The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 14, 1913, Image 1
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 ,
-