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The Herald and News TOLCSE LI., NUMBER GO NEWBERRX, S. C, Tl'ESDAV, J1X1 29, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, ?LS0 A TEAR. * , GENJONES COMMENDS r,HV RTF.ASF'S AfXS! WV I WMtlWM V v CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POSITION SUSTAINED BY OFFICERS. * Governor Blease Replies to General Moore?The Militia Situation as Now Developed. Governor Blease's reply to Adjutant Geneial Moore's rejoinder to Governor Blease's original charge that the adjutant general should have issued federal funds to certain military companies was given out in an interview from the governor's office. The interview is given over to a refutation of the adjutant general's characterization of the governor's conduct in the military muddle as ""cheap politics and a play to the grandstand." The governor says that his position is sustained by responsible military men throughout the State, Colonels Lewis, Cogswell and Lips comb and Brigadier General Wilie I Jones being mentioned. "I know of nothing in this military I controversy in which I do not approve I of the governor's conduct," said Gen-! eral Jones when shown Governor Blease's interview this morning. General Jones gave out a short interview sustaining the position of Governor Blease. The interview by Governor Blease follows: I have noticed the adjutant general's interview, and have also received his letter. Possibly it is, as he describes it? cheap politics oil my part, in the handling of the military affairs, lately, but, if so, it is strage that Brigadier General Jones and the three colonels, Lewis, Cogswell and Lipscomb, and erery other military man -who I have heard of expressing an opinion say that the governor is right. I am willing to leave my action with Col. Cabaniss and Col. Babb, of the adjutant general's office, and if they c*ott tViif I om -crronor T will artoloffize ' tiDCLJ bUUV JL ct ?? A A ..... ?c w to the proper parties for whatever I bave done; or, if they say the adjutant general is correct, I will apologize to him. I notice he cays it is his duty as adjutant general to attend all encampments and that special order Xo. 60 was not necessary. If this is so, it seems stranse that he should, with out notice to the commander-in-chief issue special order No. 60, which reads: Columbia, S. C., July 16, 1913. Special Orders, No. 60. k Brigadier General William W. Moore, the adjutant general of South Carolina, is directed to proceed in person to the camps of instruction of the Third, First and Second regiments of infantry, and Field Hospital, N. G. 3. C.. at Aiken. Anderson and Camp Wilie Jones, Lexington county, July 17th to August 5th, 1913, inclusive. y The travel enjoined is necessary in the military service. By order of the commander-in-chief. < Wm. W. Moore, The Adjutant General. (Official Seal.) Oscar W. Babb, Colonel Adjutant General. I And, under which order he is pay r Ing himself, or is receiving pay, to the amount of sixteen dollars and sixtyseven ($16.67) per day extra pay, J -which he could not receive unless proper authority was'given him to do so, namely: A special order from the commander-in-chief. Now, you will see, without special order No. 60, he could not receive this pay. I did not issue this order, although it reads, "Bf order of the commander-inchief;" nor did I authorize any one else to issue it; nor did I know it had "been issued until it was called to my attention July 22d, and then I had to send to the adjutant general's office in order to obtain a copy thereof. Now, if it is the adjutant general's duty, as he says it is, in the last paragraph of his letter, to attend these encampments, and that he did not have to have the commander-in chief's consent to do so, why this special order? Why this extra 16.75 per day for doing the duty that the taxpayers are paying him an annual salary to do? Cheap politics, possi bly. Well, surely not cheap extra pay I for doing one's duty. However, I do not care to enter into any controversy with the adjutant general. I leave the V entire matter to the military authoriI ties to say if I am acting for the best I interest of the men in the service, | and I am perfectly willing to abide | their decision. General Jones' Statement. When shown the above interview, General Jones said: "I have seen Governor Blease's interview and I know of nothing in this military controversy in which I do not approve of j thp governor's conduct. I am satis- i fied that the governor has acted for the good of the national guard of this State. I have not heard a singu officer or enlisted man of the National Guard of South Carolina criticize the governor in this matter, but all I have heard speak of it have approved of his actions, believing that he was tryI ing to do all he could for the good of : the National Guard. "The secretary of war certainly ordered that another chance be given to the deficient companies and that subsistence and railroad fare should be turnisnea tnem ana aner j going into camp they should be in- J spected 90 days from June 30 and if they passed the inspection the pay should be given them which they were entitled to while in camp." Npws nf Excelsior. Special to The Herald and News. Excelsior, July 28.?We have had fine rains the past week and crop conditions have been much improved. Mr. E. M. Cook spent Thursday in Columbia. Mrs. J. D. Stone has been confined to h'T room sick for several days. Mrs. B. M. D. Livingston and ebildr\f 'DT?r>??'r?r?T?itir Viqvq hflDn C nOT"l 1 T1 P" 1 Cil, V/l 1 luopgmj, UUT V/ Vii ?0 seveial days with her father's family, Mr. J. A. C. Kibler. Our people are talking and arranging for the Little Mountain reunion on Friday, August 1st. The annual reunion of the Aull families will be held at Young's Grove on Tuesday, August 5th. Mrs. P. L. Rikard and children and Miss Ollie Counts have been spending a few days with their brother Prof. R. C. Counts and family, of Columbia. Mr. Ellick Mullenduce, of Columbia, is visiting Mr. Enos Counts' family. Mr. Willie Blanton, of Orangeburg, came up on Friday to join his family here on a week's stay with Mr. A. A. Nates and family. Mr. J. C. Counts i:> building a nice large new barn. Mr. Ira Nates, of Columbia, is up spending a few days under the parental roof here. The Farmers Mutual Insurance association gave checks on Monday for the damage done to buildings in this section Saturday night and Sunday by wind and lightning. This shows i ~ - f the association in good condition and ready to met its obligations. Mr. Elon Stone has been on a visit to Saluda county. iMrs. Mattie Cook is visiting Mrs. J. W. Hartman. /Mr. Ernest Addy, of Saluda county, is visiting her father's family. Mr. J. D. Stone. Mr. Carlyle Bedenbaugh ?nd wife and the Rev. Z. W. Bedenbaugh spent Thursday with his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Werts. Sigma. A Pleasant Sonrenir. "Walt Whitman wasn't as successful as the English poet, Alfred Noyes, in making both ends meet with his poetry," said a Philadelphia editor. "Walt's muse had nothing like the shallow, commonplace, commercial quantity of the young Englishman's. "I used to visit -Walt Whitman in his old age in his little, two-story, wooden house in Mickle street, Cam (1611. une aay?it 5 <A picaaaui ouurenir, this of old-time Philadelphia? one day in December I said to him: " 'Well, Walt, how are things going this winter? Any Christmas subscriptions needed?' " 'No,' said the old poet. 'No, indeed. I'm working now. I'm working for George W. Childs. He pays me $50 a month.' "'Good!' said I. And what's your job with Childs?' " 'Riding in the horse cars,' said Walt, 'I ride about the city, I talk to the drivers and conductors. I find out which of them need winter overcoats, and, guessing their size, I notify Childs, who fits them out forthwith. It's easy, pleasant work, and it saves Childs a lot of trouble over measurements and so forth.'" o Receiving a telegram stating that his daughter was in a precarious con dition with but little chance for her recovery, Mr. M. Q. Ohappell left Monday evening for Hot Springs, Ark. His daughter, Mrs. W. C. Thomp| son. was taken to Hot Springs lately j suffering with blood poison. WAR DEPARTMENT FAVORS GOV. BLEASE SHORT C03IPAMES OF 3D REGIMENT MAY ENCAMP WITH 2D Governor Write Cos. E., I. and L. Asking if Tliej Desire to Join Camp Wilie Jones Tis week. Columbia, July 26.?Acting Secretary of War Henry Breckinridge today wrote Governor Blease that it was within his discretion to permit the Bamberg, Barnwell and Orangeburs companies to encamp with the 2d regiment at Camp Wilie Jones next week. The governor immediately addressed letters to the captains of these companies, they being the ones which were sent home from Aiken, asking them if they desired to take advantage of the 2d regiment encampment; if so, he would issue the necessary orders. The 2d regiment goes into camp next Tuesday and these captains must hurry if they desire to encamp with' them. The folowing is a copy of the let ter irom ine acung secretary ul wen i to Governor Blease, and the latter's letter to the three companies ip question: Department's Letter. "War Department, Washington, July 24, 1913. "The Hon. Cole. L. Blease, governor of South Carolina, Columbia.? My Dear Governor: I am in receipt of your letter of July 22, 1913, in which it is requested that authority be granted to allow companies E, I, and L., 3d regiment, organized militia of South Carolina to proceed to Camp Wilie Jones for the purpose of field instruction, from July 29 to August 5, inclusive. "In this connection it may be stated thai it is within the power of the governor of a State to order organizations of the organized militia into camps of instruction for such periods, and at such times as he may desire. His power in this respect is limited only, first, by the funds available; second by the regulations as formulated in the militia law and by the war department. "The regulations require that before a company of infantry can be nrriorori tr> pjimn and receive Dav: subsistence and tr^nsporation from the federal funds, there must be present with the organization and remain with it during its period of encampment two officers and thirtyeight enlisted men, and that each enlisted man must have had at least sixty days' service and fourteen periods of instruction of one and onehalf hours each. Where this require' 'x 1 - J ?11 m.' ment it noi cumpueu m uu an penses of the organization should it attend the encampment must be paid from State funds. You will of course, understand that this is a regulation of general application, made for the purpose of securing a sufficient number of men with an organization to give proper field instruction. "Should the companies in question not have the necessary number of men of requisite service, it is suggested that they might be brouhgt to the proper strength by transfer of men with the required service from other organizations not attending the camp. V.~hen the required minimum personnel (thirty-eight men,) each * - ^ +V*/\ t* r\/~t u i rnrl uiemDer 01 wmcu nas mc i^uiku service is present, additional enlisted men who have not the required sorvice may be taken with the company and receive transportation and subsistence, but no pay "I hope that this explanation of the requirements under which the companies can attend th? c xrr.j. will t) satisfactory, and that they will be enabled to receive as you say, 'the benefits which they would have received in encampment.' Very truly yours, (Signed) "Henry BrecKinriage, "Acting Secretary of War." Letter to Militia Captains. "State of South Carolina, Executive Chamber, Columbia, July 26, 1 j13. "Capt. John F Folk, Bamberg. S. C.; Capt. J. Emile Harley, Barnwell, S. C.; Capt. J. M. Olaffy, Orangeburg, S. C.?Dear Captain: The enclosed copy of letter from the secretary of war is self-explanatory. "If you can make arrangements to J .-mf orJ/Jitinna 1 mpri nc SI) 220StGCl I gCL, tilt auuuiuuui 0 ow by him, or if you can combine with some other company and get the necessary number, as per this letter, I will immediately issue orders for you to proceed to Camp Wilie Jones and i i encamp :here next week. Of course you will have to be in a hurry about this matter, as time is short; and I u ? 1- ~ *-Un wisii you wouiu liimieuiaieij tanc mc matter up and let me have your answer as to whether you and your men want to go into the encampment or not, and if you can come up to the requirements mentioned. "You will notice the letter of the secreary of war sustains ray contention?that without thirty-eight men and two officers they would be entitled to transportation and subsistence, but no pay. "Very respectfully, "Cole. L. Blease, "Governor and Commander-in-Chief." Governor Replies to Gen. Moore. Governor Blease today issued another reply to Adjt. Gen. Moore, charging that he drew extra pay while attending the rifle shoot. The governor says this is his final statet a- ?1- _ ? - 1 i. ? 4. Vsv ? ment 10 me press auuui lug maite*, saying, "So far as I am concerned, the matter is closed." Says his dictated statement: "The adjutant general's reply is very weak. He says he is not going to take the pay. He does not deny, however, that the order was issued, and that under the order he is entitled to $16.67 per day. I thought my few remarks would keep him from drawing this little per diem, and that T a flinm is uiitj rectauu wuj x maut lucm. "He says it is not necessary to have my consent for him to go to the encampments?then why did he issue himself this order to go? He says it was his duty to go?thei^ why did he issue this order commanding himself to go? Is not the answer plain?to get the extra pay. Of course, now he cannot afford to take it. I am glad I have saved the militia that much, anyway. He says Col. Babb, the disbursing officer of South Carolina, will sustain his statement regarding his ??. nav T wonder if X C 1 ilOAl 11J tivv?vy v ? a - ? ? ? _ ? ? Col. Fabb will say that he is not entitled co c'lyw pay under this order, and the only possible purpose that ha could have had in issuing the order was to get the pay, for, otherwise, according to the adjutant general's own statement, it is an abscluce worthless orde: "I wonder, also, if Col. Babb will say that tie adjutant general did not orpt this extra Dav last year for at- J tending the lifle shcot. 'If Cel. Eabb does not know, then } I wonder what Col. Xewham's books will show?he, at tftat time, being the disbursing officer. "J shall have nothing more to say to the press about the matter. If the adjutant general could hear the remarks some of his brother officers, or if ns will just ask them their op - ~ - .? ? i? ?-ii i ? i inion, I am satisnea t.aat ne van u<tvc quite a different opinion of himself as a military man than what he has. So far as I am concerned, the matter is closed. Calls Editor a Liar. A vitrolic attack on the Army and Xavy Journal for an article it printed cn the militia situation in South Carolina was made today by Governor Blease in a letter he wrote to that paper,. The article state dthat the at- j " >>o a fotloH tn tuuae 01 tae guveiuui uau. receive any support from his home and this the chief executive bitterly and caustically controverts. "Please publish tnis letter, to show to the people what a liar you are," the governor concludes. His letter follows: "Editor Army and Navy Journal, No. 20 Vesey street, New York City? Sir: I very seldom pay any attention to newspaper articles, but your issue of July 19, on page 1,422, has such, a malicious and palpable lie that I ~it Yrm state: 'Gov uaiiiiui I'VCI ivuu *?.. . _ ernor Blease failed to receive support from home for his attitude toward the department and protests came from every section of the State against his policy of rejecting the aid of the Federal government for the miiltia.' Federal government for the militia.' "To show you what a liar you are, the brigadier general of my State, and : the three colonels, met and passed resolutions and had them published in the papers of this State, endorsing my course in toto. All of the military men of the State have also endorsed my course with the exception of the adiutant general himself, and if you had noticed the newspapers of this State, although they are very unfair to me and are continuously lying upon me like you have done in this instance, still you would have seen that my positon has been thoroughly endorsed. The eleven companies which I was asked to muster out have not ! been mustered out. I have gained ADJT. GEN. MOORE REPLIES. Says He Did Not ''Blunder," Hat Did Duty, and Newspaper Criticism Was Unjust. Editor Tlie Herald and News: Replying to your editorial under dfltp nf -Tnlv 24th. I am verv much.! surprised at your attitude in this matter, especially it following my flat denial as to having ordered these encampments home. As stated, I did not issue any order whatever regarding their return home, but when the question of subsistence was presnted to me, I stated that there being no funds in my hands belonging to these organizations I could not pay their subsistence, as you should know there is statutory law prohibiting any State officer from contracting obligations against the State in excess of appropriations for their departments, consequently you can readily understand that I was powerless to meet tnis demand. Hence, instead of blundering, as stated by you, I have simply complied with the law in this unfortunate condition, and instead of being censured ty the editor of a paper like yours, I should at least be commended for my faithful perfor ? J--i-~ mi ?~ ~ J mance ui uuiy. iuk quesuun raiseu by you with regard to the Orangeburg company is untenable insofar as the law is concerned, as you could not make the exception covering this company as against the other four companies who were in exactly the same condition, so far as the requirements imposed by the Federal government is concerned, you cannot make such discriminations as suggested by you without a violation of the law, and this I could not do however much I would have liked to 'help out Capt. Claffy and his company, for, as stated, his company has always shown up very creditably in the past. I do not object to fair and honest criticism, because I fully realize as a State official all of my official acts are open to public criticism, but I do not think you have been fair ia the stand in which you have taken regarding this subject. Your editorial has the ear mark of bias and prejudice toward me that is entirely unwarranted by the facts in this case, and while I dislike to think that you coaM be actuated from your usual feeling in this matter, I am at a loss to assign any other motive to one who snoulrl, be governea oy a aesire ior fair play. I trust you will give this reply the same prominence that your editorial occupied. Very respectfully, Wm. W. Moore, Adjutant General. Anderson, 3. C., July 26, 1913. Replying to the governor's criticisms in several papers of July 24th as to my having drawn pay during the recnt encampment of the 3rd regiment infantry at Aiken, S. C., I beg to state emphaically that this state1 ? * T mem is wnnoui any luuuuauuu, as j. have not only not drawn pay, but stated to number o,f officers and to the former adjutant general, John D. Frost, some time prior to my going to encampment, that while in accordance with circular froh war department I was legally and- morally entitled to draw pay during these encampments, I could not conscientiously do so, owing to the deficiency of funds appropriated to the national guards, as I feel that they neeled it more than I did. This statemnt only goes to prove further the animus displayed L 3 ^a /vrttrarn Ai? OflH *H 1 Q cowa.ru uit \)y mc gw*d.uwi, usual aptness to make statements that cannot be sustained by facts. Col. Babb, the disbursing officer of South Carolina will sustain my statements regarding my refusal to accept pay during these enacmpments. W. W. Moore, The Adjutant General. Anderson, S. C., July 26, 1913. Th average woman is more apt to woiry about her complexion than about her conscience. my point in that and the military men of the State are delighted with my actioq in this matter ana are pleased that Secretary Garrison and myself were able to come to amicable agreement. "It is a pity that a journal like yours would publish such a cowardly lie without first obtaining the t~ue facts. "Please publish this letter, to show to the people what a liar you are. "Very respectfully, "Cole. L. Blease. "Governor." GOV. BLEASE WAS AT POMARIA ON FRIDAY HAS 30THING TO DO WITH GOVERNOR'S RACE, HE SAYS. Wants a Supervisor for Newberry , County Who Will Give County Some Roads. v, Discussing several vital issues before the people of South Carolina as well as local county issues, and contradicting the reports which have been circulated to the effect that he is supporting any particular candidate for governor in tae primary next summer, Governor Cole. L. Blease delivered an address before a big crowd at a DarDecue at romana on. Friday. The governor came up to Pomaria in an automobile, accompanied by Assistant Attorney General Fred. H. Dominick, Mr. Warren Blease, of Georgia, and Master Julius Blease Eison. He spoke at the urgent insistence of a number of people, saying he had only come up to shake hands with his friends and to eat a Newberry 'cue. The governor referred to the fact that he would probably have the appointment of a supervisor in Newber ry county at an early date, Mr. hill having been appointed postmaster,' and the appointment of his successor being in the hands of the governor when Mr. Hill's nomination is confirmed and he resigns his position as supervisor. The governor said that he would appoint somebody who would give him a promise that he "'An 1A -*-? r\+ KA r* nor?Hi^o to w uuiu uui? uc cl V/auuiua^v i.v4 v position in the election next year, as he wanted somebody who would work some roads in Newberry county, and would not be afraid to do so. The appoints at, he said, would be only until the next general election, in November, 1914. He said some of the roads over which he had traveled on Friday morning were a disgrace to the county and to civilization, and he wanted somebody as supervisor who would give Newberry county some decent roads. * Referring to various reports which have been going the rounds that he is lending his support to particular candidates for governor, Governor Blease said that he had nothing to do with whom the people elected governor, and he did not propose to ask one of his brothers or most intimate friends to vote for any particular can didate. The people had elected him, he said, and he had done his duty as he saw it. The governor referred to the fact, in beginning his address, that his first speech at Pomaria was delivered in the campaign of 1888, when he was first a candidate before the people of Newberry county, and he spoke feelingly of his love for his home county. He was among his home folks, and the thread of this sentiment ran through his whole address. He discussed a number of issue before the people of South Carolina expressing his opinions and his views frankly and forcefully. The governor has had opportunity to deliver only a few addresses in hia home county since he was chosen chief executive, and it was a pleasure for the people of the Pomaria section to have him with them and to h?ar him. Governor Blease returned to Columbia immediately after his address. Governor Blease was briefly introduced by Mr. E. H. Aull. True Hero. Many stories have been told of the heroism of the Albanians, whose country is at the present moment being devasted by the war in the Balkans. An incident showing how inborn is the courage of that daring people, has just been related by a British war correspondent, Captain Trapmann. He was cycling alone an Albanian road one day, when he came across a bright little girl of about six and a boy of five. The girl was asking for bread. He got off and spoke to her, and she immediately understood he was a foreigner, and it appeared to her that he could not be anything but a Turk. At once both children looked terrifiea and then to . his surprise and admiration .the little fellow caught him by the legs and shouted to his sister, "Run." It may be easier for an actor to forget that he has an audience than that he hasn't one.