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~r> YOLCME LI, NUMBER 27. NEWREBRY, SOUTH CABOLISA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 191*. if 9|ff TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A TEAR. \ MUST HAVE PEACE! THE MILITIA RANKS! GOV. BLEASE SITS HE IS FRIEND OF THE tflLITIA. But Srtife and Bickering Among: me Militia >Iust Cease?Dismisses a Complaint,f Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, April 3.?In reply to a communication addressed to tne aajutant general by certain officers of the National Guard, asking that a reviewing board be appointed "to consider the competency of the present battalion commander, Major Joseph R. i Allen," and setting forth certain allegations against Major Allen, which communication was "forwarded to the commander-in-chief for instruc?" ^-ftvomor Cole. L. Blease has UUiiS, UV addressed the following communication to the National Guard of South Carolina: To the National Guard of South Carolina, particularly Company Officers, First Battalion, Second Infantry, N. n s c.. and the Adjutant General of South Carolina, in reply to communication of March 26, 1913, signted by A. E. Legare, Captain Company B (assigned); Dibert Jackson, Captain Company C; J. J. Marshall, ' First Lieutenant Compay C; Louie M. Wingard, Captain Company D; John A. Rice, First Lieutenant Company D; T. E. Merchant, Captain Company M; George W. Shehane, First Lieutenant Company M: I think that I can say, without be ing charged with self praise or exaggeration, that the militia of South Carolina, known as the National Guard, has never had a better friend in thie governor's ^office than he who occupies it today. F have endeavored to show this by giving them every encouragement possible, and when .they have done me the honor of inviting me to address their National Guard meetings I have on each occasion ?, thpm for their faithfulness pi diacu kuv,.. and told them to go ahead and whatever they could get from the general assembly I would approve of, that they need fear no veto at my hands, as I considered the volunteer militia' and the firemen of our State two organizations which were not appreciated as they should be; that their work- was very hazardous and danger ous when indeed they were called to work; that they were the protectors of the lives and property of the people of om State, and that through them and their organizations the law-j less and dangerous were kept under) control. I have endeavored, in other words, to show my appreciation of them and my friendship for them. And at the last session of the general assembly when the appropriation was made for the purchasing of a rifle T 1 ^ it -n-rmlfl hp- SllCh range, i uau uwpcu *v > v?.~ ~. encouragement to all of the officers and men that harmony would prevail throughout, that the organization Tvould take a new start, that fresh enthusiasm and vigor would possess the men, and that al* would be well; and it hurts me to 9 e the strife and dissensions that are now going on among the officers and men. The recent courtmartial just held was an example of this. Xo .v eo::.#s th's complaint. How far, gentlemen, is it u> go? Tne people are tired of strife and dissensions. They want peace and harmony. And those who are opposed to the militia, anyway, and. ar-e always pleased to help to drag it down, roll I as a sweet morsel under their tongues j this internal strife among the men and the officers. Soon they will be So tho nap in snend- I gin 10 sa.^ . >?11 dl w i.uv ^? ing our money on these people? It amounts to nothing but wrangling and strife." While if harmony prevailed and everything moved along smoothly, praise would come from all sides and even those who now criticise would be ready to exclaim, "These1 men are doing a good service; they "? * ^ T are working in ^harmony ana ior uie uplift of the State; let's give them our lencouragement and our assistance." I had hoped that this would be the case. Now, as to this late communication with regard to Major Allen, I think it comes with very, very bad taste. He whose name is at the front was the judge advocate who repres?nted Ma jor Allen in the recent courtmartial and sustained every allegation and every charge made by Major Allen. He it was who spoke in high praise of him before the courtmartial and had others convicted who had been disotfcdient. Now conies he whose name leads all the rest proclaiming allegations against ^ajor Allen which antedate morte than two years the charges which were recently investigated. If Major Allen had been so guilty of this misconduct, why were not these' charges then made to thethen commander-in-chief? Why held until now, to be brought betore mer: If Major Allen was guilty of these | i charges, why was he recognized as, the prosecutor in the recent courtmar- j tial and sustained unanimously and | spoken of so highly? If the judge aa- j | vocate who was prosecuting those j I cases knew of this misconduct on Ma- j jor Allan's part, why did he not discredit his own witness and save the humiliation which was heaped upon others by him whom he now signs a paper saying is .unworthy of the high I office of major. Next comes he who has recently ' been found guilty and has received at the hands of the commander-in-chief a reprimand, by order of that courtmartial?signing this paper against the very man who preferred the charges against him, upon which he was convicted. It would seem to me that if I were1 in his place 1 would! have been ashamed of my recent es-j capade and would have at least remained quiet until it had somewhat blown over. But, no; he comes back with a strilve at the1 one who had consummated his own humiliation. 1 Now, if these gentlemen are not pleased with the militia, I would suggest, as commander-in-chief, that instead of continuing to keep up strife, that their resignations would be accepted, an<f there would be no regrets i in the note of acceptance. Ac to the other gentlemen who ! signed this paper, I am satisfied that they have been influenced or misled, or, if not misled, certainly badly advised. It is, therefore, ord-ered and adjudged: That the complaint be1 dismissed; and it is requested that order and ! harmony shall prevail in the ranks of the militia. And, as commanderin-chief, I will positively disband the next company that conges up with this internecine strife, and will, if there be any military way to do so, relieve from office the next officer j orn?i+v the least hrpanh of disciuline f 6"?V ? ? tending to cause strife among his brother officers or the privates within his ranks. This is all said and done1 in good spirt, with ill will towards none, with love for the militia and love for the men; but if it takes harsh measures to stop this strife and dissension, harsh measures will be used. I hope that this will be an end to this strife and to tnis DicKtTing, ana, if it is not to be the end, I desire, in my closing sentence, to advise those who axe not satisfied to resign before they are requested so to do.. Very respectfully, Cole. L. BLease, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. Columbia. S. C., April 1. 1913. On tbe Vocation of tiie "Old Maid." The human species in infancy is so dependent that it actually takes not one woman but more than one to bring up a family. From nurse to washerwoman and from cook to teacher, many feminine hands are engaged in the holy work of finishing the ""J /-vf Q fomilxT r?f Utile Ctltu UCVClWlJUltm, ui u iuiiiiajt v? children. The "old maid" the woman who is alone in life, the woman without ties, is a God send to the other woman who is called "mother." Because she is a God send she should not feel lonely or useless, she should hear the call of God and go on the mission of God. We live to serve, to help, to please. And none does so more than the single woman who still does wofnan's work. J. S. L. c* ?ure. "Don't you think that we should have a more elastic currency?" asked the old fogy. "It is elastic enough," replied the grouch. "Why don't they make It more adhesive?"?Cincinnati Enquirer. | ALL-STARS WIN FROX NEWBERRY Ty Flayed Good Ball, But Kicked Too Much, Quitting Game for Short Time?Score 11 to o. Ty Cobb and his volunteers defeated Newberry before a large crowd of about 600 persons Wednesday afteri noon by the score of 11 to 5. The large score was a surprise to the majority, but the game was full of interest throughout and the fans were given an opportunity to see "the greatest of stars" in action, and "Ty" did not fail to live up to his reputation, getting three hits and a sacrifice fly out of five times up, besides running wild | on the bases, and stealing at will. Mc| Millan, Ginn and Coles gave a close run for the honors of th.?- afternoon, and each played a jam up game. Ginn's running catch of Wise's long fly in tiie second inning was uie musi brilliant bit of fielding of the game, j The Xewberrv boys put up a good article of ball with the exception of two innings when the fast work of the Stars seemed to rattle th-em and it was only by* the excellent pitching of Eidson and Epting that the score was not larger. As usual they were there with the- goods, both twirling championship ball, and each having five strike out& to his credit. Boland played a neat second base, having but one error against him out of eigttt chances. The Cobbites started scoring in the first inning when Coles reached first on an error by Kfitt and tallied when Cobb landed one just inside the right field foul line. Three more were Annexed in the third on two errors, and a passed ball, coupled with singles by Coles and Ginn and Cobb's sacrifice fly. The fifth looked as if it would be a repetition of the third, but with two runs, no outs, and men on first and second Cobb bit into a last aoiioie play, Boland to Keitt. In tlie seventh Cobb singled to right field, stole second and third while the ball was being* handled by the infield and was caught only by foot at the plate. In the ninth he singled to left and circled the bases while the ball was being "handled with care," about th? infield. Newberry sent three men across the rubber in the fifth. Eidson walked, Brooks sacrificed but was safe on Bowen's error: Boland bunted and beat it out. Eidson scored on Mayes' sacrifice and Brooks and Boland counted on successive hits by Keitt and Floyd. Another run was added in the eighth when Floyd walked and came home on Holme's error of Baker's attempted sacrifice. Boland scored the last run in the ninth when he reached first on Bowen's error, and came home on a sacrifice and an infield out. The crowd saw "Ty" in various ways, including a little tilt with the sumps. The game, while not close, was Inter-\ esting and the :nanagement is to be congratulated on securing such an j atraction for the town. Following is the box score: Ty Cobb's All-Stars. AB ,R H PO A E McMillan, ss . .5 3 2 3 3 0 Ginn, rf 3 2 1 2 0 1 Coles, cf&lb. .5 1 2 6 0 0 Cobb, lb&c. . .4 1 3 11 0 0 Dorl-or 9h ri 0 T 0 1 1 1 ai XVV-/A , mi AS . V V Bowen, 3b. . .4 1 1 0 <( 2 Burden, c&cf . .4 0 0 "> 1 0 Holmes, lf&p. .4 0 0 0 0 2 Gentle, p&lf. . .3 3 0 0 8 0 Totals. . . .37 11 10 27 13 6 Newberry. , AB R H PO A E Keitt. lb. .. .5 0 1 9 0 lj Floyd, 3b. . . .4 1 1 1 1 1 Baker, ss. . . .3 0 0 1 1 0 Wise. If. . . .3 0 I 0 0 0 Shealy, rf. . .4 0 0 0 0 0 Eidson, p. .. 1 1 1 ^ 1 ^ Epting, p. . ..2 0 0 0 I 0 Brooks, cf. . .3 1 0 2 0 0 Boland, 2b. . .4 2 1 2 5 1 Mayes, C....2 0 1 12 0 1 Total. . . .31 5 6 27 9 5 Score by innings? R H E All-Stars. . .103 021 103?11 10 6 Newberry. . .000^030 Oil? 5 6 5 Summary?Earned runs. All-Stars 3, Newberry 1; first base on balls, off Gentle 1; off Holm-es 2; off Eidson 1; off Epting 2. Struck out, by Gentle 3. by Holmes 3, by Eidson 5, by Epting left on bases. All-Stars 3, New berry 5; double play. Boland to Keitt; wild pitches, Epting 2; passed balls, Mayes 2; first base ou errors, AllStars 4, Newberry 4;" two-base hit, Mayes; sacrifice hits, Baker, Brooks, AfnTTAr, 9 CO Arifi flv fnhh Stolen i'iaj ca M t ouv/i iiivc iij j . bases, Ginn, Cobb 4. Parker, Bowen, | Gentle 3, Keitt, Boland. Umpires Clisbee and Hardeman. Time 1.50. Notice Saturday afternoon the championship banrifer won by Newberry last year will be raised at college park. y i Furnian plays Newberry on that date and a close game can be expected, cause "Miss" Eidson will pitch. A parade will start from the public I square about 3.15 p. m., consisting of " /vP tnnmo o nn thp tilt: lliexil Ut:i ? U1 will ir,umo, U..U students of the college. The Newberry concert band will furnish music for the occasion, and the boys will follow it up to the college, when tiie flag will be' raised just before the game. The people are urged to come out and help celebrate the victory of 1912, and at the same time witness the first game of the State championship series to be played In Newberry. Don't forget the date, Saturday, April 5. 1913, 4 p. m. COLLEGE VAUDEVILLE SHOW Hip! Hip! Hurrah! The College hoys Will Have the . Centre of 1 lie Stage on the Eleventh. The college vaudeville show will be presented to the public next Friday night, at the opera house. Departing from the usual custom of giving a minstrel, they will have something new and far more interesting tiiau anything they have attempted in foi* mer years. The College Glee club, under the direction of Dr. J. B. Setzl^r, is bei'ig tuned up to warble gleefJH* and charmingly. College songs th'it will thrill you, co.mic songs that will amuse you, beautiful songs that will cliarm you, will all be delightfufiy rendered by this capable and well trained group of songsters. Mrs. R. Z. Thomas has consenrel to sing, and those who have ever ii:anl Mrs. Thomas sing need to be told iio more about this feature of the show. This number alone will be well worth the price of admission charged i'or the a-hnltf. show. Mr. Nevin B^ser, the \iolin virtuoso, will certainly charm the airltooco for a much shorter time than they would like to have him occupy tr.e stage. Eiser and "his fiddle" ia well known to Newberry people; so this number needs no further recommendation. Messrs. Jesse Mayes and Norman LaMotte, two of the best gynnas's that Newberry ever had, will do thrillinf and hair-raising stunts on the parallel bars and on the mats. They are working out daily, and will certainly surprise the spectators by their agility, skill and daring. In addition to this athletic number, Messrs. E.aMotte, Sligh, Setzler and Efird will give a wand drill, accompanied by music. This is a very beautiful and delightful act. Then ho! for th-e funny boys, and they are funny, too. What else could A'ou expect from such' human beings as "Fool" Wink, "Lengthy" Timm, Walbern, Paschal, Fetzer, Kreps, Baker, Rugheimer and David? Space forbids further Elaboration upon this headliner, but watch for the next issue for better treatment. Last, by not least by any ni'Jans, the college orchestra, Dr. Thomas di rector, will furnish splendid music I for the occasion. Please remember the date, April 11, and get your tickets early, thus avoiding the scramble for the best seats. Admission will be 25 and ."0 cents. Religious Xotice. The Second Presbytery of the Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church win mppt in the- Newberry church, April 11, at 11 a. m. The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. W C. Kerr, of Wrens, Ga. In all probability there will be about forty delegates present. Preaching service will be held at 11 and 8 -each day. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, J Jumped on back of a trcjley car: j Against his will, he took a spill, ! As did our old friends Jack and Jill. ' V y STRANGE STORIES Of FLOOD. One Woman Escape! by Cliiiil>:nir on a Horse.?F^-iIt S;n?'?l Family. 9 Dayton, Ohio. March 29.?Of the thousands of r-emarkable escapes the experience of Miss Flossie Lester, a sicnograpiiei, wuu was maiuuucu uu an overturned moving van in Edgemont, a suburb of Dayton, is considered as one of the oddest. With several men Miss Lester was imprisoned on the top of a passing van which she mounted when the flood came Tuesday morning. Eventually the van was overturned and the party was thrown into the icy waters. The horses which had been hauling the van broke loose and separated, swimming for their lives. One of them passed close to the woman who grasp 1 ~ ed a dangling strap anu sutxccucu m climbing astride the animal's back. For more than a mile and a half Miss Lester clung with her arms about the horse's neck until, at b.st, he reached a high approach of the levee near a farm house. Hrehe Miss Lester dropped to the ground unconscious and was taken in by the farmer's family. The horsefwas taken to the barn. Miss Lester told rescuers that shewill buy the horse if its owner can be found. Mrs. Clinton Wallace and her three children had an experience of another kind. They were marooned ~ n * *- ^?J rv>_r\ without 100(1 wnen me uuuu uam-c Tuesday and were rescued last night. All that time they subsisted on grape fruit, a box of which they secured as it floated up to a window. C. H. Pfeffer, treasurer, and C. P. Cutlip. a division superintendent of one of the big Deroit (Mich.) automobile companies, who hurried as best they could through the flooded j districts from the Michigan metropolis | to Dayton to rescue Pfaffer's sister, found her this afternoon. She and J another woman, both with their babies i in their arms, were discovered on the roof of the former's home in Riverdale, their feet resting in ths eaves trough. There was seven feet of water in Riverdale. Pfeffer said, and three or four hundred persons marooned in second stories. He offered to take a boatload from one house but as there was not room for everybody none of them would leave. While Daytonians have had adventures enough to last them the remainder of their lives, frantic fathers and husbands, wives and mothers, out of town when news of the flood reach- j ed them, had troubles of their own in \ attempting to return. With railroads out of commission in | the Omaha tornado districts and i floods rampant from Western Penn-j sylvania to the Mississippi, they found I it difficult to return. W. R. Sullivan, a prominent Day-! ton business man, 011 his way to Denver, heard of the flood at Grand Island, Neb. He returned to Lincoln, N?eb., where the difficulties of travel ) began. He darted to Kansas City,! where delay confronted him; then back to St. Joseph, Mo. But here, too, no railroad would promise to deliver him at Dayton. Finally he went to St. Louis, cair?ht a train to Guthrie, - * 1- 1 Ky., worked nacK mrougii wuiMint to Cincinnati, and from the latter cttv came here in an automobile. He found that the relief committee had commandeered his own motor car and that his wife had given away most of her linen, bedding, clothing andj food?a v??ry ordinary proceeding? but that she and the children were safe. Perfectly satisfied, Sullivan of fered his services to the city. His | story is offered as a fair sample of | hundreds of others. A druggist at Anderson, Ir.d., whose! family were visiting here, arrived in ; a State of collapse. Despairing of! traveling by rail, he set out to con- i quer the flood. Where he could he; " * * ' 1o i hired" venicies, uut ue ^uauru ?, straight course, fording or swimming! icy-waters, plunging through swamps and crawling over broken and dangerous trestles. His feet, knees and hands were swollen when h? reached Richmond. Ind., 42 miles west of here. He offered Sl-~0 and a now set of tires for a machine to tak- him to Dayton Thursday night, but none would take! the risk. In the morning Shnron 1 Jones, who was in charge of forward-J ANOTHER DOUBLE KILLING. NegTo Kills His Wife and Is Himself Killed by Rural Policeman Tamer. , v-> " Foster Riser shot and killed his wife on Thursday morning about 10 . o'clock, at their home on Dr. Robert L. Luther's place below Prosperity, * I the house fronting Mr. Nathan Young's premises. The trouble grew out of domestic infelicity on the part of the wife as charged by the husband, and the shooting was done at such close j range as to -burn the woman's flesh. with the powder. Riser shot his wife five times?in the head, the breast and I the hand. | Immediately after the killing he j jumped into his buggy and was mak| ing his escape. Rural Policeman Jno. i j H. Turner lost no time in getting on I the tracks of the slayer. He overtook j the negro near St. Luke's cnurcn, ana I was proceeding to make the arrest j when Riser resisted the efforts of the officer, attempting to draw his gun, j-whereupon he was shot dead by Mr. : Turner. j Coroner F. M. Lindsay, owing to : the illness of his wife, could not leave 1 home. Magistrate B. B. Hair acted in his stead. Sheriff Cannon G. Blease being in Virginia on legal business, and Deputy : Sheriff Thos. A. Berley at the place of tragedy, Rural Policeman Win. ( Dorroh was called to take charge of the sheriff's office, although he was ho nut mv amount of I .. \.\j | sickness."*- ' i It seems that Riser haG premeditated extreme measures, as he had the ! day before drawn his money from the i bank at Prosperity and given it to his J brother, with instructions as to wh^t j to do with it. He is said to have borne ! a good reputation. The verdicts of the juries were as follows: I That Sarah Riser came . to her I death at the hands of Foster Riser, ! her husband, i That Foster Riser came to his death j at the hands of J. H. Turner while re| siiting lawful arrest on a charge of ; murder and while the said J. H. Turj ner was acting in self-defense. Mr. Turner, under the law, is in the 1 { hands of the sheriff and will apply for I bail. He is represented by Mr. E. S. ' Blease* ? / Appropriate. Were I to build an airship (A very funny capef). I think my chief material , Would be "fly-paper." BODIES TAKEN TO MOUNTAINS. Remains of Floyd and Claude A Ren, Executed at Richmond, Borne to Family Home. Greensboro, N. C., March 29.?The bodies of Floyd Allen and his son, Claude Allen, electrocuted in the Virginia State prison yesterday for their part in the Hillsville court house tragedy, were brought here this afternoon. Later they were transferred to j a Mount Airy train and upon arrival at the little mountain town in tne early morning were conveyed to wagons. The journey across the filue Ridge to the Allen home was begun about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the funeral party expecting to make the 15 miles over rough roads by nir'.t. Hundreds of people were at the railway station here to see the co-Tins / I M'Viiol- roetpf? th -> hr:d'~S of tllr: V;* ) 111 V> UlV.il 1 _ ( giania outlaws. At Mount Airy h torg? ' crowd of mountain people, among | whom were many relatives and friends of the clansmen, were gat.hr Xo demonstration was offered and therj 1 was no difficulty in making a passage way through the cro-vl for the six stalwart men of the mountain? w!ic served as pallbearers. ~bs funeral train which started across the mountains was composed of tare? w:igcn3 and two buggies. virtnr Allen, soi oi Floyd and J. C. Buxton-of Wi-ision-SaJeui. counsel for the A'len-, acctmpankd the bodies from tvic-hm-m 1. ing relief at Richmond, bundled him into one- of the relief automobiles and he completed his trip. Jon-s learned his story butf not his name nor is it known whether he found his family here.