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The Herald and News P TOtCME LI., MUtBEK V * NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $140 A TEAK. V GOVERNOR SAYS BRYAN SHOULD NOT LECTURE LET HDI RESIGN, SAYS BLEASE, IF SALARY IS TOO SMALL. 1 m Governor of South Carolina Ex(r changes Greetings with Secrei tary of State in Henederson. ^ Tille Hendersonville, X. C., July 14.? Governor Cole. L. Blease, of South Carolina, came into Hendersonville on Sunday afternoon and was met at the train by State Senator' John l.. McLaurin, accompanied by Editor W. D. Grist, of tihe Yorkville Enquirer, and taken to che Wheeler hotel, where the party registered. There they were joined by Editor L. M. Green, of the -Anderson Intelligencer. Before supper the party was taken for an automobile ride around the city by Senator McLaurin. Early this morning Governor Rlease. Editors Grist and Green and Senator AIcLaurin motored over to Asheville in the latter's car. The party spent the day in the mountain city, returning to Hendersonville in the afternoon. The meeting of the Palmetto State i governor with Senator McLaurin and the two principal newspaper men of South Carolina whose papers are friendly to the administration immek diately started a report around the " - imnnrtont fnnfprptirp nn J \zity mat an impx/* wauw v ? South Carolina politics was taking place, but when asked about the matter Governor Blease said that he just ran up to Hendersonville to spend Sunday night and enjoy the cool climate. This was the governor's first visit here, and he declared that he was delighted with the place. He said that he was going down to Glenn .Springs tonight for a few days rest ana recreation. The governor alighted from the same train yesterday afternoon which | -carried Secretary of State Bryan back north. He and Mr. Bryan shook hands and chatted for a few moments before the latter's train departed. Secretary Byran had recognized Senator McLaurin when the latter d^ove up in his car. and called to him, the meeting between them being very cordial. The governor on being asked this morning what :he thought about SecIreary Bryan's statement that he had to lecture to increase his income, said that he did not think it dignified in secretary of State of the United States going about making lectures for pay under the orders of some little Chautauqua manager like an actor in a ? onering circus. He said that if Mr. Bryan could not live on the salary he <MI nrlif vaeiom The governor said that he had received several offers to go on the lecture platform, but he did not think it would be proper while he was govk ernor of the State, and he :had turned I all of them down. "And if it is not r proper for me, the governor of one of the States, certainly tihe secretary of State or the greatest nation or tne globe ought not to he going around lecturing for money," he said. Says He's Going to the Senate. Governor Blease says he will certainly go to the United States Senate, t He says there i$ no doubt about him b beating Senator Smith next year. ^ The governor's parting remark this morning, as he drove off from the - .. .. . . . ; Hotel was, "Tea tnem, (speaKmg to | the correspondent about his friends back home,) if they need any pardons j this week to send the papers to Glenn Springs." Senator McLaurin was asked point blank if he intended running for governor next year. His only comment was that *he was awaiting developments. Beyond that he would not commit himself. Editor Grist has been ihere visiting ; Senator McLaurin for several days. ! Editor Green came in Saturday night and will return to Anderson tomorrow. There was much interest manifested among the several hundred South Carolinians here for the summer when it became known that the governor k and Editors Grist and Green were ft here, with Senator McLaurin. K The governor went down to Glenn ^ - ^ f at \f aT o nT?in springs CUmgi.il. auu ocuaiui .U^UIUI xxj. i will be here for several weeks, with i his family at his summer home. Mr. R. I. Manning, of Sumter, an an- ' i nounced candidate for governor next; year, was in the mountains over Sun-1 ?\y, returning to South Carolina to-1 da-v ; : *L?! MRS. AUGUST KOHN DEAD. i Columbia Woman, Widely Known and Beloved, Had Seemed in Better Health. I - ? The State, 17th. Irene Goldsmith Kohn, wife of Au gust Konn, 01 uoiumDia, aiea yesterday at the summer home of the family on Sullivan's Island, as the result of a seizure of angina pectoris, from which she. had suffered for a year. Mrs. Kohn was stricken while lunching with her sister, Mrs. F. N\ Brunson, of Columbia. The funeral will I be held in Columbia tomorrow, at an I hour not yet appointed, the fixing of i which will depend on the liour at - - - - ? i _ 1 T? i which ner son, august rvuuu, u j. ., maj arrive from Greenbrier Springs, Alverson, W. Va. iMrs. Kohn was widely known and as widely beloved. Wife and mother though she was before all things else, she yet found time to interest herself actively an defficintly in current movement of social service and patriotic commemoration. She was the secretary in 1906-07 and the president from November, 1910, to November, 1912?two terms?of tlie South Carolina division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. At the Richmond gen eral convention of Aaai order two years ago she was honored by appointment to the credentials committee. She was a member, the working member, of the committee which last spring revised the constitution, admittedly now a model, of the Wade Hampton chapter, U. D. C. Mrs. Kohn worked long and to good purpose for the Columbia hospital. During the" period of struggle and stress antedating the committing of Chat inI stitu'lon in 1909 into the management of the physicians, she was for years a director of the ihospital association and for some time she was a vice president. She was at the time of her death president of the Current Literature club of Columbia. Mrs. Kohn's good works done in private .were many and unceasing, her ca'hrity openhanded. ungrudging, thoughtful. She read much and discriminatingly, maintained an informed and intellgent interest in the problems of the day, and in her public actives as well as n her household affairs showed herself pos| sessed of executive ability, tact and a j capacity for large undertakings. Mrs. Kohn removed in June, at ihe advice of her physician to a cottage on Sullivan's Island. She was accompanied by Mrs. Brunson. Mr. Kohn has been spending the week-ends with her there. Her health apparently improved to a gratifying extent, so that August Kohn, Jr.,-was allowed to go camping in West Virginia with a "" "Drt-tT Onrtntf frnm fVi DStnn jJO.1 Lv> Ui. L>VJ CV^UUbO 1.1 viu vuui 'vwvvu. Col. Kohn came to Columbia Monday on business, part of whidh was to take over the deeds to the residence, 1520 Senate street, recently purchased I by him for his own occupancy from | Wm. E. Gonzales, the latter being on the point of removing to Habana as American minister to Cuba. News of the death of Mrs. Kohn reached him by telephone and almost immediately he left for Charleston. He was joined on tthe way by his brother, Sol Kohn, of Orangeburg. The funeral party win leave unariesion cms ancmuun, reaching Columbia tills evening at 10:20 o'clock. The home of the family is 1614 Gervias street. Mrs. Kohn was the eldest daughter of the late A. A. Goldsmith, of Charleston. Born in September, 1868, she was married to August Kohn in Charleston, March 1, 1894. Her daughter, Miss Helen Kohn, is a student in tfhe College for Women, Columbia. The other children are August, Jr., and Theodore. Miss Helen Kohn and Theodore Kohn were at the seashore with their mother, and were returning to the cottage on toe island, with a friend who had come to visit them, wben word reached them of their bereavement. Surviving brothers and sisters of Mrs. Kohn are: Monar and Frlward Goldsmith, of Charleston; Mrs. Kate Jacobs, of New York city; Mrs. F. N. Brunson, of Columbia; Miss Lila Goldsmith, of Baltimore, and Mrs. William Broughton, of Sumter. August Kohn has Deen for years j manager of Che Columbia bureau of j the Charleston News and Courier. In j recent years business has claimed j somewhat more of his attention thas newspaper work. Recently there has been published in boards a readable account, which originally appeared j serially in the News and Courier, of j his travels in Europe last summer i with Mrs. Kohn. Col. Kohn among ot'ier things is heod of August Kohn & Co.. stocks, bonds and Are insur- j i ance; vice president of the Argus Ini vestment company, vice president and treasurer of the Columbia Investment company and secretary of the North Columbia Land company. PLEASAST OUTING AT CAPTIAL. ! >ot Only Pleasant But Profitable? Good For Children and Grownups To Go Oil' Occasionally. Editor The Herald and News: As a substitute !:or "children's day," the Smyrna congregation gave the Sunday school a trip to Columbia Tuesday. This was a departure from the stablished custom but we think a ; more excellent way. Smyrna invited I the other Sunday schools of township | to go along. Children's day requires no little paj tience and tact to prepare for about Ian hour's entertainment, and all soon to pass away and be forgotten, but an outing like the cne referred to here will fix impressions upon the minds and 'hearts of those children that will I not soon fade away. Low rate fare was secured for .the occasion over the C., N. & L. to the I capital city and about 200 or more ! I persons took advontage of Che low | rates and crucial tests of their pow- 4 ers of endurance on those grimy, I dusty, bumping, screeching, out-of| date cars, but nobody expects first class Tare on less man nan-iare raies ?something for nothing. The schools represented were Newberry, Bush River. Smyrna, Mt. Zion, New Chapel and Do-nralck. All seemed to enjoy the entire program o!: tne day?heat, thirst, a good shake-up on the train, a bountiful dinner spread at one of the parks of the city?in fact everything. &o one complained j of anything that happened to not be up-to-date. A fine rain in the city pushed that shiny stuff in tne raermomeier uuwu a little and from an aerial battery we were saluted by a genuine oldtime display of nature's fireworks. The old, but silent, pieces of artillery that; help to adorn the court yard j of the capitol bear mute testimony to ! the sanguinary horrors of the eoun; try's past history?its achievements in | blood and carnage?but now peace? ! national peace?"the lion and the - ! 1 ,/U ? ? U /-* /1/vnrn + /-voro+'h Q T1H t*hp | icuiiu can lie uvwu. ( I little child can put his hand into the ! mouth of those once blazing, thundering instruments of death which ; now, f:*om year to year, are associat- j ! ed with the monuments of some ofi America's illustrious heroes. These! monuments and pieces of artillery are more than mere heirlooms of this big American family?they arouse the chivalry and patriotic feelings of every true Southerner as well as American citizen. Every child of the entire State should have the privilege of visiting, at least once a year, the capitol of the State, wher laws are enacted and where capital crimes ,are punished. Let the children see as well as hear. The imaginary becomes real to them, the question mark straigntens out into an exciamauuu t point. If the enlargement of vision ' is good for a man certainly it is good, if not better, for a child. Many of the children who went to the city that day had never befort witnessed the contrast between the charms of the city and those of the country; some would not exchange their simple, quiet country life for the strenuous way of living in the city, while others are perfectly fasci nated, if not infatuated, with tne rush and roar, fast and fashionable strain on life. Truly this is an age of peace ?a cessation of bloody 'hostilities? but it is not an age of idleness. "Swords have been beaten into plowshares" and spears into reaper and binder, but the warrior is -admired only in bronze and marble statutes. T. E. Croker. BARBECUE AT POMARIA. Got. Blease, Hon. Geo. R. Rembert and Others Invited to Speak.?A Good Dinner Assured. There will be a barbecue in the grove at Pomaria on Friday, July 25th. In ! addition to the barbecue dinner to be served in the beautiful grove, it is expected to have several distinguished speakers to make short speeches. Governor Blease has been invited and Hon. Geo. R. Rembert. of Columbia has also been invited. There will nrnhahlv Ko nnp nr t.xvn lo^al nieil i present who will be requested to make short talks. Messrs. Richardson who are to furnish the barbecue intend to i mak? it one of the best in the county, j nn'l evuybody is invited to come. ! WHAT IS A LIVING WAGE! For a Cabinet Officer?Secretary of State Bryan Says $12,000 a Year Is >ot Wa&'liington, July 15.?Washington today was interested chiefly in de- . velopments following Secretary Bryan's statement that he had to spend his vacation on the lecture platform, because he couldn't live on the secretary of state's salary of $12,000 a year. The lobby investigation, the tariff and Cie Mexican situation were forgotten, temporarily, at least, while everybody talked about the resolution introduced by Senator Bristow calling on the president to "advise the senate what 1 " * _ i -? VI. XT would oe a proper salary 10 enauie uue present secrtary of state to live with comfort and enable him to give his time the the .discharge of his public duties." When the Bristow resolution was read amid Republican laughter, Democratic Leader Kern and other senators immediately objected to its consideration and after a few brief exchanges it went over. It was fully discussed, however, in the lobbies and cloak rooms-at both ends of the capi-tol. t - x -l t-> j ' ^ .L.ai,er secretary ?>ryaii issueu uuio statement: Secretary Bryan's Statement. "When Mr. Bryan's attention was called to some criticisms that had i been published in regard to his lecturing, he replied as follows: "I am glad to ha<ve the criticism brougit to my attention. I believe in criticisms of public officials. Criticism is helpful. If a man makes a mistake, criticism enables him to correct it; if he is unjustly criticised, the criticism helps him. I have had my share of criticism since I have been in public life, but It has not prevented my doing what I thought proper to do. "In devoting a part of my vacation to lecturing, I am doing what I believe to be proper, and I have no fear whatever that any unbiased person will criticise me wften he knows the facts. "For seventeen years the sources of: my income have been writing and lec- i turing, but each year I have made ! more public speeches, without compensation, and where I have paid my /-iwn trairollin cr ov,npn!P5 thfln I hflVf* where compensation was received. My earning capacity has been large and T have made not only an income suffi- | cient for my immediate needs, but; have saved, on an average, something more than ten thousand dollars a year. Says He's Makings Sacrifice. "In accepting t&e office Which I now j hold, I gave up the opportunity to add j to my accumulations, for I do not ex- | pect to increase, during my term, the amount I have laid aside?that is, I i am willing to forego what advantage I might derive from the acquiring of ! forty thousand dollars more for the : privilege of serving the country in | this office during the coming four years. I will do more if necessary, but I do not believe that fair-minded j people will ask it of me. "Therefore, until I see some reason for changing my purpose I expect to lecture enough to bring my income up to my expenses, these lectures to be delivered during the time that other officials give to their vacations. In ad dition to supplementing my salary, I! hope that my lectures do good?people who attend them would not do so if they did rot think they received their money's worth, but I would be siad to spend my vacations resting j instead of lecturing, if I could do so I without eating up Che amount I have laid away as a protection against old age." Pay of Former Secretaries. c ~ ? t>?;rQcrtlnMnn cot nil f I OClia LUI Di ldlU 3 x V/kjuau vivu m\/v w v.? that from 1789 to 1797 Thomas Jefferson and Edmund Randolph held the office of secretary of state at salaries j: of $3,500 a year; from 1799 to 1819 ; John Marshall, James Madison, James Monroe and John Quincy Adams served at $5,000; from 1819 to 1853, Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun and James Buchanan served at $6,000; from 1853 to 1911, William H. Seward, James G. 1 J TTT_ r\ Blaine, Thomas tfayara, wansr v^. i Grr.sKdin, Richard Olney, John Sher- J mar. John Kay and Eiihu Root served for $S,000, and added: "During this long period of time no 1 one of these eminent statesmen was compelled to neglect the duties of the ! office because of the meagreness of salary. "Whereas, the 'great commoner' now 1 holding that office, Hon. William Jennings Bryan, has stated in the public j: press that t'he salary of $1,000 per month is not sufficient to enable him to live with comfort, and that because of the meagreness of the salary of $12,000 per annum, he is compelled to neglect the duties of his office and go upon the lecture platform in order to earn a living, and that, whereas there are now pending before the department of state matters of the 'highest importance to the nation affecting the relations of our country with Mexico, Japan, England and other foreign countries, that demand the most earnest, careful and continuous attention of the secretary of state; therefore, be it Asks Wilson to Name Figures. "Resolved, That the president be requested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to advise the senate n-Viot wniilrl Ko o r\r/vnor salnrv tf> pn '' ilttt ?? WUAU uv U> JJ* vjk/v*. j Vv able .aim to give 'his time to the discharge of his pubic duties, for which he is now being paid the sum of $1,000 permonth, and he it further "Resolved, That the president be respectfuly requested give this subject as prompt attention as his convenience will permit, in order that ( ngress may take immediate steps to relieve the country from the great loss wihic-h it suffers by being deprived of the services of the present secretary of state, though it is now paying for such services at the rate of $1,000 per month." - * j ^ A ^ senator snairotu, 01 ^uiuiauu, ucclared Secretary Bryan had assured him he did not desire an increase of salary. Secretary Bryan's home in Washington is the old mansion of Gen. Joihn A. Logan, for which he pays $4,000 a year. Former Secretary Knox, who rented a house in diplomatic row on fashionable K strew, paid $7,000 a year, though during his term of office he received but a salary of $8,000, because the salary of secretary of state was increased while he was a senator and he was debarred from enjoying the increase by a constitutional provision. The historians of Washington point out 'that many of Mr. Bryan's predecoccnrs in pnmnarativelv recent years were wealthy. John Hay's house., on the Avenue of the Presidents, was one of the show places of Washington. Secretary Bryan has the use of certain horses and equippafes which belong to the state department, but he often prefers to drive bis own automobile. M-ii Misses Ellen Werts, of Prosperity, and Leola Bedenbaugh, of Pomaria, are visiting Miss Alice Aull. Death of Mr. Geo. W .Setzler. Mr. Geo. W. Setzler died of typhoid fever about 12 o'clock Thursday night, at the age of 31, and was buried Thursday afternoon at Bethlehem Lutheran church at 5 o'clock, funeral services being conducted by Rev. J. A. Lynn and W. 0. W. at the grave. He is survived by four children, five brothers and two sisters. His brothers are P. A., J. P., B. M., of Pomarfe and Drs. E. B. and Jno. B., of Newber^ry. His sisters are "Mrs. Fannie Young and Mrs. M. H. Folk, both of Pomaria. This family has been sorely bereaved. Only ten days ago the wife and mother was taken away with the same ----- * * -o it. - dreadful disease ana two ojl me uundren 'had the fever but have recovered. A home is broken up and four little children are orphaned. It is all mysterious and past understanding. Life is all mystery anyway. But somewhere, sometime it will all be made plain and we will understand. We must believe it is all for some good purpose, or it wouldn't be. Terrible News. The other day a servant girl asked leave of absence for an hour or two and went to consult a fortune-teller. She returned, wailing dismally, relates Pearson's Weekly. "Did she predict some great trouble?" said her mistress sympathetically. ' Och, mem, sich terrible news!"! moaned the girl, rocking backwards 1i * i : "U ~ ~ J I and forwards, ana wringing nanus. "Tell me what she said," asked the < mistr-ss, wishing to comfort the girl, i "She tolc1 me that me father works tiard shovelin' coal an tindin' foires for a livin'." < "But that's no disgrace or sorrow," 1 said the lady, a i'ifle vexed at such ; iflV. lation. 1 "Och, mem, me poor father!" sobb d the girl, "what a hard t??!me he must !>o hav* i .ir h"been dead these noin; years!" I THE SEWS OF PROSPERITY. W. C. T. lT. Gold Medal Contest to be Held?Services At Mt. Pilgrim. Personal Mention. Prosperity, Juiy 17.?Messrs. Willie and Enos Hartman, of Atlanta, reach~J TuqcHov frw a Qbnrt visit to CU iiCi C 1 UV/OUUJ Mr WW* V - - iheir father, Mr. J. W. Hartman. Messrs. Virgil and Wallace Boozer, of Lake City, Fla., are visiting their aunt, Mrs. J. P. Wheeler. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise, Messrs. A. B. and J. P. Wise, spent Thursday in Columbia. Mrs. Livingstone and craugihter, Miss Maude, of Saluda, are spending awhile with Mrs. F. E. Schumpert. Miss Sadie Goggans lias returned to Newberry after a short visit to Miss Isoline Wyche. Master Watson Luther, of Columbia, is visiting his grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Luther. Miss Ellen Werts is spending the week in Newberry, the guest of Miss Alice Aull. Misses Mary and Ruby Wheeler, Messrs. Vernon Wheeler and Wallace Boozer, are visiting Mr. Henry Long, at Silverstreet. Mrs. J. B. Lathan has returned to Little Mountain after a visit to her brothers, Messrs. J. L. and A. G. Wise. Mrs. Roy Komn is spending a few days in Columbia. There will be divine service and holy communion at Mt. Pilgrim church, next Sunday at 4 p. m. conducted by * Rev. E. W. Leslie. Miss Clara Brown has gone to Savannah for several weeks' stay. Program of W. C. T. U. gold medal contest. Each of these contestants having won a silver medal presented by the Prosperity W. C. T. U. xMuoic, "Persian March"?Chevalier de Kontoki. -* > V ? ?-. _ Prayer. Reading, "The Light From Over the Range."?Mary DeWalt Hunter. Reading, "A Father's Prayer."?Susan Quattlebaum. Music, "Comrades in Arms."?F. a TT Uiinoru nayes. Reading, "Christian Citizenship."-Henry Quattlebaum. * Reading, "The Shoemaker and the Little White Shoes."?Mattie Rutk Singley. Music, "Humoreske?Ant. Devorak, Reading, "Nell."?Cora Summers. Reading, "A Daughter's Sacrifice." ?Caro Wyche. Music, Faust?Gounod. Delivery of medal. Benediction. His Bust. Two old ladies wandering about the nnhii<? lihrarv building in Boston the othetr day entered Bates Hall and gazed interestedly at a bust of Oliver Wendell Holmes in black bronze. "Well," one lady remarked very audibly to the other one, "I never knew before that Dr. Holmes was a negro."?Boston Herald. The more a man has the more he wants, with the pos<*ible exception of twins. ?f VYPf>l<aior Excelsior, July 17.?We are dry in this section and needing rain badly. The young folks enjoyed a social gathering at Mr. J. F. Wheeler's home Saturday evening. Misses Julia and Louise Shealy of Little Mountain have been visiting Mrs. H. J. Kinard. Miss Agnes Wheeler, of near Newberry, has been spending several days with Miss Eoline Wheeler. Miss Rosalee Wheeler has been ~ - 1 - * "D ^ nlr terming :.ne summer scuuui at. Hill. Miss Anr.et Long has been on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Wicker, in St. Phillips section. Mrs. Willie Blanton and children, of Orangeburg, will come up this week to spend awhile with her father's family, Mr. A. A. Nates. Prof. Aumerie Singley has been elected principal of Excelsior school. Mr. Singley is a graduate of New berry college. The summer term or our school opens this morning. Mrs. P. L. Rikard and children came over on Saturday from Atlanta, Ga., to spend a few weeks with her father's family. Mr. A. M. Counts. Messrs. Willie and Enos Hartman came over Tuesday from Atlanta, Ga., to spend a few days with their father, Mr. J. W. Hartman, who is still conAnorl hie hprl Stok. The threshing -machine has been in 7 the community and all of our grain raisers report a good yield of grain. Sigma.