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t \ r The Herald and News VOLUME LI., >"U3IBEB 64. JfEWBEKRY, S. C-j TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913 TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAB. JOHN HENRY CHAPPELL j NAMED SUPERVISOR GOV BLEASE ANNOUNCED THE AP POINTMENT YESTERDAY. ' "* ' TTI11 Tota riiflrffD ?iil 5?ucceea >?. a. nm?v.?, * Next Week When Mr. Hills Resignation Takes Effect. * Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, August 11.?Governor Blease today announced the appointment of John Henry Chappell as supervisor for Xewberry county to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. A. Hill, who well assume ? the duties of postmaster cn the 15th of August. This appointment holds t. until the general election of 1914, f "when an eletcion will be held for the unexpired term. % Julius Blease Eison, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Eison, of Newberry was operated on this afternoon at a local hospital for appendicitis. Mr. Chappell, who has been named! as supervisor is well known to the ^ people of Newberry county. He has V been a warm personal friend of Gov. W Blease for many years and has held ^ several public positions. He was ' chief of police in Newberry several ' terms and the magistrate for Xos. 1 ana 8 townships, and then coroner of the county. In all these positions he has been faithful and efficient. He is running over with energy and enthusiasm, i and will devote his best energies con ( scientiouusly to tne cuscuaisc vl t - new duties. For the past several years he has i)een living on his farm near Newberry and has pursued the policy of growing his own hog and hominy. St. Paul Sews. St. Paul, Aug. 11.?Air. and Mrs. | w Henry Furr and children, of Concord, | W N. C., have been visiting at the home j J of Mr. W. H. Kibler. They made i the trip in their Ford car. j Eleanor and Clarence Richards, of! Columbia, have returned home after I spending the sur^mer with their grandmother, Mrs. R. E. Bedenbaugh. At this writing, Mr. T. A. Epting i has a son, Carl, who is ill with typhoid fever. L Mrs. Beatrice B. Hope returned last m week from a two weeks trip to Spar tanburg and Union, visiting relatives f and friends. Miss Elizabeth Furr, of North CaroUm iina, is visiting in 'the community. Dr. W. Lorick Kibler left Thursday n \fnntront. N n.. where he i i iui a 11 ip bv vm?i ... ?, will join a party of friends on a cam-ping expedition. Misses Annie Mae and Leola Bedenhaugh entertained a number of their } friends at a house party the past week. Among those present were: Misses , Erline and Lottie Bodie, of Batesburg; Miss Etheridge, of Leesville; Mrs. C. | G. Mixon, of Gainesville, Fla., and Messrs. W. L. Kibler, Jno. . Derrick and Hal Sheeley, of Leesville. Mrs. J. J. Kibler is right sick at this writing. Hope she'll soon be well. | Sunday, the 17th, is "Old Folks day" . at St. Pauls'. It will be an all day ^ meeting, and it is hoped that both old and young will attend and enjoy V themselves. By Dr. A. J. Bedenbaugh, who has lo \ cated in Columbia, was visiting his P Vmother the past week. ' Mrs. R. H. McDonald returned from } visiting her son at Hodges. L Mr. and Mrs. Jno. F. Kibler visited in Columbia last Wednesday. I GOT HAS SLIGHT OPERATION. BL Trouble of Elinor Nature and GoverB nor is at Work, But Cancels Sereral Engagements, Special to The Herald and Xews. Columbia, Aug. 11.?Governor Blease . underwent a slight operation on his nose in Charleston last week, the operation being performed by E. F. BParker. The trouble was not at all ^serious. *The operation removed a r'small piece of bone on the inside or the nose, and left no mark. By reason of the operation, the governor has found it necessary to cancel his speaking engagements for the remainder of this month. On the day following the operation, however, he returned to Columbia and resumed The routine duties of his ofnce. CONGRESSMAN LEVER'S MESSAGE. I : The New Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture Tells of the Government's Plan to Promote 1 Agriculture Progress. A. F. Lever in Progressive Farmer. T wich tn pynrpss tn vou mv verv I keen appreciation of your letter of congratulation upon my appointment as chairman of the house committee on agriculture. Personally, I should prefer infinitely to be the chairman of this committee than- to hold the chairmanship of any other committee of the house, because my service on it mnkps mf> know t.h&t no other commit tee affords such splendid opportunities for real service to all classes as this. This new committee on agriculture, if its temper is understood by me, will do real constructive fundamental work. We shall have to reorganize the department, tighten up the screws, give it the proper exercise in order that its muscles may be hardened, and that it may be developed as an organization for the strenuous work before it. This reorganization is going on at the present time, but it will have to be confirmed by the committee on agriculture, and it will take mnrp than nrdirtarv ronraffp ro rnt out some excrescences coming to view. Information "Embodied*' in Learned Bulletins. The department of agriculture was created for the purpose of collecting and disseminating information to the people on subjects pertaining to agriculture. For a long while, even under the secretaryship of Mr. Wilson, the department contented itself with the investigational side of its work. T r* ^ V* W/MI rye V* f Vi A V am I jLiiiui liiauuxi iniuugu tuc cApci i.iieiit | stations of the several States and through the department itself was collected in great quantities, and beautifully embalmed in farmer's bulletins, which were distributed, and the public neither understood them, nor in most cases read them. Lately the department has been conducting in the South a campaign to demonstrate the result of its investigational research work, and the result has been good. I propose in what is known as the Lever bill, to reorganize this work, making the agricultural colleges of the States the centers from which the demonstration work shall flow out, and this purpose is predicted upon the idea thai; the local institution is best equipped to know the local needs. >Vhat the Lever Bill Proposes. The bill-seeks to unify the work of - J ?J A. me department 01 agriculture, me experiment stations, and the agricultural colleges, making them all understand that they are public functionaries created to do a common public service. The provisions of this bill will develop a better spirit than now exists UCLWCCII CAPCX JLillCUt SlAUUUd anu agricultural colleges, and the department of agriculture, and the jealous y whic& has served to handicap the work of these respective institutions in the past will cease. In this program Secretary Houston and Assistant Secretary Galloway join heartily, and I am led to think that there will be no holding back upon the part of the other parties concerned. The department has spent a great deal of time in teaching the farmer how to produce more from the soil. This is well. We have sent our men in the field to teach the farmer how to grow two bales of cotton where one grew before. In this effort the great commercial and philanthropic associations of the country have joined. The farmer has been aroused to a better understanding of his control of the soil with the result that where these demonstration methods have been pursued crop production has increased largely. We are carrying to the farmer through these 1 -3? AV.- . i ri f Arm o _ meuious me acuumuiaicu imuima- i tion of 50 years, but this informa- j tion touches only one side of the problem. Marketing Problems >'oyf Most Serious. To ascertain a fact about agriculture is important, to demonstrate its practicability is more important; to increase production upon the farm is desirable, but it is not all to be desired. It is not enough to teach the farmer how to grow two bales of nnt+rm inctouri nf nriP or hr>\V t.O DTD duce first-class alfalfa hay, or vetch or cowpeas upon land which heretofore yielded only crabgrass; it is not enough to teach him how to raise hogs and cattle or dairy products; it is almost crimina to teach him so much without teacning him more. s J / [ We shall continue to encourage the teaching or these things because they are fundamentally necessary, but the greater problem at -this time is to teach the farmer how to sell to the best advantage what we have taught him to produce at the least cost. We have taught him productive ability; I we must now teach him selling abili-1 ty. it will do him little good to fill his 1 barns with crops for which he can find no sale, or which at the best he j rvmct l with no margin of nrofits. To my mind the problem of marketing, th- reduced cost of distribution of farm products from the producer to the consumer, is the biggest problem for solution. The best authorities prove conclusively that the farmer receives only 50 per cent of the price paid by the consumer for his products. Just what plan will be worked out to reach this problem cannot be foreseen at this time. I had inserted in the last appropriation bill a provision to study this whole subject with a view to reachin cr cnmA mnolnsinn which mi^ht be I taken to the farmer in the way of practical demonstration. The work is now organized, and as chairman of the committee, I shall encourage to the extent of my ability the work of .the department as outlined by Secretary Houston in securing: first, better methods of marketing: second, better rural credits; third: better schools for the farmer. But the Government Will Only Help You to Help Yourself. < Rut the most vital element in the problem is not to'be overlooked. The farmer must not get the idea that he is to sit down and wait for things to be ht led to him on a silver platter. | The government does not propose i to run his farm for him. It is only willing to help those who help themselves and acts upon the assumption that the ^.rmer wan** ?c do thirds for himself and only needs a little I guidance. Unless he will give his i co-operation to the government and i to his brother farmer and to his com| munity, the work of the government I will be worse than wasted. The spirit of self-help and communiy co-opj eration is to be the cap-stone of the arch. In the improvement of farm conditions the ideal cannot be reached until a firm grasp is had upon the practical side of life. The enthusiast will find little encouragement in bringing about the ideal farm condij tion?the educated farm boy and girl; the well arranged, carefully and santized farm home; the front yard filled with ever-blooming roses, the i parlor athrob with inspiring music, Via ti-qIIo olivo -tt'ifh hic+r?rir> "nnint I cut VI CL 1JIO Ull T V/ TV A W1A UAW W* A V V ings, and all those things which we would like to see? until he has brought about the financial independence of this same farmer. We would make a mistake to get the cart before the horse. It is well to look to the ideal, but it is wise to look to that end in a practical, sensible yray, by teaching better marketing methods, by standardizing farm farm products, giving to them a community character, by developing a system of rural credits and rural cooperation by which the farmers may secure long loans at low interest. We shall increase the bank account of the farmer, relieve him ! financial dependence and assure to him a i few moments away from drudgery in i which he may look with hope to the aesthetic and better side of life. "A Big Work * The department of agriculture un; der. its new leadership and the committee on agriculture as now constituted, have set for their purpose the big constructive worn of bring . mg ctuuut IUUSC UflJ.UXI.lUUO nuiv,u make for the ideal in farrn life. In this mighty task they ask the sympathy and help of all agencies seeking 1 the real good of the great mass of our people. And not the least powerful among these forces stand those strong and fearless papers?such as The Progressive Farmer?which sound sound the note of encouragement and reach out the hand of help ?to the struggling farmer. Card of Thanks. We wish in this way to express our most sincere thanks to the physicians, neighbors, and friends, for their tnany^ acts of kindness during the illness and death of our little girl. May God's richest blessings rest upon each of you. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Pitts. * *" - -u ^ - J 1 r?r? n I TJTJ T'C? Miopia.ceu uuiiliueuuc isa L ama.Tc the result of being absent-minded. Perhaps ignorance and bliss are a better pair to draw to than folly and wisdom. ATTORNEY GEN. BREAKS REATIONS WITH JONES SPICY LETTERS FROM GENERAL PEEPLES TO GENERAL JONES Will Not Advise Officer Unless Disposition is Shown to Follow Advice Given. Columbia, August 8.?"When the comptroller general shows a disposition to accept and act upon the advice of the attorney general, as it is his duty to do, then this office will only be too glad, as it has been in the' past, to endeavor to advise the comptroller general of the laws as it sees fit," is an excerpt from a letter written to Comptroller General A. W. i Jones and signed by Attorney General Peeples and Assistant Attorney General Dominick. This letter, unofficially called "the | parting of the ways," is a notice en the comptroller general that the of| fice of attorney general will have noth! ing more to do with him until he | shows a disposition to follow his legal advice. Another letter to the comptroller ! general replying to his reporting certain corporations for failure to pay the'license tax asks him for detailed information and a formal request for prosecutions. Another letter asks the comptroller general to make specific details if he wants any action brought against the j county treasurer of Berkeley county ! on account of the alleged shaky condi- j tion of the Farmers and Merchants j Bank, of Monck's Corner, in which the treasurer had a large amount of county funds 011 deposit. The attorney general informs the comptroller general that he will not! be drawn into a newspaper controversy over the $200 claim Which the attorney general presented for expenses in attending the convention of attorneys general in Charleston and which was turned down, ana says, "Neither the attorney general nor his office desires or wishes any intimations or suggestions as to the conduct of himself or his department from one who occupies merely a clerical position in the State goverDment" The following letter was among several given out today at the office of the attorney general: "Columbia, August, 8. "Hon. A. W. Jones, Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of July 25 in reply to mine of July 24 in reference to an inquiry from the - - ' i _ M Farmers' and Merchants' DanK 01 Marion, in which you ask for an opinion to be rendered. "In your recent letter you say: 'It is necessary that I should have copies of your opinion on matters affecting taxation for my guidance in such matters. I like to keep them on file for this purpose. By so doing I am able to act in accord with your advice, and j not trouble you by asking the same questions repeatedly.' "And you further ask, that an opm- , ion be given to the bank and that I you be furnished with a copy for your fll?. "Further replying to your first and last letters I will say again that this office is surprised that it should be called upon by you for such advice owing to your long connection and familiarity with the tax department and its laws. The legal department of the State is entitled to some respect from the other departments of the State government, whose duty it is to be governed by the advice and counsel of the legal department and the occupants of this office insist that they shall both have the personal and official respect that is due them by reason of their official position. This | office, therefore, refuses and will continue to refuse to render any opinions j or advice to any department whose du- I x.. 4.^ an nninion I 11. lb UU tai; lui o u.v-^ and advice unless such department shall show a disposition and willing- ' ness on its part to accept such opinions and advice when rendered, as is contemplated in the statute laws of the State of South Carolina. When the comptroller general shows a disposition to accept and act upon the advice of the attorney general, as ,1^ tVion thic li is ins uuiv tu uw, an." - ?? will be only too glad, as it has been in the past, to endeavor to advise the comptroller general of the law as it sees fit. This office cannot and will not allow itself to be placed in theposition of advising any one abOu't any matter, when the person so advised, if it suits his pleasure and convenience to take the advice, to do so, ctlie: v.'isft to disregard it. "For the reasons above stated, your request is respectfully declined." Yours very truly, Thos. H. Peeples, Attorney General. Fred. H. Dominick, Assistant Attorney General. Flood of Letters. A x-3 ^ 1 , . ^ ~ ror\'inor UCIU5C ui tum:3i;uiiucin-c, lai.uug in tone from the spicy to the warm, |passed fror'. aUcrney general'* or'fice to that of the comptroller general. Recently Comptroller General Jones called the atention of the legal department to matters relating to the payment of an annual license tax by corporations, and local affairs of Monck's Corner and Kershaw county, and three of the letters refer to these affairs. The following reply is made to the I ! communication from the comptroller general with regard to the failure of certain corporations to make their annual report: August 8, 1913. I Hon. A. W. Jones, Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter of July 25 in reply to mine of July 24, in reference to corporations Which failed to pay Annual license tax or make report as required by the laws of this State. If you will simply glance at the statutes, much less read thorn, with the knowledge that you have of the law and it^ construction, you will see, under section 371 of the code, that o/->H/-ine ooroinct thptjp onrnnrations C*. liva <J UgUA liuv V^VMV w ^ must be brought by the attorney general upon the request of the comptroller general. You do not make this request, but say that action be brought "if after investigation you think such action proper." You are the one to make this investigation; you are the one to make the request; the responsibility for these suits rests and lies with you and cannot be devolved upon the attorney general's office, no matter how much you may try to do so. As stated in a former letter, upon . ? onr? I receipt 01 tn.e propcx' lixiuiaiauuu uuu your request that suits be instituted by this office the matter will be handled in such manner as the law directs. As you should know, it is not the duty of the attorney general's office to make these investigations, it is his duty to institute the actions upon the request of the comptarller general and after he has proper facts in his possession. You say in your letter that heretofore the attorney general has taken up these matters with the corporations and that in a number of cases he has collected these taxes, or arranged for their payment to the State ineasuf-er. am! you iI?o s-nd t.vis * 1 --?v, i tTAH Vi Q T70 | office several ieuers wmuu jvu j written the corporations in which I you say that the matters are in the hands of the attorney general, and that they will have to be taken up with him. I. do not know by what authority these settlements have been made by the attorney general's office heretofore. Section 371 of the code clearly shows that neither the attorney general, nor his office, has anything whatever to do with the settlement or compromise of such cases, sucn mantis ai c ciAtirely in the hands of the State board of assessors, as is hown by the last paragraph of said section, to wit: "The State board of assessors, upon good cause shown, may in their dis! cretion remit the penalty, or any part thereof, prescribed in this article." Xow, sir, if you desire these suits brought, make your formal request upon this office and give the required that ic npnp<;sflrv for the 1UIU1 manvn iuuv s/w w proper bringing of these suits, for unless this office is convinced from the facts and evidence furnished by you that there is a probable chance for the recovery of the penalty under the statutes against the corporations named in your letter of the flret of July, 1913, thi office will not put the State of South Carolina to the expense of having papers prepared and sheriff's , costs and fees incurred in bringing suits in which the comptroller general ' ** -?"U fn fln _ has tailed to iurmsu eviucuuc oumcient to show reasonably that the penalties may be recovered. Read the statutes for yourself, perform your own duties, as required by the statutes, and you may rest assured that this office will perform its duty. Yours very truly, Thos. H. Peeples, Attorney General. The following letter refers to a local matter of Kershaw county: Hon. A. W. Jones, Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter of July 23th j received in regard to opinion given : Mr. Truesdel, of Kershaw county and in which you refer to "some confusion occasioned by the correspondence between this office and yours." In reply, I will say that any "confusion" that might have arisen as to correspondence between this office and yours, has arisen in your office and not in this, as the correspondence , will clearly show. > In reply to this letter, I refer you to a letter from this office this day handed you in reference to a request from the Farmers and Merchants bank of Marion, and will say that we conceive that to be a sufficient reply to this letter. Upon request of the sinking fund commission, if they desire it, written opinion will be rendered them. Yours very truly, Thos. H. Peeples, Attorney General. The alleged shaky, condition of the Farmers and Merchant bank of Monck' Corner is the occasion of the : following fetter. August 8, 1913. Hon. A. W. Jones, Comptroller General, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: This office is in receipt ' of your letter of July 25, 1913, in re1 gard to the shaky condition of the Farmers & Merchants bank of Monck's Corner, and also informing this office of the fact that the county 'treasurer of Berkeley county has all \ of the funds of that county deposited in that bank. In reply thereto, I will say 'that neither the State bank examiner nor the State treasurer feu made any / r\^?.+ + V> i o nffina i ri rrl to this V"'<- ? bank or any request for any proceedings. If you desire this office -to bring any proceedings against the county treasurer of Berkeley county, please make specifications in detail and your formal request for whatever proceedings you, as head of the tax department of the State, or the State treasurer desire in the premises. Yours very truly, Thos. H. Peeples, Attorney General. WARM LETTER FROM ATTY. GEX. Does Not Wish Suggestions or Inti mations From the Latter. Columbia Record, 8th. "Neither the attorney general nor his office wishes any intimation or suggestions as to the conduct of himself or his d apartment fron one who occupies merely a clerical position in the State government," says Attorney General Peeples in a letter addressed to Comptroller General Jones, in. reply to a communication from the comptroller some days since, restating his intention not to approve the ' expense acc r.int of th* attorney general in connection with the recent convention of attorneys general at Charleston. The letter is apparently the last chapter in the controversy. It follows: Aug. S, 1913. | Jon. A. W. Jones, Comptroller Gen ? -1 rnlnmhia. S. C. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your letter 01 August 5, in reply to mine of July 26, in r^zrard to my claim for expenses in attending association of attorneys general of the United States which met at Charleston on the 8th and 9th of July, 1913. I do not desire and will not allow myself or my office to be drawn into any letter writing or newspaper controversy with you about this matter. In regard to your suggestions as to what procedure should be taken by rae, I will say that I am familiar with the law and procedure, and neither the attorney general nor his office desires or wishes any intimations or suggestions as to the conduct of himself or his depa^rmoiit from oj<e who occupies merely a clerical position in .the State government, and who under the laws of this State, is required, to and should act by and upon the advice of fhe legal departmort of the State, of which the attorney general is the official head. A/ Yours ve~y t**u'y. Thomas H. Peeples, Attorney General. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. A. Cronler and their two daughters. Misses Texie and vino returned to Xewberry Friday. after a pleasant visit to relatives !n Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Webster, after a visit to her father, Mr. J. Fred Schumpert. have gone to Eatonton, Ga., on a four days' visit to Mr. Webster's parents, when they will return i to their home in Atlanta. J ?_ i?. .a?... ___________ __ ?