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The Herald and News
VOLCME LI., NUMBER S3. NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 19155. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR,
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SULZER IS GUILTY
ON THREE CHARGES
.BEMOVED FROM OFFICE OF GOVERNOR
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ok Court Finds Sulzer Guilty of Falsiti??
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ing Evidence.
Albany, N. Y., October 16.?Governor
J William Sulzer today was found guilty
by the high court of impeachment
on three of the articles preferred
against him. Th.y were articles Xos.
1, 2 and 3. He was declared innocent
of the charges contained in Article
3.
Tomorrow he will be removed from
office, but not disqualified from holding
office in this State in the future,
unless there is a substantial change
in tiie informal vote reported to have
been taken today by the court on these
questions in secret session.
For the same reason it was expected
that he will not be found guilty on the
other four articles still remaining to
be voted on when the court adjourned
4" r\n t crVif
b*
Glyn to Become Chief.
Lieutenant Governor Martin H.
Glynn, who has been acting governor
^ since the impeachment of Sulzer, will
i become chief executive of the State,
f H,!' is an Albany newspaper owner,
k Robert F. Wagner, a New York at
torney, will become Lieutenant gov
prnnr. He is the majority leader 'in
V the senate.
f The vote on articles 1 and 2 was 39
' to 18, a bare two-thirds majority. The
former article charges that the governor
falsified his statement of campaign
contributions; the latter charges
that he committed perjury in so doing.
Suppressed Evidence.
The vote on article 3, which Charges
f/ the governor bribed witnesses to withhold
testimony from the Frawley inIvestigation
committee, was unanimous
in favor of the governor.
The vote on article 4 was 43 to 14,
six members changing their vptes on
articles 1 and 2 from "not guilty" to
"guilty," and two from "guilty" to
?;n.,? >> TViif? orKolp nharees that
QUI gimijr. iiiio w.* ^ _ _
L? the- governor suppressed evidence by
^ means of threats to keep witnesses
i / from testifying before the Frawley
i committee. Among these was Duncan
f W. Peck, State superintendent of public
works, wtoo testified at the trial
that the governor "nad asked him to
commit perjury.
. The secret informal vote to remove
i the governor was said to be 43 to 14.
? the same as on article 4, and the vote
(not to disqualify him was said to be
unanimous.
Speculation Charge.
Article 6, which charges that the
governor committed larceny in speculating
witJh his campaign contributions,
was said not to have been sustained in
the secret session by a vote of 50 declaring
the governor "not guilty'' to
l seven against him.
| Article 5, which charges that he preI
sented a particular witness, Frederick
hfr L. Colwell, from attending the sessions
ct the Frawley committee; Article 7,
that hs threatened to use his office and
W influence to affect the vote or political
I action of certain assemblymen, and
article 8, that he corruptly used 'his inm
flnence to affect the prices of securi
[ties on the stock exchange, w.-:re reported
also to have been decided in favor
of the governor in the secret session
by a practically unanimous vote.
Voted Not Guilty.
Presiding Judge Edgar M. Cullen,
who will shortly retire from the bench, j
[voted "not guilty" on every article and j
rendered a long opinion in explaining
Ms votes. The other eight jillges of
the court of appeals were divided. On
articles 1 and 2 judges Willard Bartlctt,
Emory A. Chase and William E.
Werner voted for the governor and
against him voted Judges Frederick
Collin. William H. Cuddeback, John W.
Hogan, Frank H. Hiscock and Xathan
L. Miller, makins a division among
them of 5 to 4 against the governor.
On article 4 Judges Bartlett, Chase
K and Werner changed their votes from
"not guilty" to "guilty," and Judges
Hiscock and Miller changed from
"guilty" to "not guilty,'' making
rgainst him a division of 6 to 3.
BL Votes on Article 1 Explained.
Presiding Judge Cullen held that the
B offences charged in articles 1 and 2
were not impeachable and that the
W governor neither falsified 'his stateSB
ment under the provisions of the elecV
tion law nor committed "legal perfH
jury.'*
I Practically every memb'r of \thej
court explained his vote on Article 1, i
although those who voied in favor of
j the governor did not enter at length
! into discussion of the merits of the
: case or of the matters of law and
i
! precedent involved, as did the others,
including all the judges. The latter
} filed with the court lengthy opinions
i on support of their votes.
One of th? judges, Xatham L. Miller,
I ivio rJocMcrnator? ,tn thp poiirr of
j W II L/ >> ao UV/OA^AHAUVV* V w vw
i appeals bench by Sulzer, denounced
him as "totally unfit fo7* office."
Harsh Opinions Expressed.
Several of the senators also ex!
pressed harsh opinions of Sulzer. Senator
Sag: declared that $10,000 of
! Thomas F. Ryan was given to the
governor because he was "useful in
congress" and as a retainer "for services
to b-E rendered in his new position."
Senator Wagner, democratic leader
of the Senate, rendered a long legal
opinion in which he sought to refute
the contention that the offences
charged in articles 1 and 2 were not
impeachable because they are acts
committed before the governor took
office.
Senator Elon R. Brown, republican
I leader, read a similar lengthy opinion
| in which he defined his vote in con
nection with the fac* that 'he had been
politically opposed to the governor.
Senators Wende and Duhamel,
stanch supporters of the governor ev-:r
since 'he was impeached, spoke briefly.
J Senator Duhamel announced that he
might file a statement of his position
at some future day
Senator Frawlev, chairman of the
legislative investigating coramui.ee,
which first brought the charges agains'
the governor, announced that he would
attempt to "pass no opinion as to the
rights of the court to impeadh or not."
SUFFRAGE! ORDERED DEPORTED
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst Stopped by
Immigration Anthorities
Npw York. Oct. 18.?Mrs. Emme
line Pankhurst, foremost of English
militant suffragettes, who today reached
America on the liner Provence to
appeal for the sympathy and support
of the American people in "the revolution"
for which she says she- is fighting,
tonight is a prisoner at Ellis Island
under the order of deportation,
awaiting the issue of an appeal
which is expected to be decided tomorrow
at Washington.
! With Miss Rheta Childe Dorr, another
of the arriving English militants,
who was "voluntarily detained"
that she might be with her leader,
Mrs. Pankhurst, occupies the
commissioner's suits of -two rooms in
the administration building. While
presenting an appearance of bareness,
the> rooms are comfortably furnished
and the best ^n ihe building.
They are those in which Cipriano
Castro, former Venezuelan dictator,
I
was detained while his case was
pending. From the broad windows
overlooking the harbor, Mrs. Pankhurst
can see the statue of Liberty.
PRETTY WEDDING
ON WEDNESDAY
Tlie Home of Mrs. Susan Tinsley Was
tlie Scene of a Pretty Wedding*
Wednesday.
Union Times, 17th.
An event of wide interest was the
marriage Wednesday morning, October
15, at 11 o'clock, of Miss Lois
Tinsley to Mr. Fred. Whitney, of
I Maybinton.
The wedding took place at the home
of the bride's mother. Mrs. Susan Tinsley,
on Church street, which had been
i transformed into a scene of surpassing
beauty. The parlor where the ceremony
was performed was pettily decorated
with ferns and golden rods.
With the first notes of Lohengrin
wedding march, rendered by Miss Ei1
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Miss Oressa Wilburn on the violin, the
bridal party enter d in the folowing
order. The bridesmaids came in together.
Miss Annie Tinsley, sister of
the bride, and Miss Daisy Whitney,
then Miss Lula Bess Whitney and Miss
Liarice unsiey.
The bride came in 011 the arm of
her maid of honor, Miss Ida Palmer,
and was met at the improvised altar
by the groom and his best man, Mr.
James Henderson, of Newberry.
The vows were spoken beneath a
bell covered with golden rods, and
Rev. Lewis M. Rice officiating.
/Again the happy notes of the bri- >
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dai cnorus peaiea iortu anu uie pen iy
passed out in the reverse order.
The bride was becomingly attired j
in a traveling suit of blu? with hat |
and gloves to match.. She is a young ;
(iOV. BLKA.SE ON SI LZEli.
! Chief. Executive, of. South. Carolina
I
Comments on Verdict of >. Y.
Court of Impeachment.
j
j Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Oct. 20.?When ask d today
for a statemeni in regard to the
verdict in the Sulzer impeachment
trial, Governor Blease said:
"i' feel very sorry for Mr. Sulzer?
in fact, my sympathy goes out to any
man who is in troutle, aud particularly
when his trouble is brought on und
r such circumstances as his has
been. However, I thought last summer.
when some of the big New York
dailies were continually harping upon
South Carolina affairs and South
Carolina's governor, that they had better
have been keeping tli:ir own linen
clean at home, and when Mr. Wilson
and Mr. Bryan and other big democrai
tic leaders were making speeches and
creating such a great row over electing
this great and distinguished cont*
X TT 1_
gressman as governor 01 *\ew iorK,
no one for a moment would have
thought that they were mixed up with
such a character as it seems Sulzer
has been proven to be, and it would
seem that the present bosses at Washington
are poor judges of human nature,
as other instances have illustrated.
"However, I think Mr. Sulzer made
a mistake and was badly advised. H:i
should have been frank and honest
with the people, and have gone upon
the witness stand and told everything
of his private and public life, from the
cradle up to date. No public man
ev-:r gains anything by keeping any
j secrets from the people. Let them
i know everything. If you have made
| a mistake they will sympathize with
J you, and if you show a proper inclination
they will help you to rectify it,
and when you have done; right they
will applaud. No man need hope to
please his enemies, \>ut it is his duty
to stick to bis frends, and to conceal
-nothing whatever from them, in order
that they may be in a proper position
to defend him wh;:n he needs defend
ing if he has made a mistake, and in
order to uphold his hands when 'he
has done the right.
! "If Mr. Sulzer will yet follow my letter
to him, and trust in God and the
white people, he may CDme back, for
public opinion is now on his sidepossibly
not that hs was clean, but in
view of the fact that they feel that he
has been most outrageously treated
in the house of his friends. I believe
that his removal from office was due
largely to political prejudice, and that
j if he had had a court composed en
tirely of non-partisans, that tne probabilities
are he would have been acquitted.
I aln too far, 'however, from the
situation, and if Mr. Sulzer presents
himself hefor the people of New York
and sho^~ that he was not corrupt
and J.hat his mistakes were of the head
and not of the heart, his traducers
will be routed and he will be re-elected.
I consider this entir?- matter a
hard blow to the democratic party of
New York. With a corrupt leader it is
'liard for a party to retain power, and
it seems that if he is corrupt, they
themselves made him corrupt.
Xo, Miss Curiosity, the Wilburs
haven't "m^ved to town," as much as
we would like to say so. "Of tha city,"
should have read, "of the county," in
a "personal" Friday.
This is Not Fair.
York News.
Brother Fair of the York News has
probably concluded that mortals do
catch part of their hell here on earth.
His linotype broke' down at press
time last week.?Gaffney Ledger.
Yes, brother, we've caught lots of
it and the "hell" of it is we know we
will catch more.
woman of many attractons, possessing
a. sweet and congenial character,
which has made her many friends ;o
wish her happiness on this occasion.
The groom is an extensive planter
of Maybinton and is a young man of
exceptional business ability.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney left for their
new home where a large reception
was given them by the parents of the
groom, Capt. and Mrs. W. B. Whitney.
Among the out-of-town guests were
iCapt. and Mrs. Whitn-y, Miss Daisy
Whitney, Miss Lula Bess Whitney, Mr
Maybin, of Maybinton; Mr. J. M. He**
derson and Miss Winnie Henderson, of
Filairs; Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jeter and
Miss Sadie Coleman, of Carlisle; Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Lancaster and Mrs.
W. S. Finch, of White Stone; Mr. A.
C. Tinsley, of Spartanburg and Mrs.
S. W. Pryor, of Chester.
X.
This cut of the school Duilding at
Chappells The Herald and News ii
permitted to use by the courtesy of
The State. During last spring the;people
of the district voted to issue
$6000 in bonds for the erection of the
building. The contract was let and
work commenced on the building dur!
11-. __i 1 ? TV. ~
lng me lasi scuuoi xuc uunuing
was erected by Baxter and King
contractors.
It is beautifully located on a plot
containing three acres of land lying
on the main road and between the residences
of Mr. W. R. Reid and Dr,
W. 0. Holloway.
RACE FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE,
sinppnlatutn As tn Supppssor to Jud&re
Woods?<An Interesting: Raje for
State Librarian.
Sp:cial to The Herald and News.
Columbia, October 20.?With the
general assembly nearly three months
off, speculation is being revived as to
who will be chosen successor to Associate
Justice C. A. Woods, who resigned
from the State supreme court
when appointed to the Federal bench
by President Wilson. At the time of
Justice Woods appointment and since
a number of names have been mentioned
in connection with the position,
among them several of the circuit I
judges, including Judge J. W. DeVore,!
R. W. Memminger, Geo. W. Gage, T
S. Ssase and George E. Prince.
Prominent among those in private
life whose names have been mentioned
are Hon. George S. Mower, of
Newberry, and Former Governor Jno.
C. Sheppard, of Edg: field.
I
The position is one of the most important
to be filled by the general
| assembly, and the race promises to
create a great deal of interest.
A race in which ths several candidates
have been very active for some
j time past is that for State librarian,
j For many years this position 'has been
I filled by ladies. The present librarian
was appointed by Governor McSweeney
to fill out an unexpired term.
She was then Miss Linnie LaBorde,
stenographer in Governor McSweeney's
office. She has been continuously reelected
by the legislature since. She
was married durins the Dast Slimmer
(to Mr. U. R. Brooks, Jr., of Columbia, j
| and it is understood that she will
not be a candidate for re-election.
The various ladies who are aspirants
are hard at work writing letters to 1
j members of the legislature and see|
ing the members in the interest of
I their candidacy when the opportunity
, offers.
I
j NOT INTENDED TO INTIMIDATE.
| So MeAdoo Writes Tillman Concerning
Snider's Dismissal.
Washington, October 18.?Because of
| Secretary McAdoo's conclusion, after
a special examination, that there was j
no truth in certain charges whicn naa j
been circulated aginst. Superintendent
S. I. Kimball, of the life-saving service,
the secretary of the treasury has dismissed
George L. Snidfr from the govi
ernment's employ.
.Snider's case came to the direct at|
tention of Mr. McAdoo through a letj
ter written him by Senator Tillman,
I who had received a communication
j from Snider making damaging allegaj
tions against the Kimball administra
tion of the life-saving service. Snider
is a Pennsylvanian by birch, but was
appointed from Kentucky.
Senator Tillman wrote Secretary McAdco
that he knew nothing himself
i about the matter, but that he regarded
the charges as serious enougn to
| need attention, and felt that if they
I were true the guilty parties should be
j punished and if they were untrue
Snider ought ro be discharged.
In informing S-nator Tillman of the
dismissal ot Snider, af-'er investigation
of his assertions, Secretary McAdoo
I mm ^ ??
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The> building contains six recitation
rooms with cloak rooms, library room
and large auditorium and is modern
and up-to-date in all of its arrangements
and appliances and is substantially
built. It would be a credit to
a much larger and a much richer
district and the people are to be congratulated
on their enterprise and!
energy. It should 'encourage the
school spirit in the community.
Buildings and grounds alone do not.
make good schools. It takes good j
teachers and the attendance of the:
! children. It is hoped these other
[things are now provided.
I
STATE OFFICERS TELL OF
ftTTAm r?TT riAT A T^T T
$mn ni tuju. Atuju
t
Varying Reports Made by Participants
of Exciting Chase After
fleeted-Footed Animals.
Columbia Record.
| A story of exciting and amusing incidents
occuring during the deer hunt
of Governor Blease, Col. J. K. Aull,
Attorney General Thomas E. Peeples
and others near Dorchester yesterday
was told today by the porticipants.
Though contradicted by some while
wearing broad smiles on their faces,
it is told that Col. Aull featured the
chase with a remarkable shot, Killing
his deer at a distance- greater than 100
yards, while the "big" animal was
going full speed ahead through the
forest.
Governor Blease and Attorney General
Peeples took the chase mor? leisurely,
it is related, a^d found an equal
amount of joy in the sport but were
I unsuccessful in bagging a specimen
of the fleeted-footsd-game. Another line
j buck vas brought d^wn by a member
of the party, a native, it is told, and,
with Col. Aull's j>rize, will arrive here
by express sometim? this afternoon.
The State officers left this city at
daybreak yesterday and rode to their
uitst; ui upc^iauuna a.i~ uummti ?
where they secured horses and rode
the r mainder of the day principally
through the dense, sejni-tropical forests
of that section.
A dissenting opinion, so to speak,
was handed down by a member of the
party who desires not to be quoted,
holding that Col. Aull's "deer" was a
"dog". The explanation offered is that
Col. Aull shot at a deer, really, but
1?? 11 ~ J ?? ? ? AP A /I TV* ? c i'fi mn_
tvnieu Ulie ui iiic uugs. xmo 10 oucuiiously
denied by Col. Aull.
Anyway, the officials all turned up
at their offices thife morning on time
and expressed themselves as feeling
fine.
Col. Aull, having vead this story,
said, "that is all right. It's a true bill,
except for the 'dog' uart," as he burst
out in a hearty laugh.
!
said: I^Slj
"TV-iic ootirm ocuincf fir?ir!?r i<5 nnf in- i
tended to intimidate or restrain other |
employees of the government from disclosing
in a truthful way any fault or J
misconduct on the part of a superior j
officer; on the contrary, it is my desire
to stimulate in all employees the feeling
that they may, with impunity and
security, come to me in a straightforward
way with any reasonable comnloint
tV. rn tn q 1*'d HPVlO nnlV
pxaillt UUOii V/ tv uiuiiv. a. 1.AV/ v***^
conditions I insist upon are, first, truth
and second, the good of the service and
not the mere advancement of personal
or selfish interest.
"On the other hand the dismissal of
Snider will, I hope, serve as assurance
to all officials in this department that
they n-:ed not fear attack in the dark.
I likewise hope it may be a warning
to all employees that false and indefensible
attack upon their superiors
will ho cummarilv rlpfl.lfh with This is
" ?' I
absolutely essental for the good of the j
service and the maintenance of disci- j
pline.
"With kindest regards, I am,
"Very truly yours,
(Signed) ^ "W. G. McADoo.' , 1
TWO FIREMtN KILLED
IN ANDERSON BLAZE
EIGHT OTHERS HURT WHEN GARAGE
BURNS.
Striking of 3Iatcli Sends Gasoline Up
in Puff of Flame.
/Anderson, Oct. IT.?Two firemen
were killed, crushed under a falling
wall, one was probably fatally injured,
an unknown man is believed to have
lost his life and other people were
injured this morning in the fire which,
followed an explosion in the garage
of Archie L. Todd.
The explosion came when Ebb Layton,
a Spartanburg man, struck a
match while the tank of his automobile
was being filled with gasoline.
The loss of life and most of
j the injuries were caused by the col'
lapse of the front wall of the twoI
story concrete block building iar which
the garage was located.
The dead are Robert Dodd, Jr., and
W. H. Campbell, firemen, ffetally
crushed when the walls fell.
J-'-J ?? *Via >irtonita1 j
I UZ^.U Ull l^c WttJ VU
t Tom Davis, another fireman, was
probably fatally injured, being pinned
for a half hour under the debris of
the walls. He was taken from the
ruins and carried to the hospital, but
physicians have no hope of saving
v,ic
I Xiic. " -1 ^
Archie L. Todd, proprietor of the
garage and adjacent repair shop, and
Ebb Layton, owner of the automobile
which was being supplied with fuel,
are at the hospital suffering from severe
burns. }
Wealthy Man Hurt
H. C. Townsend, owner of the
building in which the garage was located,
was struck down by the falling
walls and his~left leg was crushed
from the knee to the ankle. It 'will
have to be amputated, physicians say.
Reed Fowler, M. B. Smith and Isaac
'F='in, firemen, were severely burned
by the gush of flame? from the front
of the building. .
Anderson jonnson, a negro neiper,
also was badly burned.
The building in which the fire occurred
was a two-story structure, of
cement blocks. It was completely destroyed,
together with all its contents.
The building was probably worth $1,000
and the contents, including automobiles
and Mr.Townsend's supply of
tirles, about $6,000.
Was Seeking Fuel.
Laytou came from Spartanburg
Thursday to operate an automobile
hack to help handle the crowds ex
pected for circus day.. Jtie- put in a
busy day and when night came found
that he needed gasoline. Making his
way to the garage about midnight, he
called for fuel. While the gasoline ^
tank in his macnine was being filled
he struck a match to light the- front
lamp of'his automobUe.
In an instant there came a fierce
explosion,'and the entire garage be
came a mass of flames.
Layton and Todd were both severely
burned by th- belching fire that
shot up around the automobile. They
were hastened out of the building by
bystanders and rushed io a hospital.
THIRTEENTH
Newberry Has Place?Is Ahead of
Many. Columbia.
October 16.?The preparation
of the 45th annual report of the
_ _ x_ i ?i.A . i A x* _ _
omc? 10 oe suomittea to me general
assembly in January is well advanced,
said J. E. Swearingen, State superintendent
of education, today. The
compilation of statistics has been
greatly facilitated by the prompt filing
of school reports from teachers, principals,
city and county superintend
nts.
One of the most striking tables in
rae report contains tne iacts tor tne
twenty-four cities and towns of the
State having a population of 2,500 or
more according to the census of 1910.
These places in order of rank are:
Greenville', Anderson, Sumter, Rock
Hill, Tlorence, Greenwood, Orangeburg,
Li.'ion, Georgetown, Newberry, #
Laurens, Gaffney, Chester, Abbeville,
a ^ r ; 1: 1. -t
AiKtJii, iviarion, Liarungion, uaraaen,
Easlev, Cheraw and B^nnettsville.
TVI1I Play at State Fair.
The Newberry Concert band has
closed a contract to play for the State
fair in Columbia during next week.
The band also had an offer to play
during the fair at Bennettsville but
had alrady closed for the same date
in November for the Greenwood fair.
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