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^ ^ ' ? 1 z=zrzzzz=zz \OLC?E LI, XUXBER .",. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANTARY 17, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR. ? ? ? _____ fcenlral assembly ORGANIZES, BEGINS WORK NEARLY ALL OLD OFFICERS AND ATTACHES REELECTED. fiov. Blease Sends Some Warm Message*?Richmond Speech?Answer to Dispensary Committee. Columbia, Jan. 15.?It came sooner than was expected?far sooner. The expectation was that there would be some delay in the preliminary skirmish between tho executive and legis* ? on/1 lative depart iiieiits. n was U 11111U a"unexpected skirmish and without casualties, because there was no vote. It was a trivial matter, at best, but it foretold tendeacies. The whole fhing was simply this: Governor Blease today sent in two special messages. The first to be received was a printed pamphlet of 30odd pages containing his reply to the Augusta, Ga., feature of the dispensary investigating committee. The point involved was in this paragraph of the Letter of transmittal: "It is nat a matter of much difference to me, but it is a material matter to the people of this State, and particularly to the future history of the State, that the charges which were made before this band of political pi"* ? J 4-Vt rt f rates should be exposed in uiu^i mai the record of the governor of our Commonwealth should be known and the falsity of the charges shown; otherwise I would not bother you with it. "Requesting that you give it a place in your Journal," etc. Motion to Print in Journah As soon as the message was read Mr. Geo. R. Rembert moved that the message be printed in the permanent I Journal. Mr. Nicholson thought it better to refer the message to a committee, so it may there be held in abeyance until -1"1 ? V> lnir^i^ticrotirio- POTT) - Lilt; rcyui i ui mt m?? mittee is actually received. This was not acceptable to . Mr. Rembert. He thought the message should be printed and so insisted. Mr. Nicholson urged that " the message should not be printed until the coml mittee made its report, and changed -his motion that the message simply be> v held. Mr. Boyd agreed with Mr. i\icn?^ olson. y Mr. Rembert finallv agreed to with.j ?> draw his motion to require the printing of the dispensary message in the; Journal until the committee report was filed. A few moments later Governor I j Blease sent in message number three, requesting th publication in full of his Richmond spech. Mr. Rembert moved that the message be printed in the Journal, and it was so ordered. It was plain that the members, at least very many, wanted to avoid any contest or real fight. Mr. Mitchum sounded this note, but the status quo was maintained by the motion to print | being withdrawn. This is not to be \ considered as meaning that when the ; report is actually filed the original mo- | tion will not be put and prevail. ^ On the senate side the message that j ' provoked flurry in the house was re- j ferred to the finance committee with- j out any discussion whatever, the mo- j tion to make special reference being j made by Mr. Carlisle, who is chair-; S man of the committee that made the; investigation. I Protesting on Trips. The special feature of the day 0n the | senate side wis the protest against | what is callcd by some members as' "junketing trips." Senator Sharpe ar-,! gued that such trips were unnecessary j and wasteful, while on tlie other nana i i many membexs think they are eduea- j k tional and valuable. It is unusual that there should be any objf'ien to such | ^ invitations. On the house side the in-1 vitation to visit Winthrop college on j A Fj^y, the 24th of January, was ac-1 without discussion, and while j I H^Xsame result was secured on the i ^senate side it was not without a pro| Six Per Out. and Insurance. The introduction of bills has begun.! On the senate side there were four! bills, the two most important being the one by Mr. McLaurin to r< duce tho legal rate of in'-T^sr to six per cent., and the one by Mr. .Xicho-son. which \ A seeks to tighten up the law relative to life insurance companies investing their receipts and reserve more largely in South Carolina securities. A similar bill to that of Mr. Nicholson was presented in the house by Mr. Delaughter. T-rhv nrnr.veprl the State inSUT iUi , A A WJ Vi.ww vv. ? ? j ance fund proposition, tha* is also j fathered by Commissioner McMaster. J In the house the only other bill pre| s-ented is by Mr. Mitchum along the \ lines of his measure of last year providing for an industrial home in which destitute children are to be cared for. Columbia, Jan. 14.?The house met I at noon today, effected its organizaj:on ! and received tne annual message o. the governor. All the officers of the house, with the exception of its chaplain, were reelected. The annual message of the governor, contained in pamphlet of 36 pages, was ordered printed in the journal of the house. The house will meet at noon today. | Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, who I was reelected speaker, said just before j the house adjourned, that he would | announce his appointments on th-i | standing committees nexi Thursday, j Under the provisions of an amend! ment to the rules, the house will -elect j today a speaker pro tempore who win preside in the absence of Mr. Smith. At noon James A. Hoyt, clerk of "the late house," called the members to ord^r. Richard S. Whaley, of Charleston, was elected temporary chairman without opposition. He was nominated by Dr. Geo. W. Dick, of Sumtei. The oath was. administered to the ternnnrarv airman hv thp clerk. The roll of the house was called by counties, the members present came to the bar of the house, presented their credentials, took the oath of office and signed the roll. Mr. Smith Nominated. W. H. Nicholson, of Greenwood, nominated Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, speaker of the last house, to succeed himself in that office for the next two years. Mr. S?xiith was accordingly elected speaker without opposition. His total vote was 114. W. H. Nicholson, J. W. Ashley and J. C. Massey were appointed a committee . tn fvscnrt the sneaker to the ch?.ir. The oath of office was administered to the speaker by the temporary chairman. The speaker delivered his. address to the house. Election of Clerk. R. H. Welch, of Richland, nominated | James A. Hoyt, of Columbia, for clerk ; of the house. R. J. Kirk, of Williams*| burg, nominated J. Wilson Gibbes, of Columbia, for the same office. The vote for clerk was: Hoyt, 106; Gibbes, 11. Mr. Hovt was accordingly declar ed reelected clerk of the house. Mr. Hoyt has served two terms as clerk, ' succeeding Thos. C. Hamer, Jr. Jerome H. Courtenay, of Edgefield, nominated S. McGowan Simkins, of Edgefield, for reading clerk. Mr. Simkins was reelected without opposition. Sergeant-at-arm s. C. X. Sapp, of Lancaster, nominated James S. Wilson, of Lancaster 'or seri geant-at-arms. A. G. Brice, . r the Chester delegation, nominated 1. M. Hood, of Chester, for sergeant-at-arms. The vote stood: Wilson, 112; Hood, 7. Mr. Wilson was accordingly reelected. The following pastors were nominated for chaplain: Rev. A. C. Baker, Southside Baptist church; Rev. .1. P. Knox, Associate Reformed Presbyterian church; Rev. W. L. Keels, Baptist church in Brookland. The vote stcod: Knox, 71; Baker, 46; Keels, 2. Rev. Mr. Knox was declared elected. Mr. Mower, of Newberry, Mr. Stevenson, of Chesterfield, and Mr. Reaibert, of Richland, were appointed a committee to notify the governor that the house had organized. Mr. Kibier. of Newberry, moved that the house adopt the rules of the last house with an amendment providing ! for the election of a speaker pro tun; pore. Mr. Kibler s motion prevailed, j Speaker Smith appointed Butler I Stanley as the page to draw for seats j for the members. The seating of the [ members occupied half an hour. The private secretary of the governor presented the annual message of Gov. Blease, which was read and ordf red printed in the journal of the hoa-e. The usual resolution as, to reference of sections of the messasr^ w;i.> i i ? passed. The house adjourned at 2.30 p. m. The Senate Organizes. The upper branch of the general assembly of South Carolina was declared convened by Lieut. Gov. Smith, president of the senate, a few minutes past noon today in its first session of 40 days following the election of the leg islature last rail, atter wmcn me oouy was organized and the annual message of the governor was read. Senator P. L. Hardin, of Chester, was elected president pro tem. Thursday was appointed the day for a joint session of the two legislative branches to consider the election of judges from the First and Seventh circuits and three ' directors! of the State penitentiary. The work of the senate was begun i v> nMiror hv "Hi* na?tnr nf U I L 11 IJi CkJ \sX KPJ l-J A . the Washington Street Methodist church, Columbia. The roll was called immediately after, arid but three faile*! to answer to their names. Two of these came in later; leaving Huger i Sinkler, of Charleston, who is sick, the only absentee. The oath of office was thep administered to the new and reelected senators present by the president; these, with two members who came in later and took the oath, numbering 22. The address o? the presiripnt followed in order. Two deaths were recalled by him?Senator W. L. Mauldin, of Greenville, and Senator John B. Green, of Marlboro, whose ?eats are now filled by Senator Wilton H. Earle and Senator John L. McI^aurin, respectively. Officers Earned. Senator P. L. Hardin, of Chester, was chosen president pro tem of the body as was expected by choice of the caucus Monday night. He was unopposed. M. M. Mann, of St. Matthews, continues as clerk of the senate by yesterday's viva voce vote. Following their election the oath was administered. J. Fred Schumpert, of Newberry, was reelected sergeant-at-arms, his j name being placed in nomination by I Senator Johnstone, of Newberry, and seconded by Senator Hardin, of Chester. He took the oath of office. Re-v. W. S. Stokes was nominated for reading clerk by Senator Christensen, of Beaufort, and elected. For chaplain | two names were proposed?Rev. D. W. Keller, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, and Rev. C. A. Freed, pastor of Ebenezer Lutheran church, this city. Dr. Freed was chosen by a vote I of 26 to 14. R. Beverley Sloan was sworn in as assistant clerk, having been appointed by the president, who later also marip the following aDDOint ments: Secretary to the president, Leon M. Green; journal clerk, G. E. Moor-e; bill clerk, E. A. Perry; doorkeepers, G. T. Hyatt, T. C. Johnson and T. A. Scott; keeper of president's room, John Brunson; pages, Jack Mul! likin and Andrew Graham; laborers, Calhoun Butler, Albert Nance and Ernest Hargrove. Rules Adopted. Senator Lide moved that tn.? rules of 1912 be adopted as governing the body and the motion was carried. On motion of Senator Hardin rule 19 was dispensed with *.nd the various stand<.nmm!ttooo uru., rVloir roonwtivp IJJC, >*iv-u cav,il A vepv-Vi-t ? V chairmen were named. At this point the clerk was sent to the house and a committee of three to the governor to announce that the senate was ready to proceed with business. Appointments by the president followed. The governor's message was then ! announced by the sergeant-at-arms, J. K. Aull. the governor's private secretary, presented the message, and it was read by Rev. W. S. Stokes, reading I clerk. This comnleted. Senator Ap pelt introduced a resolution referring the various portions of the message to proper committees. Following the swearing in of Senator LeGrand G. Walker, of Georgetown, James A. Hoyt, clerk of the house, appeared on the floor of the senate and announced that the lower branch of the legislature had reelected Mendel L. Smith speaker and James A. Hoyt clerk and was ready for business. For Elections. ' Senator Carlisle, of Spartanburg, introduced a resolution appointing Thursday for a joint session of the two branches of the assembly, when the election of judges for the First and Seventh circuits ;'nd three direcj u s of th- S:at penitentiary. The senate adjourned at l.">0 o'clock to convene tomorrow at noon. Upon adjournment the judicial and finance committees met to organize. W. S. Miller, Jr., of Greenville, for four years clerk of the finance committee, was reelected unanimously. The judicial committee appointed Senator Lide and Senator Carlisle to investigate applicants for clerk, with a view ! to getting a stenographer if possible. The chairmen of the important standing committees are: Senator Hardin, finance; Senator Carlisle, juj diciary; Senator Sullivan, agriculj ture; Senator Appelt, railroads; Sena! tor Sinkler, education; Senator Strait, ! penitentiary. I ? I CLARK AND HILLES FAYOR SOFTER PLAN i _ | ''Pistol-Toting Resolution of Sumter's Chamber of Commerce Meets I Approval. Sumter, Jan. 14.?Much interest has i been manifested all over the country I by the "pistol resolution," adopted jj^ome weeks ago by the Sumter cham j ber of co?nmerce, and recently ?sent ! out from here to all members of con ! gress, the president and president! elect, vice president-elect, governors of all States and to all of the members of the South Carolina general asserrjbly, as is shown by the number of let? ! ter? received from Dersons all over j the country heartily endorsing them and offering assistance in having them enacted into law. Among those who have been heard from are the secretary to President Taft, who says that he will see that the matter is put before the president in the proper light at once; speaker of the national house of representatives, Champ Clark, wfio says he has read the resolutions with interest and will put them in the proper channels of legislative action; all members of the cabinet, except the postmaster general, whose endorsement will mean more | than that of any one else, as the resolutions provide for the closing of the mails for advertisements of pistols and pistol correspondence, a point which, if carried, will do more than anything else to kill the pistol traffic, and Congressman Lever, who says that it will be impossible to take any decisive steps towards having any legislation to this end passed during the present session I of congress, and who says that he will come to Sumter to confer with the /chamber of commerce concerning the bill before thei regular session convenes next April. Many private citizens throughout this and other States, who have read the resolutions, write endorsing them and offering any assistance in. their power to enact them into law. To .such as these the secretary of th-e chamber of commerce has written that they must see their county and State legislators and take the matter up with them at once. H 1S1UU$. j t>o you wish the world was better? I .Let ;ne tell you what to do; I Set h watch upon your actions. j.Keep them always straight and true I Rid your mind of selfish motives, | Let your thoughts be fclean and high; | You can make a little Eden ! Of the sphere you occupy. i I Do you wish the world were wiser? j(We!l, suppose you make a start, j By accumulating wisdom, , .In the scrap-book of your heart, Do not waste one page on folly; Live to learn, and learn to live ( J If you want to give men knowledge j You must get it ere you give. r Do you wish the wor'l won; happy? Then remember dav l:y day. Just fo scatter seeds of kimlnpjs ! As you pass along the way: For the pleasures of the man ' May be oftimes traced to one, As the hand that pla Us an ac- >rn Shelters armes from the sun. ?Youth's Companion. ??^ Looking to the Fntnre. I | "You spend altogether too much j.money on that girl. Don't you know j girls always accept everything a man gives them and then marry the fellow [ who saves his money?" .lack?"Surp I do. That's the reason I'm blowing in mine."?Boston Governor on and Tillman a Special Message to Legislator Urges Restriction Upon to Some Extent Cz Sumi Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 16.?Entitled a mes .sage ' transmitting certain i<u;is m ic conduct of newspapers, Senator B. R. Tillman and W. E. Gonzales, and urging restriction upon newspapers," the following special message was sent to the general assembly today by Gover! nor Cole. L. Blease: Message. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: In my /innual message, submitted to your bodies on January 14th, I called your attention to the urgent need of some restriction upon the newspapers and newspaper editors and reporters I in South Carolina, in order that personal reputations, and even the good name of South Carolina, may be properly safeguarded from unwarranted villification, and in order to avert the danger of newspaper ' domination of our politics and policies in the future? a domination which, after having con tinued for several years, was umj thrown off recently. I desire, in this connection, following the line taken) in the previous message to which I have called your attention, to present for your earnest consideration some facts which have come under my personal knowledge and observation during the recent State campaign. These facts are not given to you because they were connected with a campaign in which I was interested, but because they mirror clearly a cankerous spot} in our body politic for which only you ! have and can apply the remeay It j will be necessary, irr order that the j true situation and true conditions may ; be brought to light, that tl^e conduct il O ^ T- I I of no less a personage man uic ocuiui j Senator from South Carolina be re- ' viewed, to some extent. If that con- , duct be what his friends and support- : ers would never have suspected or ex- j pected him, I shall regret that it has been necessary to shatter an idol. But, what I shall say of him shall be only incidental to the main subject which j T Tiron t tn imnrpss and the history of; X *? CH1.V VV A ***.?, - , _ his conduct, as it shall be necessaary j to give it to you for this purpose, has j been recorded in letters and telegrams j signed by himself, which are now in my possession. In order that the matter may be j more clearly understood. I shall take j up the events in somewhat, chronolo- j gical order. In so doing, it may be J that the main points may follow some ! not so important, but I feel that you will thus be put more clearly in possession of the entire situation. On October 14, 1911, during my first year as governor, but even then ?while ( I was the center of a severe political j storm and the object of vituperation and abuse such as few men have ever had to withstand, or could have withstood, and shortly after ex-Chief Justice Ira B. Jones announced his candidacy for governor against me, I ad dressed a letter to Senator b. K. Tin- j man, at Trenton, in which I told him j that he was so used "to being lied on j by the newspapers," and had "seen: so much of it on me, that I feel that [ it is absolutely useless for me to write, j you in regard to the many malicious j I lief that are now being circulated." I ; | <iiu, however, go on to call his attention : i to some misstatements which had ap- 1 peared in the public prints, in regard to j that are now being ciculated." I did, i him and myself, in connection with i each other, and went on to say: "Of course, I would be glad to have your vote aand influence in my race j i for governor; but, to be frank, I do . not believe that it is absolutely necessary to my success, because I have not | yet reached the point where T believe i that any one man can dictate to the people of South Carolina as to who they should or should not have in office, and I have too high an opinion of you to believe that you would attempt to ao so; and, from information received from all parts of the State, I ; m satisfied that I will b#? re-elected, i regardless of who may oppose me." Newspapers, ind Gonzales99 2 in which Chief Executive Newspapers.?Reviews impaign of Last iner. * \ In reply to that letter, I received a letter from Senator Tillman, under date of October 15, 1911-*-the very next day after my letter was written. This letter 1 hav6*"<5Jf file in my office, and the who|e pf*>t may be read by any one j/arUt yho may be ,so much, interested. I desire, fc^ present purposes, to quote a few sentences. Senator Tillman said: i "I have yours of the 14th instant and am glad to get it, for though the 4 lies that have been ^ffun^rously circulated lately have nqt made any impression on me, it is pleasant to. have your renewed assurance of friendship and good will. They are certainly trying to play a subtle game." And, further, "I do not know who persuaded Jones to enter the race, and have not seen him at all this summer. One thing you may rely upon: If I decide to have anything to do with the omvprnnr'c rarp vrm will be the first man I will tell. I agree with you ti^at the people of this State would resent, as they have always done, any appearance of .dictation from any man." The State campaign came on. Charges fley^ thick and fast. Tillman; wrote what came to be known as the ; 51 ' Sims letter, and it was published, with, glaring /headlines?headlines so distorted that even Tillman could not stand them. Even Tillman began to protest. In a letter under date of August 12, 1912, even Tillman said: "I am sick and disgusted at the unfairness and dishonesty,?especially in their headlines,?with which certain newspapers have used my letter to Mr. Sims and tried to give it a construction it does not bear and which was never intended." It was about this time, however, in face of former statements that he would be "hands off," and in contradiction of later statements by wire to me that Tillman beean to write secret letters throughout South Carolina Stabbing :ne in the back. Under date of August 16, 1912, he wrote one of his supporters at Newberry, attacking me, saving: " I do not want you to publish this letter, but you can read it to any discreet friend that you can trust. I warn you, now, that if the people or South Carolina re-elect Blease governor, they will rue it as long as they live." On August 17th he wrote a letter to Enoree?a letter of the same general tenor?closing bv saying: "This letter is not for publication, but for your own use and such of your friends as you choose to show it, or press on ail wno rea<i n, or near u, iuai it not to be made public." He was still saying, however, that he was "hands off," as witness a letter of the day before, dated August 16, 1912, written to a gentleman at Townville: "I have done my best to remain 'hands off,' as between the two candidates for governor, and shall continue to do so. T am not responsible because the -newspapers are deceiving the people by putting lies in the headlines." ftV>a coma lottor Tillman a?rain T*P Ill lUu uuiug 1VUVV* A * * * .*? v*.** - -W iterated his view that he did not consider the governor's race any affair of his, in the following words: "T am trying the best I can to be neutral \ between the men. I have been tempted sevral time?, in fact have been importuned by some of the best friends I have got to come out openly and bold- * ly for Jones and give reasons: but E have refrained from doing so simply because I do nt think it is any affair of mine, and I sincerely believe that the people of the State of South Carolina can take care of themselves,?as they have always done,?WITHOUT BEING DICTATED TO BY ANY ONE." All this time, however, he was stabbing me every day, in secret letters? as witness one of August 16, 1912, marked "Personal," in which he attacked my candidacy, and closed in a postscript bv saving: "I write this for your eyes alone." Ail the time writing secret letters "for the ey'es alone" of. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2}. ^