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TWO COUNTY MEETINGS WERE HELD SATURDAY GOOD MEETISG AT JOLLY STREET, IX NO. 10. TVfeht Meetinsr Was at Mollohon, and \ / VOLUME L, yOIBEB M. KEWBEBBY, SOUTH CABOLDTA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1912. TWIC1 A Will, 9LM A 11AB. ? - ^ Was Largely Attended?Lots of # Speaking. The Newberry county candidates had a busy day on Saturday, attending a regular meeting at Jolly Street, which began at 10.30 o'clock in the morning and continued until 3.30 in the after "? - ^ ~ j ^ noon, ana men aueuumg a. ingm. meeting at the Mollohon mill,. which began at 8.30 o'clock and continued until about midnight. At the MolVohon * meeting, in addition t.o the candidates on the regular program, all the other candidates were given a chance to address the voters, and most of them availed themselves of the opportunity. Thpra was a crowd of about 250 people, including a good many ladies, at the Jolly Street meeting, in Xo. 10 township. This was the first meeting to be opened with prayer, an earnest invocation being offered by the Rev. Y. von A. Riser. In the absence of Acting County Chairman Frank R. Hunter, who was detained in Newber ^ ry on pressing business, Mr. Jno. K. Aull presided. The candidates for the house of representatives were first on the program, and all of them were present, except Mr. Aiihur Kiblsr, who was kept in the cit" by business engagements. Mr. -3eo. S. Mower discussed the question of taxation along the lines which he has taken at previous meet? ings, defending the legislature against the charges of extravagance. He said for the past ten years the average State levy had been 5.1 mills and was today but 5 3-4 mills, and during the past two years the rate of taxation for State purposes had not been raised. The average for the county for 10 * years was 3.15 mills, and today it was but 3 1-2 mills, and had not been changed in the past four or five years. For the oast 20 vears the average State levy was 4 3-4 mills and the average county levy 2.95. He spoke of the | necessary increases in some of the appropriations in running the State gov- j ' 4 ernment, such as for pensions, for the hospital for the insane, and other mat- J ters. He said the general assembly had been careful in making the appro- I ' priations as small as were consistent i with the right kind of economy?an economy coupled with efficiency. Mr. H. 0. Long gave his platform which has already been published in The Herald and News. Mr. Long favor- j ed better schools. He favored the "higher institutions, but wanted them run more economically. Favored good ! * roads, and wanted to sell the State farms and put the convicts on the |l roads. Wanted a good government, j but wanted it ruh on a" more economi-! ,cal basis. Dr. C. T. Wyche spcke of the criticism of the Xewberry delegation be cause it did not vote to sustain the governor in his every action, he said, and he cited his record along this line, . going into a discussion of some of the votes. "Certain candidates have gone around and bewailed the fact that the legislature vot-^d money for a nesro j | college," he said. "When Mr. Evans j was in the legislature there was a j proposition to vote $1S,000 to the same negro college, and I voted against it, and we reduced it to S10.000, and his voice was not heard. I was there with him two years, and he never protested against voting ?noney to that college." He said if the legislature didn't maintain this negro college, the Federal government would come in and put in a college that would put more devilment in the heads of the negroes than I they now had. He defended the heating plant given the college as a matter of economy. He addressed himself to a number of other issues, giving his position on the various matters as already outlined. Mr. John Henry Chappell attacked Dr. Wyche's vote on the medical inspection bill, saying the trustees al? rpady had the power which this bill J^. "would confer for the relief of the children. n^t convince the "net h?c vc^ <> ^ ! in the interest cf the firmer, and not i > of the doctors. He vigorously attacked what he denounced as the extravagance of the legislature, and devoted himself at some length to an argument against the education of the negro. He cited the Greenwood lynching case, when Governor Hey ward was present trying to stop the lynching, as what I " J ? ??"1 J ^ ^ nQ*r??n V4 o f j tJUUUiiUUIl VNUU1U U?J iui iuc ucfi,iu. x v. . said it had been charged against him * that he was opposed to all kinds of education, but this was not true. "Wha: kind of education is Chappell oppose.! to? None except the education outhe free nigger," he said, though lie wanci ed the higher institutions run more economically, wanting to take some of their money from them and to run the common schools at least eight months. Mr. J-I. H. Evans gave hi-5 position | as given at previous meetings, charg| ijxg the legislature with extravagance. I wsntpH tn ask Dr. Wvche if he did j n't stand by Ira B. Jones in the hoi.se J and vote against the Jim Crow car j law. "I am informed it is a fact," he :said. "If it ain't so I w'll apologize and beg his pardon. I ask hira if it 4s not a fact to rise up and say so. Then it. must be a fact, and I charge him with voting for something that meant I social equality." He said the higher institutions could get along wita half what they were receiving now, when so many little schools wer-i getting along with but such a sma'l pittance. He opposed r.egro education. Mr. w. worKman, aner giving uisi platform as at previous meetings, was | asked where he stood with reference to Blea.se and Jones. He said that was a question not in this campaign, but if any one desired to know his position he would tell him privately. He said there were men in the last legislature who would come in the house and ask .what was up, and where the governor stood on it, and would then take the other side. He said this was not a correct attitude. If elected, he woui.l strive to represent the people, and I would be with the governor when he Ithrmeht fh<> erovernor was right. The candidates for superintendent of education devoted themselves to edu-' cational matters, and matters connected with the schools. For the State senate Col. D. A. Dickert paid a tribute to Governor Blease and deplored' what he termed was the effort of the legislature and j others to try to keep the governor from fulfilling his promises to the people to give them more economy in the administration of the government. There had never been another general assembly in the history of the State, said Col. Dickert, which had passed an item in the appropriation bill over the ? - xi t I governor's veto. i\ow uie legislative delegation was coming before the people almost penitent, almost as criminals before the bar of justice, because of their acts in opposition to .the goverI nor.. He strongly commended Goverj nor Blease. He charged that the last j legislature had been greatly extravaeant. and he compared the approprja ! tions to the higher institutions witty the cost of running Newberry college. , He gave figures to sustain his asser[ tion that South Carolina university j was given as much as was required ] | for five other leading colleges of the | State. The .upholding of the gover! nor's hands in his fight for the rights of the people, and economy in the ad- , ministration of government, was his 1 o f f r\r?m Senator Alan Johnstone said he would discuss his own record," and the record cf no other man. He said he had stood in the general assembly for the church, for the schools, and for the honor of the State and of Newberry county. He went into a discussion of his record, and said he wished he had time to give the people his every ? uio i-oocnnc.' thfr?r Hp hp V UltJ (3,1111 1110 X V/UUVllK} V*?V* w 4 V* . .^.v ^ w I lieved he was in position to serve tb< < people better, by reason of his experience, than ever before. He said he < had made up his mind not to tell the < people a high compliment which had . been paid the Newberry delegation, but ( would do so on this occasion, and he ( spoke of their work there and how ( highly they were regarded in the gen- j eral assembly. , The Mollolion Meeting. There was a large crowd at the i Mollohon meeting Saturday night, : whi^h w?s held at J. J. Senn's store. 1 a p "'v n * " " 0^3 !v tt" " r>. 1** ~r 1 * R. Hur.rer pre'.i-'n x. A*. I the c ?.:l ~ I - dates for the senat* and house we present and spoke. Messrs. Chapr and Evans aroused considerable enthusiasm by their references to Gov. Blease, and were applauded liberally upon their laudatory mentions of the o-nvprnor. At the conclusion of Mr. Chappell's address he was presented with a prettily decorated horse-shoe by little Miss I la Bell Dukes. Dr. Wyche was asked a number of questions during his address, and at one time Chairman Huuter had to insist upon order. All the candidates made vigorous addresses. When the candidates for superintendent of education had concluded the names or tne otner candidates were called by the chairman and each of them who desired to do so was given an opportunity to speak, and a good many of them delivered short addresses, some of them provoking considerable enthusiasm and receiving considerable applause. Mr. Cannon G. Blease also received a horse-shoe presented by another pretty little girl. STATEMENT FROtf COL. HUNT. He Gives His Connection With the Pardon of Taylor, Referred to by Got. Blease at Sewberry. Editor The Herald and News:In reference to Gov. Blease's allusion to the Noah Taylor case in his speech here on the 13th inst., which is quoted in The Herald and News as follows: "When Noah Taylor was in the penitentiary for wife murder," he said, "Mrs. Taylor went to Walter Hunt," and he said $1,000 was put in the bank which was to be given to Mr. Hunt in case he secured a pardon for Taylor. Wovwarrt thpn governor. Tavlor was pardoned, and Col. Hunt and Col. Schumpert, said Gov. PI ?<?e, got their $1,000. "Now, why didn't they come out and say Heyward was bought? No, n^, that was Mr. Hunt That happened in your own county, but if a lawyer goes to work and gets up a petition for pardon before me and I let the man out some little ram-sniffle goes off with a lie and says I was paid so much. Walter Hunt didn't pay Heyward anything. He had a right to his SI,000 and he got it. This is the same thing, 1 suppose, that has been going on with me, but instead of giving me an honest dea'l and a fair mention in the matter they go to work and say, 'He is pardoning too many people.'" In order that incorrect inference may not be drawn from this statement, I will give you a brief history of the case. In 1899 Noah Taylor was indicted for murder. He was defended by the late Col. O. L. Scftumpert ana my firm. H? was convicted of murder with a recommendation to mercy and sentenced to life im^risoniiienL We appealed to ftie supreme court, and the judgment of the circuit court was affirmed. After this and before D. C. Heyward was elected governor, Taylor's parents employed Messrs. Schumpert & Holloway and my firm to apply for a pardon, and placed a thousand doliars in the hands of Dr. James Mcintosh, president of the Xnvberry Savings t>ank, to be turned over to the two firms when we succeeded. I remember distinctly that we appeared before Gov. McSweeaey twicei and on the last occasion lie stated that j tie was very much impressed and was! inclined to grant the pardon, but hej i would like to hear from the jurors. I The jurors were scattered and one tt two of them we were never able to find. As Gov. McSweeney's term was drawing- to a close we were pressed for rime and on the day before he vacated Lhe office Mr. Holloway, Col. Schum-' pert's partner, and a member of my; firm went in the county to see some of :he jurors, and that night they mailed! :he petition of the jurors to Col.' Schumpert and myself in Columbia, j tin njinArs about 10.Sft ! C l^vtltuu ? ? J D'clcck of the day on which Gov. Mc-j Sweeney vacated the office. As soon j as we received the papers we called on j 5ov. McSweeney, but he said he had; ?losed up all his business with the: office and had nothing to do but turn ' it over to Gov. Hey ward, and that he { 2ould not then consider the case. When it became necessary to pre- j sent the petition to Gov. Heyward, fj 3tated to Col. Schumpert that as I had seen an earnest supporter of Heyward v -?r ?.v*'-t:-nr v?f*>r? h?rn in e matter mvi we emr-'.oyed ex-Judge ?m W. C. Benet to present the case along with Col. Schumpert to Gov. Heyward. I told Dr. Mcintosh, with whom the Taylors had left the money to pay our fee, how I was situated and that we had engaged Judge Benet to taKe I my place in presenting the case to Gov. Heyward, and he approved of the position I took. Col. Schumpert and Judge Benet: presented the case to Gov...Heyward, i _ and after considering it for several months he granted the pardon. I never mentioned the case to Gov. Heyward. | Vnnrs tru] v W. H. Hunt. WEDS HIS PRETTY NURSE. Yoqnpr Sowth Carolinian Celebrates Recovery by Taking- ,1 Wife. Winnsboro, Aug. 15?At noon yesterday in Charlotte, N. C., Mr. Josenii i{. Caldwell, of this town, and Miss Grace, j of thp Charlotte Sanitarium, were hap- j Ipily married. Mr. Ca'dwell, who had been a patient in .he lnspit.il, was discharged and ready to recurn to his home here, when "lie decided to bring back with him *iis attractive purse. The young couple were giran a dinner in the evening at rhe Manufacturers' club by some of Charlotte? leading ?" 1 ? L ? r\r: L I physicians. Tney tnen came to w mn?boro, where they were met \>y a host of friends. Mr. Caldwell.is a Davidson graduate 1912, and has been studying medicine in Charlotte for th.? last two terms. They are now gues:s at the home of Mr. Caldwell's parent?, and have received a warm welcome in the younger society set. WIDOWS SLAYER SILENT. i . Young Woman Who Killed Nashville Beniifv Refuses to Talk. j Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 15.?A day in custody did not operate to unseal the lips of Mrs. Leola Hooper Jones, aged 24. who last night shot and almost in istantly killed Mrs. Alva Cave, aged ! 30, widow of Steve Cave/a son of the I venerable Rev. R. Lin Cave, of Nashville, who is the chaplain general of the United Confederate veterans. Mrs. Jones appeared in the city court this afternoon accompanied by her father and by her attorney and formally waived examination. She was bound over to the criminal court on a charge of murder. Judge Levin, who was on the city court bench, acting temporarily for Judge Killen, would not undertake the responsibility of fixing bond, and Mrs. Jones was sent to jail. It is I expected bond will be fixed tomorrow j morning. In court Mrs. Jones appeared cool and collected. Jealousy is generally accepted as the prompting cause of the tragedy. The tragedy occurred last night, | Mrs. Jones going to the home of Mrs. Cave and shooting her twice, one ball entering the heart. The wounded worn vn d'ed in a few minutes. Mrs. Jones was arrested en route to the police station to surrender. Vr?. .7r>nes some time since, filed suit absolute divorce and is said to are been living apart from her husband. Mrs. Cave's husband died about two i years ago and at the time of the shooting she and her two children, a girl of 5 and a boy of 2, were making their heme with her mother, Mrs. Sophia Leinhos. Mrs. Cave was noted for her beauty. Township S. S. Convention. An interdenominational township ^ J 1 1 r<f? n Slinaay scxiooi assucieiuun wcio iuiiu^u on Sunday at Saluda Baptist church, near Chappells, in1 Xo. 7 township. Mr.. J. S. Werts was elected president a.id Mr. J. L. Watkins secretary-treasurer, with an executive committee of one from each school in the township. Mr. J. B. O'Neall Hollowav delivered an 1 address in the morning. Dr. E. C. -Tones and Mr. Jas. F. Epting addressed the meeting in the afternoon. J. Epps Brown and Son. Since August 16 Mr. J. Epps Brown has been the proud and happy father of a young man, who on that day weighed ten pounds. Mr. Brown aas the congratulations of lus Newberry friends upon this addition to his staff ;v f',n management of tho great. Soulflterr. Tell. ?? PRACTICAL TALKS BY PROMINENT EDUCATORS THE EDUCATIONAL RALLY HELD AT ST. LUKES. State Supt. Swearing-en and Prof. W. K. Tate Were Heard With Close Attention. St. Lukes, Aug. 19i?The educational rally at St Lukes on Friday was I largely attended, and very careful and I thoughtful attention given to the speeches of Prof. W. 5- Tate, and Supt. J. E. Swearingen. A bounteous picnic dinner was served after the addresses and the day was thoroughly enjoyed. County Superintendent of Education E. H. Aull presided, and with a few introductory remarks presented the first speaker, Prof. W. K. Tate. Prof. Tate is thoroughly interested and enthusiastic in the betterment and advancement of the rural schools. He said it was always a pleasure for him to come to Newberry and gave several reasons why it was so; that he had made a number of visits to Newberry, and believed that the people were interested and enthusiastic in* the im provement of the rural school conditions in the county, and that where such conditions existed, it was ialways a pleasure to visit. He commended very highly the activity of County Superintendent Aull, looking toward better school houses and schools in Newberry county, and congratulated the county on the educational progress which it has made during the past six months. He called attention to the bond issues at Pomaria' and Silverstreet,. where handsome brick Dundings are to be erected, and to the general educational interest which is shown throughout the county. He explained how the State had given aid where communities were willing to help themselves, and urged upon the j people of the St. Lukes community the j 5 ' ?- iit> n rural wro/l ! importance ui putting up ? iuiai giaued school in that section, where there . were so many bhildren of school age, and explained that the State would j give $300 a year to the maintenance . of the school, if the district would vol* a four-mill tax. He stated that of course these matters were all left with the people at last, but endeavored to ehnw thpm where it was to their inter- i est to vote the tax, in order that they might get the State aid and at ere same time help themselve.s in the improvement of their school. His address was along practicil lilies and thoroughly enjoyed by tbes* present. It is hoped that it will result in something being done for the betterment J of school conditions. Hon. J. E. Swearingen was then presented and gave a very earnest anJ practical talk on rural Si'ho in Sjutii Carolina. He urged the pnplc to . wake up to their interests and stated that there were three things necessary to make a good school; namely, there { must be provided the necessary physi-. , cal equipment, the teachers must be competent, which could only be accomplished by paying sufficient salaries to | secure good service, and last, that they ? must have the children'in'the school. Mr. Swearingen commented upon the enthusiasm, intelligence and activity which had been thrown into the school J work by the present county superintendent of education, and stated that < if such conditions could exist in every county in the State, it would not be < long until he had a fine system of rijral schools throughout the entire State of I \ South Carolina. He. also stated that he always took great pleasure in coming to Newberry, and whenever it was ! possible, and there was an educational | : meeting, he would not fail to attend. < The pcople of this community, some i few weeks ago, held an election on the ' question of voting a four-mill tax, unrfor. tbo rural extension act. but it was defeated. The community needs j more money in order to conduct the . school as it should be, and the ques- ; tion of holding another election, after < the people understood thoroughtly ' what it would mean to them to vote the four-mill tax, was discussed. The purpose of this meeting was to lay all the facts before the people of \ the community and then to leave' it to , them to do whatever th?y might think j j ' 3?t. There are now about on'*? hun- i . jdred children enrolled in the white school at St. Lukes, and the great need for the proper development of the school in the community is more money. By voting a four-mill tax, with the enrolment and the average attendance which this school has, it wnnlri eiivp thp district 8300 rkPr an num, under the term-extension act If it could be done, the best thing for this community would be the con- ? solidation of St. Lukes and Big Creek, and the erection of a school building adequate to the requirements of the community. Of course, this is a matter which must be agitated and which the people must understand thoroughly, before action is taken, but there are nroerftssivp nitizens in the community r ? j who beil>eve that xvhen it is thoroughly understood, tbe people will act, and act right. SEWS OF LITTLE MOUSTAIX. Personal Mention of Many People, and Other Sews Items Trom a Live * Sewberry Counlv Town. Little Mountain, Aug. 19.?Miss Quinnette Dantzler, who has been visiting Miss Elberta Sease, has ref"rned to her home in Holly Hill. Miss Maude Boland spent Satu. in Columbia. . _ . , li Miss Alda Rae wheeler, of Prosperity, is visiting Miss Virginia Lee Kinard. , <J Miss Ellen Willis has returned to her home in Gray Court, after spend ; ' ' * ing a while with Miss Mary Lathan. Misers. Julius and Carl Dreher, of Selwood, spent a few days with Messrs. Burke and Harold Wise last week. Mr. Ben Wessinger, of Peak, was a business visitor in town on Saturday.'" Miss Vanie Lake, of Slighs, is the guest of Miss Kathleen Counts this week. x }] Mr. Geo. D. Brown, of Prosperity, was in town on Monday. Miss Birdie Clarke, of ChaDin. visit ed Miss Vera Bol'and last week. / Miss Eva'Swygert, of Chapin, is in town this week, the guest of Miss Kathleen Counts, < ? ^ Mr. W. B. Bedenbaugh, of Kibler's Bridge, was in town on Saturday. y Mr. and Mrs. Luther M. Long, of Newberry, are the guests of their son, . Rev. J. J. Long. Mr. Arthur Counts and sister, Miss Lucille, of Slighs, were visitors in . i town on Saturday. Master Robert Merchant, of Columbia, is spending this week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lath- x an. miss Liuciue l<atnan spent a few days with Miss Marguerite .Wise in Prosperity last week. Mr. W. B. Wise spent the week-end with relatives in Prosperity. Mrs. J. H. Wise and Miss Toy Lathan left on Wednesday for Northern markets. 1. : Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Derrick and chil - . dren, of Chester, are visiting relatives in town. Mr. Robert Counts, of Prosperity, spent Thursday night with Mr. Karl Counts. , Mr.^George Derrick was a business visitor in Newberry on Saturday. Messrs. A. H. and Bernard Shealy attended the baseball game in Newberry on Saturday. * < Mr. Bunyan Wessinger, of Chapin, spent last week in town. Quite a crowd attended the county :ampaign here on Thursday. 4 I Good Plan. Write down a list of things you Intend to do in spare time and do not let a week slip away, nor a day. if you can help it, without doing on? 3f them. Each month will bring new interests which' will be worth trying Lo take up. / When the World fs Wrong. If ihe flavor has gone out of things, f you cannot catch happiness, if you ire out of tune with yourself or with , your world, for the sake of everyone ' concerned take yourself in hand juickly.?A. K. Fallows. -'V The Grea* Bugaboo. Truth never hurt any man, but thousands and thousands of them are skeert silly at the sight of it coming their way. To every mother's son and father's daughter of that kind Truth. 13 the Great Eugaboo.