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VOLUME LI., NUMBER 101. NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 19115. TWICE A WEEK, |U* A YEAB. ( J CHARGES AGAINST R. S. WHALEY DISMISSED ({RACE DEFEATED IN EFFOliTS TO UNSEAT CONGRESSMAN Majority and .Minority Reports Will Likely He Submitted to House This Week. Washington. December 16 Elections committee No. 1, of tlie House of Representatives, to-day voted. 7 to 2 to dismiss tne charges filed with the Speaker by Mayor John P. Grace, of Charleston, against Congressman R. S. Wbaley. One of the two Republican members of the committee, Mr. French, of Idaho, voted with the majority against an investigation, and one of the Democrats, Mr. Borchers of Illinois, voted with Representative Frear, of Wisconsin. Republican, for investigation. There will be a majority report which will be formulated jointly by Chairman Post and Representative French. Mr. Frear's report win represent his own views only, as Representative Borchers, who was not present at to-day's meeting, left word that he wished simply to be recorded as favoring an investigation, but that he would not join in any report. * The report of the majority will represent the views of Chairman Post, of Ohio; Messrs Stephens, of Mississippi; 'Grisp, of Georgia; McClellan, of NewYork, and Elder of Louisiana. Democrats: French, of Idaho. Republican, and Chandler, of Xew York, and Elder, of Xew Yo:k? Progressive. The reports of the majority and minority of the committee are expected to be ready for submission to the House at the end of this week. The fact that the majority of nonDemocratic members voted against investigation was something of a surprise, as it was believed that at least two of the three would incline to the Grace side of the case. Gra(*e Shows Anger. Washington, Dec. io.?The house committee on elections, which for the past two or three monthse has been endeavoring to get at the truth of the charges filed by Mayor John P. Grace of Charleston against Representative Richard S. Whaley, spent the entire day listening to further testi\ monv and affidavits submittd by Mr. G*ace. Mr. Grace began the undertaking ^ of the day by bringing to Washington two "character" witnesses. Joan L. Ccsgrove and Charles Bresnahan. the former a young lawyer in the office of Logan & Grace, and the latter a garbage collector of the city of Charleston serving under Mayor Grace. By these witnesses Mr. Grace hoped to upset much of the matter whrch had been k submitted by Mr. Whaley. & To show that Cosgrove was ^ relia m ble man there was produced a letter I from President Randolph Harrison of ' the College of Charleston which gave him a good name. Another witness?A. C. Moses, a Washington business; man?said that Mr. Cosgrove, while employed here during the time u he was a student at Georgetown uni? versity, gave entire satisfaction in the handling of certain funds entrusted f to his "care. knew But Little. f Cosgrove. who was summoned to testify concerning Charleston witnesses. did not know more than a small portion of the men whose names were signed to affidavits. To some of these, as their names were called, he would ansv.er good' "bad', "very bad.' or k otherwise as the case might be. The main thing that Cosgrove testi- J I fiea was that the reputation of Magistrate J. J. O'Shaughnessy of Charleston, who had been claimed to be on<^ of the main Whaley workers, was "very bad for honesty." and that recently he had "been ordered removed from his * position, that certain influences had , been at work and he had thus been 1 able to retain his place. Eliminating what both Cosgrove i and Bresnahan said as of practically i venue, nuuuug ui luieie&i uevcuop- | BJ?d until about dinner time when Mr. irace displayed such evidence of anper that Committeeman Crisp told the chairman and the. other members of the committee that unless order and i \ r but that he would listen and give his time provided every one behaved in a gentlemanly manner*, It was evident from that point on. that much bad feeling was to be shown, and this continued until final adjournment at 6 o'clock. Time and again t':rough the proceedings Mr. Grace was admonished that he must not coach witnesses, that he must con fmo himself to facts and not Hearsay, and that the committee was becomir.-; exceedingly weary of hearing about what he meant to produce hereafter. Although Mr. Grace submitted a dozen or more affidavits they were all along the hearsay line and amounted to little. Something he did say, however. attracted attention. He told the l committee that he followed the ad- j ~ ^ -a-. mMi I j vice or senaior unman in uuug mcj J original petition and that he had begI ged several members of the South Carolina delegation in the house to protest against Mr. Whaley taking his seat and that he thought until the very last moment that Representaive Johnson 'vould do so, but that the! latter at last failed to act. He said Mr. Johnson feared a hot fight in his own district in the coming election. Mr. Grace told much about E. W. Hughes and George von Kolnitz and their past political records, but as it ! did not bear directly on the question J of Mr. Whaley's conduct it made little | impression on the committee. Shocked at Martin* j Discussing the position of Sheriff .T. Elmore Martin in the matter and bow he had turned from von Kolnitz to Whaley in the second primary. Grace said it was a question of "who had the most money." He said he knew Martin bought votes some years ago in another contest because he saw him to do it and was shocked. Referring more directly to Mr. j v/ya/3 vNimnVtofA rvf frvfDC I W IiaiCV s cXiivr.mru jua nci.->^, wi v/wc, I Mr. Grace said that Whaley sent men I to his (Whaley's) cashier to get the j money and that they got it by the I thousands. He said also that .F. C. Peters had been given the position of collector of the port to pay him back for what he had done for Mr. Whaley. j Mr. Grace said the election in the ! .First District was hurried up and it \ - I was understood ttiat certain coiton j mill interests had spent something like $20,000 to secure Whaley's election because they were not satisfied with certain features of the tariff bill which was then pending. BI T mv DAYS LEFT FOR THIS OLD EARTH Astronomical Sharp Assures Clergy-: men That End Will Come Within i 1 .">,000,000 Years. i ? Philadelphia, Dec. 1">.?Replying to j a question put by a clergyman at the j I weekly meeting of Presbyterian min- j j isters to-day Erie Doolittle, director of J | the University of Pennsylvania's as- j tronomical observatory. said ne thought that life on this earth would come to an end in about 1 ">,000,000 years. Prof. Doolittle had been making an | address on "Astronomy in Reference I to the End of the Earth's Life." He said: i "l mess some supernatural power or being interferes or the earth comes in contact with another planet or heavenly body, the earth will exist for 15,000'000 more years. "The earth is dependent upon the sun for its heat and light, although the earth now contains some heat itself. When the sun cools the result will be darkness and cold, which will bring an end to all life, animal and I vegetable." f ^ I Christmas Exercise at Silver Street. There will be service in the Silver Street Lutheran church, Christmas nig at. Thursday night, beginning at 6.30 o'clock. There will be songs and recitations by the Sunday school chil-i i : u ? rJ ~ ~ ^. Kv +U ~ Ul'UIl IU??LJ1UI w 1111 uu auui u> luc i pastor. Rev. S. P. Koon. There will also be a Christmas tree. There will be an entertainment in the auditorium of the school building Monday night. December 2(J. beginning at 7 o'clock. The program will appear in the papers next week. The public is cordially invited to attend botj exercises. The fourth prize to be given Way ~*i !"*iI* ! 1?. ':.i }'.*).1 >.rv,s COIlt> <J gold wristlet watch ,Elgin make, and | being dis^Iaved :it P. E. Wav*r i Drug store. CHARGES OF CRUtLTY BV NEWBERRY PRISONER K.UION PAHKIS WAS PAROLED MY THE (SOYEKNOR, Was Serving One Year In State ? reimennary i pun i huiki-> "i (iran<l Larceny. Special to The -Herald and Xews. Columbia, Dec. IS.? In granting a parole in a Newberry case. Governor Blease. in his official .reasons, sets forth a letter and a statement from the defendant which speak for themselves. The case is that of Raimon Parris, (white), convicted at the March, 1913, term of court for Newberry county, of ^grand lerceny. and sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Governor Blease says: "I received the following letter from this defendant: "Columbia, S. C. Dec. 11, 1913. Dear Sir. Gov. Sir. Governor, Cole. L* Blease. 1 am addressing you of my trouble, asking you to please help me out of my down fall this summer. I have been the t: usty water-boy and know I have rot vour nicture and I have got it on my coat and I went up to your mansion a few days ago and when I got back in the yard they have been dogging after me ever since. Captain and Supt. D. J., they put a large pair of chains around my legs and they have got me locked up in a cold sell and Gov., I have not given them any cause to do so and they were starving me out on bread and water. I can't get warm night, and either day. Lord, Gov. I have not done anything to make them punish me about. They got mad with me about wearing one of your badges with your picture on it and I am unable to help myself any way, so will you do. Send for me and I will tell you all about it. They chain me on the 10th of December, and lock me up about wearing one of your badges, i was sentenced in March court, the 17th day of March and sentenced 12 months in penitentiary. (Signed) Raimon Parris." "On receipt of this communication, I had this boy brought to my office, and read this letter and asked Mm if the- statements therein contained were true. He said they were; and, in addition, made the following statement: "Captain Sondley said, 'By God. I reckon you are the cause of this crowd standing around here." I said. 'Xo, sir.; Captain, I am not the cause of it; I am doing the work you put me to do.' He said, 'By God, shut up and get on down stairs.. He taken me out to the police and put a pair of shackles on me and lock me up. They put me in a cell on the 10th of December, and 1 asked them yesterdeay morning to take me out; that I was j cramped up so that I could hardly walk, but he (Captain Sondley) said, 'Bv God, you will get out when 1 turn you out." ! can prove that I have not eat anything they sent me; I have a brother down there on the yard and lie would bring me something to eat. or 1 would have perished. 1 had not done anything at all to cause this trouble. T'.iov have been picking at me l'or the last two weeks, one or two of the trim in!* nick a:, n e, by the name "Tin-; ii.th: w.is made in the presence of Sergeant Pressley and ether ;?ntl v ho were hi the governor's office. Tpon t.iis letter and the statement. tli.o defendant having served nine months of a twelve month sentence, he was granted a parole diring good behavior, December 16th. 1913." J FAVOKS HIGHER PAY FOK ALL Hl'HAL MAIL (WitKIEKS. Washington, December 16.?Representative David E. Finley, ranking member of the postoffice committee of the House, said to-day that his committee had just voted in favor of ^ ^ XX r flwv LMil.u'iriL' f\i oil iili liJA'i Ul lilt," oaiai m ui uu mg rural free delivery carriers of the I'nited States, the increase to aproximate $50 a. year in the case of each earlier. Tue committee is considering the postoffice appropriation bill. K. F. M. ri-Avi: CMUr* : ' } ;y i\. : . ;.t 'TV\ ' i A v , ci!;;; " yi.lli' 1 ?? ? ;::nt L'~ LV votes. i i HAD NO STATE LICENSES |l i Stopped Sport of Emerson Party, Says j Chief Game Warden?One Tried j 1 And Acquitted. I Columbia. December 16.?Issac E. j Emerson, the "Bromo Seltzer King." i ' , . I j who owns a hunting preserve in i ( Georgetown county, took his party of j > wealthy northerners out of the State j t on a special train Sunday afternoon j y when C.iiei Game Warden A. A. Rich- i 1 ardsou got in behind them for hunt- | ^ ing without licenses, according to in- < formation given out to-day by Mr. ? Richardson, who had just retu: ned 1 from Georgetown w.iiere he said one \ 1 of the party George W. Ewing. of; t Baltimore. Md., was dismissed on a j j technicality at a hearing before a j i magistrate for hunting in the State I e without a lisense. j * According to a statement from Chief ! i Game Warden Richardson, he sent his assistant Mr. Funderburk, to George- s town county to look over the cituation t when he felt that there were not as t many non-resident hunting licenses s being reported from that county as he t was certain there should be. Deputy I Funderburk reached Georgetown on \ Thursday and found he states that Mil- ! t lionaire Emerson was entertaining a \ party of wealthy tourists, none of ' ( whom had licenses as far as he could r ascertain. ? \ $ <$>2 <S> ('LEJISOX NOTES. <S> 1 <S> i <?><?'?<$><$><i><$><$><$G>$>'$><$>'G><$'$><$ Clemson College, Dec. 17.?Examina- 1 tions began Monday, so we are in the * midst of a week of hard work. They 1 will continue through Saturday. Dr. W. M. Riggs and Dr. IF. H. H. 1 Calhoun went to Jacksonville last 1 week in order to attend the annual 1 meeting of the S. T. A. A. Dr. Riggs ( has been elected president of the as- 1 sociation. He has been acting presi- 1 dent and presided over this particular ( meeting. Dr. F. H. H. Calhoun has 1 ?;lso devoted much time to athletic ac- 1 tivities. He was our representative 5 in this meeting. Basket ball practice has begun and : _ l there is a ravoraoie ouiiook ior ? strong five for Clemson this year. 1 Track practice will begin after Christ- j mas and also base bail practice. T!;e base ball and basket ball sche- ' dales will be announced soon. They 1 arc about complete at present, and ' will be given out after the Christmas 1 holidays. 1 1 Ho\ Tarty at Ridge Spring. ( The public is cordially invited to t atterd a box party and Christmas ex- ? | erci: es at Ridge Spring school at Old j 1 ' Town, on .Tuesday night, December ; c | i 23rd. T.:e exercises will begin at [ t i 6.30 promptly. j e Tliri following is the program: !l Christmas song?School. Ic | Recitation?Ruth Dominick. U If Santa Clans was Pa?Geogej Sanders. J Christmas Xight?'Estelle Werts. J Saving Santa Clans Some Care? j c Johnnie Crouch. ( T i N An essay on the origin of Christ- i ^ mas?Myrtle Fellers. I T * ?^ Qonti rMuHQ ' ? ?>OIlg "I III giau mat tjantu > *?*.?.?^ . j is Coming Tonight?Small boys and i girls. J S'??ita Haus and the Automobile? 0 David Cro'ich j Fooling Santa Claus?Colie Pitts, Q Johhnie Sanders. ,, Riil in j* with Santa CIpi's?Odis Wil-{ ^ son. r Tch-j)li'onir.!; to Santa Claus?Ruby Fellers. Doll song?Bernice Pitts. .Jessie Sanders. l.azelle Fellers. Jessie Fellers. Sarah Wilson and Ruth Dominick. Santa Claus?James V/orts. It' the Reindeer Should Run away?j Jesse urouca. Christmas in Different Nations?j y .Junior boys and Girls. Looking for Santa Clans?Several children?Wallace Dominick. Santa Claus Mazie Pitts. Mrs. Santa Claus. ^ '.Jes Before Christmas?Daniel Crouch. it. St. Nicholas song?School. Music. e; School in the Back Woods?Teacher. Myrtis Dominick. Odis Wilson, 1 Clarence Pitts, Thompson Pitts, Colie j Pitts, Ruby Fellers, Lazelle Fellers,! Be.-'Sonde's. .Pvse Sanders. Ruth ! t( I i><;;?iinick. j t: C:::us-?Ulchard Sanders. T Dunce?Johnnie Crouch. ' f; t MPROVE HIGHWAYS FOR ABOUT 700 WILES iVasliington to Atlanta tt<ra<l Will Demonstrate Value of Practical Maintenance. , In order to demonstrate the value.| >f practical maintenance of hi? , vays, the American Highway Associa- j .on nas arranged, in co-operation | .vith the Federal office of public *oads and road officials in Virginia, S'ortli Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia for an ambitious mainten- . ince experiment on the road from j Washington to Atlanta, Ga. More . :han 700 miles of road are expected ;o be improved and kept in condition is a result of the initiative of the American Highway Association. The . sxperimeht is on a larger scale than t my maintenance experiment ever ( indertaken in this country. The great maintenance object-les- , ;on road extends from the capital of ( he United States through a very hisoric section of the country, passing 1 aich famous points as Arling- ^ on, Mt. Vernon, the battlefields of ] Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Spottsyl-j < *ania and Fredericksburg, en route j { o Richmond, thence extending south- i vard turough the capial of North i Carolina and South Carolina, and ter-1 ninating at Atlanta. The American Highway Association vill enlist the support of the counties md districts traversed by one road, ind wherever possible, induce the ocal. authorities to place the road inder the supervision of government ingineers, who will be detailed from he office of public roads tor tnat pur- ^ )ose under the co-operative arrange- ] nent. ] Probably To per cent of the total , nileage has already been improved ! i 5y a surfacing of stone, gravel or i mixture of sand and clay. The object of the mintenance scheme is o prevent the improved portions of .he road lrom deteriorating for lack : )f suitable care, and to make the un- ' :o prevent the improved portions of | travel as possible with tae money j available. - ^ -ii j r With the co-operation 01 un unferent communities, however, it is lioped that concerted woik will be undertaken on the entire stretch of, highway, resulting in a-continuus, maintenance object lesson that will j ( De a stimulus to maintenance hrou&liout the country. Time Ameri- | :an highway association has under- j taken to raise the money for the j raveling expenses of the engineers! a ho will supervise the work. ! I Leonard Tufts is c/airman of the | < . ommittee designated by Lie associa-j ( ion to have charge of the campaign,: j md he has already arranged' to p ace ! t .10 miles under government en Tin- j i :ers. It is expected that all coun.ies l raversed by the road will cheerf illy <, ;nter into the arangcment as it is a j ?ng step toward a continuous stretch j >f road that will beneiit tue entire } Seaboard. j e Junior Division. j r The Junior Division missionary so-J t iety of Central Methodist church, of (c \iiich Mrs. C. B. Martin ana Mrs. w.|* V. Hornsbv are lady managers, held C ts regular meeting Sunday afternoon, 'his was the last meeting of the year, a nd officei s for another year were f ilected. The society was loath to ! t ;ive up their faithful lady manager, J f ,lrs. P. C. Gaillard. who has carried i s 1 1 J; J ? ' > Vk /-? 1, f Tl* nl T'A I >n tills spienciiu woiiv iui auuui i?cuc i ears. Tne meetings hereafter will {^ ie held on the second Saturday after- j 10011 in each month. I ? The following officers were elected: j J President?ALI>ie Gaillard. \1 1st vice president ( udia Wheeler. 11 2nd vice president ?Mildred Tarant. 4 1 (1 vice president?Lucile Baxter. n 4th vice president? Pauline Pant. Corresponding secretary?Troxeile 0 bright. ' Recording secretary?May Tarrant. ' Treasurer?Mary Frances Cannon. '11 Lookout committee?Colie Blease. filda Sample. 11 Gleaners?Elizabeth White, Carolyn !pps, Margaret 'Farrow (and others). Book committeeee?All the boys, one I a May 'Warrant. ^ Rec. Sec. ! ? |p A great many people ('.ou't seem Ia ) realize that it is their duty to, ado at home.?sClinton Ch: oniric. ;:he point is well tuken. It is a g:jot! ICt. t: } ' 1914 BUDGET MAY TOTAL $2,500,000 10.HPT ROLLER GETTING LINE OX STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES /? /* ? ? rriMuirr .uaKtrs i nurges?t*overnor Scores Commission Form of Government. Declaring It to be a Farce. Columbia, December 17.?Comptroller General Jones to-day sent out blanks to the State and county officers for them to send to him their estimates of the needs for their respective departments for next year. Each office reports to the Comptroller General the amount of money they need to run their department for the year, and the Comptroller General will compile theestimates and make up the budget for next year for presentation to the General Assembly. It is estimated that the budget for lext year for nil State and county of ices win reaca $z,ouu,uuu. Tne estimates for this year Vere for over ^2,400,000, but the General Assembly :rimmed this down to about $2,000,000* **hich was covered in the annual appropriation bill. The budget as made ip by the Comptroller General will be >ent to the House ways and means committee for guidance in making up he appropriation bill. The State board of claims, to pass m claims which will come before the General Assembly, will meet to-mor ow morning at 10 o'clock in the office )f the Comptroller General. Claims aggregating several thousand dollars lave been filed to be p-issed on by the Doard. Us .finding will be reported to :he ways and mean*s committee of the House Scores Government By Commission. Governor Blease this morning scored the commission form of government andi said that he hoped the recall would be invoked in every city in L?e State before Christmas where that provision is in force. He said that he was glad that the recall had been invoked in Orangeburg, that while he didn't' care who was mayor of that town still he wanted the people^to see just what their Representatives had put on them. "There is no -democracy in the commission form; it's a farce," declared the governor forcibly. When the commission 1 )rm was ' passed it was vetoed by Governor Blease, but w^s passed over his veto. The Governor this, morning denounced the provision wherein 20 per cent of ihe voters could recall any official. "Why they could have an election 2very thirty days," he declared, pointing out what in his opinion is one of ;he gieutest weaknesse. in (he Comnission Act. "I hope they will all use the recall,'' >aid the Governor. *'t( show to ttae people what a nuisance the legislature nit on tnem, And I hope they will ceep on recalling them," said the Gov* jrnor, pointing out the fact that it was >ossible to recall the officials every nonth. It would be an endless syseni calculated to wear out any offi:ials, even though they were re-elected ;\ery time, as was pointed out by the Governor this morning. It is thought, in Columbia that an imendment raising the minimum reluirement of the percentage of voters o sign a recall petition before it is efective will be offered in the coming iession of the General Assembly. IX). T. DI M AN lTKKE>DERS COMMISSION'. Columbia, December 17.?Mr. .John r. Duncan, who was disbarred from he practice of law some years ago md who*recently tiled a petition with he Supreme Court asking rcin?fatenent. withdrew ais petition, the minxes of the Court saying: "Mr. John Duncan u: rendered his co'iimissio.'i .-> an atroii.^y ar.d asoj 10 v**;: i? petition ! r rs/ir.cta'.'Mirf nt b> .1:1 i< :> rf friends that ctuers mivht De lonuiveu to :;?vn saiTc and w?t" ioj.e l> again come before the court as he mv rlpsirp. Chief .Justice Garv was isqualified." John D. Rockfellcr is going to have $35,000 Christmas party.?News em. Think of that, you poor little ve cent party .nan. Yes, and be aapy while you are at it, for Rockfeller t his $35,000 p?riy will not be able > pinke the cats taste a bit better, :id maybe he'd give thousands for tr. " . :or re i enjoyment -of good lings.