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; v-li -~Z~rrr"ZT" " ' NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1912. . TWIC1A WllH' UlA1BA* TOinre t, NUMBEB (3. - . W # . URGE SPEED IX PROBING FRAUDS "Blease Members* of Committee Join in Protest?Think -Committee Should Act as a Whole. ^~i?rv>>no Spni-. 11.?The Blease UUiumv??i ~vr.. members of the sub-committee of sevI en appointed to probe the charges of) alleged fraud in the primary met here today, stating that they had not been officially notified that the meeting had been called off. Late this afternoon they gave out a copy of the letter they addressed to the four Jones members of the committee. The letter follows: ? - - ~ ^ _x -i i 1 ni Q "Columbia, s. u., sepu n, j "To W. F. Stevenson, Chairman, Cheraw, S. C.; T. B. Butler, Gaffney,! S. C.; J. B. Park, Greenwood, S. C.; W. B. Wilson, Jr., Rock Hill, S. C.? Gentlemen: We take this method of / protesting against the action of three of you taken at an unofficial meeting of the sub-committee of the State executive committee, with neither of the undersigned notified of your intentions. Bv your action you set aside th-? j official meeting of the sub-committee j set for Columbia for this date by a ! vote of five of the members, and without authorization officially by the j , committee, which is unorganized, you j have divided the State into two dis-! tricts. As a result of the vote of five J members of the cohimittee and with-j out notification of your action, the undersigned presented themselves here for th? meeting scheduled for todasr. By what authority did you nullify this _ o ^ uieeuug. "It appeared to us from the Manning resolution that the entire committee should investigate tne recent primary, not two men appointed by the chairman as chairmen of subcommittees. Now, the undersigned have entered this investigation with the intent of fair play to both sides, of hewing close to the mark, and of letting the chips fall where they may.) Although we are termed the Blease men on the sub-committee, wo snow | * " 5- rnnti on. ! no men in iqis anu av cordingly we are present today to begin work without any further delays. Why should^you delay this work longer, waiting for the poll lists, when the general election is only seven weeks off? The people are looking to us as a whole (not to your division * chairmen) to clear the name of the State of election frauds. LVNow, we propose as follows: That the entire sub-committee meet at Columbia Monday next, organize and lay . plans for the hasty completion of the worft. Then the sub-committee could hold sessions in those counties where the most serious cases of fraud are \ alleged, namely. Spartanburg and Anderson, and such other counties where it may be necessary. By the time that this is completed we will have.in our possession the club rolls and poll lists of all counties of the State, and ad^it tional meetings of the sub-committee can be held in those counties where, after an inspection of the rolls, the Committee may deem it necessary. By this method the entire matter can be sifted to the bottom in three weeks. To wait on the club rolls, etc., before beginning this work will delay our report indefinitely. But justice, not deL lay, is demanded. Br' "Therefore, in behalf of the fair name of the State* we call upon you. to meet us in Columbia next Monday at > noon and begin this important work without any further delay. Kir"-' telegraph each of ^us at our home addresses at our ex nse whether you will meet us. Very respectfully yours, "R. M. Jefferies, J. D. Bivens, J. M. iGrier." >~ews of Excelsior. / Excelsior, Sept. 12.?Our people are - * busy picking cotton and pulling fodder. The cotton in this section is going to be a short crop. The Rev. Jas. D. Kinard, of Greenwood, spent Monday night with his brother, Mr. H. J. Kinard. Mr. L. C. Singlev, of Garys Lane, has been on a visit in this section. Miss Pet Dominick is spending some time in Columbia. Miss Eoline Wheeler is spending ^ sometime with relatives near Ninety ? Six. Mr. F* O f'v.'nts. M'Sc Jerr'ie R;it'i arp. ^~Csvr.tz e-%-vf urday in Columbia. Miss Chelsy Kibler bas been on a visit to relatives in Prosperity. Mr. J. A: C. Kibler and sister, Miss Tarsa, have been on a visit to rela tives in saiuaa cuuucj. Miss Leila Long, of Mt. Pilgrim section, is confined to her room, real sick. Masters Fred, Augustus and Lentner Hoefer, of Columbia, are visiting Masters Clyde and Fred Wheeler. Miss Ollie. Counts left Monday for Georgia where she goes to teach school. The writer spent a few days in Greenwood last week. Greenwood has built up rapidly since our last visit there and the place can justly be called a city now. Greenwood is a hustling city and the location of the place is all that could be desired. Mr. and Mrs. Ivans Sease, of Columbia, Mr. Cyril Sease, of Richmond, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sease, of | Athens, Ga., have been on a visit to their father's family here, Mr. James Sease. The following young ladies will leave for college the latter part of this month: Miss Jessie Lorick goes to Columbia college, Miss Helen Wheeler goes to Rock Hill, Miss Alder Ray Whe^?r goes to the new college at Summerland, Miss Rosine Singley ... . ? will return to tier studies at urangeburg. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dominick and Miss Annie Lou Dominick, of Helena, .have been on a visit to Mr. Cornelius # Counts' family. - . Miss Helen Nichols, of Utopia, has been on a visit to Misses Jessie Lorick A Do v * ail U A1UCI llttj If wvv.v*. Mr. William' M. Werts, of Mountville. is visiting Mr. A. M. Counts' family. Mr. J. C.' Counts has added much to the appearance of his shop buildings by putting on new covers and then the use of the paint brush. Sigma. Fine Office. Notice Dr. G. W. Connor's ad. In his line Dr. Cohnor is- the very best I ever residing in Newber*;\ And the completeness of his office corresponds | to the superiority of hJ3 ability.* M Newberry Circuit. The fourth quarterly conference for Newberry circuit will be held at j Trinity church on September 28 and , 29. Preaching on Saturday at 11 o'clock, followed by the session of I. . business. Preaching also on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. On account of above appointments services at New Chapel will be held I -3t 4 p. m. on Sunday, instead of the j morning service. Let every official I be present at this conference. J. M. Fridy. Spoiled Her Little Plan. Cleveland Plain Dealer. ? - - . A Euclid Heights car?one or tnos.^ horrible ones where you have to sir with your feet in the aisle?was lumbering along Euclid avenue the other, day. A very handsome and polite young man entered at East Thirtieth ! street. The only possible place to sit down was at the side of a broad woman who was trying to occupy a whole section. "1 Deg paraon,' snniea me young man, "is this seat occupied?" "Yes, sir," answered the wide woman, with a baby stare. "I am keeping it for a gentleman!" "That's me!" gripned the young j man sliding into the seat. "How did | you know what I was?" A Fair Arrangement. Simith and Jones were discussing the question of who should be head of ihe house?the man or the woman. "I am head of my establishment," said Jones. ' I am i"ne r.read winner. Why shcuI b"Well," replied Smith, "before my wife and I were married we made an agreement that I should make the rulings in all major things, my wife in all the minor." "How has it worked?" queried Jones. Smith smiled. "So far," he replied, "no major matters have come up."? Everybody's. CheaT) n^n ym^'^heap ai'tDT.ob'le^ make the most noise. JEWISH HOLLIDAYS. New Year Commenced at Sun Down Wednesday and Day ot* Atonement Is 10 Days Later. Jews throughout the world will observe the New Year which commenced Wednesday evening at sun down. By some two days are observed, and by others only one day. Ten days after the first day of the new year is the Day of Atonement, or Fast day, which falls this year on Saturday, September 28. All Jewish holidays commence at sun down and last until sun down, so that Fast day also is observed from the evening before. The Jewish places of business in Newberry will be closed for the New Year ana ior tne L>ay 01 Atonement. The Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashonah, falls this year on Thursday, September 12th. Like all Jewish holidays it is reckoned from evening to evening and its initial service will be held on the evening of the eleventh. While, owing to the variance between the solar and lunar systems of calendation, it may appear to occur irregularly it is definitely set in the Jewish calender as the first day of the seventh month,Tishri. It is not known scripturally as the New Year. In the Scriptures it is termed the "Day of the Memorial of T-?l / XI f T uie ciowing or me irumpci vl?cvh.icus XXIII-24 or simply, the "Day of the Blowing of the trumpet" i (Numbers XXIX-1.) The nature of the festival is what its name signifies, i. e., a marking of the passage of time and a monition of the uncertain tenure of human life. It does not commemorate any historical incident. Nor does it make its appeal to the radical conscious ness of the Jews. Its ?r>r>eal is entirely to the present and to the individual conscience. Tt .is thoroughly universalis^ ^"d "an be responded to by all religionists of whatever creed. The day is cbserved seriously and solemnly. T' emphasizes the sense of divine snndance, and, at the same time, of human responsibility. The blowing of the trumpet, the Shofar or ram's horn, is the peculiar service of the day. It is the bugle-call of the spirit, arousing th?? conscience in the contemplation of misspent hours, and awakening the impluse to make the new, coming year more fruitful of noble and mnseiftsn action. The observance of the day is comDlete alike by both the reform and orthodox wings of the Synagogue. Offices and business bouses are closed and the houses of prayer in the larger rtiti<*s ar<* thronared with worshippers. Ten days from the beeinning of the New Year oomcs the Day of Atonement This day is. too. just what its " a me signifies. It is observed genral1v by abstinence from all food ar?(7 drink, and by nrayer. The Day of \tonement is the holiest day in the Tewish calendar. It is the culmination of the days cf pen-i^ce a-^d iV marked bv an atonine for the sins of the past year. In all lands, in every clime, this day is observed by Jews who are united in a universal orayer for forgiveness. The Englishman Was Puzzled. "In St. Louis a few days ago," said a Kansas City man, "I took a dignified Englishman to his first ball game. Big. good-natured Robinson "was catching. Behind him ana near us a youth of about 12 was delivering a choice variety of rooting from the grand stand, to the evident puzzlement of my companion. 'Good boy, Robby!' was a frequent cry of the youngster. "Restraining his curiosity for a time finally on inquiry the Briton learned that probably no acquaintance existed between the catcher and the lad. 'Dear me!' he ejaculated, 'what v?-ioil Krwr f a assurance lur mat oman uvj cyj ?.v*0 dress that large gentleman so familiarly!' "Shortly afterward the players surrounded the umpire, gesticulating angrily in dispute over a decision. "'What is it?' the visitor asked. " They're kicking at the umpire,' I explained. "'Fancy that!' said he, 'but don't -:cu krc'-v, I hsve not seen a man lift is 1'co:." "?Kansr.s City Star. 1 / INSISTS ELECTION WAS HONEST. Florence Citizen Hoots at the Charges of Frand. To the Editor of the News and Courier: I seldom ask any favor of the ? 1 ^ + nnn newspapers, dui me pumitai \-uumtions are such that an honest man must think if he does not speak. I have witnessed many elections, and must say the lasf primary was the most honest we have ever had in Florence county. The executive committeemen are, with few exceptions, Jones men. They were given the power to appoint the managers, and nearlv nil wprp .Tones men. A few sore heads tried to find a clue, but could not. I am not surprised at Jones alleging that the managers were so corrupt or allowed fraud practiced at the polls. I don't think it would be very healthy for Jones to come in this county and tell the managers that they permitted fraud. It is a crime to lay at the door of your friends fraud. But,?Mr. Editor, it seems that the .Taft steam roller is O + n + A AVAAiifira nr\rrt _ WUIMllg 111 111C OLO.LC CACtuu't V^unimittee with- an intent to rob Cole. L. Blease of the nomination as governor. What can be the next step? It is talked to bolt, like they did in 1894. The action of the State executive committee on Wednesday has violated every principle of the rules and constitution of the Democratic party, but, behold, * those political aspirants who have trampled justice will be remembered. The decent people who supported Jones, some of them, are surprised and disgusted. The people have spoken and demand that their will shall be dene. Jones's first protest was ijrjiinct those counties that gave Please 'aree majorities, (in hopes to Tt vote rfo^-n to declare him the nominee.) but when that was too fhin, then he contests every box in South Carolina, just to try to find ~ . some way 10 get a, ueui&iun yu ma favor. He, (Jones) and his friends can cry fraitd; 'tis easy to do, but they know it is false?at least they know this has been the most honest election we have had since '76. I want you to remember these words: Ira B. Tones wilfnever be governor of South Carolina. He has repudiated the honesty of our citizenship. A majority nf the white tieoDle of South Caro lina has branded the charges and slush against Blease as false (for the negroes that voted voted for Jones). The time has passed to fool the farmer and other laboring people. They are now watching affairs with keen interest, and just as sure they will control this government as they live. \n enemy in a pJS'V.on that requires an honest man is less appreciated than if he was loose in the street, for what he does is dotted, ant? what J mietrni'i'l TTiii-m. if it' uu*;s ?. ^ ?v, is well known that the majority of fbat most disi liter pste-1 executive 'ommittpe arp p^pmies, both personal -rrt roHtical, and to nour oa- the pu e -t"<T =pptis fo be impossiblo. Bur, Mr. . i v:'r>r T>ionc.e rnen ore waiting, a!:d ' o- tvHI some day perhaps tell you h.-? * how they carry an election --vnsst without the press. William Ilderton. . Florence S. C., JSeptemne.' s>, 191.*?. t> /\<% /l?r 1?niAW/?A?AfA?7 ncauj ivr ijiucigruvi^^t According to a Cleveland jokesmith, a peddler got as far as the inner office door of a busy ?professional man of Cleveland and coughed to attract attention. "Well?" demanded the occupant of the office. "I am introducing,", began the peddler, "a patent electric hair brush"? "Don't you see that I am as bald as a hard boiled egg?" snapped the busy man. "Your wife might perhaps"? "She's bald, too, except when she's dressed up." "Rut you may have a little child of vniir own who"? "I have. She's two months old and still bald." "Maybe you keep a dog? This brush is useful for both man and beast." "Ours is a Mexican hairless dog." The peddler put the brush back in his valise and reached toward another compartment. "Permit me," he "*o f^ow yrv.f thins: in fly-killers."?Saturday Evening Post. THINKS PRIMARY WAS FAIR. W. 0. Guy, of Chester, Quotes Some Figures to Justify His Claim of Cleanness. To the Editor of The State: I . I am loth to believe the wholesale charges Nof fraud that are being heralded abroad about the primary of August 27. I have used the figures furnished by the State of August 31 to do a little figuring. I take Chester county first, because there is no suspicion of any fraud being practiced here, and I am conversant with the facts, being a member <5f the executive committee. There was no protest or contest filed with the committee when they met and tabulated the returns and declared the, results. I find Chester's increase over 1910 to be 30 per cent. I next take Anderson, one of the strongest Blease counties nnd find an increase of 26 per cent.Then Orangeburg, strong for Jones, 37 per cent. Greenville, for Jones, the unprecedented increase of 76 per cent. Spartanburg, for Biease, increase 23 per cent. Charleston, strong for Jones, increase 40 per cent. The increase for the State is about 31 per cent. So we see the counties which I have taken, and believe to be a fair average, with the exception of Greenville, do not differ greatly from the nrAr?at*ol orflVQwa 5CUC1 ai ci*cia5c, I have gone to the trouble to do a little more figuring. 'You say that we should have one voter to every five inhabitants, (white).' I take a territory between the Southern railway and the Cha?T?ston & Northwestern railway, beginning at Chester and extending for ten miles on each jrailwav, and being about seven miles A. .1 XV- .?/] J V.. i. 1 apari ai me upper euu, <iuu uy actual count I have found to contain 27 white families consisting of 127 persons, among whom were 57 voters. The other extreme was one family with two members and one voter, and they lived within sight of each other. T believe that you will agree with \ n^e, that, owing to the factional lines being drawn' so taut, that the canvass for voters was unprecedented in South Carolina. We noticed from the press reports, especially one instance where there was about 157* voters on one train returning from the mountains, during the hot weather, in order to cast their vote for their favorites. I, myselt saw the friends of Judge Jones convey, practically in their arms, a man just recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever, trt tha. nnllc in nrHpr that ho miolit V- W Viiw AU V* V4VA VUUV MV llil^UV cast his vote. Considering the above facts, and you will admit that they are facts, I believe with thousands and tens of thousands of voters in South Carolina, that our last primary was just and fair, and I sincerely trust tbat the State executive committee will submit to the will of the majority of *hp voters of the State of South Carolina. W. 0. Guy. Chester, September 9. Tarrying it Too Far. New York Tribune. "Scientific management, like any otner good tiling, may De carried 10 excess." The speaker was R Marriott Thompson, to San Francisco scientific management expert. He continued: "We scientific managers musn't go as far as Hussler went. _ "Jtiussier was tne proprietor or a tremendous factory, where scientific management had reduced the motions of every hand from 800 to 17. Hussler attended a very fashionable wedding one day, a wedding where the ceremony was performed by a Bishop, assisted by a dean and a canon, and in the most impressive part of the writ Hussler, overcome by his scientific management ideas, rushed up to the altar and pushed the Bishop and canon rudely back. " 'Here.* boys,' ,he s?iid, "on^.'s quiie enough for a little job like this.'" The Enevitable Result. Harper's Weekly. "I am surprised to hear that Dubbleieh has broken down," said Stubbs. "He used to have a splendid constitution." "Ves."??id Wieelethorpe, "but he BUBAL CAItBIEB EXAMINATION. At Newberry,, S. C., for Newberry County, Saturday, October 5,1912. 'I The United. States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on the date and at the places named above, as a result of which it is expected to make certification to ffll a vacancy in frlie position of rural carrier ai aligns, ana otner vacancies as they may occur on rural routes ~'*C* at postoffices in the above named county, unless it is found to be in the interest of the service to fill the vacancy by reinstatemsnt, transfer, or promotion. The usual entrance salary for rural carriers is from $600 to $1,000 per annum. Age limit, 18 to 55, on the date of : the examination. The maximum age limit is waived in cases of persons honorably discharged from the'United I States military or naval service. An applicant must have his actual domicile in the territory supplied by J a postoffice in the county for which / * * <" the examination is announced. i ! The examination iB open to all male citizens of the United States who can comply with the requirements. ! Application Form 1341, and full in- '5 formation concerning the requirements of the examination, can be.wS- -f cured from the secretary of the local exflmininsr board or the postmaster ah any of the places named above, < - *V*M from the U. S. Civil Service Connniseion, Washington, D. C. Eligibles on registers established prior to March 1, 1912, can be consids x ered for appointment only at the of nee ior wmcn mey were examined. Such eligibles may be examined within one year from the date of their former examinations upon filing applica- ' tions showing that they meet the rerequirements of the new examination, their old eligibility for their home offices not being canceled. Applications should be properly exe- " ' cuted and filed with the Commission at Washington. As examination papers are shipped direct from the Commission to the places of examination, it is necessary that applications be received in ample time to arrange for the examination desired at the place * indicated by the applicant The Commission will therefore arrange, to ex- & amine any applicant whose application is received in time to permit the ehipment of the necessary papers. An eligible register for the position of rural letter carrier for each county will be maintained. A person must ' be examined in the county in which the postoffice that supplies his home is situated. As a result of such exam ination he may become eligible to appointment as rural carrier at any postoffice in such county. A -rural letter carrier after one year's satisfactory service may be transferred to the position of clerk or carrier in a first or second class postoffice, to the position of railway mail clerk, "or to other positions in the classified ser vice, subject to such .examination as may be required by the civil service rules. ' John C. Black, President. Another Calf. Judge. Ex-Governor Gillett, of California, at a dinner in San Francisco recently was praising the gift of repartee which most women possess. "Against this quick-wittedn ess," he said, "we men are powerless. Even whe'n the logic and common sense of ? situation are on our side, a woman will, with soriiA miinte flash of sneeoh. put us to shame?rout us entirely. "As an instance, a man whom I knew was very much displeased because his wife had bought a few puffs of false hair. He concocted a little scheme to make a telling expression of his disapproval, and hid in the hall one day when his better half was getting ready to make some calls. "Just as the obnoxious puffs were being adjusted he darted into his wire s room. " 'Emmeline!" he exclaimed in a voice of stern reproach, 'why under the heavens do you put the hair of another woman?possibly a dead one? on your head.' " 'Why,' answered his wife, 'do you wear the skin of another calf?surely - <?ead ore?on your hands?"