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4 * TOLCME LI., XOTBER 76. JfE WHERRY, S. C., FI(IHA V, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A lEAB, ? ? ! I * i I " t "PRECEDENT" CITED !S NO PRECEDENT AT ALL MAYOR-ELECT OF SPARTANBURG ON HOSPITAL COMMISSION. Interview From Mr Floyd?Governor's Position Stated?Mr. AulPs \ Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Sept. 25.?The two-office inhibition of the constitution of South Carolina, the resignation of Mr. E. H. Aull as a member of the State hospital commission when chosen county superintendent of education, and the fight which The Herald and News has hepn making for an enforcement of the constitutional inhibition against the holding of two offices, are brought L agaifi into prominence as the result of an article in the Spartanburg Herald P of Wednesday morning, in which Mr. John F. Floyd, recently elected mayor of Spartanburg, is quoted as saying that he would not resign his position as a member of the State hospital commission, and "that he had a precedent for doing so, (holding both positions) claiming that Col. Elbert H. Aull, of Newberry, when he became county superintendent of education ^ still retained his position on the comW mission." As matter 01 tact, Mr auh ^esigiieu rfrom the commission on December 30, 1011, and his resignation was accepted by Governor Blease on January 1, 1912. This left only four members on the commission. The legislature of 1912 continued the commission as then constituted (on the 17th day of \ February, 1912), with only four members; so that the commission is now composed of and can only be com posed of four members. The position of Governor Blease in the matter is set forth in a letter to Mr. W. J. Cormack, reporter for the Spartanburg Herald, in response to an inquiry from Mr. Cormack. The letx onnMT5 hplow 'Lt/T V X I LL C ^ U V Cl 11V/ X U VMA w . . The story as it appeared in the Spartanburg Herald is as follows: John K. Auil, private secretary to Governor Biease, wired The Herald yesterday that 0. L. Johnson, mayor of Spartanburg, would be appointed on the hospital commission of the State hospital for the insane, when John F. Floyd, who was elected yesrcrday to succeed Mr. Johnson, sent in his resignation. Mr. Floyd has stated that he would not resign: and Governor Blease said over lo::g distance telephone last night that Cie thought "Mr. Floyd would change his f mind when he has thought over the matter." Shortly after the first primary, Gov. Blease in an interview, said stib* stantially that he saw Spartanburg ? had given two of his good friends? John F. Floyd and 0. L. Johnson?a majority over the anti-Blease candidate, Ben Hill Brown; that if Floyd was elected he would appoi?^t Johnson to the hospital commission, but if Floyd was defeated he could still re T^m nis posinon. ine luwrvicw Allows: Governor's Interview. "T am very murh gratified t^at ^' ir^nb'jrs: citv seems to bp so? friendly, as the newspaper account* admit that the' only-a.vt>Blease man* in tbo rnee was left at the nost. while i'-o two PWse non fl ishod neck and ; n ecx. ^ ? "\T*\ pi f>Vfl j? ;> lllPm' ":* of ? : r present Smtp hospitnl commission pnd .Vr. Johnson is now mavor. As between thorn. I had .ho preference i ^ "io c* f Vi rNx- o rn Hr*tVi crnnr? V* 1' Silt ~ fl <> U V . ^ -^^v? r f^'pv^p of mi pp. r> Pother shall hp without a job. Tf Floyd gets In T will put Johnson in his placp on the . State hospital commission, and if j Johnson stays in as mayor, why of i course. Floyd will hold on. So both ; Bleaseites will have a jofc while the i anti will still be a statesman looking ! for one." Snmp davs aeo John F. Floyd ' plated to a representative of The ; - , Herald that he wo;ild not resign from i the hospital commission. Whev. it was explained to him that there is a j constitution qualification against the I holding of two positions of honor and j trust at the same time, he said that ! lie had a precedent for doing so, | claiming that Col. Libert H. Aull, of | Newberry, when he became county j superintendent of education still re. ^ tained his position on the commission. The Wire. Yesterday The Herald wired John K. Aull, private secretary to the governor, asking if Mr. Johnson had been appointed to the hospital commission. The following reply was rci IT! V *'U . ^^^"Your Floyd has not yet re-1 signed, but when he does, position will be tendered Johnson by the governor." I^ast night Governor Blease was V naiiimnnviotafl n-itVi Ki- Iaiio1 rl i e t a n r>o v. uaiiuuiiiLaiLu *? i in wj 1V115 uiotuiiw telephone and the position of Mr. Floyd was explained to him. Said Mr. Floyd is Mistaken. The governor stated that Mr. Floyd was mistaken when he thought Col. Aull retained his position on the hospital board. "As soon as Col. Aull became county superintendent of education.'' said the chief executive, "he handed in his resignation and it is on file in my office. Afterwards 'he was its secretary and was not a member. If you ring up Col Aull, at Xewberrv, he will bear me out in my statement." Continuing, Governor Blease stated that as soon as Mr. Floyd takes tfie oath of office his membership automatically expires; that there are supreme court decisions bearing on the question. "I think Mr. Floyd will change his mind when he has thought over the matter," concluded the governor. Appointed by Governor. The hospital commission is in charge of the building of the new State hospital for the insane at State J park, six miles north of Columbia, I A Z4- r> Vv r\ c r-A o V?T7 tVin i emu its> xiiem uci o aic uj governor. Following is the letter of Goverror Blease to Mr. Cormack, of the Spartanburg Herald: The Governor's Position. September 24th, 1913. Mr. W. J. Cormac-k, in care of The Spartanburg Herald, Spartanburg, S. S. Dear Cormack:?'Following conversation with you over the telephone last night: I herewith enclose you exact copy of letter of December 30th, 1911, received at this office on the printed paJ per headed: "The , Herald and News.' E. H. Aull Co. Job' Printing", and my reply thereto, of January 1st, 1912. The original letter of Col. Aull is on file in this office, and I will be pleased for anyone who may desire to do so, to inspect it. Also, copy of my letter to him. I will be glad if you would publish j both of these letters in full, in your | next issue, in order to show that Col. j Aull did not violate, nor desire to I violate, the constitution; and, as one of my appointees, had he wished to do i moot accnrpdlv would not have I O U y 1 lUUOt vv**v' - - j allowed him, bur would have asked him to have done as he did. However, Col. Aull, in his newspaper, l'or the last several years, from time to time, has been lighting this very question,? of people holding two offices in violation of tae constitution,?and he cer tainly could not, after naving iaKen the position he did in his editorials, consistently retain his position on the State Hospital commission after having accepted the position as county superintendent of education for Newberry county. Very respectively, (Signed) Cole. L. Blease, Governor. P. S. The resignation of Mr. E. H. a?ii oir?H tvio hv Governor U 1 CL li Vi llxv MV V VV*>? V V ? ^ mease, copies of wnich Governor Blease encloses you, were published in The flerald and News, Newberry, S. [C., in its issue of September 3, 1912, as the files of that paper show, in refutation of the charge that Mr. Aull, then county superintendent and a candidate for re-election, was holding two offices in violation of t.ie consttution. RpsnenrfnH v. (Signed) .Jno. K. -Anil. Tiie Letter of Resignation. Xewberr>% S. C.. Dec. 30t 1911. , Governor Cole. L. Blease, Columbia, i S. C. | My Dear Sir: Having decided to ac- j - ? * <-vf /lAiintv en nor i 11 - I Ct;pL I IXC pusiuuu U1 wu tendnt of education for Newberry county, to which I have been elected by the State board of education I herewith tender you my resignation as member of the State Hospital commission. I do this in obedience to Section 2 of Article II of the Constitution of ? . _n I IS95, which says: "AO person snaii hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time." I desire this resignation and my commission as county superintendent of education to be effective not be- j fore January 6, as the State Hospital commission is to meet during the coming wp?k to complete its report of its doings during the past year, to be submitted to the general assembly, under the joint resolution creating the commission, and as secretary of the | commission 1 feel that I should not j cai-M- mv mmipptinn with it until this i report is completed. . In leaving tne State Hospital commission, there is regret on my part! in the severance of the pleasant ti -s ' which have bound the com-nission together in the important work in \vh:c\i they are engaged. I feel that thip is the most important of the extraordi- . narv work in whifh the State is now | engaged. During tne past year the j commission has worked harmoriously. j and its energies have been directed ' in the lines which it conceived to be ! ? ~ U ~ ~ i /->rVirv Orotn i 11 1 1UX i ?"* IJ"SL Hi LCi COLS U1 LUC OLCIUC 111 j the development of the plan which it j hj d under view for the building a home for the State's unfortunates. Personally, the work to me, while arduous at times, has been pleasant, both because of the associations and of the great object in view. T *1 + r\rt ,i cr t V\ i c Miciornotinil T fin. i Ill IU11UC1 1115 Lino 1 A Vl\^ sire to assure you personally of the appreciation of the commission for the co-operation you iave given us in our work. Respectfully, (Sisned) E. H. Aull. ! The Acceptance. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 1st, 1912. Col. E. H. Aull, Newberry, S. C. Dear Colonel:?-Letter tendering I your resignation received. I regret j to see you leave the Hospital commis- ! sion. Dr. Babcock has frequently spoken in the very highest terms of your work, and I am sure that your i services will be greatly missed. How- j ever, you are entering a broader field : and I congratulate you and wish you i success in yonr new work. Very respectfully, (Signed) Cole. L. Blease, Governor. : ( I KL HtfcTS HUKKUSLt r .\ i r, Half-Witted, Locked in Camden ' i House, Burns to Death. Camden, September 23.?Locked in i ing cctton iif a field nearby, an j a house, while her mother was pick- j 1 eighteen-year-old negro girl was | burned to death this morning at her home, on lower Market street, near Vaughan's ginnery. The girl was half witted and at ore i time was an inmate of the Insane ; asylum. The supposition is that she | set fire to some cotton, which was tailed up in a corner of the room. Mr. I Garner, who operates a ginnery nearby, together with several hands, saw smoke coming from the cracks of the house. They knocked down the doors and when George DuBose, a negro, attempted to rescue the girl, she rushed in another room, and in a few minutes was calling for help, but no one could enter on account of the flames an.l smoke. The body was taken from the ashes ar*jr the fire department arrived and quenched the flames. It was removed and is awaiting the arrival of the coroner, who will decide whether or not the holding of an' inquest is necessary. ! Besides the house the girl was in two other houses nearby were burn- ; ed, and only by hard work of the fire j department, who had to string out 'hose from a hydrant two blocks away, ; was the ginnery and another house saved. I Two of the nouses belonged to Rich- j j ard Haile, a negro merchant, and the other was a tenant house on the gin ; property. ( THE NEWS OF ST. PA IT. rovnidrc !!i!.v?\orv , f 2 J I 11 V 1 - | f / .M ?? k'\ (iofvrr Y\>.? \ Plea for Fetter 5?<?a<ls ? 5rission?iry Moetivir i ! io Tho Hornld and \>ws. St. Paul. Sept. 2.'.?-After a wo ok of rain and gloomy weather. we are poa'n permitted to onjoy t! o rays of rho bright and beautiful sunlight, al thougn J lie weatner cominues v?r.y . cold for this sep.son of the year, esnec'ally the nights. The first part of the week felt very much like frost, in fact we heard some folks say there was some frost in the low places Mondav morning. ! Our farmers are very busy gather- j ing the fleecy staple, after having been deprived of one week's picking, i The price still continues to be sood, while the crop through this community will be some smaller than it had promised in the earlier season of the year. Miss Annie Mae Bedenbaush is visiting her brother, Mr. .Tno. B. Bedenbaugh at Pomaria. "VTt> Colli- nf Prrxsnpritv. snent. I Saturday night and Sunday with the family of Mr. Ernest R. Wicker. Mr. Henry F. Counts and daughter. Miss Louise, spent Tuesday and Tuesday night with Mr. Counts' sister. Mrs. Willie Bodie, of Xewberrv. "U ^ >, Sunday was a very roiisa uav iui i attending church, although a little j crowd was present at Sr. Pauls. Pas-i 'or Risor preached a : interesting ser- J' mon. fhoso Ms-tex' from the first! lohn. chapter and pari of the / 7th verse. Mrs. Riser and little son, Rupert, spent the day in Newberry last Tuesday. The Ladies mossionary society of St. Paul will meet in the church immediately after preparatory services on Friday before the first Sunday in October, as the coming convention meets on the lSth of October. A delegate will be elected at this meeting. Communion will be administered to the congregation on the first Sunday in uctoDer. In the afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock in the church there will be held the customary missionary service in the church. These services are held three times a year and are independent of the missionary society work. The intention of these public ; i meetings is to give information and j work up interest and enthusiasm : among the people generally, for missionary work, the chief work of the : church. All who have'thank offering boxes, will please bring them in on that day, so there may be an io- : gathering at this harvest season for ' the Lord. ! Rev. Y von A. Riser, interested in all the work of the church at large, attended the opening exercises at Newberry college last Thursday. He ' went to Columbia "Wednesday to attend the opening exercises of the Lutheran Theological seminary. He is enthusiastic over both these institutions and reports splendid work be- I nri+1% o VirMfrVif f n f n m frvr* UUUC WIL11 a Ul 15111 1 u cm v J.vi | these schools. The long bridge over Cannon's ! ceek has been patched up, and priz- I ed and leveled up until it lookb al- i most like a new bridge. Some of our roads show that a great deal of work has been done in a very short time of late. They need some more work, but' our compliments to you, Mr. Super- J vi.sor. The writer thinks, and some few others agree with him, that our roads in places could be changed a little, so as to have new road beds where the old bed is worn to the rocks, and never can be made good again without great expense to the i county. Some people along the roads nnonr r?rmlrl Hp lTI ? IlCl C amjn piavco wv.v.ni vuum ^ I duced to give the land necessary for a new road bed. if the supervisor or some one else in whom they "have confidence would show them tho advantage to themselves and others as well. 'Good roads are just like telephones. when people get used to them they would not do without them for anything. Readers, let's give new road beds where they are needed so badly, and let's go with wagons and help our enthusiastic supervisor to make good roads for you. The writer is willing to do his part, with good roads, better schools, easier travelling, diversiful farming. A little time every day for reading, with a day off *- J inn UIlL't? ctllU <1 wiiue ikji ui vcio'vn, country?our Newberry county? will be far better than town, and that is what we want and work for, so let us all remember that we are all one body of united brotherhood, ard quit so much complaining, and go forward and work for the best interest of our country life which is the most desirable life on earth. We notice that Messrs. H. F. and W. H. Counts will give a barbeeup at ^or1* se^ool bouso Fririav. September ! evnpfied that this 'cue will I >< > \*-oi] r-iTtpnriof] this will proba- | blv bp ?be Inst one of rlio season. * T.nmHor is being placed on the | grourd for tlio new fr-'inol building ' ? Of r>o,,l ??,i Tollv Qtropt Tli/a ' tl i 01. i aui ami muh/ . . ( old buildings will bo used until the j new ones are completed. : Quite a crowd attended the Robin- i son cirrus at Xewberry Tuesday. They report a very pleasant time. Drift.' Atlienean Literary Society. The Athenean Literary society met ""? J ^ i in Tl, ^ rr r nuav, sepiemuei j.;?. j. hc i"3 officers were elected: President?Ralph Hoggins. Vice President?Heyward Ewart. Secretary?Marion Baxter. Treasurer?Xeelv Cromer. Reporting Critics?Willie Thornton ana i :iomas i^arns. Prosecuting Critic?William Half-1 acre. Sergeant-at-jirms?Henry Rikard. Page?Robert West. Excuse and appeal committee? Roy Gallman, chairman; Charlie West and John Davenport. Chaplain?James Dennis. The question for debate for the next Friday is: "Resolved. That disputes between nations should be settled by arbitration rather than war.'' The affirmative?Heyward Ewart and j Tommy Davenport: the negative X'ioly Cromer and .Toh.i Davenport; reading by .Tunics Davenport. THE >E>YS OF POMARIA. | Entertainment for Benefit of Seliool Friday.?Good Opening for the V/iii- ikil AT ill Pprcnii. al Mention. Special to The Herald and News, i Poinaria, Sept. 25.?The Pomaria school opened Monday 22, with a vt * 1 good attendance and is moving oil nicely with Mr. Walter A. Reiser, principal and Miss T^ucy Ligon assistant teacher. There has been a lot of 'possum hunting around here for the past several weeks, and a lot of them have been caught, but nearly all are small ones. Mr. L. A. Shealy, near here, has added to his house several rooms. There will be a reception at the school house for the benefit of the nc* school building tomorrow night, beginning at eight o'clock. Miss Anne Mae Bedenbaugh will furnish music for the occasion. Chairs have been bought for the auditorium. 1 .Owing to the last, week's bad weather there has not been much cotton selling this week. The crop of cotton is generally good, but is extremely late around here. \ A good many people from this place went to Newberry Tuesday and took in j the circus. They report a good show. A good many more would have gone had it r.ot been for the bad roads. There is another telephone line coming in which will be in operation very soon: Messrs. P. 0. W. Setzler, B. Sligh Wicker, and G. Willie Wicker and G. Willie Seybt. We are glad to see them connected in the telephone business. Mr. A. H. Shealy is fixing and placing rinwn his npw maehinerv in the ?v,.. ~ - I oil mill which has just come in and will soon be ready to make oil. Mr. Cochran, of near Abbeville, has I taken c'narge of Mr. M. E. K. Glymph's general merchandise store and will manage it for Mr. Glymph this fall and winter. Messrs. J. J., and W. Q. Hipp, and Mrs. P. T. Livingstone went to Sav1 -1 ? f A/^n t? \TT* annan ana came uacn. wuaj. Wilbur Hipp came to spend a few dnvs with them. Mr. Hipp came from Liverpool. Eng., on a large vessel for a cargo of cotton and will start from Savannah Sunday. He is master of of "Thelda," which is es- j pecially arranged for exporting cot- j IUU. Mrs. .las. L. Graham, who has been j shut in with typhoid fever for a couple of months, has gone to spend some time with her mother in the "Rrnarl river section. Mrs. T. A. Setzler and children returned from Newberry where they have been on a few days visit to relatives. Mr. Eamond Hipp, of Columbia, who has been spending some time here has returned to his home. Miss Ellen vverts, or rrospemv, is visiting her sister, Mrs. .Tno. B. Bedenbaugfl. Mrs. D. C. Bundrick, of Columbia, is on a visit to her father, Mr. A. L. Ail 11. Master James Sheelev, of Columbia, has returned to his home after a wppVs stav at his grandfathers, Mr. John D. Sheeley's. Miss .lulia -.Sotzlpr is visit ins Miss ! .Ethel Soybt this week. Miss . Sotzler j Will tench Prf\sslev school this se*>?on. | Miss Tyy Eaddy p.nd Miss Hii?r?ns j i to fake fhnrffe of the Zion school. Miss Eaddv tan?';t the sa'iie | school last session.' Miss Hussins ! i is her assistant. Mi.-s Minnie Hpntz went to Greenwood to enter Lander eolleie. . ,.\N INTERESTING MEETING. Gleanings From the Thirtieth Aumial Convention of the Woman's Chris tian Tenmerance Union. i The convention met at Saluda, September 12-14. in the Red Rank church situated on historic ground and established in 17S4. We left Xewberrv on eleven thirtyseven o'clock train bv wav of Oolum bia. We were met at Wards by a committee from the Saluda union. We 1 were given a card with the name of our hostess and on arrival we were , met by a large enthusiastic commit- j tee. Tt looked as if all Saluda had J come to welcome us. We were royally j entertained in the home of Mrs. J. M. Smith. This is one of the largest conventions ever held in the Sta'e by the < Woman's Christian Temperance union, i there being sixty-nine delegates present including the Young People's Hrancn and i^oyai lemperance regions from all over the State. The convention opened Fri'Jav :* online: at nine o'clock w*t:i the Crusade hymn, "Give to the Winds Thy Tears." The Crusade Psalm, 146 was read alternately by the general officers Hiid the delegates. Prayer was lead by Mrs. W. S. Crouch the local president. Friday evening words of welcome were given by the mayor of the town, representatives from the different churches and others. Mrs. .S .C Morris, of Prosperity, responded to the welcomes in behalf of the convention. Mrs. S. C. Morris is a daughter of Mrs. Janie Herbert Haynes a former State president of the W. C. T. U. We had two distinguished visitors at the convention, Mrs. T. E. Patterson, State president of Georgia's W. C. T. U. She is an exceedingly eloquent speaker and a refined cultured young woman. The Rev. R. E. L. Harris, of Augusta, Ga., brother of Mrs. Mary Harris Annor who is so well known in the temperance, world. Reports were read by the superintendents of the different deDartments showing an increase of interest in the temperance work along all lines. Miss Ellen Beach, of Sumter, a blind girl sent a paper which was read before the convention, in which she asked that an appeal be made to the legislature entreating them not to grant license to social clubs in our cities, as tJhey are a menace to all of our youth. This letter was referred to Mrs. Sarah Waite, of Conway, our legislative superintendent. Each day of the convention dinner was served on the ground. No more bountiful feast was ever spread than ' the one the hospitable people of Saluda had prepared for their guests. The memorial service was conducted just before the noon hour Friday. mt. A^rv>1 i ne names t>i an uie yiumuicu uuiurades were read including Mrs. W. A. McSwain and Mr. A. C. Jones of our union: Special tribute was paid Mrs. C. F. Pectomann of Johnston who served as State superintendent of Loyal Temperance Legion for several years. Mrs. C. P. Robinson of Chapin read an interesting paper entitled the "Sinews of War." The superintendent of mothers meetings and white ribbon recruits arranged a beautiful demonstration in her wffrk on Saturday, when twelve mothers and babies came up on the Platform, having taken the pledge to 'teach their children the principles of total abstinence and purity." The babies were introduced by name to the convention while Mrs. Sprott our State nreside t tied .the white ribbon on. T.ittle John Baggot Bishop was espec ially an object of interest as lie was the grandson of Rev. Mr. Baggot, a Baptist minister of Saluda who began the agitation to rid Saluda county of the dispensary. There were two interesting contests held, oratorical and vocal medal, a.id Miss Sadie Padgett won the oratorical medal. ? ~ Another important prize that is given each year is five dollars in gold for the best essay written on the subject, "What is the attitude of the business world towards the use of alcohol." This year the prize was awarded to M:ss Mary Lucia Mobley, a young graduate of Johnston High school. F-jph vear Miss Jessie Curtis, of Paxville, superintendent of Flower Missions presents a har.dpainting, her own work, to the union which re; ports the most work done. This year *he prize was awarded to the C'ongaree union. A lovely reception was tendered the convention at the home of Mrs. .T. M. Smith. Miss Lula Attaway /ad charge of thp music which was rendered splendidly by Saluda talent. Especially we mention a male quartette entitled "Backbone." Tne convention adjourned with the singing of "God be with you till we . meet again." The thirtieth annual convention is a thing of the past and pleasant memoi +V.Q lioortc nf nil that rit?s> nugfi 111 nit in-m w ~ were present. Delegate. Refuses to Be bullied. Forence Times. We are rather glad that Mr. Bryan refuses to be bullied or browbeaten into p-ivin? nn his lec U I 1 lUlV/Ui^U * . - - - 0 ? x tures. It has been an effort on the part of his enemies and "nis weakkneed friends to force him on the defensive to make him ridiculous and to injure him in the world and in his own country. It has failed as all of the other attempts to bring him and the present administration into dis repute have failed. Mr. Bryan nas done too much good by his lectures in this world for him to give them up. 'We do uot think that h? need? the money.