Eddy, Sr., reaches the city. He died at his home at Jalapa on Thursday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, in the 80the year of hik age, and will be buried at Tranquil on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Murray Dispensary Commission. Mullins Messenger. If current reports be true this com mission will be criticised for spend ing $145,500 to $200,000 in payments to T. B. Felder for work worth 1ers 'e.:z--wh? if this amount. Altogether it wil he a. hot campaign. SYMPUI UW WUU Ur THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE PASSES CROSSON HIGH WAY BILL. Will Place Engineer In' Charge of Road Work-Civil Engineer Provided. The Crosson bill to create a State highway commission, passed the sen ate Tuesday by a vote of 20 to 12. The bill has attracted Statewide at tention and was generally discussed in the senate. Dr. W. L. Page, di rector of United States office of public roads, praised the measure in unstint ed terms as being the best bill for the promotion and betterment of public highways that he had yet seen in. the United States. He, some time, ago, lectured before the senate and to the house on the subject of "Good Boads and there discussed the merits o the measure. .This bill was introduced in the-ses ate January 17, 1911, and has-:ben on the senate calendar since. It hat been debated, discussed and amendedv but it goes to the house -la almost 4ts original form. There was an a nd ment adopted providing < that two-i thirds of the money derived from the licensing of automobiles will .remaat in the county treasury - of. the re spective counties in which such- li eensee are .collected. The other one third will go to the highway commis sion for its maintenance. Vote on Measure. The vote on the passage of the bill was as follows: Yeas-Ackerman, Appelt, Bates, Christensen, Clifton, Crosson, Earle,: Hough, Alan -Johnstone, T. J. Maul din, McCown, Rainsford, Sinkler, Spi vey, Stewart, Summers, Waller, Wes ton, Wharton, Young-20. Nays-Black, Carlisle, Epps, Green, Hall, Laney, Lawson, Manning, Mars, Montgomery, Strait, Stuckey-12. Senator Hardin and Senator W. L. Mauldin paired. The bill provides that the State highway commission shall have charge of all the laws now in existence and those hereafter promulgated relating to highways, ferries, etc. The chief officer of the departmet will be a competent civil' engineer, who shall be thoroughly skilled in road construction and all its allied branches. He shall hold office for two years and his annual salary will be $2,506), to be paid In monthly in stallments. The commissioner will be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the heads of the departments of civil engineering of the Unii'ersity of South Carolina, Clemson and the Citadel, who shall act in an advisory capacity to the State engineer when in their judgment it is necessary or' when he requires it. The members will serve without re muneration, except trav'eling or oth er necessary expenses. The -State highway commissioner will be requir ed to take the oath required of other State officers, and will also be requir ed to furnish bond in the sum of $10, 000, the sureties of which shall have been approved by the State treasurer. Automobiles Taxed. All expenses of the department will be paid out of one-third of moneys collected from the licenses of automo biles in the difterent counties. The State highway commissioner is au thorized to hire such help as is neces sary, for the proper conduct of the department, but at an sannual stipend not to exceed $5,000 a year. Hie Is to keep on file in his office all reports made and statistics- collected during the year, and is also to make an an-. nual report to the general assembly through the governor. On the request of the properly con stituted authorities of the county, it will be the duty of the highway com missioner to make and give such spe cifications and estimates as are neces sary. Also he is to give expert ad vice and assistance on all questions pertaining to highways and bridges. "He shall make such investigation as shall be deemed expedient in order to connect under one general system the roads of the various counties of the State by means of ferries, brides (CONTINTTED ON PAGE 7.)