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1 The Herald and News VOLUME LI , >THBER SI. NEWBERRY, S. C., Tl ESD.tY, OCTOBER 14, 1913. TWICE A WEES, $1M A YEA* IJ PICKED OBI HIS SEAT WHILE IN WASHINGTON I GOVERNOR BLEASE HAS >0 DOUBT OF ELECTION. k Says He Favors Sports, As He Said 111 ' Is Washington, But Opposes All 9 i Forms Of Gambling. ? Special to The HeraM and News. ^ Columbia, Oct. 13.?Upon his re- ! turn from Washington, Governor j Blease was isKed as to certain state- ' ments attrib ued to him in a Washington newspaper. He dictated a statement, wlii-.h follows, and repeated v.^ t/-\ +Viq TTnitoH ! luai uc is g >1113 lu iruv uiiiivu ^? ? I senate, saying he has already picked out his seat. B The governor said: v . "Yes, I said to the young man that l W favored horse racing, chicken fighting r\r\ r?>i-fantinn fn J? ?amP of 1 rauu uuu uv w^ J ww*v** w ? cards, but I went further and stated distinctly, provided there was no gambling on the same. I repeat that I-favor all kinds of legitimate sports, and it is simply a matter of taste as to which one a -nan desires to engage ^ in, and I see no necessity of always shunning one or two and upholding ochers. For instance, I have never V seen a much more disgraceful kind of W gambling than one could easily have witnessed in New York? and WashingV ton this week on the national game of baseball, when people were freely gambling, betting even on the individual doings of the game, and drinking whiskev durine the intervals in order to keep up their courage in case of losses or to display their enthusiasm in case of victory. And I presume ^ none will deny that nearly everyB body approves of baseball, and our W would-be and so-called leading churchmen, and some ministers I know personally, go to these ball games and football games, and wnom an football games, and whoop and holler like children when their side is winning. Even in our little college football and baseball one can easily witness gambling going on by young men _ r betting as to which college will win. rl have seen it and I haven't the only eyes in the State. "I am opposed to all forms of gambling, whether it be on poker, on chicken fighting or horse racing, on baseball, or at a church raffle, at bridge whist for a trophy cup, or in any manner, shape or form, and I think it thoroughly disgusting to hear people I* continually running down horse race gambling and a little crap shooting for poor negroes, when they them mf selves, many of them, are guilty of the same offense, in church raffles, w on baseball games, football, etc. Let's be consistent and stop all gambling, whether it be in the church or elsewhere. and teach our children that it is an evil to play games of chance for money or for prizes, whether it be in the home, in the parlor, in the pool or billiard room or on the race track, W ball ground or elsewhere. "I repeat, I am opposed to all kinds of gambling, and no man detests more than I the professional loafer and dead beat, who hangs around continually, trying, as he expresses it 'to catch a \sucker.' They all ought to be made to go to work, and if they won't work they ought to be put on chain gang and W whipped until they do work, and allowed so much per day for their services, ^ and one-half of it given to their wives W and children for their support and edum cation. I love a mau lhat takes a chance. I have taken a few of them r myself. But I have never had to use money to corrupt anybody to become a winner. "I had a very pleasant trip, attended to (he business matters that I went to look after, saw a good many of my old friends, made spme new ones, and k since I got back home I am very much pleased with the communications I >iovo in rpfprpripp tn visitors I r ? .? who will be at the State fair, and the assurance in many of those letters of a hearty support make me feel that I will be successful in my campaign i next year, just as I was last year. W You remember some people then had me 'beat to a frazzle,' and were actually getting ready to move, but as yet the necessity for their arrival has Wf not taken place. I picked oyt my seat in the senate. Of course, I have sense Fenougn to Know 1 may noi get iuat particular one, but Mrherever they put me, if I do not do better for my State during one term than some people have done, at the end of that term I won't be bragging on my record nor be asking to go back." I * CLAYTON RESIGNS JOB. j Abandons Claim to United States Senate.?To Remain in House.* * ^ + " Washington, UCt. l?.?neyreseiicative Henry D. Clayton, chairman of the judiciary committee, today sent to President Wilson a letter expressing his willingness to withdraw from the Alabama senatorial fight and remain in the house to help carry through the administration's anti-trust program. Coincident with the publication of this letter Mr. Clayton gave out his resig- ' nation as the senatorial appoiniee for the unexpired term of the late Senator Johnston. ' His resignation was addressed to Gov. O'Neal, who appointed him sev- J eral weeks ago, and a copy of it was |1 vf/.o Prt-cMpnt Marshall. 5CII I L\J V 1W x ? w ? ? - ? ?? ? Mr. 'Clayton's letters were made public after conferences with Gov. ' O'Neal, Former Gov. W. D. Jelks and other Alabama political advisers. His ( resignation of the commission as sen- ] ator, which is now under considera- ' tion in t$e senate committee on pri\ ileges and elections, reopens the en- J1 tire question of the right of Gov. j ^ O'Neal to make an appointment under |1 the new direct elections amendment J 11 to the constitution. "I have not decided what course I will follow as regards filling the va- ( cancy resulting from Senator Johnston's death," said Gov. O'Neal to- 1 night "As the senate has not yet 1 passed on Mr. Clayton's credentials 1 the situation is the same as when the vacancy first occurred. 1 'have no rinnM in mv own mind of my right < to appoint a temporary successor to t Senator Johnston, but I will not act in < the matter until after returning to ^ Alabama, and consulting with legal ( advisers." < Representative Clayton's letter to i President Wilson says: i "Of rnnrse vour"letter gave me t great pleasure, to know your kind ? opinion of my past services ard of c the possibilities of usefulness you con- f sider me capable of in the succeed- * ing sessions of congress. My work 1 heretofore in its connection with you e has been exceedingly pleasant. I t have been in hearty sympathy with ? all your patriotic plans and purposes t in so far as I have known them. "I have consulted with such ? T or?H fhpv 11 1C11U& <13 1 tuuiu i uuu , have agreed with me thaf I should s look upon the wish expressed by you, ? as the'head of the party, as imperative, i I will, therefore, give notice of my \ intention to remain in fhe house dur- I ing the present congress and retire r from the race for the senate. a "I want to say to you formally what I said to you in person in our con- i versafion at the White House last t night, that I am very deeply appre- t * 1 ? ^ - ? -3 ?f A n f~k A _ Giacive 01 anu fcrateiui iui uic w.* nliment you have paid me in your J letter. r "Sincerely yours, ? (Signed) "Henry D. Clayton." Gov. 6'Xeal would give no intimation today as to whom he would se- i: leer as successor to Mr. Clayton for * the senate in case he determined that f he would again make an appoint- v + ment. I .. ? h WILL MAKE TROUBLE. 1 o Mann Wont Allow Democrats to v Rest fi Washington, Oct. 11.?Representa- p tive Mann, republican leader of the a house, tonight upset the plans of | a democratic members to secure a little t e 1<->ariol otlVO H 11 ti PS -fi Surcease n um ice>ioiau<v v* , L When the urgent deficiency appro- v priation bill had been agreed to, t Democratic Leader Underwood tried ] to get an agreement with the republi- c can side for three days' adjournment a with the understanding that no busi- a ness would be done for some time. 0 "I am perfectly willing to agree to n n/\/,Amhnr ' i adjourn congress uiun uauuun, , L said Representative Mann, "but so \ t long as congress remains in session, s I intend to stay 'here and make it _ just as uncomfortable as possible for ji democrats who want to get away." g The house adjourned until Monday. s i At Theato, Old Court House. o Mary Staurt in three reels. Adapted s from the drama by Frederick Schil- t ler. A superb production portraying a the last ten years of the great strug- fc gle tor tne tingnsn taroue utmcm Mary, Queen of Scots, and Queen Eliz- ^ abeth. The tragic fate of the beautiful Mary and the plots which preceded it form a story of gripping inten- o sity. It is beautifully photographed, v Friday. October IT. 3.30, Mary Fuller c features as Mary, Queen of Scots. d NEWS AND VIEWS KOSI j SIAIt'S CAPITAL CITY IN EXPRESSION AS TO 'KNOCKING AND "KICKING." Newberry Coflege on the Gridiron? Penitentiary Director Dies?Militia Inspection. Special to T^ie Herald and News. Columbia, Oct. lo.- -"Why is it,'* said i gentleman who was here today, ! 'Unit your Newberry people are always knocking? 1 noticed in the Coumbia Record the other afternoon a ; ivell-deserved tribute to Mrs. Mary L>. tvans and her efforts in the establishment and maintenance of the ladies' rest room in Newberry. But, lo and oeiiold! even in that article there was , i parenthetical "knock," and a j "knock" at something entirely for sign to the subject. The handsome lew court house was incidentally referred to, and in parenthese there was some reference to the opinion of some :hat it is a temple of "injustice." 1 lave known Newberry county a long :inie, and certainly Newberry juries will compare in uprightness ana m:elligence and courage and integrity with the juries of any county in Amer2a/' \ The aforesaid gentleman said nothng that could hurt the feelings of i iny one, and his name doesn't mat ;er. Continuing, he said: j "I noticed some time ago that one ; )i me .NewDerry newspapers wameu j ;he lobby of the new post office kept >pen at night?a matter for the con- j lenience of traveling men, and lots )f other people, too. Even the lobby )f the old postoffice stayed open at J light, and it wouldn't have cost any noney or effort to keep the lobby of"1 he new postoffice open. Whether it is >till locked every night at 9 o clock, I lon't know. But some paper in another town commented on the plea of the J dewberry paper to have the lobby tept open at night, and then the oth;r Newberry paper came back with ;he assertion, in effect, that while : ;ome people in Newberry might want he lobby kept open, others didn't. j "And so it goes, though there isn't my better town tha^ Newberry. "There are lots of other matters similar in kind to this little matter, ind many of them are much bigger natters. AJ1 I want to say is, that :ind of spirit?the spirit of constant mocking and criticism?doesn't strike ne as the kind of spirit that builds up l town. "Mrs. Evans has done a fine work n her ladies rest room, and I was glad o see the hearty public commendaion of her efforts. "Good-bye to you and good luck io dewberry," he concluded, "and renember if you quote me on this you nil be classed as a "knocker."' Newberry On the Gridiron. One of the attractions which is beng extensively advertised in connec ion with the coming Sta e fair is the oot-ball game on Wednesday of Fair reek between Newberry college and r he Presbyterian college of Clinton, ^he large Newberry colony here is | ooking to Newberry college to carry iff the honors in this contest, which j rill no doubt be largely attended. It is recalled that while this is the irst year Newberry college will have ila vpH iritpr-nnllpe-infp fnn^-hall to ny extent, yet Newberry college had , foot-ball team back in 1901 which ook a trip over to Augusta ar.d Edgeield and played a couple of games. It ias not a bad team, either, though ':ere was no regular "coaching," and ! ittle encouragement. Fair Pifer oached some, without compensation, nd some athletics such as Birge Wise j nd Charlie Elmore and others were n the firing line. John Aull was the nanager. Upon the return of the earn to Newberry, the board of trusees or the faculty, or the president? ome of the powers that were, anyway ' -shut down jn foot-ball, though on | ts trip the team had been very, very 1 ;ood?and there hasn't been any in- ' er-collegiate foot-ball for Newberry j ince, up until this year. Whether one believes in foot-ball r not, every loyal alumnus and extudent wants to see Newberry vicorious in whatever she undertakes, nd they are expecting the scarlet and he gray to float in triumph in Columia during Fair week. # , 'acancv Ijv Death in Penitentiary ; Board. The sudden death of Mr. J. D. Deas, j f Summerton, Clarer.don county, >rhich occurred in a hospital here, reates a vacancy upon the board of irectors of the State penitentiary, which, the law provides shall be filled by the governor until the next session of the general assembly. Military Inspections. Tl-iz-v ini-nAntinn Af ttlo CA-^a 11 pH (1 P- ] J. lie UlOpgV/liUU W J. LUVy UV vv*?. , ficient companies of the national ) guard of this State has been in progress since October 6. There were about a dozen companies which did not come up to the requirements ou the previous inspection, and these companies the governor refused to muster out until they were given another opportunity to pass uie inspections. The inspections are being made by Lieut. Col. Shanks, of the regular army, and Adjutant General W. W. Moore. ? TRAPPER FOUND GOLD MINE. Ancient Spaniard in a Dream Told Him ADOUt 1C. A Glenn Falls, X. Y., dispatch to the Xew York Sun says: "Uncle Jim" Chase, a well known resident of Fort Ann, acting upon instructions received in a two-night vision, ha^ discovered w on his farm at Fort Ann a gold and silver mine supposed to have been abandoned 250 years ago and a large cave, in which gold and silver bullion and coins were hidden there at that time. ? i *.1 Samples of the gold ore sent to Albany for analysis have shown that they contain $2.60 in gold to the to.i, while toe silver ore assays at about the same ratio. The samples also contain a large percentage of nickel. Mr. Chase, who owns the farm upon which the mine and cave are located, 'has filed a miner's claim with the secretary of State. Uncle Jim's statement rivals those of fiction. Ur.cle Jim, who is a veteran of the Civil war, in which -he served as a sergeant, and is a hunter, trapper, r>rnpV shnt nnri a man nf his wnrd. ffills the following tale: An old Spaniard, one whose appearance was not altogether pleasing, appeared to him in a vision on^two succeeding nights as he slept. The Spaniard told him to go to a certain spot on his farm back of Sly Pond, in the vicinity 01 inree ronas in mat part 01 the town of Fort Ann known as Michegann, and that he would find a cave there in which the Spaniard had mined and smelted and coined gold and silver 250 years ago. "This stuff was left there and you're the man we want to have it." said the Spaniard, according to Mr. Chase. The I mysterious man left that vicinity -250 years ago, when he built a stone wall across the cave, a short distance from its mo^ith. Just back of this wall, he told Chase would be found a large iron chest, containing goid and silver coins and a large amount of bullion, both refined and crude, all abandoned by the Spaniard two and a halt centuries ago. Chase was considerably affected by the vision, but decided to await its repetition before he started out, and sure enough the same Spaniard appeared to iiim the following night. Convinced that an effor: to locate the gold and silver would cost him nothing more than-a l^tle work, if he should be disappointed. Chase ! started out early next morning. He went to the place indicated by the Spaniard and did some excavating. He then covered up the entrance, had some samples which he brought away, assayed, and is now preparing to open up -his mine and reap the harvest which has been bestowed upon him. Very Superior Clay. The late Eugene Field while on one of his lecturing tours entered Philadelphia. There was some delay at the bridge over the Schuylkill river, and the humorist's attention was attracted by the turbid, coffee-colored stream flowing underneatih. He asked the colored porter: "Don't you people get your drinking water from this stream?"' "Yassir! Ain't got no yuther place to git it from, 'cept th' DeJaweah. Yassir!'' "I should think." said the humorist, "that you would be afraid to drink such water, especially as the seepage from that cemetery I see on the hill must drain directly into the river and pollute it." "I reckon yo' all doan' know Philadelphy ve'y well, sa'h, aw you'd know dat's Lau'el Hill cemetery!" f Vi r\ oAn rtf T-TO m oaiu tixc ov/n u a l AU'iti, "Well, what of that?'' asked Field. "Dat wattah doan' hu't us Philadeiphians none, sah," replied the native son. "W'y mos' all of de folkses buried theah aw from ouah ve'y best fam'lies!"?Pathfinder. SlLZ^irS STORY TO BE DELAYED Judge Admits That He Will Keep Governor's Manuscript Until Af ter the Trial. Albany, X. Y., Oct. 11.?If Gov. Sulzer's sensational story which he has said he wanted to make public ever is given out it will be after the verdict of the high court of impeachment is in and his attorneys have withdrawn from his employ. The manuscript of the story today was located in the office safe of Judge D. Cady Herrick. The judge admitted that he had it. When the case is over, j the judge said, he will return the man I 'Jscript to the governor. Then Herrick j will have withdrawn from Sulzer's | employ and responsibility for the pub1 lication of the "revelations' will not rest with him. ; Pending decision of the high court of impeachment on the question of the guilt or innocence of Gov. Sulzer, uncertainty prevailed at the capitol today. With the knowledge that the governor's fate would be announced early next week department heads and employes not protected by civil service were worrying about the per! manency of their tenure of office. The legislature today also is marking time, waiting for the verdict of the high court. The leaders have de' clared they will keep the legislature in | intermittent but not continuous session until after election. If Sulzer is removed they will give the new adj ministration an opportunity to enact ! into law any policies that may be j deemed important. If the governor 1 is not removed the plan is to remain i i in session ?~> tnat Gov. Sulzer can not I ma.i\e i eue&s dpiiuiirixueiiLa. STEUCK BY TRAIN A>'D KILLED. Mrs. T. B. Milford of Hodges Is Instantly Killed By Interurban Pas senger Car. Greenwood, Oct. 11.?Mrs. T. B. Milford of Hodges was struck and instantjy killed by an interurban pas I senger car, about two miles north of Hodges, late yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Milford, with a negro girl in the buggy with her, was driving home after a visit to a neighbor. Just how the vehicle was caught on the track by the car is not known. Mrs. Milford was killed instantly. The negro girl was terribly bruised, several bones broken and her skull fractured. She was carried to Greenville and w?s still alive at last report. ^Vlrs. Milford was about 45 years of age. Her husband, T. B. Milford, has been manager of the Hodges ginnery. Their home was 'in the town of Hodges. The car was south bound and due in Greenwood at 5.55 p. m. * VERDICT NOT GUILTY. 0. L. And E. L. Dominick Are Acquitted by a Saluda Jury. ^ ' Saluda, Oct. 10.?The trial of 0. L. ' and E. L. Dominick, charged with I killing Phil \V. Perry in July, which was begun here Wednesday morning, came to an end ai ? o'clock this evening, a verdict of not guilty being rendered. The trial of this c=\se attracted considerable attention. The court room was packed with spectators the three days that it was in orogress. The ar guments in the case began at 9.30 this morning, and the case was given to the jury after the assembly of court following the noon recess. With the conclusion of the trial of this case the sessions court was adjourned sine die. Eugene S. Blease, Esq., of the Newberry bar defended the Dominicks in this case. Of Two Evils. The little boy in this story from j Touche a Tout was evidently a firm { believer in the old adage, "Of two j evils choose the less,'' Turning a cor- ] ner at full speed he collided with the minister. 1 "Where are you running to, my lit- (? tie man?" asked the minister, when he ( had regained -his breath. ( t Vi o hnv erf) numc; paiutu viiv wj . aing to spank me.'' j "What!" gasped the astonished min- \ ister. "Are you so eager to have your j mother spank you that you run home i so fast?" "No," shouted trhe boy over his shoulder as he resumed his homeward fligh;, "but if I don't get there before pa, he'll j do it."?Youth's Companion. i COUNTIES MUST CARE FOR OWN PRISONERS CANNOT DUMP SICK CONVICTS OX STATE PEN?TE>*TIARY. Governor Blease Says If Supervisors Take Sick Convicts, Counties Jffust Care for Tliem in Sickness. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, October 13.?Dr. Jennings, physician of the State penitentiary, called on Governor Blease under instructions from ' Superintendent Griffith, to state the condition of a sick convict who iias been sent to the penitentiary from the Richland county chain gang. In view of said report, the governor adV dressed the following: communication to Superintendent Griffith: ^ Oct. 11, 1913. Col. D. J. Griffith, Superintendent State Penitentiary, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Under a recent opinion of the attorney general's office, as to returning prisoners to county chaingangs, etc., in my opinion the same should apply to the chaingang on the one hand as well as to the peniten tiary on the other, and when the county supervisor accepts ;a man and takes him on the chaingang and puts him to work, he has no legal or moral right thereafter, when said convict's health breaks down, to send him as an invalid to the State penitentiary, to be kept at the expense of the State, and I hereby direct vou not to receive any convict in tne stace penitentiary, unless sent to you directly by a court, or upon order of the chief executive of the State. If the law is good on the one side, it should be good on the other. Very respectfully, (signed) - Cole. L. Blease. When asked as to his position in / the matter, Governor Blease stated: "My position is very simple, and I think it is entirely consistent. The attorney general h^s held that when the judges pass sentence on a man, sending him to the State penitentiary or the county chaingang, that when LllC aupci ViOUI C1CULS tu aiiUW tuc party to go to the State penitentiary, then after he enters the penitentiary the supervisor cannot later change his mind and demand that the prisoner be returned to the county chaingang. Now, certainly, it is not right, when fVi a a! a/if f f n lr a a aat* oupci > -oui cic^io LU taivc inc rict upon the chaingang when he is a. strong, able-bodied man, and puts him to work and works him until he breaks down his health or puts him in such condition that he is unable to be of further service ro the chaingang1? then, I say. it is not right to take him and turn him over to the penitentiary authorities a helpless invalid, and to throw him into the hospital at the State Penitentiary, there to be fur nished medicine, fed and otherwise cared for at the expense of the taxpayers of the State. "If the supervisor takes him when he is a strong, healthy man and works him until he becomes an invalid, it certainly is the duty of the county supervisor to place Mm in his poor hrmsp nr pnnntv hnsnital. and there give him treatment at ihe expense of the county for which he has been performing his services wtile strong and able-bodied. In oth^r words, it is not right to allow a county to take a prisoner when he is strong and able bodied, and then wh*n he becomes an invalid turn him over the State to be supported, and while I am governor I do not propose to allow it. If the counties want to turn them over to the- penitentiary wiirn they are first convicred, all well and good; but I do not propose for the practically dead, and then make the taxpayers of the ^ x - ^ * nrV) Art fVi ATT state pay lor meir supyuii viucu can get no consideration for it. It is neither fair to the taxpayers nor to the prisoner.'' Pat and Mike were on a roof removing old shingles, Pat ripping them aIt nri/^ MiL'A f AOClfl(y n J1I Willi &. piv;i\ clUU iU x rv.^ wiiv4? In great armfuls to the street below. As Mike was making his way along with an extra heavy load he slipped ind slid down the roof, sweeping Pat jver the edge. Pat's pick caught in :he irain trough and tnere ne nung. With one desperate grasp Mike maniged to cling to one of Pat's legs, and ;hey dangled there some momen:s, too Tightened to peep. Finally Pat yelled: "Mike, let go me )eg!" "I will not,'' cried Mike. "Ye will that," cried Pat. "Mike Tierney, called Fat, madly, f you doii't let go me leg I'll hit yeivith this pick.?Birmingham News. V , -