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c I k TOtnrE 1, StTMBEB 61. ^ ' ^ ^ ______ ^ _ " *- iLtsiiAi, JILY 30, 1912. TWICE A WEEK, SLM A IU1 ^ Gov. Blease At A Big Croi RECEIVED OVATION AT HANDS OF HOME PEOPLE DR. J. A. SLIGHT FIXE TRIBUTE ' TO GOT. BLEASE. Governor Reviews His Record and Touches Upon Local Matters. Crowd of 1,200 to 1,500. (By Jno. K. AuIL) Pomaria, July 27.?1,200 to 1,500 people, at least Zou or wnom were ??????? ?? mm? :: ' ' GOV. COLE. U BLEASE. ladies, gathered here today, in the grove surrounding the school house, to hear the second public address which Governor Blease has delivered in his home county of Newberry since his inauguration. The big audience accorded the governor an ovation, and j frequently during the three-quarters I of an hour which he spoke, he was ! interrupted by loud and prolonged j cheering. To size up the occasion in 3. few words, it was a "big Bleas' ifc > ' - %. A&p REV. J. A. SL day" for this section of the country, and it was a "big Blease demonstra- ! * tion." Gov. Blease was presented ; with handsome bouquets, and floral designs which had been secured for him, and which could not be presented on account of the governor's hav- j ing to rush after his address to catch a train, were sent to Columbia to him. .nvnrnnn lilt 11 r'OH h\* f h P 1 lie gU?CiUUl " ao> m C* vuuvvu wv | Rev. J. A. Sligh, D. D., chairman of the board of trustees of Newberry college, who, though now in feeble health, once more gave evidence of that fine "vigor of speech which characterized him in the days of yore, and paid Governor Blease a magnificent tribute. Dr. Sligh served St. Paul's Lutheran church, near here, as pastor, for 47 years. idresses vd At Pomaria Following the governor's address, - T^U%> rr An M "Pr\T* iVir. tll/LlU X. UUU^au, V,auuiuatv iu? governor, addressed the audience. Judge Ira B. Jones had been invited, but was not present. Governor Blease and Mr. Duncan reached Pomaria on ' the Southern train from Columbia at 2.19 p. m. The governor began his address immediately upon reaching the grove, where the crowd was assembled, and at its .conclusion he was driven in an auto mobile to Little Mountain, taking the C., N. & L. train for Columbia, where he was scheduled to deliver an address on Saturday night. < Dr. Sligh's Introduction. The Rev. Dr. J. A. Sligh, in introducing Governor Blease, said that in political days gone by he had been * called upon to introduce Senator Till- 5 -- * - x' 1 J?? ?? |t man 10 a :\ewuerry auuicnuc. nc vnu. not known why, unless it was that he 1 r was a Tillman man. Today he was called upon to introduce Governor 1 Blease, and he did not know why, un- * less it was that he was a Blease man. c "I never had a better friend on earth than his father, Henry Blease," said s Dr. Sligh; "he was a good man, a ? straight man, a Christian man, a no- s He-minded man, a man of gpod heart; < and I can never go back on him nor i his sons nor his da lighters?you will < nmp Hinin? that: T would be i an ungrateful wretch if I did. I have always tried to cultivate the spirit of gratitude; arid I have a great contempt for any man who is not grateful to his friends. That is one reason I admire the present governor, because he is true to his friends. You can't expect him to do anything else except be true to his friends; if he wasn't he wouldn't be worthy the confidence and the votes of the people. - r?_ A TV 1 TH1 H *"t *yi J^ay i*reai ueai lur mease." "I can say a great deal in behalf of t Cole. Blease, but I haven't the voice < to say much today. He has been the t worst abused man I have ever heard ? IGH, D. D. t of; he has had a hard road to travel, p Most other men under similar circum- t stances would have lost their heads^ v long ago and done some desperate act t that would have made the people lose t confidence in them. But he has kept q his head all the* time, showing that he is certainly well balanced. Look t at the slanders that have been heaped t upon him. Look at the legislature of fc South Carolina against him; all that c was a made-up plan by a great many c members of the legislature. There is> c no doubt about that?at least, I am \ satisfied about that in my own mind, r I do not say this of every member who was opposed to Blease, but I do be- y lieve they have been influenced to C C (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4). . [c county Sunday school convention at trinity! 34TH ANNUAL SESSION ENTHUSIASTIC AND INSPIRING. Forward Movement in Snnday School the Sunday school movement in this sounty had received new enthusiasm ind is on the forward movement. By :he next State convention it is hoped j :o cope with any county in the State, rhis end can be accomplished only ' )y the earnest co-operation of all invested in the work, with the officers )f the association. . At the convention some very import- ; int methods were discussed as to the tdvance of interest in the Sunday schools of the county, which it is hop*1 will bear much fruit in the comng year, as this is 'the most import- g tnt branch of church work, not only c n this county, but all over the vorld. The statistics show that 83 c >er cent of the members of the church ^ ;ome in from the'Sunday school. The plans for Newberry county for ( .he coming year were very forcibly x nstilled into the 'minds of those present, by Arthur Kibler, the president, ^ md James F. Epting. Then Miss Van- c iiver outlined the county standard, in ler usual thoughtful and well-spoken i Work in County Shown?Officers f for Ensuing Year. The 34th annual convention of the Newberry County Sunday School as- ] sociation, which was held at Trinity church July 25 and 26, was one of the best and most inspiring conventions that have been held for some ( time. At no time during the session . was any subject on the program al- , lowed to drag, as the volunteer forces were there and kept the discussion on the move - all the time. This was very much appreciated by the coni-pntinn as it was verv evident that . nanner. r The association was very much graified to hear the reports from the t lifferent township officers of the work i hat had been done in their townships, f Some of the reports were very fine, g vhile others did not show the same a jrogress. They caught 'the "go-for- t vard" inspiration. Another very pleasing part of the ^ iession was when the delegates were * enrolled, and thirty-three Sunday t ;chools of the fifty-eight in the county c vere represented, which was by far t he most that have answered the roll e n some time. Greater representation it the next convention is expected. s The: convention was very sorry that wo of the State officers, who had exp +/-\ ho nracAnt w PTP dpfainprl 'CLICU IV UK, y 1 v-uvil W .? v V.V v?... WW, he Rev. J. B. Green, State president, 1 md Mrs. M. 0. J. Kreps, State inisiionary department superintendent t By the statistical figures it was ^ >hown that only about 4,000 of the 2,000 whites of this county attended ^ Sunday school, and there will be a j. orward movement to come in contact vith each family in the countv and ? s ;ee if a greater part of those three- ^ ourths can not be induced^to attend ? e Sunday school. The temperance work in the Sunday t ;chool was, in a clear-cut, thoughtful nanner, discussed by Alan Johnstone, t Fr., and W. C. Herbert, a very fine exa >osition of that branch of the work vas given, and it was very much enoyed and commented on by different f mes in the convention, as was well leserved. .. The convention enjoyed very much ^ he> fine spirit in which the good peo>le of the Trinitv community enterained it. Both days the table was veil filled with an abundance of good hings, to satisfy the inner man, and here was plenty of good ice water to [uench the thrist. Very appropriate resolutions of t: hanks were passed by convention, P hanking the people for their very ^ lospitable entertainment, and the S ountv papers for the use of their ^ olumns for the announcement of the ? onvention. Last, but not least, thanks n yere extended to all who helped to s tiake the convention a success. & The officers elected for the coining n ear are: Arthur Kibler, president: n Jeo. D. Brown, vice president; P. C. Jaillard, secretary and teasurer; hairman township No. 1, J. H. Wick- ( Mill MINIM HIMIIIIimWHUI Willi er; No. 2, Dr. W. C. Brown; No. 3, Mark Smith; No. 4, Rev. Jno. R. Roseboro; No. 5, Geo. C. Glasgow; No. 6, Dr. W. D. Senn; No. 7, J. Sam Werts; NTo. 8, H. 0. Long; No. 9, W. C. Dominick; No. 10, J. A. C. Kibler; No. 11, W. H. Folk; Elementary Department, Mrs. J. Sidney Derrick; Adult Depart but of all pastors and every one in- j :erested in this great work to make ^ he convention next year by far the greatest yet held, not only in numbers 1 )ut in work. Let every one have the >logan: "Meet me at Bethel Baptist, * ruly, 1913." X X. NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Annual Picnic August 9?To Elect e Teacher?Good Sermon?Interf esting School Address. Excelsior, July 29.?Our people will til go to the Little Mountain reunion >n Friday. Mrs. J. D. Stone and children spent g Sunday with her sister, Mrs. T. L. B "f tr? Little Miss Lillie Belle Geiger, of Columbia, is visiting Miss Jessie Lo- ( ick. Misses Ollie Counts and Nannie . Wheeler enjoyed the Mt Tabor picnic >n Friday. Misses Julia and Louise Shealy, of ^ - Iff*.. ?Vi /% tt ? ir* rr -i.Pt.L10 1V1UUUU1111, Xlcivt; v 10111115 elatives in the community. The Rev. 0. G. Davis, the new pasor of the A. R. P. church at Prosperty, preached an interesting sermon or us here Sabbath afternoon to a jood audience! Mr. Davis, while quite l young man, is an able speaker, and ias the promise of a bright future. The annual picnic ot ml Pilgrim { Junday school will be held on Friday, t Lugust 9. There will be exercises by t .he ischool and probably other ad[resses. The public cordially invited t o come with well-filled baskets and g njoy a pleasant day together. mr? t t, wlipftlfti* is in Columbia ~ " a pending a few days with her daugh- t er, Mrs. R. C. Counts. Miss Jessie Lorick is spending sev- t ;ral days at Peak with her school na.tp. Miss Rosa Suber. r A good many of our people went to Miliaria Saturday to enjoy a good tarbecue dinner and hear the candi- ? o iates speak. The patrons of Excelsior school vill hold a meeting at the' school .. louse next Saturday evening at 8 g 'clock, to elect a teacher for said ? n n rwtVi or1 o/">Vl rvl n VfiQ r LVJl ~v< e Cach patron is requested to be presnt at this meeting. ^ Mr. H. T. Patterson made an incresting address to our Sabbath ^ choo] Sabbath afternoon. Mr. Pat- . erson is a good speaker and it was treat to have him with us. a Miss Victoria Crosson is spending ^ everal days with relatives and ^ riends in this section. . Miss Alder Ray Wheeler is spending v everal days with relatives in Colum- ^ o, I think it due my band that you h ay that there never was any agree- ti lent made with this band to furnish p lusic on date mentioned. d Very truly, t< Win. A. Wherry, b , Director. t ia. , 1< Mr. and Mns. Jacob Warner spent t; lunday with her brother, Mr. Berry v lartman. Sigma. ^ ? t; Newberry Concert Band. E Editor The Herald and News: Some tl ime ago it was announced in your pa- ii a VnnrK AAnrtArf Tl CI tlia t C11TT 4^CWUCll J V/V/UV/C1 I UUiiu . ould furnish music at Pomaria on a aturday, July 27. I do not know who a ,*as responsible for this article, but h ince I have been asked by quite a a umber of Deonle why we failed to do County Campa Williami SOME SPICE INJECTED _ ment, Jas. F. Epting; Home Department, Mrs. A. J. Bowers; Teacher Training, Prof. S. J. Derrick. These eleven township officers, ( with the officers at large, will constitute the executive committee. When the question where the con- ( vention of 1913 will meet came up, Bethlehem, Bethel Baptist and New Chapel schools invited the convention to meet with them. After considerable voting, Bethel Baptist was selected. The pfesidlng officer of the associa- 1 tion asked the earnest co-operation 1 not onlv of the executive committee, : INTO SECOND MEETING STATE POLITICS FIGURED SOMEWHAT LARGELY. Pol. Diekert Makes Vigorous Attack on Senator Johnstone?The . Speeches. (By Jno. K. Anil). Williams' Store, July 26.?The eoun^TT An*nnfti(*n ^trrn tlTV*' o + Vl 01*0 i IJ K^CLiLiycLi & ii ? a i uy a, axcwaw ^ today, at the second meeting, some spice being injected by the questions 'rom some in the audience, asked of :he legislative candidates as to where :hey stood in the governor's race?or, is the questioners put it, "How do fou stand on Blease?"?and by Col. D. * ^v?4-'~ vi/vn^nno o+fonV n nnn I "V. JL/ltACl I d ? 15U1 uuo atwvn. upuu Senator Alan Johnstone. In addition to the candidates, there vere about one hundred voters and 1 few ladies at the meeting, which was leld in the grove, just across the road rom the old Williams home, now octupied by Mr. James W. Johnson. Secretary Frank R. Hunter, of the :ounty executive committee, presided >ver the meeting, and introduced first he candidates for the house of representatives. Mr. H. H. Evans. Mr. H. H. Evans said, while he bought the various issues in this :ampaign were well settled, and that here was little use of "much speakng," yet he thought it well for the ;andidates to appear before the peo)le. He attacked the expenditures of he legislature, saying tne representaives in the general assembly had iromised to look out for the interests )f the people, and he wanted to know 'what people they had looked out or." Everybody wanted good roads, -le advocated putting the State con icts on the roads instead of keeping hem on the State farms, in competiion with the farmers, and renting Vizim nut f/-i "Vontoac " "HTo. 1TT7QnfOr? 111 vut L KJ lUUAgv^i AAV ?l UJUVVVi hem given to the counties and put on he roads. Everybody favored education, but he education of the negro was a menice, and if elected he would not cast . vote to educate the negro. He would ,lso seek to reduce appropriations to he highr institutions, which approbations he said were getting entirely oo large. The people knew the record of their , epresentatives. The question to ask hem was, "What have you done for is?" If one set of men was kept in tnn tVlov tit all 1/1 r?wr> tVlP WV I *-/A1 to ?? VU1U V/ ?? 11 V*AV | people. He denounced what he termed the nsults and calumny heaped upon Govrnor Blease, which he said were , tissues of lies." When the chief ex- ( cutive was insulted by men like "that tinking liar, T. B. Felder and his ireling detectives," the whole State /as insulted. He said the statement n reference to him and Blease being ( a Atlanta together, when Blease was harged with doing certain things, was lie. During those two years, he ' aid, he was not even speaking to 3 ? I rovernor mease anu 111 uie race iur j he senate at that time (1904) he had oted for Hon. Arthur Kibler against rovernor Blease. He said the last sgislature had devoted most of its , ime to fighting Governor Blease, and , fas making the people pay for < :. The partisan prejudice of ] he legislature against oGvernor . {lease was so great, he said, | tiat everything else was given a place , i the background. Governor Blease j ad kept his promises to the people, , nd had vetoed extravagant measures, j nd had sought to give the people* an ( onest and economical government, , nd therefore he stood with Blease. j He scored the legislature for what < a oaiM wac on unreasoning- ntlDOSi- ? C OU.AU ?? ?*M u-ii ? 0 _ ^ t ^ on' to the governor, and advised the , eople to inquire into how the candi- T ates stood. He charged that the "in- j jrests" were trying to beat Blease I ( ecause if they ^ould do so it wouldn't * e "but a few minutes until they could ign Was At s' Store Friday get rid of Ira B. Jones." He promised* if elected, not to give heating plant?-to negro colleges, and not to vote for '7 extravagant appropriations to- State colleges, but to try to "cut out the luxury and extravagance surrounding * them." Mr. Arthur Kibler Absent Chairman Hunter announced that Mr.' Arthur Kibler had asked that his regrets be expressed to the people oa account of his inability to be present, Mr. Kibler being in attendance upon the Sunday school convention at Trinity church. Mr. H. 0. Long said this was the first time he had appeared as a candidate for any office before the people, and he was a can. didate because so many of his friends had made him feel that it was his duty to enter the race. He was no orator and no politician; he was a farmer and plain business man. In these yo- |j cations he had been successful. It seemed to him it was high time the legislature was composed of more farmers. His interests were the interests of the people of Newterry county. He wanted Newberry county to go forward. He believed in a good, system of common schools, and had J long been interested in the common | schools. He believed m the education, of the people. He wanted to .see the boys and girls of the country prepar*d for life's duties. He also favored the higher institutions of learning, but wanted to see them conducted on a more economical basis. As to taxation, he was against taxes except those ,1 . 11..1 J ^ tnai were neeuiui auv uctuu ?? miq .* benefit of the * people. "* was not k bound to any one interefec, '">ut was in >^S sympathy with the best interests of the whole county. He favored good J roads and anything else making country life more desirable. Too many ^ people were moving to the towns, and it was for lack of roads and proper ^ church and school facilities. The leg- 3 islature ought~~to be the servant of' ' i the people. He was apposed to antagonizing the man chosen to be the leading officer 'M of the State, and whoever occupied |jj the governor's chair should have the .A5! support of the legislature and the peo- (M pie, for the best interests of the State. Mr. Geo. S. Mower. v<|9| Mr. Geo. S. Mower said he was gratified in the opportunity to ap- I pear before this audience. It was j well to consider the nature and du- Jj ties of the office which he sought. As i si at Mt Pleasant, he explained that the . *>. legislative, judicial and executive de- ".''i partraents were separate and distinct, -' and he spoke of the separate duties - m of each. It was wrong for either <le- js* partment to encroach upon the duties if and powers of the other, or for one to seek to override or dictate to the other. A representative in the general assembly should stand on his own j| feet and act on his own judgment, always conscientiously and with the best interests of the people at heart % He had always endeavored to be can- 1 did with tne people or me couniy, aua ? whatever promises he made them he 3 had endeavored honestly to keep. Taking up taxation, he had stated that 3 his platform was economy with effi- |j ciency, and he had carried out every | pledge he had made the people in this regard. He believed, however, that taxes- should only be levied for gov- . srnmental purposes, and acting Under j that idea he had voted against the j State warehouse act, which the court j had recently declared unconstitution- -38 He said the legislature had been charged with extravagance and he. I ' 1 ?'? ' ^1 nnd h/v 1 aaa looxeu up uic icwiu, auu uc v<>m.u >? :he figures in the defence of the leg- " I slature. He gave instances of nec- j essary increases in appropriations, ind which had been approved by the I jeople, such as the increase in amount 1 jiven for pensions and for support, Jfl )f the State hospital for the insane, 1 x CJfofa 7 Ainr ho/i 'J ina yet, uc miu, uic j uuu. m emained at about the average for the I ast ten years, and the same was true J >f the county levy. In the face of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2). 1