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llij Jl ll ' ^ COVERNOR BLEASE TALKS TO NEWSPAPERMEN t)\ MATTERS OF STATE WIDE IN TEREST AT PRESENT. | Discusses Tillman. B. Evans De- ' cision And The Senatorial Race. Special to The Herald and News. ? ^ ? ~ ? D1 AftOA I Anderson, May 14.?oroveruur Dicaot i while in attendance on the Odd Fel- j lows grand lodge meeting, was asked i several questions as to statewide matters by newspaper men. "What do you think of the present agitation with reference to fraud in -11- ?nrkv^rnnr Blease was i tile Jjim.ia.ij> . vjv.v.?- ? asked. j "Well, in the first place," the gov-! ernor replied, "I think it is really j amusing to see Benjamin Ryan Till- j man and Willie Gonzales playing an- ! tyover. Benny throws the ball over J to Willie, and Willie kisses it and throws it back to Benny. It used to be with those two distinguished,! "Shinny on your own side," but now 1 they have got to be great chums, and I j wouldn't be at all surprised to see, Benny lead *the fight to have Willie j confirmed for any position that Mr. j Wilson may give him, as Benny seems j to have surrendered absolutely and to 1 have forgotten the many bitter, mean and vindictive things which the Spanish-Cuban mixed-blood bureau has poured forth against him.' Last summer, at the very opening cf the campaign, I offered a reward of five hundred dollars, I believe it was, for the conviction of persons violating the **-- * o^rlitinn tn that. ! election laws.^auu, m auuiwU , as governor of the State I did every- i thing within my pcwer to see that a free, fair and impartial primary was ; held. When the charges of fraud and corruption were ma^ I offered to do my part in investigating it, and putting \ a stop to it, if it existed, and I denounced it from the State house sfeps. | Later, when the legislature met; I j tit Om tn I s?nt tnem a message investigate the matter, and offered j thsm proof from certain counties! A J resolution was introduced and passed by the house, but it was smuggled into its grave by an anti-Blease senate, j If there was no fraud on the other | side, why didn't the other side wel- j come my request for an investigation, j welcome the Fo-rtner resolution, and j have such investigation. Oh, no, I .-.I? had vinlafed the elec- | ine; nucw tion laws, they knew who had hired 1 men to travel South Carolina for them, j and when I a? cused, on the stump, i their candidate for governor of having hired men traveling the State for him, daring him to deny it, he sat silent. No wonder that he did, now that we knowr what we do. And in J the "light of these <hings, it is not now at all surprising that the Columbia mixed-breed incubator is accusing ail South Carolinians of being bribe givers or bribe takers W primaries, and it is not at all surprising tnat some South Carolinians who took part in this bribe-taking and bribe-giving, are patting the Cubans upon the back and saying, "Give it to 'em, boys." " "It is a curious combination, but as I said in Charleston the other day and repeat now, it is a dirty, dirty bird ^ that befouls its own nest. And this hollering fraud in the primary by some W people reminds me of another thing: V Whenever you hear a fellow hollering. "'Stop, thief." you watch him, and m whenever you hear a fellow always I talking about somebody else stealing, you will find that is a thief himself, 999 times out cf a thousand. So, with these people who are hollering for pure, clean elections: hunt the proof and see whether they are clean or not. "And Senator Tillman proves that u-ooi-.ininripd and setting old Hit" lb ?>\.UU Ul*i*X4VV., ^ _ and fe'ble. because he admits and boasts of the fact that he is the father cf the primary, and yet he says that he was-not a statesman, but a politician fixing something for the present in 1S90 and for his own ends and purposes, for if he had been a statesman, far-sighted, looking for the best inter sts of his people, and not solely looking fcr his own interests, lie would have so safeguarded his primary that he would not today b befouling his cwn nest and saying that his own child has been debauched, ruined and is wallowing in the mire of degradation. But, as I have said before, I do not care tc criticise him in his feeble condition, with his weak mind. He is not the Tillman of 1S90, and instead of being criticised he should be pitied. 1 1 1 11- - ? ? T-T?V? r\ I And consequently mose ul us vmu fought under him in 1890, and loved him for the enemies that he made, lean not love him for having forgotten I those enemies and sleeping in the bed with a Cuban mixed-breed, yet in the goodness of our hearts we draw l the mantle of chanty over his shortcomings." "What about Gonzales as minister J to Cuba," the governor was asked. , "Well," was the reply, "I have al-! ways heard that chickens wcuid come j home to roose, and 1 am not surprised ' that the Cuban is trying to go back ! home." Asked what he thought of the de_ i cision of the supreme court in the B. B. Evans case, Governor Blease said: "You have ask d e a question new that I do not expet to discuss. I ap- i pointed, when Judge Gary was dis-J xny young friend Sam Xich- j oils 10 st i've on that court, because j ,*?.?! I knew he was a young man ul mc, highest character, of exceptional ability, and worthy to wear, net only temporarily, but permanently, the ermine of a supreme court justice, and the J legislature could do no better at its { next session, if it be called upon to! fill a vacancy on that bench, than to j ; -sleet Sam J. Xicholls." i "However, I will say this; that it is j gratifying to me to see that the su- j preme court is adopting my method of; 1 paroles?that method for which I have , be?n so severely condemned by some ! members of that court and by others! i?in that they say to Barney, "You J are guilty, but we parole you on con-; dtion that you are cf good behavior [ and drink no intoxicating liquors for | two years." They thereby endorse my J policy of paroles, b?"ause I "nave of- i ten said and now say to prisoners, "I j will give you your liberty during vcur gcnd behavior and on condition thai you do not drink intoxicatig liquors. ! I am glad that the members of the supreme court have been reading their; "" ' -1, ^ o? l.cact in i I Bibles anci nsivs rtjctuucu, m, Ithis case, the conclusion that they may j i themselves some day expect mercy, j* ! and to others mercy they must show, J ! "I believe in helping a man when ! | he is down. I wish I had some posi- j | tion that I could give Barney, in order that I might show him that I was j | willing to lend him a helping hand I and to give him an opportunity to ! prove to the world that he is a man. I have been thinking and studying, but I cannot find anything at present : -i? ?- ? ? ! j that is within my power 10 sue. macI feel he would be billing to accept. | But if I had a position I would go to him and offer it to him arid tell him, "Barney, stand up and be a man, and show to the world that you can make good." If such opportunity comes to j me it shall be Barney's, notwithstandj ing the fact that some members of ^ his family have b-een my bitterest en"" 1 J + V. nnQ tTiiricrc j emies and nave uunt wuoc i.mu0against me which I did not think would ever have come frcni such a J source. However, I hold not against one brother that which others do, but let every man stand for himself, and i be a "man for a' that and a' that." j "'"ri?+V:^. .nr.oninmpnt for ! WiiaL LI UU U L Liir '.uvuiu]/mvUv , Anderson, governor?" "I am sorry," was the reply, "that ! 1 'im not in position to give you more ! information. To be honest with you, ' I am not as well posted on the militia j i as J might be, but if it is within my j power to request, direct or command j that a regiment be encamped in An- j thic cnmmpr. von will have a | | UC1 CUll imu - , . regiment in Anderson. There is no | better county in the State; thore is! no better place in the State, and there i , is no better people in the State. You i are due it", and you shall have it if! # 9 I | ev rything I can do to bring it about j can accomplish it. Of course if I j ; : can t. I can't, but so lar in my life , ! I have never recognized the words, ' i j "T can't." So if it is possiDie ior u : 'to be brought about, under the prop-' i 1 or and legal rules art'7 regulations, you | will have an encampment." j "Well, governor, \ihat about your senatorial race?" i | "As to that, f have had very little to say. I have received from every pr.rt of this State ^;>vitation> asking me to deliver addresses this summer. Some I have accepted; many official duties forced me to decline. I ha\e never been one cf those who thought I needed a rest. Sirce I entered the politica'l areana in 1890 it has been fight, fight, fight. .Last summer, vvueu the campaign was over my doctors advised me if I didn't go somewhere and take a rest I w?s liable to have a serious break-down. My duties forced me to my office. Throughout the legislative session and throughout the entire winter, and even up until now, I haven't taken a single day's holiday, and I havt been attending strictly to my duties, and they have been many, not counting a "few" pardone that I - * 'iiave had to contend wun, aiung wim an occasional parole. However, I had hoped that I would get some rest this summer, but if the people decree othrwise I am their servant and shall attmpt to obey. I am receiving letters from all over the Stat-e, and wherever I go 1 receive strong personal assurances and endorsements of my race for the senat-?. However, I am free to say that I do not feel as much interested in that race as I did in my governor's race. My life's ambition was 'to be governor of my State. My whole life 'has been spnt locking towards that end, and every dollar that I could 1- - V>non locriHmnfplv STVent to IHciKt? lidJ) v ~ ^ the bringing about of that result. And when I was inaugurated governor I received, as I said then and repeat, the highest honor that South Carolina can give a man. "Of course it will be very gratifying to me to be elected to the senate, as a further endorsement of my service to my people, but I do not propose to submit to or to go through with, fo:v that office, what I have been forced to submit tc and go through with to be governor of my State. "Everything, however, is bright, and it matters not who enters the race I will be elected to tne senaxe by my friends, for my devotion to duty and for my faithfulness to them. Of course I have lost s mie friends since ilie last primary, because 1 have not done all that some people wanted me to do. 1 have refused to pardon in some cases pressed by my friends, and I have refused to make certain appointments, and have done and refused to dc othsr things, and naturally some i- ? nut rm thp other Cli C OUi v, VJl. _ hand, I have made some good, strong, able men sit up and take notice for my fairness to them, for my decisions in causes which they were interested in, and sometimes in which they were not prsonally interested. In many such cases mv opponents (not my enemies) have seen fit to congratulate me, and of course in that way I have made many my friends and supporters who voor wpre mv opponents. You l do * j vui .? ? _ w __ know, as to my enemies, I have nothing for them, and I do not want them to be my friends, because they have attempted to besnr^h my character, and no man can ever be my friend who has attempted to take from me by misrepresentations and inuendoes that which is dearer to me than everything else on this earth?my good name. "However, you may say to your readers that on the 4tth day of March, 1915, God being willing and giving me health and strength I will be sworn in 3s United States senator to repre sent the purest An^rican blood, the most virtuous womanhood and the most gallant manhood known to America or to the world?th* people of South Carolina." L. M. Green. A1KD03IE OPENS. I The First Show Will )iv (iiven Tonitrlit at Tlie Airdome in East Street. Thv' transformer for the machine at the Airdome has arrived after considerable delay. The first performance at the Airdome will be free to all who go to the Arcade tonight, Thursday. After the performance at the Arcade all present may attend the show at the Airdoni the same night, pictures at which will be different. This will be the opening ana 11 is hoped a capacity house will be at the Airdome. After this the p rformances will alternate at the two places as before stated subject of course to tbe j w ati?er. IS NOT PROHIBITED j BY THE STATE LAW LIQ10R 3IAY BE SHIPPED HERE FROM OTHER STATES. No Statute Against Importation of Whiskey For Personal Use, Says Supreme Court. ! Columbia, May 14.?There is no I statute by the State prohibiting the | importation of liqiK r from another State for personal use, and the Webb act gives the State the right to enact such a statute if it so desires, is the opinion of the South Carolina supreme court, in deciding a case test-! ing the constitutionality of the Webb | act, which was passed by congress withdrawing the protection of the in- . terstate commerce from whiskey ship merits irom one stc^e 10 anoiuer. The opinion hold's that the old dis- J pensary act, forbidding the ordering [ of liquor for personal use from other States, having been declared unconstitutional before the passage of the Webb act. could not be vitalized by the passage of the Webb act. Intention of Webb Act. "It is not he intention of the Webb act tc interfere with the policy of the State in regard to the importation of lie lor, but memerly to provide that the a StafP statute WOUld net be interfered with, or hampered by the interstate commerce laws," says the decision. ' In ether words,/the act in this respect ie "asrive," continues th? decision. "ivW it is encumbent on the St; .Vs to rnact. legislation of an active nature, if they a desirous of prohil 'Met tht importation of liquors. Br ev~n i: congress had undertaken to -.0 validity to an unconstitutiona j State sctatute it would have been be- j yond its powers. Powers ?f Legislature.' "While the legislature cannot pass an act, validating the provision of the dispensary statute which we have de- | clared to be unconstitutional, so as to give it a retroactive effect, it. nevertheless. has the power to adopt a statute with similar provisions, having a prospective effect, prohibiting alcohol-} 1 ' -C? Urviw /V 1 A/1 1 r> tn i ic liquors lruni uemg mipuncu nuu this State. Such a statute would not contravene any provision of the United States constitution. "As we have already said, the recent act of congress divests intoxicating liquors of their interstate comm-erce character, and invests the respective States with power, either to prohibit the iniDortation absolutely or allow it only for sale and use through a dispen- j sary. The classification of the count- j ies so as to allow th'< sale of liquor in j some of them, while it is not prohibited in others, would not be violative of Section 1, of the 14th amendm-ent to the constitution of the United States, which provides that no State shall deny to any person within itt> jurisdiction the full protection of the laws." C ase From Richland, v ' The case arose in Richland county through W. W. Atkinson bringing suit to secure an injunction against the Southern Express company from enforcing its order refusing to deliver shipments of whiskey in South Carolina for personal use. The injunction is grant-ed by the court, the opinion j being written by Chief Justice Gary j and concurred in by Associate Justices Woods, H yd rick and Watts. associate Justice Fraser says: "I concede that the abr ve statement, so strongly made, is correct, but I dissent fr .in the judgment. The regula tion complained of in the petition re- j fers exclusively to interstate commerce, and 1 think this court has no jurisdiction to interfere." A test came was brought under the same conditions in Kershaw county, :ind the court grants the injunction in this case on tho same grounds as in that from Richland. | \o Services. There will be ric services at the A. R. P. ehurrh at Prosperity on next Snbbath. They will join with the ! J.utherans in observing Old Folks' j Day. T'nion services will by held at the | Methodist church in the evening, j preaching y Re-. V. H. Neighbors. ! i C03DI0N PLEAS COURT. Much Business Transacted in Short Time?Many Cases Settled?Judge Devore Presided. x i The court of common pleas convened on Monday morning and remained in s-ession until Wednesday morning. J Hon. James W. Devore, of Edgefield, judge of the eleventh judicial circuit, presided. This was Judge I>evore's second appearance in Newberry, and the manner in which he presided over the court was pleasing to the lawyers, the jurors and the public. The first case tried was that of Sum- t mer-Wise Stock company, plaintiffs, | against D. G. Livingston, defendant. Plaintiffs sued on a promissory note, 1 which with principal, interest and at- i fnrnpv's fpps a e^r-esratfid about S200. . WWAV?( * ' - ?CTO - 'O ? The defendant alleged that the consideration of the note was a mule sold 1 him by the plaintiffs, which mule was ? unsound. The jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $35.90. 5 Plaintiffs were represented by Hunt, ( Hunt & Hunter, While Eugene S. Blease was counsel for the defendant. The second case heard was that of * aJmes W: Pitts r^iinst Souther nRail- ( way company. This was a suit for SI995.00 damages on account of the plaintiff having purchased a ticket t from Silverstreet to Greenwqpd, which < ticket he alleged was given the ticket collector of the train of the defendant, ] and that afterward the collector told < the plaintiff that h-e had not received . his ticket aid demanded the cash fare from Silverstreet to Greenwood, ( amounting to ninety cents, which the plaintiff paid under protest, and as , he stated, because the collector threat ened to give the plaintiff trouble. The railroad admitted ths payment of the ninety cents, but claimed that it was the only fare received from the plaintiff. and it was denied that the collector threatened the plaintiff. The jury found for the plaintiff the sum of ninety-five cents, being the fare paid with interest thereon. Tbe plaintiff claimed punitive damages but the jury only Jj 1 : considered actual damages. Plaintiff moved for a new trial, which motion ! will be heard later. The attorneys for j the plaintiff were Hunt, Hunt & Hunter. Johnstone Cromer representeu the defendant. The third and last jury case was that of K. P. Reed & Co. vs. E. B. Copeland and 0. 0. Copeland, partners under the firm name of Copeland Bros. This was suit on account, the plaintiffs claiming that they received and accepted an order tor a Din orj shoes from the defendants, and immediately upon acceptance of the order, that they began manufacturing the shoes. That the order was afterward cancelled by the defendants, who re- * fused to accept th-e shoes, and that the { plaintiffs had to sell the shoes elsewhere at a financial loss. Defendants 1 claimed that the order was withdrawn before the same was accepted by the i plaintms, and mat ine piamuns manufactured the shoes after cancellation of the order. The jury found for the , i plaintiff in the full amount claimed, , $130.42. Johnstone & Cromer appeared for plaintiff, and B. V. Chapman represented the defendants. A motion for a new trial on the part of the defendants is pending. Several -equity matters were disposed of. Quite a lot of business was transacted although the court was in session but a few days. The docket is in a fine condition. Xewberrv lawyers ssttle quite a number of cfcses without going to rial, which speaks well for the bar of this city. Anions the cases settled at this term was ihat of Cornelia Wellr. ct al., vs. the 0., .\. L. ft. R. Co. T'iey AH v? It, Page land Journal. An editor is sometimes much chagrined when he reads over his paper and finds that a glaring error has be?n printed and mailed. Poor penmanship and careless proof reading sometimes change the writer's meaning so much that his readers wonder what he was trying to say. Just a few words or "letters in the wrong place may make all the difference in the meaning. ??The Chicago Board :of Bducation has established two "naturalization schools." open four nights a week. BUND TIGERS NEED NO LONGER BE BUND GOV. BLEASE SAYS >0 USE FOE STATE CONSTABLES. [n Face Decision Supreme Court Can't Distinguish Contraband From Personal Use. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, May 15.?As a result of ne decision 01 tne supreme court uu ;he Webb .law, Governor Blease said :oday that there was no use for him ;o continue to keep State constables n operation and he addressed a letter ;o his constables telling them that he vould have no use for their services ifter the first of June. The governor >aid he was not surprised at the de jision but as the court had d-elayed md delayed in so many frivolous cases le did not think the decision in this ;ase would be handed down with such apidity. He is now helpless he said, :o enforce the liquor laws in this State because no man can tell what is for personal use and under the court's decision constables and detectives would be in'.olved in damage suits, damage suits. "It is disheartening," said the governor. "Blind tigers are taking the State now and tbere are going to be more of them under this decision.lk The governor spoke in high terms of his constables, and regrets that it is necessary as he sees it under this decision to disccntinu-e their services* LITTLE MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL. Program for Closing Exercises on May 18-20.?The Graduates and Class Roll. The Faculty and Graduating Class / of Little Mountain High School request the honor of your presence at their Annual Commencement May eighteenth, nineteen and ?wentietn nineteen hundred and thirteen ' Little Mountain, S. C. Sunday, May 18th, baccalaureate sermon, Rev. C. A. Freed, Columbia, S. n I/. Monday, May ISth, 8.30 p. m., Plays by "High School." Tuesday, May 20th, 8.30 p. m., graduating exercises. Class officers. Helen Lathan, resident; Ra;lph Sease, vice-president; Mary Shealy, treasurer; Iceland Shealy, secretary; Vanie Lake, historian^ Daniel Epting, poet; Julius Dreher, prophet. Class motto: Labor vincit omia. Class colors: purple and gold. Class flower: sweet peas. ^11 r*?il Liass liuii. Eula Epting, Chloe Epting, Lila Kinard, Helen Lathan, Vanie Lake, Mary Shealy, Annie Mae Wheeler, Julius Dreher, Wilbur Dowd, Herman Dowd, Daniel Epting, Leland Shealy, Ralph Seas?. Has Anybody Here Seen Such2 Old Joe Digger's Cherry Valtey Notes in Hearst's Sunday American. Dave Hul-ett hez tied his ottermobyle engine apart tor two weeks lookin for the dead center, what he sez must be all worn out, for evry time it <m<? rnnmi to that ulace the hull machine stops runnin. The travelin agent he got her frum writ him and sed that wuz what's the matter. This year's session of the Maine legislature enacted a law prohibiting secret societies in the public schools. Another act removes January 1 from the list of holidays. Most girls' names sound as if their v* 'jCj t*/-\ noi'o] roo H .UUliiCib * vj . .; -,'^'f, /.., .v '