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The Herald and News YOLOIE LI., >T3IBEE 62. JfEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAS. ' ^ THE POLITICIANS MEET AT FILBERT IN YORK I>LE.4SE SAYS HE IS HANDS OFF IS GOYEKSOR'S RACE. I 3IcLaurin, Reinsert, Richard, C. A. .Smith and 31. L. Smith Among Gubernatorial Candidates. Filbert, August 1.?The annual Filbert picnic today, which was attended by fully 7,500 people, was a big success. The meeting was featured by the declaration of Governor Blease that he is "hands on' in we guoer-1 natorial race; an attack on the State senate by Representative Geo. R. Rembert and his charge that Tillman "deserted" when he made his famous address to the people last summer, in which he repudiated Governor Blease; a slap at the State senate by Railroad Commissioner Richards for failure to pass the flat two-cent mileage bill, -3 "" orivon' tho OfftVPTTinr itiiU ail u > anuu guvu <.uv The crowd present wa^ representative not only of York, but of adjoining counties and some came from North Carolina. In spite of the intense heat the] great company of men and women J listened patiently while the candi- ! dates for governor held their preliminary skirmish. The absence of United States Senator E. D. Smith was regretted, n? sent a letter tu the chairman stating that important measures, the tariff and currency legislation, held him in Washington. Letters of regret were also read from R. I. Manning, of Sumter, and John G. Clikscales, of Spartamburg, both of whom are candidates for governor and who were among those invited. Each of the speakers was given the best of attention and accorded a complimPTitflrv rpcpntinn. Blease is "Hands Off." Governor Blease appeared to be the favorite. His speech came last in the afternoon, a threatening rain storm cuiting it short. He told the crowd that he was "hands off" in the race for governor. He stated that he did not think John L. McLaurin had been treated right in politics in the State, that George R. Rembert al.. s ways had been and still is his friend; that John G. Richards had been absolutely so in last summer's cam? - - , I paign; that C. A. Smith was, too, ana the people ought to treat him right; that the record of XL L. Smith was shown in the legislature journals; complimented Charles Carroll Sims, of Barnwell, and declared he was hands off in the gubernatorial race. The governor told the people that if "his successor was not one who wjuld osrrv on* thp nnlio.ies of the Deonle that from the time of the primary until he gave up office to take his seat in the United States senate, "he would turn them loose so fast that there would be devilish few left," referring to the matter of granting pardons. All of these statements brought yells from the crowd. Congressman Flnley Speaks. The meeting was held in the grove at Filibert and was under the auspices of the local camp, Woodmen of tie World. County Supervisor John E. Carroll, presiding. The band from Tirzah furnished music. It was 11 o'clock when Chairman Carroll called the meeting to order and introduced State Senator J. E. Beamguard, > w&o made the address of welcome. He was followed by Congressman D. E. Finley, who made a short talk on national issues, predicting great good to the people from the passage of the tariff bill. Mr. Finley said he be lieved currency igisianon woiuu gu N through. He lauded the democratic party and rapped republican senators for trying to call down Postmaster General Burleson in carrying out the extension in the parcel post. McLaurin Leads Off. Senator John L. McLaurin led off the gubernatorial speakers, talking for the greater part on his cotton warehouse scheme. He rapped what he said is the present method of referring to any public office-holder or seeker as a politician in a sneerinr manner and defined the true meaning of the term, saying that from the present use of this term "there are no statesman except dead politicians." Ke referred to political policies of 20 years a4go and of the leaders as fc men with great vision and claimed r that politics of the present democratic administration were but embodying many of those ideas which he lauded. The senators gave a full exposition of his views of State-owned and operated warehouses for agricultural products. In the course of his remarks he referred with approval to an edition in the News and Courier on the subject of the proposed tax on contracts for future delivery, saving, if it was paid, it would come out of the cotton grower, as every expense, from gin house to the factory, was deducted from the price paid the planter. The way to do, he said, was * 4.U1 /v lilrA t n ?1 I 10 give COllUIl 'd blciuit: yxiv;c lmc < coffee growers of Brazil get, then there would be no bulls and bears, and the exchanges would serve their legitimate purpose as the coffee exchanges were now doing all over the i world. If you get a doctor, he said, who can't diagnose the case, he is apt to give you the wrong medicine and kill you Rembert Appears Confident. Representative George R. Rembert announced that he was going to succeed Cole. L. Blease as governor of South Carolina. He attacked the newspapers bitterly; denounced the corporations, especially the Southern Power company; charged the State senate witia killing his water-power tax bill by listening to corporation lawyers; retiterated 'his intention of if o n r? Tl 4 e n QU'CnCJ ner I Ciil LI UU u auu uio uv ?? bill; charged the corporations with being great tax dodgers: sad the senate was not serving the people. He declare! auf w his fp ri-1 ii for Governor Blease, but said he did not ask for his endorsement in his race for governor for two reasons. First, hecause the governor had his own fight to make for the senate, and se cond, because he wanted the office on his own merits. He denounced the attempt which he said is being made to bring about a break between him and the governor; ridiculed any "peace and unity" candidates, and, said he, gloried in being a factional j fighter. T"> i i. J - ~J 4.U^4- ^ .Air. rteniutjri ueuiareu uiau mc Southern, Power Company had tried to threaten Senator Hough, of Kershaw, by saying if the bill was passed they would not develop a certain ! water-power site near his county. He said he was going to introduce a resolution in the next legislature, giving them one year to develop this site or revoke all their charters and rights to every site in the State. He rapped -the investigation into the primary last summer and declared his intentions of introducing a bill to make it a penalty of one year imr\-r\ 4- ft O rtf t f\ tfV ! yi iMJiimcuc aiiu a uuv \ji. yjw tv and buy a voter, half of the fine to go to the in:ormer, declaring this would get the rich man, whom he ! charged with being guilty of most of such offenses. Richards on Mileage Fisrht. V w After an intermission of one hour for dinner, Railroad Commissioner John G. Richards, Jr., announced his candidacy for governor. He discussed the mileage fight; told of his efforts for a flat 2-cent passenger rate, the work of the railroad commission in giving lower freight and exnress rates than ever before and of his indignation when he discovered a negro man on a Pullman car at Rock Hill, and of his efforts to get the federal authorities to put a stop to this. He mentioned that he introduced a bill calling for separate Pullman coaches for the races when in the legislature some ten years ago but said the rail road lawyers convinced the committee this was a matter of interstate regu!atinn and it was killed. Lieut. Governor Smith Speaks. Lieutenant Governor C. A. Smith lauded tbe Democratic party and the National administration, (and refer-* red to an article telling of the South not only com-Dg into her own, but at the helm of State He pointed out certain national ills brought on by Republican rule, and spoke of the great bemfit<; to trie people of a Democratic administration. Speaker M. L. Smith was the last of the gubernatorial candidates. He spoke br'efly, dwelling largely on the benefits of fraternity; mentioned the lack of a nroner school system. Under the present law and the three-mill constitutional tax, and spoKe or tne benefits resulting from the passage of the one-mill school tax, and offered this system as a remedy. The general prevalence of good feeling and entire absence of any bitterness from last summer's campaign, coupled with an increasing interest in politics, was noticeable from mingling with the people. Therp is ^nine to be a blsr feature in five reels called "Satan" t&ken Imii Milton's Paradise Lost It's fine. Come and see it at Theato, old court house, Tuesday, August 12th.? Adv. A man ought to feel satisfied with himself when he feels that everybody else is. FIGHTS THE DEPUTIES BUT LOSES HER CHILD MRS. ZACHRY DEFIES ORDER OF COURT. Georgia Decree fjilield?Zacliry Departs With Daughter Wrested From Mother's Hands. The State, 2nd. I Because Mary W. Zachrv defied an | order of Judge Ernest Gary, awarding her daughter, Frances Zachrv, a little girl 3 years of age, to her husband, Julian J. Zachry. said :* hfc a well known attorney and business man of Augusta, four Richland county deputies working under the direction of Sheriff McCain were yesterday forced to tear the child from her arms in the court room. Mrs. Zachry j fought the deputies, saying that she | would die before she would give up ' the Tittle girl. She was finally over! powered by the officers and a stranger | standing nearby grabbed the child and | hurrying across the court room handed her to Julian J. Zachry. He rushed i v . down the back stairway and jumping I i into an automobile sped down SumI ter street, accompanied by one of his attorneys. It was said that he proceeded to Augusta by automobile. The ! mother, weeping, left the court room with her mother, Mrs. Ella J. HalliI .lan, and went to her boarding house on Gervais street. Augusta Decree Upheld. Following a hearing, the following order was signed by Judge Ernest! Gary: "This ciatter comes before me upon a writ of habeas corpus, nereioiore issued by me upon the petition of Julian J. Zachry, claiming that he is entitled to the possession and custody of his two children, Frances Zachry and Mildred Zachry, and asking that the court restore to him at this time the custody ar.d control of the child (lV9Tir>C16 iU'AVVV. , "In responce to the writ, Mary W. Zachry appeared and produced the bodies of the children and made return to the writ. "Afur hearing counsel for both petitioner and respondent, I am of the opinion that the petitioner is entitled to the possession of the chldren asv prayed for in his petirion. "It is therefore ordered, decreed and adjudged tint the custody of the chil'J, Frances Zachry, be, and hereby J is, committed to the petitioner, Julian J. Zacbry. Let all the papers usea at j this hearing be filed with the elerk of cDiirt." Bond Not Allowed. When the order had been signed, attorneys for Mrs. Zachry nr.ade a motion to allow her to give bond and appeal the case to the South Carolina s.ipreme co?irt. This motion was re-! fused by Judge Gary, who held that] the intent of habeas corpus would be thereby destroyed. Ruling on this poi ;t, Judge Gary said that he knew of no authority by which Mrs. Zachry could be allowed to keep the children in custody pending a final setttlement o> the suit in the supreme court. Several day<? ago the two children were awarded to Julian J. Zachry by the Richmond county court at Augusta. Following the decision of that court. Mi^. Zachry fled to South Carolina, decla^ng that she would never * -ii... T return to tne ueorgia cny, juu-au u. Zacb:y came to Columbia and retained counsel. Last Wednesday he brought habeas corpus proceedings. Attorneys for Mis. Zachry asked that time be given in which to make reply. The hearing was set for yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The general defense of the attorT,A,TO AT7ortVir\r nroc T) ^Tl? lUi ITJLIO. ^av/Uij ?? p?*al had been filed with the Georgia supreme court from the decision of the superior court, awarding the children to the father, and that the circuit court of South Carolina had 110 right to decide the case until a final decision schould be given in Georgia Attorneys for Mr. Zachry held that the appeal in the Georgia courts did I not supersede the case pending in this State. "The appeal does not act as | a supersedeas," said Hamilton Phinizy | of Augusta, attorney for Mr. Zachry. He further stated that it was "absurd to think that the filing of an appeal acted as a supersedeas." "I don'* know vhai course we will take," said Frank G. Tompkins, one 01 the attorneys for Mrs. Zachry. Whe'j the order had been signed and i.. . sv*. +/-> CJlinvifp ATV.foin fr?r ov. ] LuliUU w ri IU oati ill .U^vai" ^ ecation, there was a sudden quiet. .Tu:!ge Gary had adjourned the heari?:? arti left tl'?- court room. Mrs.! (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5.) SEN. TILLMAN PLAIN ON WALL STREET ANSWERS GOTH AMITE'S CHARGE WITH OLD.THTF WARMTH t'liarels Hart, Esq., Charges Senior Senator With Making Statements Without Foundation About i York Bankers. 1 \ i Washington, Aug. 3?'Senator Tillman was very much aroused yesterday by the receipt of a letter from a New Yorker charging him with making statements without foundation in 1 iaci aoout tne Dangers 01 me meiroI polis. The senator answered with old] time warmth, and then gave the correspondence to the press. The letters are as follows: "Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1913. "The Hon. B. R. Tillman?Dear Sir: If you would only get some information, as to the condition of the money markets of the world, which almost any office boy in any banking house in Washington can give you, you wmilri malrp fhp rmiarks von ? are credited as having made against, the banks of New York city. It only hurts the Democratic party and makes the average voter ashamed to see those in the senate so little informed. Xew York city can stand almost all the stuff uttered in the senate by those that do not seem to know what they are talking about. I suppose j Xew York city is responsible for crop failures, floods, etc. If Secretary McAaoo cannot prove the charges he has made, he should be tarred and feathered and driven out of Washington. I fenr he is indulging too freshly in lirape juice to do this country much good. I am a Democrat and ashamed of Henry and others who introduce resolutions for political effect, beingtie means of making trouble, but I1 never expect my party to be in power again for the next twenty years to i come. It was our Republican oppo nents that elected Wilson, ana tney, like all conservative Democrats, have got their full. "Very respectfully, etc., (Signed) "Charles Hart. "908 Lincoln Place." Tillman's Reply. '"Charles Hart, Esq., 90S Lincoln Place, Brooklyn, X. Y.?<My Dear Sir: I have your letter of August 1, and I am really surprised that you should he so insolent to a stranger. 1 a n nuu the crass ignoramus you think me to be. You New Yorkers are the most egotistical asses I have ever seen or heard of. You think the sun, moon ! and stars revolve around New York and you alone are entitled to any (consideration. You forget thst the farmers of the United States grow the great crops which have produced the commerce which makes New York the imperial city it is. You also know, you can find out if you do no know, that the Republican par:y, ever since the war, has systematically robbed the people to enrich the favored classes; and that New York city itself through Wall street manipulations and favoritism to national banks has grown fat and wealthy at the expense ot tne soutn ana vvesi. Ready to Take Advantage. "You flippantly say: 'I suppose New oYrk city is responsible for crop failures, floods, etc.' Of course, New York city is not responsible for crop failures or floods; but New York city is on the watch to take advantage 01 everything that occurs to depress the pries of farm products when it is to her advantage to buy them; and ma- 1 uipulates the cotton market by selling hundreds of millions of bales o? futures at prices below the cost of production in order that her scoundrelly brokers shall wax fat. New York, under the Republicans, has beer, the favored seat of the money power. Her bankers have manipulated and managed the United States treasury < in Washington. Millions and millions of dollars of government f'inds : have been deposited there without in- 1 terest. And when the panic of 1907 was manufactured?created as it were < ?by J. Pirpont Morgan for a purpose ] and the business of the country was 1 paralyzed because of the lack cf money to do business with, J. Pier- , pont Morgan got forty of fifty mil- lions of dollars by the treasury depos- < iting it with his banks, and threw it 1 into New York, ostensiDiv as ni*, unu, , lending it to men who were threaten- < ed with bankruptcy. < >"ot a Good Democrat. , "You claim to be a Democrat. You Jo not know the meaning of the word. ( If you did, you would understand t::at , there are some men left in Washing- j ton who do not think money is the only good in the warld, and who believe that the people have some rights and want to preserve those rights. "The Republican party has held the government for the last fifty years and made millionaires multiply by the thousands while there were paupers and hard working citizens living I'rom hand to mouth by the tens of millions produced by reason of the unfair and unjust laws which the Republicans have passed. "Any sensible man knows this; and >ou ought to have some of your friends sue out a writ of lunacy and commit you to an asylum for idiots. You are either crazy or a fool, I do not know which. "I suppose the next thing you will do as a patriot will be to vote against t"* - - * 1 ^ tttm i ? f v* a atv rreswent wnsun, n vuu get mc portunit.v God have mercy on your soul! ''Democratically yours, "B. R. Tillman." NEWS OF POMABIA. Negro Killed by Lightning?Good Showers?Barbecue Largely Attended. Pomaria, July 30.?There were good showers in and around Pomaria for the last few days and the crops and gardens are looking pretty well helped up. . The barbecue given here last week by Messrs. Walter and George Rich " j n /N,. ardson was a nice cue auu w?. Blease came up in his car and made a very appropriate speech which was brief and was very much appreciated by all present. Jule Sims, a negro, was killed by lightning near here on Saturday evening when he was going home riding a mule which belonged -to Mr. W. L. Graham. The stroke, it is supposed, was very hard as the negro's feet were still in the stirrups and tke mule which was killed, too, had its head on the negro's leg, showing that neither of them moved after falling to the ground. Some think that the lightning jumped from a telephone pole which was in about six feet of the place where they were found and was struck during the same storm. There was a very pretty game of ball here last Friday between Chapin and Pomaria which resulted in a score of four to one in favor of Pomaria. Hatton and Slieely for Pomaria did fine work and Matthews and Sheely for Chapin did some fine work and have no errors marked to them. You can always count on Chapin's boys in a nice clean game of ball. lAt a joint council meeting on Tuesday evening which was held at the Bethlehem parsonage Rev. J. A. Linn was vo'ted a two weeks' vacation which will be spent in the North Caroline mountains nartly. His work 1/Xi.XXCl x has been very gratifying since his stay here among us. Mr. Walter Richardson left today for a iwo weeks' vacation at the Isle of Palms where he will be for a fe^ \ days and then he will visit relatives at Macon, Ga. Mr. Charlie Ruff, of No. 2 township, is visiting Mr. W. S. Seybt's family this week. Mr. Henry L. Parr, of Newberry, '?1 ?r,nQT* in niir town was a ousiiicoa oani/t ?. ? Tuesday. Robinson's Special. Robinson's Ten Cent store will make a special offering in corset covers for Saturday??5c. value for 10c, ?as long as they last. Read the advertisement on another page. 3TR, TV A. HILL CONFIRMED. n \owhprrv?So Stat As rosiiimsici oi . ed Telegram From Congressman Wyatt Aiken. j Mr. W. A. McSwai*> on Saturday r??- j ceived a telegram from Congressman Aiken stating that Mr. W. A. Hill's appointment as postmaster at Xewb-rrv had been confirmed by +he sen- | ate. We have seen no notice of the confirmation in the daily papers, but presume that the information given by Mr. Aiken is corrcct Wh?n it was stated that the ap- I ^ointment was held up by Senator Tillman, Mr. Hill immediately went *o Washington, and it is supposed From thf t^lpsrram to Mr. McSwain rh-"?t everything was arranged satis:actor*ly to Senator Tillman and that he anpointment and confirmation vent through. - _ ! Mr. Hill has resigned as supervisor. }cv. Please will make the appointnent of his successor in a few davs. iJr T-ril will tnke charge of the posture about the 15th. GOVERNOR HAS ZACHRY HELD ON FOUR CHARGES WILL ISSUE REQUISITION FOR GEORGIA LAWYER. Zacliry Came to Columbia and Took Child From Mrs. Zachry Under Court's Order. f Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, .August 4.?The readers of The Herald and News are doubtless familiar with the story of the flight of Mrs. Julian J. Zachry from Augusta, Ga., into this State, with her twc children, the oldest of which is three years of age, in order to keep from surrendering her children to her husband, a lawyer, of Augusta, under a decision of a Georgia court. The* judge who rendered the decision characterized the law under which he acted as "bartybarous." Zachry came to Columbia on Friday, and in habeas corpus proceeding before Judge Ernest Gary, in C y Dia, was awaraea me eider cnnu. Zachrv refused to surrender child, and it was taken from her j the court room by Sheriff McCain* i with the assistance of deputies. The -? chlM was rushed by the father into a waiting automobile and taken to Georgia?to the home of Zachry's mother, at Harlem, in Columbia countv, it is reported. Governor Blease had told Mrs. Via nrvf Virvnrvt* ?a rofinici. j u*. ?? v/uiu uv/w uunv: a * tion for her return to Georgia without giving her a full and complete hearing. The governor was out of the city at Filbert, in York county, on the day of the ha.beas corpus hearing before Judge Gary. After his return io the city, Governor Blease on Saturday night wired Governor Slaton, of Georgia, asking him to hold Zachry as a. fugitive from. it. A a /N C + Vk ? ? O + y- A P ATTAy Iue justice ui tins oiaic, auu uuvcinor Slaton replied that he had directed the Georgia sheriffs to hold Zachry, pending requisition from Governor Blease. Statement by Blease. Governor Blease this mornfng made i the following statement in regard to I the matter: "On yesterday, when I returned to the city, application was made to me for requisition for Julian Zachry charged with violatng Section 167, oi the criminal code, of this State, which prescribes a punishment not exceeding imprisonment for thirty days or a fine not exceeding $100; also with violating section 166. of said code, whic\2 prescribes a punishment of not j less than $200 nor more than $!,000, j or imprisonment not exceeding two i years, or both, at the discretion of the j court; also with violating Section ! 697 of said code, which prescribes a I I punishment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $200; also with the crime of kidnapping, under the common law, for which there is provided a very severe punishment. "After investigating the matter I became thoroughly convinced that Ju I lian Zacliry was guilty of each of the offences i-barged, as sworn to by his wife, Mary W. Zachry> and I am satisfied that if he is brought back to South Carolina and carried before a fair and impartial judge, whose mind has not been clouded from whiskey drinking, and an impartial jury of ?his State, that he will spend many of his days to come where he ought to | be?in the South Carodlina State pen ltennarj. "After receiving the affidavits and making the investigation, I wired Governor Slaton, of Georgia, as follows: " 'Please have sheriff of Richmond or Columbia county, in oae of which party may be located, arrest and hold Julian Zachry, who is charged with several violations of the criminal ?3~ ~6 onH has fieri from | coue cu tins oco.Lt, C4UVA mmv VM justice. Requisition papers will be forwarded.' "I received from him last night thvi folowing reply: Telegram received. Am wiring ! sheriff of Richmond county and Columbia county to hold Julian Zachry in pursuance of your request.' "Requisition papers will go forward tomorrow, just as soon as the/ * TP 4-Viav can be properly preparcu. n are honored by the governor of Georgia, Zachrv will be brought here and put on trial. Of course, I do not know what steps will be taken %over there, if any, to shield this man from the courts of this State." Mrs. Zachrv is a handsome young wc-ian. Eefore her marriage she was (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4.) *