The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 29, 1913, Page FOUR, Image 4
The Herald and News
Entered at the Postoffice -?* VT-watery,
S. C., as 2?d class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, August 29, 1913.
- r-honnoll should Dut in
Super visui vuuj-yv- _
a bid for some of the convicts that
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are to be put on the public roads
when the hosiery mill closes at the i
penitentiary. Bids are to be received
at the meeting of the directors of the
penitentiary on September 10. Forty
or fifty convicts properly managed
could do a lot of good to the roads
of Newberry county in a very short I
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time.
The crop prospect in Newberry
county is better ihan it has been for
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a number of years. A fine corn crop is ,
made. There is an abundance of I
peas and they are fine. The cotton i
is looking well and a good crop will j
be harvested. Business in all lines
should be good this fall. The most j
important thing for the farmer is to j
pay what he owes at store and bank '
then with a good feed crop in his
barn he should be able to get along
the next year without so much help j
from store and bank. Whenever we !
reach that stage this country will
prosper. Grow on the farm what we
need for the farm. That should be ;
the slogan. There ought to be more
trucking around Newberry, and if the
farmer would prepare for it there is
no doubt it could be done profitably..
Ma.ny vegetables are shipped in from j
other places that could be grown pro- .
fitably right here in Newberry and |
then they would be so much better 1
than vegetables pulled before they j
are ripe and shipped in from other j
places.
Next Monday is the first day of
September, the beginning of the fall
business, when business changes are
generally made, if made at all. What
we need and what we would like to j
see in Newberry is for every one to !
get together and pull together for a
better trade the coming fall and all !
will reap the benefit. A strong pull
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altogether is. what we need. It is
easy. Try it. j
We notice that the board of direc- 1
tors of the penitentiary have decided j
to let the convicts to the counties to
be worked on the public roads when '
the hosiery mill closes down on the
first of November. That is the best
use to which they could possibly be !
put. We hope the legislature at its
- next session. wilL provide for the
building of some State roads with
these convicts, under the direction of
a competent engineer and road builder.
Thaw's lawyers seem to have won
out in the first round with the Cana-1
,dian authorities. We think it will
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give pretty general satisfaction if the I
Canadians decide to keep Harry be-!
yond the border.
President Wilson delivered his
message to congress on Wednesday j
on the Mexican situation. It would j
seem that President Huerta would be I
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President Wilson and no doubt he
would if tie could with safety to himself.
The Columibia Record has the i
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following comment on the situation
and we agree with the Record: {
Provisional President Huerta would j
no doubt be glad to accept President j
Wlison's terms if he could do so with j
safety to himself, but he is in the j
pusiuuu oi uit: iiiau ?iiu gui a tdii j
hold on the bear and who could neith- i
er hold on or let go his hold. Having
obtained power by bloodshed and j
treachery, he cannot relinquish it
without danger of being treated to
his own medicine. The desperation \
of his situation is illustrated by the j
summary execution Friday night of
Serapio Rendon, a member of the
Mexican Chamber of Deputies, following
that of Deputy Bordes Mangel
two days before.
These executions are supposed to ;
have been deliberately planned to
terrorize other members of congress
which convenes next month, says
the Baltimore Sun. "They do not
seem to indicate that Huerta has any
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intention of letting go of what he has '
grabbed. The fact probably is that :
he is obliged to hold on, in order to 1
prolong his own existence. He has
created a desperate situation and the
moment he relinquishes power he
would be likely to share the fate of
his victims. If he agrees to step
Hrtwn will n pprl a Qtrnner psrnrt
UV 1' AX J iJ>\s " A** v?b W- v**Q - to
protect him as he is hurried out of
the country. If the truth were
known, perhaps he wishes he were
safe on American soil. The furies
are on his trail,"
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GREAT HAZARD IX ART.
Many Artists of Skill Who Scarcely
Make a Living.
In art, as in most other professions,
the "plums" fail into the hands
of the few. The Sargent or Herkomer
may make his $25,000 in twelve
months by his brushes; Mr. "Dauber," j
who started his career with equal j
promise, may barely earn the check;
that pays his frame-maker's bill.
Jean Francois Millet lived and i
died a peasant, though he could wear <
the ribbon of the Legion of Honor.
It was the proudest day of his life
when he received $360 for the "An-!
gelus," which a genration later wis
sold for $116,130 atvthe Secretan sale. '
John rome was glad to pocket dollar
apiece for pictures, aDy one of
which would be snapped up today for i *
hundreds of dollars. George Borland 1
parted with many masterpieces for
the price of an evening' carouse; and
Rembrandt's canvases are valued to-1
day at twenty million dollars?yet he J
left nothing to his heirs beyond his
clothes and his paint brushes.
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And who will say that these magicians
of the palette were less sk ful |
than the Orchardsons and AlmaTademas
of later years, whose can- j1
vases with the paint scarcely dry on '
them were exchanged for $10,000 or.
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painted $100,000 worth of portraits in
a.single year; of Landseer, whose es- 1
tate was sworn at $800,000?
Today the painting of pictures, for!(
nineteen artists -out of twenty, is a 1
costly hobby, which leaves little mar-'
gin for even such a modest luxury as I'
marmalade. For every score of canvases
that are fit to adorn the walls
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of Burlington house there is barely
one purchaser, and he has a keen 1
eye to a bargain. ;1
Take two typical cases known to '
the writer. Both men are highly j(
trained artists, whose acadamy pic- *
tures are seldom branded with the fa- (
tal "R." One of these men confess- j
ed that he had "barely $500 to show 1
as the net result of two thousand (
hours of industry last year. The oth- 1
er, who had a canvas "on the line"
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before - he saw his twenty-first birth- ]
day, was glad to sell "his latest pie- <
ture, the fruits of six months' work i
for less than its frame cos'. <
The picture buyer of today has
very decided views as to what he I
wants. Give him a bright landscape, <
seascape or garden scene, with plen- 1
ty of color and he is willing to pay 1
for it?his own price. Problem pic- ]
tures, historical canvases, he won't 1
look at. 1
put, sold or unsol<? the pictures 1
are equally costly to produce. There 1
may be little change out of the dollar : <
for one day's paints and models 3
alone. Many a canvas, on which 1
months of work has heen lavished, j
and ^*hich may go?if at all?in ex-1 <
change for a $25 note, has cost from <
$150 to $250 for materials. ?
One able artist told the writer: "I (
Dav iust under $500 a year for mv <
studio. A year's models, costumes,11
etc., costs me quite another $500; Ii1
pay from $35 to $50 for a frame. One '
way or another, I spend $1,250 in the ! r
twelve months, and thus earn a net1
income at which many clerks would '
turn up their .noses."
And this man is one of the lucky (
ones, outside the pale of the special-:
ly favored few.
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RIa TUtf AT PARR SHOALS.
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Construction of Long Concrete Dam i
and Power House at Parr Shoals j!
is "Being Pushed by Contractors.
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The State, 23rd. J
Construction of the Parr Shoals j
Power company's hydro-electric plant i
on Broad river, 13 miles above the
confluence at Columbia of the Broad I
and the Saluda, is being rushed night j
and riav bv the contractors, the J. G. j
White Construction company of New :
York. The substation at Columbia is
nearing completion.
Designed to impound water suffi-1
cient to form a lake 12 miles in!,
length, and of 2,400 acres area, the 1.
dam is fo have a crest length of',
about 2,200 feet, is to rise 35 feet!
above the mean low water stage, and
will have a thickness at the case of1 j
45 feet, battured on the down stream ' j
face to 10 feet. The construction is I ^
of cyclopean concrete masonry;!.
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targe blocks of granite being mixed
in with the concrete. The dam is
built to withstand five times the normal
pressure. Integral with tae dam
itseii are rne OiU'ice-ga.ies, luieuay
racks and flumes. The upstream face
is perpendicular. The downstream
face has the outline, in section, of
an ogee moulding, that is, with a
combination of concave and convex
surface, curving from crest to base
along the spillway, so that tne water
may flow over more easily and with
the least washing at the foot. Integral
with the dam also will be the
->ower house at the eastern end, par
allel with the dam. This power house
is to be of brick and steei. It will
be approximately 240 feet long, 80
feet wide and in height about 40 fee':
above the level of the crest. In this
building provision will be made for
the ultimate installation of eight
electrical generators of 3,100 K. V. A.
capacity each, frhich will develop 25,000
horsepower of electrical power.
These generators are of the umbrella
type, and will be directly connected
to vertical waterwheels or turbines.
Each turbine will receive its water
through individual forebays and
flumes, the gates of which will be operated
electrically, so that water may
be fed to or shut off from any unit
witnout affeciing the operation of
other parts of the plant. In the building
will be placed also all necessary
switchboards, transforming devices,
exciters, and other appurtenances incidental
to the transmission of electrical
nower. There will be nine wai
ercooled transformers of 2,500 K. V.
A., capacity each.
The immediate installation, on completion
of the power house, will be
five units, or generators, capable of
developing approximately 1S,000
horsepower of electrical power under
a, 35-foot head, leaving three units to
be installed later on, when the demand
for power shall warrant the
installation.
The eletcrical energy will be developed
by the generators at 2,300
volts. This current will then be
;ransformed to a voltage of 66,000
volts, at which pressure it is to be
ielivered to the transmission line for
its journey to Columbia.
The high tension transmission line
svill be run in two circuits of three
vvires, 'strung on steel towers and
will be between 26 and 28 miles long.
rt is estimated, at the high pressure
isei? in transmitting the current, that
:he line loss will be not more than
I per cent, when both circuits are
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>perated at tne same time, ana auuui,
I per cent, wnen only one is operated.
At Columbia a terminal transformer
station has been constructed, in
dimensions* about 94 by 47 feet, in
which will be installed large 2,500 K.
V. A. reducing transformers, with the
lecessary high tension cil swithching
.ie vices, lighting arresters and
switchboard apparatus, giving full
control over the current.
The electrical current from the
power -house at* Parr Shoals will be
delivered to the transformer station
i:i Columbia at a pressure of 66,000
t'olts. When it reachos Columbia tnis
iiifh pressure current will be passed
:hrcugh the reducing transformers,
by means of which it will lie reduced
to a pressure of 13,500 volts for dis:ribution
to large power consumers,
:otton mills, etc., and to- 3,300 voltg
tor distribution to small consumers
ind for lighting purposes.
The substation at Columbia will be
equipped with 11 circuits for lighting
ind small power consumers and with
seven circuits for the large consum-?
^^ r, <nri11 olen V?o rno^ci fnr
215. nuvidlUUd win aiovs lAiuuv -.w*
i line from this station t6 Cayce, as
tvell as for lines to the State institu:ions
near Columbia.
Yes, Make it Statewide.
The State, 23rd.
R. H. Welch, a member of the Richiand
delegation, suggested yesterday
:hat the appropriation for the eradication
of the cattle tick sought by
:he Columbia Chamber of Commerce
should be made an item in the county
supply bill. Mr. Welch said that it
seemed to him that inasmuch as some
counties would be without the tick
and not given perhaps to stock raisin?
the aDDroDriation should not be
State-wide. He said that if it appeared
that Richland county had need
Df an appropriation he would vote
for it.
The Chamber of Commerce resolution,
passed Wednesday afternoon by
the board of directors,' calls for an
appropriation of not exceeding $40,000
for the whole State. Secretary
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Plark was not prepared yesieruay iu
say whether or not Mr. Welch's suggestion
would be accepted by the
chamber.
"We want to make this a Statewide
movement," he said. "We do
not want it limited to a county here
md there."
Poultrvmen are pretty much alike,
:he chap that is continually changing
breeds and varieties never gets
rery far up the ladder of success with
my of them.
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PRESIDENT REVEALS PLAN
OF "HANDS OFF' IN MEXICO
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1).
instruction of the president, is in
part, as follows:
"The government of Mexico 'has i
paid due attention to the advice and
considerations expressed by the government
of the United States; has
done this on account of three principal
reasons: First, because Mexico
! entertains the highest respect for the
i personality of his excellency, Woodrow
Wilson; second, because certain
European and American governments,
with which Mexico cultivates the
closest relations of international
amity, having in a most delicate, respectful
way, highly gratifying to us,
made use of their good offices to the
j end that. Mexico should accord you
a hearing inasmuch as you were the
, bearer of a private mission from the
j presiaent ot tne Lnitea states, and,
; third, because Mexico was anxious,
nor, so much to justify its attitude be|
fore the inhabitants of the republic
j in the present emergency, the great
majority of whom have signified their
! adhesion and approval, as to demoni
strate in every way the justice of its
; cause.
"Tile imputation in v6ur instrucI
tions that no progress has been made
' toward establishing in the capital of
Mexico a government that may enjrty
the respect and obedience of the Mexican
people is unfounded."
Must Decline Them.
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i Senor Gamboa says his government
snnrpciates the good offices tendered
by the United States, "but if such
good offices are to be of the character
of these now tendered to us, we
should have to decline them in the
most categoriacl and .definite manner."
I "Inasmuch as the United States is
willing to act in tae most disinterested
friendship, it will be difficult for
it to find a more propitious opportunity
than the following: If it would
nni-17 u-at^Ti that nn material monetary !
assistance is given to rebels who conspire
and provide themselves with j
arms and food on the other .side of
.the border: if it should demand from
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its minor and local authorities the j
strictest observance of the neutral-1
ity laws, I assure you, Mr. Confiden- i
ftial Agent, that the complete pacifi-1
| cation of this republic would be ac-!
complished within a relatively short,
: time. ,
"An immediate suspension of the i
struggle in I^exico, a definite armistice
solemnly constructed and scrupulously
observed, is not possible.
Claims a Concession. j
I "The assurance asked of my gov-'
; eminent that it should promptly con
vene free elections is the most evi-'
dent proof and the most unequivocal
concession that the government of ^
the United States considers it legally j
'and solidly constituted and that it is!
I exercising, like all those of its class,
acts of such importance as to in- i
dicate the perfect civil operation of
a sovereign nation. While the pres- j
| ent government is of a provisional j
character, it will cede its place to the
definite government which may be
elected by the people. ' j
j "The request that Gen. Victoriano
Huerta should agree not to appear as i
a candidate for t'he presidency of the
rpnnhlin in thp rnmiriff el Actions can
not be taken into consideration be-.
, cause, aside from its strange and un- j
warranted character, there is a risk
that the same might be interpreted j
,as a matter of personal dislike. This1
point can only be decided by Mexican j
i public opinion when it may be ex-1
pressed at the polls.
| "The ambassador of the United
j States of America in His high diploj
matic investiture and appearing as
,and of the foreign diplomatic corps
I accrediated to the government of the
republic contratulated Gen. . Huerta
! upon his elevation tj the presidency
i and continued to correspond with this
department by means of diplomacy.
"With reference to the final part
of the instructions of President Wilson,
which I beg to include herewith
and which say, 'If Mexico can suggest
any better way in which to show
our friendship, to ser*e the people of
moot nur intprnational
j .ucaiuu auu ui^v/i. uui
' obligations, we are more than willing
to consider the suggestion;' that part
causes me to propose the following
equally decorous arrangement: 0n?,
that our ambassador be received in
"Washington; two, that tfce United
i States of America send us a new am1
bassador without previous condiI
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j Warns Americans to Leave Mexico.
Washington, Aug. 27.?President
I Wilson tonight -warned all Americans
to leave Mexico. At the same time the
American embassy and all consular
representees throughout the Southern
republic were instructed to "notify
all officials, civil and military, in
Mexico, "that they would be held
strictly responsible for harm or injury
done to Americans or their property/'
Secretary Bryan dispatched long
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telegrams to the embassy and all consular
representatives, quoting ex- j
1 tracts from President Wilson's ad- j
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i aress to congress toaay, in wmcn ue
, reviewed the futile peace negotiations
with the Huerta government and the
policy the United States would pursue
hereafter towards Mexico,
i In these messages the consuls were
instructed to render every aid pos- [
sible to departing Americans, furnish-;
ing transportation and-any other pecuniary
assistance to the needy. They
were informed that a sufficient number
of ships would be provided to !
carry away those' in the seacoast ,
towns.
Help to Foreigners.
f Foreign governments will be noti-;
1 fied of the action of the United States
so that they may give advices, but the
American consuls will help all for!
eig.iers in any emergency.
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Within a day or two an announcement
is expected of the mobilization
i of large numbers of American troops
along the Southern frontier to en-)
: force neutrality in the traffic of arras
and munition of war. President Wil- j
son was in touch with Assistant Sec
sretary Breckenridge of the war department
tonight, ;but the nature of j
his communication was not revealed, j
It is believed the president not j
only is preparing to strengthen the 1
border patrol, but desires to have the
strictest vigilance by troops already j
watc'hing the international boundary.
Secretary Garrison of the war department,
it was announced tonight, will I
be in New York next Wednesday to
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couier >viiu jt i an^ia j->ujl luh ixaiu^vu,
but it was said at the "White House
that his return to' the East from his
Western inspection trip was not
prompted by any prospective troop
movement.
Another >'ote.
First results of the president's
optimism were apparent tonight when j
Secretary Bryan announced the re
ceipt of a message trom Jonn Jjina,
now at Vera Cruz, saying the Senor
Gamboa, Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, had sent a new note. Secretary
Bryan described the situation
as "encouraging" and commented on
the fact that he had for several days
used the word "unchanged."
The president was informed of the
late developments, but offered no
comment. He was particularly pleased
tonight with his reception in congress.
Not only from th& applause
that greeted him as he began his ad
dress and at its conclusion, but j
through personal congratulations, j
President Wilson was assured that he
had behind 'him the undivided support
of congress, irrespective of political
party.
tv,o nroeiriont hflri an informal talk
JL px ^Uiuvu w ?
with Senator Root a Republican
leader, in the speaker's room just before
he was escorted to the house
rostrum and learned that the New
York senator soon would make a
speech in support of the idministration's
policy.
Policy Will Be One of Peace.
Washington, Aug. 27.?President
Wlison laid before the world the details
of the United States' efforts to
bring about peace in Mexico, the facts
concerning Huerta's rejection of the
peace proposals, and the policy to be
pursued by this government.
The president announced the position
of the United States to be as follows:
Xo armed intervention.
Strict neutrality forbidding the ex |
portation of arms or munitions of
war of any kind form the United
States to any part of the republic of
Mexico.
Under no circumstances to "be the
partisans of either party to the contest
that now distracts Mexico or constitute
ourselves the virtual umpire
between them."
To urge all Americans to leave
Mexico at once and to assist them to
get away in every way possible.
Will Watch Citizens.
To let every one in Mexico "who assumes
to exercise authority know
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that this government "shall vigilantly
watch tne fortunes of those Americans
who can not get away and shall
hold those responsible for their sufferings
and losses to a definite reckoning."
"That can and will be made plain * \
beyond the possibilitj of a misunder- standing,"
declared the president.
Negotiations for the friendly mediation
of the United States are open
to resumption at any time upon eifn-*
er the initiative of this government
or of Mexico. n
(Accompanying the president's address
was the reply of the Huerta '
government rejecting the Ajnerican j
proposals. It was written by Foreign ^
Minister Gamboa. It suggested the
following alternative policy for the
United States:
Reception of a Mexican ambassa- dor
in Washington.
That the United States send a new
ambassador to Mexico without re
BlliHIiLS.
Strict observance of the neutrality
laws and "so to it that no material
or monetary assistance is given to.
the rebels."
Unconditional recognition of the
Huerta government.
Duties of Neighbors.
First pointing out that it was his J
duty "without reservation to lay beforef1
congress all the facts concern
ing the relations of the United States
with Mexico," the president outlined
with the United Slates had done "as
a friend and neighbor." Asserting
that this nation was glad to call itself
Ihe friend of Mexico, and hoping
for many future occasions to show
that disinterested friendship, the
president declared that "we shall yet
prove to the Mexican people that we
know how to serve them without first
thinking how weshall serve ourselves."
Describing Mexican conditions and
fo. +V>n + - la/1 nn trt tho
tile eveuta mai x<^u 1*4/ ?.w
tiations just concluded, President
Wilson, outlined how "war and disorder,
devastation and confusion seem
to threaten to become the settled fortune
of the distracted country." As
friends, he said, this country could
wait no longer for a solution of
things in the sister republic.
He then outlined the position this
government should take. * Concluding
his address, the president predicted
that the "steady pressure of moral
force will before many days break
the barriers of pride and prejudice
down, and we shall triumph as Mex- j
ico's friends sooner than we could
triumph as her enemies."
Senor G-amboa's note, which was
appended to the president's address
as an exhibit, was not read by the
president, but was furnished to congress
as a printed document.
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Kimonotomy.
An excitable man rushed into the
general hospital in Buffalo and demanded
to see his wife, who had ^
come there for an operation that afternoon.
He said his name was >
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James Hawkins. j
The hospital authorities could re- f
member no operation on a Mrs. Haw- /
kins, and there was jio record of
such an operation on the books.
"Your wife is not here," they said
to Hawkins. A
"I know she is," persisted Hawkins. 4|
"But she isn't. We have no Mrs.
Hawkins here." ' ^
"Where is she then? She said she
was going to the hospital for an operation.
I found a note from her when
I got nome.*
"Let me see the note!" demanded
the doctor, and when Hawkins handed
it to him he read: "Dear Jim: I
have gone to have my kimona cut out. \ d
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Miss Janet is a long time coming
down," he said to the pretty parlor
maid. "Perhaps she is?ha, ha?per- /j
haps she is making up her mind
whether to see me or not."
The maid smiled coldly.
"No," she said, "it is not her mlncj?
she is making np."?Tit-Bits. j fl
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