The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 16, 1913, Image 1
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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_
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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
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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."
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"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;
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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
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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""
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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 |
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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!
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| 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, '
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"T can't." So if it is possiDie ior u :
'to be brought about, under the prop-'
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1 or and legal rules art'7 regulations, you
| will have an encampment."
j "Well, governor, \ihat about your
senatorial race?"
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| "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
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'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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-}
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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,
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' 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.
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\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.
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C03DI0N PLEAS COURT.
Much Business Transacted in Short
Time?Many Cases Settled?Judge
Devore Presided.
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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.
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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
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