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TOLrX" T, JiTKBKB TO. ' NEWBEBBT, SOUTH CAROLINA, TUESDAT, SEPTEMBER S, 1912. TWICX A WIIK, ILH A Till.
EXECUL1VE COMMITTEE
TO HEAR ALL PROTESTS
SESSION WAS ADJOURNED UNTIL
WEDNESDAY.
Sweeping Resolution Adopted?Failure
of TwelTe Counties to Report Delays
Tabulation.
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Columbia, Aug. 30.?A resolution instructing
the county chairmen, in
those counties where charges of fraud
and irregularities in the election have
been made, to take charge of the club
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rolls and compare the poll uses wuu
each other, and take such evidence
i as shall be available and pertinent
and send up poll lists and club rolls
> and report all irregularities to the
State committee, was adopted by the
State Democratic executive committee |
this afternoon, at their meeting here
today to receive the returns of the
primary election of last Tuesday.
The resolution also instructed the
State chairman to furnish such assistance
to the county chairmen as may be I
necessary to complete the work and
allowing the candidates for governor a
> representative at such hearing if they
so desire. The resolution declared it
to be the purpose of the committee to
see that the primary be honestly and
fairly conducted and to punish all
frauds, vindicate the primary system
and r^d i-t of all imputations of crookedness
and save the primary system
^ from destruction.
The Committee called on all citizens,
and especially members of executive
committees and all club offleeTS, to
swear out warrants for persons guilty
of violating the primary laws and bind
them o'evr to court
Returns were not in from twelve
counties and it was impossible to tabulate
any returns in any of the races
' and declare the results. The committee
recessed to meet again next Wednesday
at neon in the State house li*
brary.
Speaks for Blease.
Mr. Eugene S. Blease, holding the
proxy of Governor Blease, as the Newberry
member of the committee, supported
the resolution and declared that
Governor Blease did not want and
would not have the nomination for
governor if tainted in the slightest degree
with fraud. He declared that he
would not believe the Democracy of
> South Carolina had stooped to fraud
until he had the actual Droof and did
not think the vote was top large in
view of the intense interest and the
increase in the population of the State.
He declared his belief in the honesty
of the election and that the governor
had gotten a majority of the votes of
the people and had won the nomination.
A demand bv Secretarv Benet. that
the committee investigate the charge
made against him by Governor Blease.
that he had sent a short number of
ballots to Pickens and Lee counties,
and the absence of any display of partisan
feeling were the other features
of the meeting today. A large number
of spectators were present and inJ
tirfic icr\1 o in t l"t o or*
uatr iuici coi v\ 0.0 *.?^u 1U tiiv C4.v.~
tion the committee might take.
Meeting- Called to Order.
The State Democratic executive committee
met today in the library of the
State house with a full attendance on
hand. Chairman John Gary Evans
called the committee to order promptly
at noon. Secretary Christie Benet
called the roll, showing 4i counties out
of the 44 represented. Chairman Evans
announced that only part of the returns
were in.
Mr. R. B. Caldwell moved that a committee
of five be appointed to go over
what returns were in ana taouiate
them and report to the full committee.
Mr. Padgett thought this was useless
until the full returns were in, and that
the work would all have to be gone
over again. Secretary Benet announced
returns were in from 32 counties.
Mr. Padgett moved as a substitute
that the committee lay aside the present
order of business and go into the
election of presidential electors. Mr.
1 Padgett withdrew his motion and the
motion of Mr. Caldwfcll carried with
one dissenting vote. The chairman announced
be would appoint later the j
H committee o: rive to assist tha secre-j
!
tary in tabulating the returns, which
are in.
The matter of electing presidential
electors was then taken up and a motion
was passed that the committeemen
from each Congressional district
select their elector and that the two
I at large be chosen by the committee.
! Each Congressional district caucused
i
and selected the following as presidential
electors from the districts named:
Presidential Electors Chosen.
First, J. G. Padgett, of Walterboro;
Second, W. Fred Leightsey, of Hampton;
Third, S. N. Pearman? of Anderson;
Fourth, Thos. J. Moore, of Spartanburg;
Fifth, J. W. Hamei, of Kershaw;
Sixth, D. D. McColl, of Bennettsvill;
Seventh, Jas. L_Sims, of Orangeburg.
The Hon. J. E. McDonald, of
j Winnsboro, and Dr. E. C. Doyle, of
Seneca, were elected by acclamation
I as presidential - electors at large.
| Dr. T. H. Dreher, of St. Matthews,
| offered a resolution that a committee
| of five be appointed to revise and reg"
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j ulate tcs ruies ana consui-unou ui mc
Demcratic party and to throw some
restrictions around the primary, to report
their findings to the State committee
at a meeting to be called some
time prior to January, 1914. Speaking
of the support of the resolution, Dr.
Dreher called attention to the need of
some restrictions around the primary.
An amendment was adopted that the
gtate chairman be a member of the
committee. Dr. Dreher said he wanted
it distinctly understood that he fa.
ni-imopv hut nr?int#?rJ nut
VUi C'U tll^ pi HUUi J) VUV vvv? I
that something must be done. He said I
the abuse of the primary must be wip1
ed out.
Mr. Robert McFarland, of Darlington,
said the constitution of the party
was too indefinite and the indefiniteness
in the constitution and rules must
be cleared up.
Many Faror Resolution.
Member after member favored the
1 . ..
resolution and spoke or tne necessuy
of putting some safeguard around- the
j primary. The resolution was unaniI
mously adopted.
Mr. Stevenson thought it advisable,
to take a recsss until this afternoon
and reassemble then in order to dispose
of the returns for solicitor and
congress, in which no charges cr irregularities
are made, and to give instructions
in those counties where
contests have been made.
Mr. Stevenson's motion to t^k3 a re- |
cess until 3.30 prevailed and the committe
to-tabulate the returns from the
thirty-two counties, which have reported,
were named as follows: R. D Caldwell,
chairman; W. F. Stevcnsoii, W.
B. Wilson, Jr., Robert McFarland, j.
B. Parks.
The full wording of the resolution
offered by Dr. Dreher and passed reads
as follows: "Resolved, That a committpp
r?f fivp hp a/nnnintpri to revise
and reconcile jthe constitution and
rules of the Democratic party and tc
devise some means of safeguarding
primary elections and report .same to
a meeting of the State executive commiteee
to be called by the State chairman
prior to January 1, This
resolution was amended so as to make
the State chairman ex-ofticiai chairman
of the committee. -
Governor's Brother His Proxy.
Mr. Eugene S. Blease sat in rne co;i?mittee
as proxy for Governor Cole. L
Blease, the Newberry memner. Senator
W. S. Hall held the proxv or Mr.
T. B. Butler, of Cherokee count/. A
good many spectators were present
during the meeting of tne c .mmutre.
anions: them beins: Mr. F1. h DominieK
campaign manager for Governor
Blease, and Mr. C. D. Jones, the son
of Judge Ira B. Jones.
Dorchester county's member gave
notice that a protest was coming up
before the State committee fro-n that
county. Similar protests ara coming
up from several of the counties. It was
announced that the Anderson committee
would hear their protests on Saturday
and that in Spartanburg it had
been impossible to get a quorum yesterday,
but that an effort would be
made today to hold a meeting of the
county committee and decide the returns
today. Mr. Goshnell, the Spartanburg
member of the State committee,
said there would be a number of
protests made in that county an J
charged that irregularities had been
practiced at a rumber of the boxe*.
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'TILLMAN WRITES TO
GOVERNOR BLEASE
OPEX LETTER FROM SENATOR TO
j GOVERNOR. I
Thinks "Tillnianism" Was Fine and
"Bleaseism" is Very, Very, Very
Naughty.
!
Hon. Cole. L. Blease,
Columbia, S. C.
My Dear Sir:
While the returns from the primary
election are not complete, enough is
known to make it certain that you and
I are both re-elected to the- high offices
we now hold.
In every way possible you have tried I
moVo mv rklri friends among the I
tU III CL XV Ks HAJ WAV* - - Q (
people believe that you are the representative
of Tillmanism, and therefore
entitled to be my political heir.
Permit me to explain briefly Lhe
difference between Tillmanism and
Bleaseism as I understand them. Tillman
ism means genuine democracy, the
rule of the people?of all the white
people, rich and poor alike, with special
privilege and favors to none, with
equality of opportunity and equality
of burden to all. It was so understood
by the Tillmanites in 1890 and
1892 and it is so understood by them
still.
Bleaseism on the contrary means
personal ambition and greed for office?the
office to be used not for the
welfare of all the people and the
State, but office for "Blease and his
friends. None other need apply."
While Tillman as governor did not
i-Ul. Utr
hesitate to paraon a consiauie uj |
telegraph who had been unrighteous- J
ly punished by the liquor element in
Charleston for raiding Chicco's house,
Tillman always tried and did administer
the law equally and justly as
he undei*stood it. He had no favorites
and tried to obey the will of the majority
of the people even in those
nn.intiar. had voted aeainst him.
WUULl^ T* WAV** w
He refused appointments as trial justice
to some of his bitter political opponents,
but they had not been elected
at a primary, but were nominated by
his political enemies in the legislature.
Tillman in Washington has never
asked whether a man from South
Carolina who has applied to him for
a tavor, ior promotion vi lui jj* uicltion
was a Tillmanite or an "anti,"
his only purpose being to try to discover
whether the man was trustworthy,
honorable and clea^n and
would make good if he got Tillman's
indorsement.
I belifeve in sticking by my friends,
governor, but I want to stick by them
in the right way and not in the wrong
way as you have done. Again Tillman
said many harsh and bitter things on j
the stump because he was tantaiizeu
and howled at worse than you have
ever been, but he always tried to tell
the truth, and never under the greatest
provocation did he threaten to
make anybody "sweat blood" or indulge
in indecent speech, blackguardism
or vulgarity on the stump. It is
not the business of a governor nor
' j
ought it to be permitted to him to
threaten his constituents.. The law is
fr>r. the nmttrtirm of everv man and
not for a governor's friends only.
The one thing which gave Till~nan
the most concern was dealing with petitions
for pardon?the life, death and
liberty of the poor wretches for whom
the petitions were filed. Blease ischarged
with selling pardons through
laurvar fripnfJs and sharine the
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money. Governor, you know whether
there is any shadow of reason or foundation
for this. I do not, but for your
own fame and good name as well as
for the good name of the State you
ought to clear this charge up. You
can not afford to treat it with silent
contempt, for it will not down that
way. Tillman was accused of grafting
in the dispensary, but no proofs were
ever adduced or could have ever been
produced. His most effective defense
was that those who charged him with
stealing: would have stolen if they had
had the same opportunities as he had.
Blease is charged with having voted
in the legislature as a lawyer for a
fee rather than as the legislative representative
of the/'^ople. I have not
examined the ? and ran not say J
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GOVERNORBLEASE
REPLIES TO TILLMAN
OPEN LETTER FROM BLEASE TO
TILLMAN.
People Do >'ot Love Tillman Less,
Ttnf Th*?i- Trust Rlpasp More?
I
Reply in Full.
! Hon. B. R. Tillman, Trenton, S. C.
I Dear Sir: Your letter, in this morning's
News and Courier and the Columbia
State, has been carefully read,
and it but adds to the efforts which
have already been made by the newspapers
and others to discredit the peonf
Smith Parnlinn hv P.har^inET
pic VI WV/uv*A W* 0 w
them with dishonesty and injuring
them by holding them up to the world
that her government is selfish and
corrupt. However, I shall say nothing
harsh in reply thereto.
The newspapers have abused me
most wilfully and maliciously, and after
my inauguration, they had a bill
introduced which gave to them unlimited/power
in their abuse of candi- j
dates for public offices. I vetoed that
bill and succeeded in having it rejected.
Since then, no act of mine
has met with the approval of the editors,
but, on the contrary, every sug
gestion of mine?whether it be for the
best interest of the State or not?has
been fought and sneered at The result
has been that great injury has
been done to the State by the news- j
papers, the people inside of the State,
knowing that the newspapers were
publishing what was untrue and that
they were unfair, have been made j
(rnr frtr mP x
dtiUll?^l iVA AHV.
During this campaign I have been
most maliciously lied/on. My speeches
u-ve ..construed, distorted and
parts of sentences which I used have
been published which have made it
appear that t said things which I did
i . tirr^ V,rtli
not say?lor lusicmuc. iu ucn mw
the constitution" was used by me in
this way?Jones ?said that the separate
coach bill was unconstitutional. T
said that if there was anything in the
constitution which forced the white
ladies of South Carolina to associate
with negro men, then to hell with the
constitution, and every honest white
man in South Carolina, whose mind is
not diseased, will thoroughly agree
with me in this statement.
I said, at another time, that if I
was defeated for reelection by the old
Haskellite crowd that I would make
them sweat political blood. 1 meant
that when I said it and I mean it now
?not by pardoning criminals, which
you seem to have dreamed with your
eyes open or by any other maladministration
of the office of governor, but
strictly in a political way.
Vrtw vaii cpp sir. if these two sen
tences bad been published in full none
would have had a right to have complained.
Figlil of Legislature.
The last session of the legislature
fought me bitterly and unjustly?
jo..es, haviug been brought out for
:o\eruor, remained in Columbia practically
during the entire session and
directed its affairs for selfish interest,
and not for the best interest of the
people.
When the campaign first opened,
he and his friends pitched it not on
measures or principles, but on me and
my personal character. Jones charged
me and my friends with being anarchists
and charged me with being a
crook by protecting criminals and
otherwise. I, too, made many speeches
before the opening of the campaign,
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UU t lie v c 1 lcicil^u \*\J iUi. v%v M...
At Sumter, in my opening speech, I
did not He followed, and his harangue
was bitter against me, and from
that day until the close of the campaign
he never presented a single reason
why he should be governor of
South Carolina, but took up his time
abusing me and my friends and trying
to explain the miserable record
he made as legislator and judge.
At Bishopville I exposed his record,
and, after that speech was read by
the people of South Carolina, Jones
might as well have retired from the
race, for he never had a look-in from
that time on. \,
I conducted my campaign 011 a. high
plane, but having been most severely
(CofcrI.VJH-D OS FAGS 3..
REPRIEVE GRANTED HYDE.
Action Taken by Governor Upon Request
of Sanity Commission Making
Investigation.
Sunday's State.
Acting upon the "request of the sanity
commission the governor yesterday
granted a reprfoye to Sam N. Hyde,
the Anderson county man under sentence
of death for killing his wife, until
October 1. Hyde-wa6 to have been
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electrocuted at tiie outte pemieutuvrj'
next Tuesday. The members of the
commission are Dr. J .W. Babcock, Dr.
W. G. Houseal and Dr. Robert Wilson,
Jr. The'commission has examined
Hyde several times.
Should Hyde be found insane by the
commission the governor will be asked
to commute his sentence to life imt
prison ment.
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Court Week.
The September term of the civil
court for Newberry will convene on
j the third Monday, Judge R. W. Memf
minger to preside. Following are the
I ,
| jurors:
| H. Mi Miller.
I I. 0. Burton,
j v.
' H. A. Workman.
A. E. Lominick.
C. C. Schumpert.
L. H. Senn.
Gary C. Padget.
E. B. Martin.
Jacob W. Warner.
B. M. Havird.
J. C. Adams.
Caldwell Ruff.
W. T. Livingston.
Holland Long.
W. R. Smith', Jr. " .f
F. M. Satterwhite. (
T. Roy Summer.
R. H. Hipp.
F. A. Boland.
M. C. Redenbau^h.
J. P. Summer. * * _
"W. T. Jackson. ' *
C. F. Layton.
J. G. Price.
W. A. Andrews.
J. H. Wicker.
J. T. N'orris.
L. C. Merchant.
R. B. Shealy.
M. L. Wicker.
J. H. Baxler.
Geo. F. Abraras.
David L. Halfacre.
J. W. Robertson.
R. E. Livingston.
A. E. Eargle.
County Pension Board. <
The township representatives of <
Confederate Veterans met Monday at
li o'clock and elected the following <
county pension board for the year j1
19i3: , , 1
W. G. Peterson, chairman and pen <
sion commissioner. , 1
R. T. C. Hunter. {
David Pitts. t
D. W. Kinard. < j
Dr. W. G. Houseal. 1
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"Camp-Fire Stories." , I <
The Herald and News has received 1
a letter from Uriah Speaks, of 1
Greenwood, in which he makes the 1
following request:
In behalf of an old battle scarred
veteran, Uncle Dock Owen, of Co. F., I
Holcombe Legion, S. C. V., who has i
written and had published a series of! i
wr?r inu-ps. entitled "Camp-Fire!
Stories and Reminiscences," and who' 1
has many comrades in Newberry coun- i
ty, and who is not able to advertise. 1
The Herald and News takes pleasure '
in mentioning the publication. (
He sends the book to any address, j
postage paid on recepit of the price, 25 i
cents in silver. Address Dock Owen,
Greenwood, S. C. 1
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Mrs. Rutliie Derrick. ' c
Cnapin, Aug. 31.?Mrs. Ruthie Der- s
rick flied at her old home near here t
yesterday morning at the advanced age t
of 98 years. She was a Miss Lybrand
before her marriage to Emmanuel Der- |
rick in iS30. To them were born eight f
children, of this number five survive. 3
Thirty-eight grandchildren, 92 great- .1
1 ^ ^ J- - - " ^ +Ar> ryr?QQt.o-rnot? f
graiiddiiiui en axiu icu gi i.
grandchildren. She was a member of c
bethel Lutheran church. Her remains t
were laid to rest in tfia family burying S
ground this morniag, services being J
conducted by h?r Aastor, Rev. J. B. 1
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OLD FOLKS DAY AT 1
SI PAUL'S CHURCH J
THE OLDEST LUTHERAN CONGREGATION
IN THE COUNTY.
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Rey. Dr. Sligh and Iter. J. D. Bowles
Make Addresses?Large Congregation
Present.
:
St. Paul's Lutheran congregation in
No. 10 township is one of the#oldest
of the Lutheran organizations in this
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county, and from it have gone out
many of the other congregations of the
county, and also many young men who
have gained prominence in the service v||g
of their church and of their State. It
has been stated, and possibly is true,
that more young men have gone from j
this congregation to Newberry college
than any other Lutheran congregation
in the South Carolina synod/
There is no other congregation in the
synod that was served so long by one
pastor. Dr. J. A. Sligh became pastor
of the congregation about 1864 or 1865, .
and remained pastor continuously and 4
consecutively until November of lr.st year,
when, on account of failing - ' j
healthy he was forced to give up t.:e ' *
active ministry. During Dr. Sligh's
pastorate, a number of other congregations
were organized, ami churches
built
Some weeks ago1 the members of ths \
congregation decided to have what is
known as "Old Folks' Day" and invited
Dr. Sligh, Rev.'J. D. Bowles, Rev. ||
'jacou ausun ana xvev. L<muici, iuui ml
the oldest Lutheran ministers in, the
synod of South Carolina, to be present, . 1
and it was decided to have Old Folks' y
Day observed on last Sunday. The
program was published in the papers,
and while not as much publicity was
given as should have been,, still there
was a large congregation present, and
in fact not more than half could find
seats in the church.
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Dr. Sligh and Rev. Bowles were ^
present, but Dr. Austin and Dr. Lind-- * ,
ler could not attend. - /
An address of welcome was deliver-' '/M
ed by Mr. Holland Kibler, a member ^
of the congregation, an^ Appropriate . ,
music was rendered by the congregation,
being lead by a select cttoir.
Rev. Y. yon A. Riser presided, and
added a few words of welcome, parti-* .
cularly to the old people who had gone
out from the congregation and had , ^
come to auena tms service. > j
Rev. J. D. Bowles, < \o was ordain- |
2d a minister just fifty-one years ago, J
was the principal speaker at the ' |
norning service. He referred to the &
Did days, and to the methods pursued
)y the pastors in his early ministry,
md with much force, vfgor and en- . I
;husiasm delivered a strong sermon,
speaking for just one hour. Mr Bow- fj
es is now a resident of Greenwood m
lounty, and is about eighty-one or
2ighty-two years old, but lie seems to
lave the same fire and enthusiasm in
S .1
lis public speeches as characterized
tiis earlier ministry.
Dr. Sligh spoke for about thirty'
miniitps hnt his vnir?A was <rr? wpat
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:hat at times he could not be distinctly
mderstood, except by those who wer"e
near the rostrum.
A recess of about two hours was .
ien taken, and a bountiful plctic dinner
was spread beneath the oak trees
by the ladies of the congregation.
rhese good ladies have long been not?d
for their fine culinary qualities, and
?ave another very strong evidence of - ?
t on this occasion.
In the afterrioon an address was deivered
by Rev. S. P. Koon, who is
jresident of the new Lutheran Female
College at Summerland. Mr. Koon
spoke interestingly of the college and
he work which it proposes to. under- .
ake. . * * 'j
It is the intention of St. Paul's congregation
to mzrke "Old Folks Day" a
caLui c ui me cuaiuu, <tuu &UUlUCr
rear a more elaborate program will
)e arranged, when it is hoped to bring
ogether more of those who have gone
>ut from the congregation and made
heir homes in other sections of the
state.- This occasion was greatly enoyed
by all those present, including a
arge number of visitors from other
l',fipDS v " ' 'J