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tar ?tml? jpto Entered at the Postoffice n t V^wjfcsTy, S. C., as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, August 2, 1912. "cv?i^<ar siimA and th.6 Grace iM *' viuvi ~ filth are about to submerge completely the opposition to Governor Blease. It is a sad day for South Carolina wfeen her leading newspapers give circulation to such foul stuff as emanated from John P. Grace. The publication of this Grace filth strongly reminds us of that "buzzard cartoon" "which appeared in the Columbia State just prior to the primary election two years ago. Jno. P. Grace says he thinks some of his editorials written in the campaign of .two yeare ago were republished in The Herald and News. We . j.?j. i A i do not recall, xnat tnis is a iact, uul If it is, we desire to apologize to our readers. The affidavit of the Rev. Dr. Win. A. C. Mueller, of Charleston, pastor . of a great Lutheran church of that city, is sufficient of itself to brand the so-called "testimony" aired before the dispensary committee in Augusta. Dr. Mueller received the degree of doctor of divinity from Newberry college at the recent commencement of that institution. John P. Grace has suddenly become a hero in the estimation of some newspapers which.were certain that Charleston would go to the demnition bow wows if Grace was elected mayor of Charleston. He has become thus a hero in their eyes because of his malice and spite against Governor Blease, the filth emanating from "which is served as a dainty morsel by certain newspapers. But the people of South Carolina will not stand for his kind of foul stuff. Every now and then some newspaper displays und,er flaming head-lines that some former supporter of Governor Blease is now against him. As a correspondent suggests, tnat is now an easy way to achieve fame and to become a hero?to say you were for Blease two years ago, it makes no difference whether you were or not, but that you are against him now. Very \ few people are misled by this old campaign trick. It is an effort to try to counteract Blease's .increased and increasing strength. "It is amusing," says the Manning; Times, "to witness the antics of those newspapers which a few months ago were denouncing John P. Grace as if he were a pickpocket. They predict* ed. all kinds of shame upon Charles- i / J ton did he become its chief executive, but now they are falling upon his neck with joy every time he comes out in the newspapers and denounces Gov. Blease. It would be amusing, had it not passed the stage of amusement and gone into the realm of the vile and filthy. Mr. S. E. Boney, in the News and Courier, in speaking of the State cam- i paign, says: "At Chester there was an uuusuaiiy large cruwa 01 iureigners.' It is stated that three coach loads were brought over from Lancaster" etc. Is it charged that the supporters of Judge Jones are going around to the various meetings to holler for him, or is it conceded that Lancaster, Judge Jones' home county, is bo enthusiastic for Blease that three f mm Tanr>actoi? rm in o body to a "foreign" county to let out their pent-up enthusiasm for the governor? Governor Blease's reply to the socalled "testimony" adduced before the dispensary winding-up committee of the South Carolina legislature, at its session in Auerusta. held there be L cause Felder was confessedly afraid to come into South Carolina, is a cle? refutation of the "charges" there made 1 against him, if the mass of stuff aired ] lefore the committee could be digni- 1 fied with the appellation of "charge." i Certainly there was nothing which could be called "proof," and there was ( "'.qJ f r? a T-anltr Kir flnvornnr UU iUi u. X viw * vr.? Blease at all, except that silence on his part, in the face of the prominence which was given this stuff by the newspapers, might have been misconstrued. i Occasionally we run across a claim made by some one or some newspaper that Blease will lose Newberry county this year, or that his friends will hare v. r>f their lives to save it for ' him. Those who are making such i claims are probably whistling to keep up their courage. The same kinds of claims were heard two years agp, and Newberry then rolled up a big majori- ' ty for Blease, and his majority this ' year in Newberry premises to be considerably larger than it was two years age. All this Felder and Grace filth ! that is being vented in the effort to i stem the tide that is bearing him to victory is but making him stronger in Newberry, as elsewhere throughout the State. The tribute paid Governor Blease by the Rev. J. A. Sligh, D. D., president of the board of trustees of Newberry college, is something of which : any man might be proud. Dr. Sligh's 1 ~ H-Prt Vine >!OOn nno /if SATvip.fi in j 1UU5 IJIIC Liatd UWVU V^V , the Master's cause. For 46 years, up until November, 1911, he served St. Paul's Lutheran church continuously as its pastor?a record of continuous service in one charge held by few pastors anywhere. While serving St. Paul's he served several other Lutheran churches "with zeal and fidel- | ity.. He has been for 43 years a mem- j ber of the board of trustees of Newberry college, and. for twenty-nine ; years president of the board. Truly it ' may be said of Dr. Sligh that he has "kept the faith." ?-MM I w i Dr. W. G.' Houseal, of Newberry, * than whom there is no more upright < man and physician in Soutn Carolina, iu an affidavit denounces as "absolutely false" the statement of Grace in reference to what Grace says was a "grand carouse" at Wright's hotel in Columbia, the night before the governor's inauguration, when Grace says he had his "first real insight" "into ! Blease and the asmosphere in which he moyed." Dr. Houseal was Goverpimco'b fnmilv r>hvsician. and UVi *"V?WV - ? JC?. . was in charge of Governor Blease, who was a very ill man, going to Columbia with him the night before the inauguration, taking him to the train in Newberry on a cot, staying by his side on the train, .and spending the night in the room with him in Columbia, after reaching Wright's hotel at about 11 o'clock. j So much for Grace's veracity. Endeavoring to meet the probabili- j ty, which every day seems to be growing more into a certainty, that Governor Blease will carry Lancaster county, the home of his opponent, by a handsome majority, the effort is being made to establish something in the nature of a claim that Gov. Blease has lost strength in Newberry county. Those who have watched political conditions in Newberry county for twenty years and longer say that Newberry will this year give Governor Rio-sco ^ himajority than she has ever given him before, and, unless all j political signs fail, this seems to he the fact The grea^ majority of the people of the county, who have known Blease since he was a baby, are justly indignant at the calumny which it is endeavored to heap upon him, and they intend to give evidence of their confidence in him and in his integrity 1? "him their endorsement at i Ujr the ballot box. Among his home people, where he lived and labored until his election as governor, Cole, L. Blease was known i as a man of generous hospitality and I unfailing courtesy and politeness, j That he should have lost these fine ! traits within the short time he has I ) ed, even before any statement camt ] from the governor, that Governor j Blease was acting for the protection of his home, as he saw it. This inva* ] sion of the sanctity of his home by the ( newspapers will not do the governoi i harm. The regrettable part of the af. i fair is the notoriety given the unfor- i tunate men who have suffered in con- , sequence of these newspaper articles. /tnim i vn rrm? pprfid tX-IVA. VXi Alii' XliJU A portion of the statement of Jno] 1 P. Grace, mayor of Charleston, "which < was carried by the Columbia State and < the News and Courier, is too vile for publication in the columns of The 1 Herald and News. How the Columbia ! State and the News and Courier man- 1 aged to get through the mails, in the i tace 01 in? innioiuon against uusueue: matter, we do not understand. By his own words Grace has branded himself as a man who wallows in the mire of filthy thoughts and ' filthy words. That the people oi ! South Carolina will believe the statements of such a man is asking too much. 1 i It is a sad day for South Carolinaj' when her two leading dailies, in theii j mad efforts to defeat Governor Blease; j lend their columns to matter unfit to j go into, the homes of the people of: South Carolina. Grace has prover I himself too contemptible even f<3:: pity, and is unworthy of notice.' Writhing in the agony of malice and ! of spite, he has put himself beyond the pale of common decency. That a human being should descend so !ov j J r\ ?nyl Trra racraf of ! Lb E5CIU, It J?> u UC, CL i-ivi. rr ^ x a v* v tucu> i lie is a South Carolinian, But, without the aid of newspapers >?. CftTOWftr PlcocA W WJ <X1 xz lAg)l?UkJU?y UVfVAUV* Grace was powerless to have his filth carried into the homes of the people of the State. _ That is the sad part of the spectacle?that Grace's foul words and lewd vaporings shpuld be seized upon and presented as painty morsels j by a press which, in its desperation, has shown by this act to what lengths it will go to try to stem the tide that is bearing Governor Blease to victory. WHY THE PALMETTO DBOOPS. Ii The Herald and News believed that Cole. L. Blease was a grafter, it would not defend him. If The Herald and News believed that Cole. L. Blease was a grafter, it would immediately and as prominently as within it? power lay, repudiate him. Felder and his detectives seem to have scoured the country in the effort to secure proof that he is a grafter. If they have offered a scintilla of j ioof worthy the name, we have failed to observe it in the mass cf so-called "testimony" ' a committee of the South Carolina legislature went over to Augusta, at the beck and call of Felder, to secure, because Felder was confessedly afraid to come within the borders of South Carolina. The Columbia State, one of the bitterest paftisan newspapers in circulation in the world today, has a double-leaded editorial leader, headed "The Drooping Palmetto." That edi\ torial concludes with this paragraph. "Detective Burns declares he found more corruption in South Carolina than he has found m any State of the Union; that he has become personally interested and is going to get to the bottom of everything, and have testimony to present to a jury. Will he do it? Burns has an extraordinary record of successes in those cases that he has undertaken after investigation, but the presentations made at Augusta are more in the nature of inferences to support moral conviction than evidence to prove anything in a court of law. The matter brought out does not fix criminality upon the governor'of South Carolina." If the matter brought out "does not j fix oriminalitv uoon the srovernor of i South Carolina," then who has caused the palmetto to droop? Is it the governor, upon whom Felder, in his | venom, with his-cohort of sleuths, hasj Deen governor, the people of Xewber- i ry did not believe, and when the j 'King-Watson" incident, as it has i ccme to be known, began to receive ( so much attention at the hands of certain newspapers who are fighting tlie governor, the people -who knew j Governor Blease best were convinc- j: not teen able *5" '"fix criminality," or is it the committee of the South Carolina legislature which has lowered the dignity of South Carolina by going into territory where it has not even power to administer an oam or to punish for contempt, to take the testimony of a man of Felder's stripe, and has allowed Felder to give vent before it to "testimony" of a character which would have no standing in a court of law, and which, having no standing in * -w-t? + lour onHoin?* in >ha na. CL UUU1 t U1 x-ti, u J * * V?V MM ture of the belching forth of personal Bpite against officials and gentlemen of South Carolina, ought not to have any standing in a court of decency? Governor Blease has been hounded down since the day6 when he first entered State politics. It is getting time that "criminality" be fixed upon him, or that the bitter atacks upon him cease. W wonder not that the palmetto droops when a committee of Smith rnrnlinn legislature. renre senting the legislature, and held out to the world to represent the people Df South Carolina, gives its sanction to such stuff as has been adduced in Augusta. A few days ago-, with a great show Df horror, the Greenwood Daily Jour anl was making much ado about an | j allege^ order from the Associated Press to kill a story which it had started over its wires, on account of certain expressions used by Governor BJease. But the Journal printed the Ora.ee filth under a scare-head on its first page. " Certain kinds of righteousness sometimes play funny pranks. ' "Responds by Relation of an Unprintable Incident," is a headline in the Greenwood Daily Journal, over Grace's stuff, and below the headline the Journal prints the "unprintable" matter. Such is life, when political | prejudice gets the upper nana. In the Columbia State, of August 3, in a report of a speech delivered by Judge Ira B. Jones at Heath Springs, it is stated: "Judge Jones stated to the audience that in the absence of his adversary he -would not criticise his administration." Soon after Judge Jones announced hi a he. beean a camnaien tour of the State, and, according to the published reports of his speeches, Bleaseism and Blease's administration, and the "anarchy" which he said BJeaseism led to, were his themes. Blease was not present. Governor Blease on several stumps has stated that he would not attack, his opponents in tneir aosence. Is Judge Jones learning from Governor Blease the ethics of campaigning? I Tomp Fap ftrarp. Manning Times. - The much heralded exposure from Mayor Grace if Governor B^ease "would release him from a confidential conversation, is out today in the News and Courier. It is tamer than we expected from a man who has given indications a? desperation in an effort to destroy the man that has disap pointed mm. it is piuiui tu wiuieoss the spectacle that Mayor Grace has made of himself, even though he is telling the truth. He has demonstrates his "willingness to go to any length to accomplish his purpose. A man like th^'s would be acceptable to the "gun men" who recently figured in the Rosenthal murder in New York. Grace's latest utterance will not appeal to those who are opposed to Blease, as they must realize that he is overdoing his part of the act He knows too much, he was "Johnny on the spot" whenever there was anything doing where Blease was concerned, and was even on hand when Tillman was sweating blood in Washington. He was here and everywhere, a regular sleuth on Blease's trial. Those who believe the statements of a character like this are welcome to, hut wTe do not believe there are many who will. The Lore That Dyes. ' She?would you love me better, dearest, if my hair were a different color? | He?"Well, I don't know, darling. What other colors have you??Sketch. If you live in a rented furnished room, select a hall clock, price $175, for your wife. Every man in a parade acts -as if it's all for him. ^ t <*> <S> , <S> HOW TO DECREASE WATER <$> <S> DAMAGE. <$> <$> <3> Read before tbe South Carolina Firemen's asociation in convention at ' ? ? /-? 1 TT ? T> Ttr^lla JttOCK ?1111, S. VJ., D7 xienrjr r>. rf^no, chief of the Newberry Fire Department: When the question of "how to re* duce the water damage" is correctly answered, the financial loss from fires will be reduced at least twenty-five per cent When a building that contains a stock of merchandise or household goods is partly consumed the damage occasioned by water will, in most instances, be equal to the Iosb from the flames. It is absolutely im ? ? - X2 1? -IT possioie lo enureiy ou^uii-<vtc nawi damage, but that damage can foe, and ought to be, reduced to the minimum. It is impracticable to lay down and impossible to follow iron-clad rules in reference to this matter. oN two ~ ? ?xi ?11- xl- ^ ^ nres originate iaenuuaiiy iu uje skuuc way or can be fought in the same manner, consequently every fireman must be controlled somewhat by tie peculiar circumstances presenting themselves at that time and be guided by his former experience and. best judgment Every fireman knows that there are two elements of destruction connected with a fire; first, the loss occasioned by the actual burning of property; and second, damage from misdirected and unnecessary amount of water used in attempting to extinguish the flames. In almost every case of partial burn~ * ? X ? _ ? AM /^^ri ! j lag ol personal property me ixiuucuiij loss occasioned by the use of too much water at the wrong place is as great as the damage from the lire itself. The first lesson a young fireman should learn is that he must fight the fire and not fight the smoke. The old adage that "where there is a smoke there must be fire" is applicable in most 'instances, but a fireman should always remember that where there is a fire I * - J 1^4-- -2 44. ! there must De smoKe, ;mu iuls ui ; and he must find the fire and let the smoke take care of itself. Throw water on the flames and you will put out the smoke, but if you throw water on the smoke you will only succeed in adding damage to loss and in no way extinguish the fire or stop the confla 5^avJ>vu* Organization is the keystone to the arch of success in all undertakings of a private, public or general nature. A | successful fire department is marked j by the fact that the individual mem! ber loses his individuality, and his ; personal identity is merged into one ! organized body working for a comj mon purpose and for the public good, j It has been said that the battle of Wat| erloo was won on the playground at Oxford; that is to say, that the great Duke of Wellington learned when he * 1 1 4- in was a SCnooi-Doy iiuti iu suwccu iii any undertaking in life he must realize the necessity of organization and thorough training. His early realization of that great principle swept Na poleon from the field or watenoo aim dashed to the ground forever a scepter and a crown* What is true of Wellington is equally true of every fireman in South Carolina. In order to succeed he must know that nothing practicable or permanent can be ac 1 -1 3 iAV.rv-^4. AT?An o-V? onrl nfHYl COri^piiSUeti W ILJUUU L luviuugu ? plete organization and frequent and close training. "We all know that when fighting a fire the pipeman is "the man behind the gun" and he must be a man with a cool head, steady nerve and quick judgment Right there is where organization and training tell the most. He must be taught that throwing water on smoke has not and never will put out a fire. He must find the base of the fire and get at it One gallon of water at the base of the fire is worth more than one hundred * - ?? rr? ? i. _tt.ni* gallons somewnere eisc. nc must o^>, to the text: "Play low and get close." The pipe-men of evfery organization are the ones who direct and control the "water damage" of this country and it is to them that wo must look for relief from this evil. They must | first locate the base of the fire and I then hit the spot. Any suggestion I might make in reference to locating the base of a fire would be "carrying; coal to Newcastle" so far as the trained city fire departments are concerned, as they are organized, trained and directed by veteran firemen far more able to suggest than I am. However, I will take the risk of being guilty of the indiscretion of "talking of war in the presence of Hannibal" and will say a few words along that line to some of my brother firemen who, like Tv.T,oaif n rmmtrv town as their 11OV/Ii, ? local habitat. In case you locate the fire in a cellar, get your nozzle through a window, door or cut a hole in the floor, anyway so that the full force of the water can hit the fire without deflection. Don't flood the floor above the cellar and thereby waste the water and add to the "water damage" of the occasion. A fire between walls of a building is an ugly customer to handle. It is difficult to locate and harder to get at When you have once definitely located the base of the fire, you have won half the battle. The fire can then be fought from below or above, or both, as the circumstances and the geography of the building may suggest. Don't throw wacer against the wall and thereby flood the building, but go right after the fire itself. Cut a hole in the wall either above or below the base qf the fire and put water to the flames in a steady stream, and everything will soon be in shape for the insurance adjuster to come around with his smile or his frown as the occasion demands. In all 9vents, there will be but little "water damage" to be paid for or reckoned with. The water damage Is necessarily greater when the base of the fire is located in the ceiling. That is one time when there is obliged to be more or less damage caused from water. It is understood that there are hundreds of gallons of water throw- at a fire that do not actually hit the - ~es, and that water has to go someWi. \ In this instance, the water flowb through the ceiling to the floor beneath and generally causes considerable damage to the contents of the building. All you can do in a case of this kind is to minimize the damage by not throwing any more water than is actually necessary to extinguish, the flames. When you have put out the fire, cut off the water. No fire department can do good and efficien? service unless it is equipped with the best and modem apparatus for fighting fire. Loyalty, enthusiasm and ability in a fireman can count but little when he has to fight fire with an inadequate water supply, rotten hose and imperfect ^nozzles. A. town th^t is so "penny wise and pound foolish" as to attempt to economize on its fire department sooner or later pays dearly for its mistake. A fir? department is like a Texan's pistol, he doesn't need it often, but when he does he needs a good one and needs it quick. Most of the'towns in this State that have up-todate fire departments have been taught that lesson and have pa*d the price. A department that is equipped with modern apparatus can and will reduce the "water damage" to such an extent that the amount saved would nay for the"* equipment in a few years. Another way to help reduce water damage is to keep outsiders out and away from the building so that they will not interfere with the work of the firemen. When a fire occurs in a small town, the firemen are almost run over by the crowd and are prevented from doing the efficient work they could otherwise do. When the pipe-men are pushed and shoved about by the crowd, it is a physical impossibility for them to put the water where they ought to put it and the damage from water is increased to that extent. In case you reach a fire in its infancy, such as an explosion of a lamp, or a small fire in a store, it is best to use a chemical extinguisher or a small nozzle, size about 3-8 of an inch. Nozzles of this size are. made in connection with the regular shut-off nozzles and either can be used independently of the other. By that means a conflagration can be effectively pre vented with little or no water damage. These suggestions are grounded on the supposition that you have reached the scene of the fire before it has gained much headway. Of course, if you reach a building when it is on fire from cellar to roof, there is nothing to do but to sail in with gloves off, regardless of "water damage," or anything else, except to extinguish the flames and keep the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings. t The duty of a fireman is two-fold, viz: to protect property and to save lives that may be imperiled* His aim should 'be not only to extinguish a fire, but to do so in, such a manner as to keep down property loss to the owner and financial loss to the insurance company. A fireman should use as much effort to save unhurned property from damage as he uses in extinguishing the fire itself. There are many other ways to de crease water damage, but these few suggestions are presented to this body of firemen to be taken for what they are worth. ?? "Was your love affair romantic?" '<0h, very! I met Reginald at the seashore. We both pretended to be very rich." I "Yes, yes." "And now it turns out that he collects the payments on our piano."? McCall's Magazine. It is a high solemn, awful thought, I avow indivifiiml man that his I JLKJL ??? earthly influence, which has had a commencement, will never through all ages, were he the very meanest of lie Tiaro run Pnri?Thomas Carlvl?. j HVJ, ~ **** A ; V