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i The Herald and News W TOLUME LI , DUMBER S8, JfEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7- 1913. TWICE A WEEK, %\M A YEAK. DECUNeS TO ACT I AS TILLMAN ASKS 3IcLAl Hl> WILL NOT APPEAR OX THE HUSTINGS. Declares "Pitchfork Ben s'* Cause Excels the Personality of Its Founder. K Editor The Herald and News: I Senator Tillman's letter is so "Till( inanesque" that when I read it yesterI day, I hardly knew whether to laugh r>-r nr nrav. 1 exnect a little of all is in order. He hits Blease with a meat axe, pitchforks me, ignores Smith and spits in Simm's face. I am not going to let myself loose <if I can help it). The situation is too serious, fc>r from the way 1 feel and he feels, we'd be fighting in a pair of minutes and let South Carolina go to liie devil as we did before. I will \ i .j acknowledge that I have never been able to get entirely over an oarlv ?fF<v?tion for Senator Tillman. I have said hard things myself, but I don't like to hear other people say one word against him. If I had conquered and had him down, I would never have rubbed sand in his eyes. His letter as distinctly offensive: "Johnny is smart, but he is a bad little boy, he sassed papa. Papa is sorry, but P come here Joanny, hand me the brush, F now get across my knee, papa is going m -tn enoriV vaii hnt if .Tohnnv is *-V J "V., L .good the balance of the week, he can r so to the "movies" Saturday". I feel like saying "damn'', but I'll say "Bless i the Lord." That letter discloses why I couldn't get on with Tillman, why Latimer couldn't, and why he and Smith can't agree. An imperious 4w:!I that brooks no opposition. I could get on with him now, I'd laugh at him. I used :o . take him and myself too seriously, b I will say, however, that God never f made a man big enough to talk down at me. My record in the senate needs v*^ T V*AT7n /^AT>A t<nanQn/?n,, Alls uciciivu. A ua * ^ uuat- i>iiv of the "very nearly great man," who was too far ahead of his time. I have suffered the bitter fate that comes to all advanced thinkers. After "pitchforks" are forgotten and "dung heaps" plowed under, the State warehouse L idea with agricultural products as a bankable asset will give me a place \ in history, where foul slanders and my own weaknesses are lorgotten. Goa Las been good. I do not need an office for my name to live. When Cole. Li. Blease stood up before 8,000 people and said he is a "good man, he would make a good governor, he has beea badly treated by the scurrillous pol>. ticians of South Carolina," he made ?a m personal friend that will last him after the miserable bootlicks and sycophants have turned on him, like those who used to lick Tillman's hand and srt his bidding drove the steel into triv ? o ?- - ~ ? ^ heart and are now ready to drive" it into Tillman's for the favor of angth-er. Senator Tillman has served a great mirpose, he does not need an office to perpetuate his fame, but he is a man, poor weak clay, same as 1. In -us both is that imperishable spark, l that after death has washed the dross away, will shine clear and bright. Why }io ctiH coal- tA Hiti +V11* lrtctor UV aw*" ^%/ViV vv Ui.4lt tuv lUObVl of my star? I envy him not the faintest ray of his own. I rejoice in all true greatness, and sorrow in what is little for are we not all MEN. God must judge between us and the : balance he strikes shall be for all eterL> nity. I long ago forgave him, his letter shows he has never been able to ^ do that. V God does not expect repentance extent from the "near" srreat. Liffv is a pose of 99 per cent. The world is a J stage. My sense of humor saves me. It made me laugh, to see how utterly the public miscontrues the true character of both myself and Tillman. It is the jokr of the century. ^ Tillman's pose from the beginning rnas been bluff, brutal honesty, ^Pitchfork Ben." "Give 'em hell and rub it in." He overplayed his hand a little. Down underneath lives the most astute player of the political game that ever dealt a card. The only man without conege training mat 1 ever Knew witn L a classical education. Under, that b roughness, exquisite literary tastes. A giant mind that has1, read, digested and assimilated the wisdom I of all the ages, and applied it to practical politics. Beneath bluster is the subtle genius of a Tallyrand, ho has W made every man m South Carolina B vote for him one time or another. I V laughed with him when the Gonzales W i. olcmnly voted for hiin last summeA I am no politician, I haven't fooled ! anybody and Tillman has fooled everyi ' i body except himself. I was the seeker i! for abstract truth, careless of personal I fortunes. Tillman was the adroit I acrobat that could change from a radi| cal to a conservative. I tried to reajson it out and was crucified for the i r?Aonlf WTfYr\Ar*r\\i' Wil_ ; | I Cd^UUD, HV-/C tlic 1 WUll. TT uuui W 1? nil | soil and Underwood are just where I I stood 15 years ago. His letter is so full of Tillmanism, ! ills arrogance and dominant power J over men, that I almost love him for j being just what he is. It brings back, : gentle brave Hugh Farley, the polish! ed Tindal, dear old "Wash Shell," and "Curley headed Johnny," gathered j around the fierce old "Lion", that j dominated us all. j I am not going to be swayed one | way or the other by self. I am going , to act for the best good of the State as I see it. not as directed by anybody. I Before Tillman's letter came out or I i saw Blease's statement, 1 sat down and wrote a paper to my friends in ' various s^tions of this State explain Jing my course and they are free to 1 give it lo the press. If it is necessary | to fight for peace, then I am ready to 'fight. I will not be a "dog in the i manger" nor be a servile tool to gratify any man's spleen toward Governor ! Blease, or to in any manner curtail the rights gained by the people in 1890. Good citizenship is not measured by loyal-y to a man but to a principle. Tillinanism split on that rod:. It is j tearing ragged holes in the ship that : carries the high hopes of the manv ! good people who ar^ Rieaseites. I | will always defend Tillmiuism as dis- i | tinct from Tillman. I place boili Till- ! I manism and Bleaseism as higher and ! greater than the personality of any , i man. T fV*a /v^rril /lionanoorV ! j 'i nave icgiciccu unc c?a* I i graft, that prevented ? Tillman from j j leading the movement to its full frui- j ; tion, and I would like to see Bleaseism j i accomplish that in which Tillmanism j i-failed, and when it does the State will be saved. r i Our people must get together. I { have canvassed this entire State, and they will get together. Self seeking' nrptpndprs cannot iuersle Almighty ! God out of the progress he has dej creed for the human race. I l 1 "In the days of Armageddon In the last great fight of all; May our houses stand together j That the pillars do not fall." i -j Jno. Lowndes McLaurin. j ?amm. RUN OYER NEGRESS, THEN SPEED AWAY 1 . Two Greenyille County Men Are Sought by Police for Alleged \ Brutal Deed. I Greenville, Nov. 4.?After having run over and knocked unconscious i 1 j Eliza Pearman, a 65-year-old negro woman, at the corner of Hampton 1 avenue and Mulberry street Sunday j j afternoon at about 2 o'clock, a white ! : man and negro stopped the automo-) bile in which they were riding only j i long enough to drag the woman from j ( beneath the wheels of the car and i Droceded on their way, leaving her . ! lying in the street. I The police department was notified by an eye-witness of the incident, and j the patrol Was dispatched at once to j carry the injured woman to the city j | hospital, where sue wras iouna 10 De in a very serious condition. It can I not be determined whether she will recover or not. The police state that they know the men who were driving the car and the latter will be arrested as soon as ; they can be located. It is said that j they came from another town in Greenville county. A warrant for j their arrest has been sworn out. A Suggestion. Editor of The Herald and News: Will you kindly allow me space in your paper to make a suggestion relative to Rosemont cemetery, as you j sometime ago drew the attention of the ; public to its unkempt appearance. Why I not some of the ladies from each ; church form a guild, and make appli' cation to the town council for the use of the prisoners detained in the town j I jail, for two or three days, say cnce , a month, if required that often, and i ~ni l/vrtftr lrAflr\ r\ f* TTflflflo ( llCl v C IUCU1 <1.1 LCdSl lilt \JL TItvus and grass the walks that are now so j sadly neglected. If this were done, I have no doubt the plots would be cared for with j ; more interest and pride by their owners, (than is now the case), enough. I so as to at least improve and add to fho hAontv of this snrvt sarrprl tn thA ! dead. | Perhaps in tjie future, the city will i THE SEWS OF POMARIA. Death of Dr. Geo. A. Setzler?A Long and Useful Life?Narrow Escape From Fire?Fair Visitors. Special to. The Herald and News. Pomaria, Nov. 6? Mr. J. F. Ligon, n 4 . j /n 4- v V* ' 11u a a! /\ /ri r<o 1 n o t?v d SIUUCIIL ui Liic incuiugitai ocuiluai j, accompanied by Mr. Watts while on a visit to his relatives here, delivered a very interesting sermon the fourth Snnday in the Lutheran church. Chosing as his text?"Who knoweth whither Thou arc come to the Kingdom for such a time as This." Mr. Ligon, although a very young man, is an eloquent speaker and made a good impression on his friends in Pomaria. Miss Agadell Moore is visiting her friend, Miss Lucy Ligon. Mr. J. B. Johnson, of Horse Shoe, X. C., is visiting relatives here. Mrs. -^ony u-ranam, or me Aew nope section, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. G. "Wilson. Miss Annie Hatton, who is attending college at Due West, spent the week-end at home. Captain and Mrs. Geo. W. Swygert have come to spend the winter with their daughter, Mrs. W. W. Berley. Mrs. M. E. Long, of Greenville, is visiting her daughters, Mrs. J. P. Setzler and Mrs. Jno. C. Aull. Mr. Marion Sawyer, daughter and son, after spending a week with his son, Mr. C. W. Sawyer, have returned to their home in Marion. , Chief of Police B. L. Richardson j. A v_ 1 ill . _ X 3 : _i_ a. 1 went to Aoueviiie aaiuruay nigiit iooking for a prisoner which he hopes to capture soon. Mr. Geo. Lever made a flying trip to Columbia Wednesday. Mr. Geo. Cochran spent the week end 2t his home in Abbeville. ? The following attended the State fair last week: Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Setzler, Dr. and Mrs. Z. T. Pinner, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lorainick, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hentz, Miss Clara Wicker, Miss Willeeze Boinest, Miss Louise Counts, Miss Lucy Ligon, Miss Lois Hentz, Miss. I *?n L1 o r) *? XJ i? rr rri n xva muujJjLj.u&?iua, Misses Ola and Bessie Long, Misses Olive and Catherine Folk, Dr. T. H. Wedaman, Dr. R. .J. Johnson, Mr. Walter Richardson. Mr. T. B. Richardson, Mr. H. F. Lcminick, Mr. Clifford Loroinick, Mr. Charley Lominick, Mr. T. A. Setzler, Mr. B. M. Setzler, Mr. J. W. Alewine, Mr. M. 0. Livingston, Mr. T. E. Hentz, Mr. R. H. Hipp and others. Dr. Geo. A. Setzler. after a brief ill ness, died at his home Monday night. He was aged 77 years, 10 months 3 days. He was a very successful physician for forty-five years. On account of feebleness he has been compelled to quit the profession for the past seven years. He was married three times. First to Elizabeth Cromer, sister to Dr. Geo. B. Cromer, of New uen>. uuiu uns umuu was uorn nme children, seven sons and awo daughters, seven of whom survive him at t'ne time of his death. The sons are: Prof. E. B. Setzler and Dr. J. B. Setzler, of Newberry; Mr. T. A. Setzler, Mr. J. P. Setzler, Mr. B. M. Setzler, of the Setzler Co., of Pomaria. The daughters are Mrs. M. H. Folk and Mrs* G. D. Young. His second wife was Mj*s. Frances Briggs a sister of his first two lived but a few years. His third marriage was to Mrs. Maggie Boland who survives him. Dr. Setzier was buried at Bethlehem Lutheran church, Wednesday. Furneral services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Linn, assisted by Rev. Y. von A. Riser. He was a member of that church from childhood. Mrs. M. M. Hipp had a very narrow escape oi' being burned to death Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock. She had gotten up and made fire and in some way caught on fire, when discovered by Mr. Hatton, her grandson. WHAT HE SAW. Rntli Rofnrn anil A ftor I I out A^V*JU X/V1VAV UHU a1> A tVJL iV A IV! JUVU I ing1 Chapin and Before Reaching | Columbia. News and courier. "A Newberrian who attended the State fair last week says he saw a Lexington county girl eat five bananas and an orange between Columbia and Chapin."?The Newberry Observer. | Are we to understand that this was AFTER she had been to the "Square Meal" town? appropriate sufficient money to enable them to erect a substantial fence around the cemetery. Apologizing to the city for making this suggestion. I subscribe myself, A Citizen. MAY YET RUN. I Mr. Lever Waiting to Size I'p the Sitj nation According to Verdict of JFriends. ! Lexington, November 3.?Wher Congressman A. F. Lever was showi a copy of The Sunday News, in whict its Columbia correspondent reports the political gossip heard at tne s:at( fair, and was asked to make a statement about it, he said: ; "It is interesting gossip, but as rai as I am concerned it is only gossip I reiterate what I have said so man] times, that I am still considering th< proposition of entering the senatoria rana fr\y * V) a nloAQ nr.nr V>olrl hi; Son, X CiV^V M.VJM. liAV Jk/lUVV/ UV Tf 14VAU KJ J ator Smith. I am trying to ascertair as best I can the judgment and th( desire of those who have been responsible for my career in public life. "The rumor that Governor Bleas* and I held a conference in Washington recently, or at any other place, ai any time, about the senatorial situation, or with reference to anything else, is wholly without foundation; ir fact, as Governor Blease says, cui meeting in Washington, recently, waj entirely accidental, and our conversation was carried on in the presence ol Mrs. Lever and did not last over five minutes. "My final determination in this matter will be fixed by the judgement anc the wishes of my friends, both in tht di3tric* and in the State, and by mj own conception of . what my duty is in the premises. What little success J hav<? na,d has been due to the kindness cf my friends, to their loyalty tc me and to my own energy in serving the people, and not to any combination or shrewd political manipulation. I am now too old to begin that game. "If I run for the senate it will be , because my friends and 1 think 1 should. If I do not, it will be because we do not think I should, and that is all there is to it." W. D. Aiken, Mr. Lever's private secretary, arrived in Lexington t^onight an<?wi'l be with his chief for several days. THE 0>YICT 3LVTTEK. Disposition of Convicts May be Decided Next Week. Columbia, November 3.?Final decision as to what disposition is to be made of the convicts which were employed in the hosiery mill in the State penitentiary will probably be reached ty the board of directors when they meet on Wednesday of next week. The hosiery mill contract with John M. Graham expired on Saturday and the convicts ceased work on that day the comract having been abolished by the last general assembly. The decision to hire out the convicts to counties from which they were sentenced at $4 per month apiece and to work the rest, which includes those too dangerous to be let out to counties and those decrepid and sick, in a -L ~ T _ iuniiiuit: lauLury, wuiuii is to ue installed in the penitentiary, was reached some time ago. The board made a contract with A. D. Martin, of Louisville, Ky., to sell the output cf the furniture factory but this whole matter is hanging fire. It is thought that whatever disposition is made of the convicts will only be temporary, and that the general assembly will likely be asked to indicate what disposition +V1017 wieli mor?o r\f fUo /->nr>ir?ofc VAAVyJ TV AiJU UIUUVj VJL bUU vw *1 ? 1 v v? ' There were some 300-odd convicts employed in the hosiery mill> Several counties have put in bids for the convicts on the terms announced, $4 per month, and there will be an overdemand for them. It is said that over one dozen counties have asked for convicts and the board will likely consider this feature when they meet in monthly session. Small Fire. Fire broke out in the barn of Mr. G. j. Jones weanesaay aiternoon at six ; o'clock. It was a two story building and new, with metal roof. Supposed , to have caught from cigarette. The fire company responded in time tc i save the building and all contents except the peavine hay and such food j stuff was burned. The corn was on the lower floor and all saved except ! about 10 or 12 bushels, but all the fodI; der, hay, etc., in the second floor got j burned. Mr. Jones had just filled the ; barn with feed stuff for the winter, He estimates damages and loss about j $225. Xo insurance. avii j There is no accessory that lends greater charm to a lady's toilette than !a well-made, stylish,'good fitting paii I of shoes?Ewart-Perry has them? , "listen well it's Kippendorf." 1 "GIVEN RAW DEAL" !' RICHARDS AVERS Chairman Railroad Commission is Disappointed.?Legislation Seed- j (ul i 1 VUI I 1 i Columbia, Nov. 6;?"The interstate i commerce commission, as I was afraid ] > | it would, has sustained the railroads i in their discriminatory and unrea sonable mileage book regulations and have perpetuated as far as possible a : i system thai is nefarious and well-nigh ^ unbearable," said J. G. Richards, Jr., I. # * 7 chairman of the South Carolina rail-!; i ! road commission, last night. . 1 | "We made the best fight for relief j - possible under the circumstance;?," j 1 said Mr. Richards, "but the railroads 1 i have won and the people are made to ; - suffer. j ; "While this question was purely a ] J local one, the interstate commerce J " commission of its own motion asso- < 1 ciated the entire territory east of the * Mississippi and South of the Ohio and * ? Potomac rivers in the fight," Mr. Rich- : 1 ards continued, "although throughout < this territory there was practically no s 5 complaint on the part of the people * and conditions were and are entirely j < f dissimilar from those existing in (< 5 South Carolina. Lawyers represent- S i ing the railroads from Washington to ] the Gulf of Mexico were thus permit- j I ted to appear and South Carolina was J * forced to make the uneven fight c r ? i l 4-?^,?. j ~ ^ j j t t iigaiusL iraueuuuus uuus. uyuu, | ; > who represented the State in this case 11 during the latter part of his adminis- ( ' tration, and Mr. DeBruhl, who repre- ? ? i sented the State for the present at'' torney general'- office, discharged \ i their duty with faithfulness and abili- ? 1 ty and they deserved to win. j ? | "The people of South Carolina have i ( - been given a raw deal. To say the | ( least, we had every reason to expect ( J that the interstate commerce commis- j 1 sion would have ordered the railroads ] to honor their own mileage books over j their own lines, whether the holder j - of the book was making an inter or c ! intrastate journey, but they do not t seem to have even considered that { phase of the question. Mr. Marble ^ is unfortunate in his quotations from the evidence- of the witnesses for the ^ ' State and seems to have selected ex- i <7erpts that would create the impres-11 sion that the request for relief was j based upon the selfish desire of a few j 1 men whose individual comfort had j 3 been disturbed by the present mileage j system. "This is an entirely erroneous im-1 c pression. The fight "has been pressed i by the traveling men of this State and j ^ at great inconvenience and expense J ^ from patriotic motives, and for the ! e purpose of getting relief from an out- j1 rageously burdensome system?relief' " not only for themselves but for all | * classes of our citizens who use mil- ; c eage in travel, and the evidence shows that about 22 per cent, of the travel s in this State is by mileage. ^ "While I do not hesitate to say that a 11 am disappointed at the decision, i*. [ j may turn out to be a blessing in dis- | . I .c i j. _ I guise, ior k Dnngs us xace 10 iace j with the question. Shall the people or j ' the railroads rule? and once the peo- j pie are aroused I have no fear as to} the result. While I was a member of i ; the legislature and since I have been ? ! a member of the South Carolina rail- ^ road commission and on the stump c and off it I have contended for a 1 1 2-cent flat rate and I shall continue to i do so. I appeared before the commit- ! ; tee of the last legislature and urged |' ' the passage of such a law." | "The people of the State are en- ! * ' j titiled to a lower rate than they now (1 '! have and from the financial statements ! { made by the railroads and filed in the j ? ?_ _ xac ii i. 3 i.T t j commission s om.ce, mey can siaiia uie j ' | reduction in their revenue and still * " declare a handsome dividend. I hope c < that the effect of this decision will be to arouse the people and that the * demand for a 2-cent flat rate will be- c " come so strong that it will soon be a t ' law of this State. With a 2-cent rate ^ ' the mileage book question will be- * 1 come of little consequence." * > A Card. s Please allow us through the medium : [ ol your paper to extend to our kind ; I __ J _ 1.1 4. T inenas ana neigntxjrs our uvany * ' tbanks for their kindness and close t ' attention shown to our dear father and 1 ; grandfather during his last illness. * 11 It is our prayer that God's richest 1 blessings may rest upon each one of : them. Very sincerely, G. D. Young and Family, jv ' Pomaria, November 5, 1913. ? ,c The Herald and Xew's prize voting | ? - contest continues to create enthusiasm . throughout the county. - t r&MMAMVOVPPWHPI MFTk inmmnii i u i un w iiiiuuiuv) DEMOCRATS HOLD FORTS VOTERS INDORSE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION. ' e Massachusetts Elects Walsh by a Large Majority and Wilson s Commonwealth Returns Fielder. New York, Nov. 4.?Election returns at a late hour tonight showed a complete triumph for the democrats in Massachusetts, where a governor md State ticket were chosen in a Eour-cornered fight; the selection of i democratic governor and State Ll _ 1_ - A _ TT1 J-J. ? i-U A Licitei in virguua wxuuuuu wuicsi, uuu > ascendency of fusion over Tammany in New York city with indication of republican victory for the New York assembly and judicial ticket, and a 2lose fight for the State ticket in New Jersey, where President Wilson and administration forces, apparently with success, fought to elect James I. Fielder to the governorship. In Maryland a, democratic senator was chosen. In Massachusetts David I. Walsh, iemocrat, present lieutenant governor, was elected by a plurality of about 30,000 over Augustus P. Gardner, Republican, Charles R. Bird, progressive, md Gov. Eugene Foss, independent Henry C. Stuart was chosen governor )f Virginia, together with an entire State ticket, Republicans and Progressives having declined to name candidates because of inability to isrree on a united ticket. Late returns indicated that the vic;ory of the democrats in Massachusetts had been duplicated in New Jersey, where James F. Fielder has been elected for a full term. The democratic plurality was estimated at 20,)00. The complexion of the legislate was a long time in doubt, but Sssex county returns indicated that t would be democratic Dy JO to 14. Welder, who succeeded President Wilson as governor of New Jersey, had ;he support of the national administration, several of the cabinet taking he stump in his behalf. President iVilson and his policies were made tne lominant issues. In New York city the triumph of he fusion ticket was-assured, and late eturns from the State indicated a re mblican chief judge of the court of tppeals and nine supreme justices. For United States senator, Maryland hose Blair Lee, democrat. Democracy triumphed also in the twentieth New York congressional iistrict, where Jacob H. Cantor was :lected; the Thirteenth New York, Jeorge W. Loft succeeding the late Tim" Sullivan, and the Third Maryand, Charles P. Coady being the ihoice. Returns from the Third Massachu- ? etts have not been received at a late f tour, but democratic leaders claimed . victory. ROOF PROPERTY SOLD. [Yustees of Estate Dispose of Lands, ?in Lexington Connty. Lexington, Nov. 4.?W. H. Town>end, Thos. P. Meetz and C. E. Leaplart, trustees of the bankrupt estate >f W. P. Roof, sold the following property Belonging to xne oanxrupc it public auction yesterday. One lot in the town of Lexington to E. P. Derrick, for $50; one lot in the ;own of Lexington to R. L. Conneliey, :or $60; one lot in the town of Lexngton, on Main street, to Scott Henirix, for $715. In addition to tt3 above, the trus ,ees sold the following country property: One tract of 12 1-8 acres, lying ibout midway between Lexington and Columbia, was bought by R. N. Senn or $525; one tract, containing 49 teres, lying in the lower section of he county, sold to H. H. Rice for >310; another tract of 50 acres was >ought by Mike Shull for $100; one ract, containing 172 acres, lying about en miles from the court house, was sold to T. C. Gallison for $340. All of the above sold for very low )rices, as did the other property >laced on the market yesterday. The rustees have a great deal more vallable real estate belonging to the jaiiKrupt, ana anotner saie win De leld on the first Monday in December. Colony Church. There will be Sunday school on next Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock and Dreaching by the pastor at 11.30 >'clock. No special service but the ihm-p will bp hnlH nn that dnv P. E. Skealy, Pastor.