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' / I YOIt'ME LIU M'JIHKR '? JiEWBERBY, S. C., FRIDAY, JAM ARY 1?, 1914. TWICE A >TEEK, $UI A YIAi THE SHERIFFS ASK FOR j' CHANGES 114 THE ttwsj: ^ MAKE KNOWN THEIR WISHES ? TO LEGISLATURE. * |t Memorial Adopted is Transmitted 1>)J s the (iovernor to (General As- ? sembly. I i Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 15.?The State Shert Iffs association, recently organized, is asking the legislature for certain j changes in the laws, and their re- i quests have been transmitted by the ' 'c ^QVQrnor to the general assembly. 1 i Sheriff Cannon G. Blease, of Xewber- ^ ry, is chairman* of the committee, which was appointed some time ago i by the association in connection with 1 this matter. J Following is the memorial of the \ * : t sheriffs to the general assembly: To the Honorable, the Menibers of 1 the General Assembly of the State J I of South Carolina. . Gentlemen: The undersigned,*' president and secretary of the Sher- I' iffs' association of South Carolina, be- ! ^ - ing authorized by said association, re- j epectfully petition your honorable j ^ body to consider favorably the following proposed laws or amendments of ' laws now in existence: i . 1 1. That sections 273 and 274 of , The codc of laws of 1912, relating to the use of passes by officials on the , railroads be amended so far as relates to sheriffs The sheriffs of the State are moved ] to ask for this amendment by reason of the fact that taev are irequentiy ] requ?**.'? to go\to different parts of < the State for the purpose of identifying persons charged with crime, who are fugitives from justice for offenses committed in their respective coun- ] ties. To illustrate: The sheriff of G. county is notified by the sheriff of u /?Anr>fv Ti^ ITQc unHpr QffPcst j} I X1. VV/UIXCJ tauv XiV-/ UM?J W*AUV* * %/wv w. I * nan charged with crime in G. county, but the sheriff of H. county is not pos- ] itive that he has the right man and it is th-erefore, necessary for the sheriff of G. county to go to the county o: H. in order to identify the prisoner. < When the sheriff of G. county arrives at his place of destination, and upon ] careful examination of the alleged f prisoner he finds that he is not the t man wanted, and it becomes neces- j sarv for him to return to his county ^ without a prisoner. Under the law i the county of G. will not reimburse its sheriff for his actual necessary , traveling expenses. There is no pro- < vision of law by which the sheriff < aforesaid can be reimbursed in the < actual outlay of money that it was < necessary for him to expend in an effort to catch a man w.ho is charged j with violation of the State law. The ( railroad company is perfectly willing < to allow the sheriffs passes and we v feel that the State does not wknt the . V I services of any man without just, full ^ and adequate compensation. For the (^ reasons herein stated, and other suf; ficient reasons which may suggest themselves to your honorable body, ^ we respectfully ask that these sec- . rions be amended in so far as the railroad companies of this State will be permitted to issue passes to the sheriffs. and that the sheriffs of the State may be permitted t9 travel on said passes. j 2. That the said sheriffs be allow- ! ; > ed 40 cents per day for dieting pris- [ ft O. J c Owing to the high cost of living, it i" is manifest that the amount now al- < ^ lowed by law is not sufficient to reimburse sheriffs for the actual cost of dieting prisoners. j ^ 3. "That a law be passed prohibiting common carriers from carrying intoxicating liquors into dry counties c in this State. i me purpose 01 tnis law oemg 10 carry^into effect the Federal law, com- ( monly known as the Webb law. ? 4. That any person or persons de- t siring to give a hot supper, dance or t entertainment at which'a supper will be given, or dancing engaged in, shall first obtain from the sheriff of the in \% iiiua scuu uaiiue, buPi'ci ui ] c entertainment shall be given, a li- i cense therefor, to be issued by the : I sheriff, upon payment of proper fee ! to the clerk of court, said fee to be ; not less than 2.", cents, nor more 1 'X ibnn $10.00, to be fixed by the sheriff. ! I It is within the common knowledge! * j if all South Carolinians that at many i >f the hot suppers given during the j oar in this State, many lives are lost, j tnd we feel that if the sheriffs can : < lave supervision over these matters, I )y knowing in advance when such j uppers are to be held, that by proper J; supervision the sheriffs will be able to , jrevent the illegal sale of intoxicat- j ? a j.1? it'Tnl />orrv- ! llg liquors cHltl lilt? umamui vuiij i ng of .concealed weapons, so that!; hese suppers can be held without j )loodshed. j ( 5. That a law be passed prohibit- j , ng any person or persons from carry- ! ( ng a pistol, shot gun or firearms of j, my description to any dance, hot sup-1 )er, baseball game, religious gather- j ng, or any other public gathering, j >vith a penalty for violating said law. j 6. That such amendment of exist- j , ng law, or such law be passed that .vill give magistrates of the State urisdiction- to try persons charged , or the first offense with violation of , ;he dispensary law, and that if such jerson be convicted, he to be fined not . ess than $."o, nor more than $100. or b be confined upon the county chain . ;ang, with or without hard labor, for i period of 30 days. In o=L-incr for thp pnnrfmfmt of such HI ?.v. -aw, we feel that much time will be ! saved in the circuit court by these natters bein'g taken from its eonsiderltion and thereby s? ve to the county !arge sums of money. In addition to this, it will give a speedy trial to the persons charged with such offenses. We respectfully ask that these matters he enacted into law for we feel by so doing we will bo greatly en-1 ibled in our efforts to more efficiently administer the trust imposed upon us by our offices, and to 'ietter enforce the /law as we are now requirid and expected to do. Respectfully submitted. J. C. McCain. 1; resident. Hendrix Rector, Secretary. f TO EXTEND TIME. Representative Kibler Introduces Resolution to Extend Time For Pay* intr Commutation Tax. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Jan 15.?Representative tibler, of Newberry, introduced the 'oliowing joint resolution: "That the :ime for the paying the commutation *oad tax in Newberry county for the ear 1914 is hereby extended to March i ? r\ a v L, > $> <$> <? <$- $> <$> $> <S> <$> <?? <?* <$> <$> <$> s> <$> ? COLLEGE NOTES. <* ? ' <S> > <?> ?> <$> <?> ><$> <$> <$> <?> $> <? $> <$> $ <$> Playing like a bunch of rejuvenated vids Coach Thoma's Indians easily defeated their old time rival, P. C. of 3. C., Tuesday evening in the college gymnasium before the largest crowd ;hat ever witnessed a contest of this cind in Newberry. The new seats .vere full to overflowing and presented i very enthusiastic appearance. The score at the ?nd of the first lalf was 35 to 6, and the final score ; >3 to 10, showing that P. C. of S. C. vas completely outclassed at every ;tase. J. P. Derrick and Paschall played treat ball for Newberry. Ralph Baker played a good center, and though lew to the game E. R. Hipp also did veil. Erskine will play here on January !3, and B. M. I. on January 26. Newberry will play Erskine at Due i kVest on January 17. i Harold Vanderbilt Made Director of 1 \ew York Central. i New York. Jan. 14.?Harold S. Van- < iei bllt, the youngest scion of the fam ly to enter railroad work, today was J ilected a director of the New York Central. He is 30 years old and a graduate of Harvard. His election fills he vacancy in the board created by he resignation of J. P. Morgan. Commander-in-Chief. standard Chaparral. Skee?Mrs. De Rich commands a :igh salary. 1 Zix?I didn't know she worked. < Skce?She Doesn't: she bosses Ivr ! < tusband. j1 i LEGISLATIVE SESSION . jl GETS VERY GOOD START; ?UENEKAL ASSEMBLY MEETS IN :r ANNUAL SESSION. Dr. C. T. Wyche is Chosen speaKer;; Pro Tern, of the House of Representatives. Special to The Herald and News. < Columbia, Jan. 13.?Dr. C. T. Wyclie, j of Prosperity, representing Newberry ' ( county in the general asesmbly, was : ( Dn Tuesday elected speaker pro tem. ( the house of representatives. Dr. | ( n'-ir^vio won nnnrmf^pfl. Thi<? is a very ! high compliment to the Newberry ^ member. ^ The work, of organization in the senate and in the house was brief, i t following the organization, commit- j A tees were appointed to notify the gov- ) ernor, and the governor's annual mes- j t I * sage was presented and read. This i ( message was published in The Her- i, ? t aid and News of Tuesday. , T P.oth President Smith, or tne sen-, rite, and Speaker Smith, of the house,; made appropriate addresses. j rl The session began pleasantly and ' j ; j | c I: !>Ii. 0. T. 1YYCHK, 7 i ? \ Was on Tuesday Elected Speaker Pro J Teni. of ?be House. , harmoniously, and the hope has been freely expressed that it will continue ' so. , There are a number of elections, ^ and some of them may take some time. Two of these elections are of peculiar interest to Newberry as they I are for positions now held by Newberry men?Dr. W. G. Houseal, mem- ' ber o*f the board of trustees of the ' South Carolina Medical college, and ' Mr. A. Hayne Hawkins, director of ' the State penitentiary. There are to 1 be elected two directors of the. peni- ' tentiary, insurance commissioner, * State librarian, several college trustees, several circuit judges, an asso- ^ ciate justice of the supreme court to ' succeed Judge Woods, and a chief jus- ' tice. There are a great many candidates for State librarian, and there 1 ? i are several gentlemen wno are De-1 ing "mentioned" for associate justice, i These two races, and the race for 1 insurance commissioner seem to be ; attracting the main part of the atten- ^ tion which is being centred upon the ' legislature just now. 1 SAVING IN NUTMEG STATE. * ! More Than Half of Connecticut's Peo- < pie 'Yith Accounts. 1 i Hartford, Conn.. .Tan. 14.?More than 1 half the people who live in Connec- i ticut fhad deprsits in the savings ( banks, according to the annual report ( oi the State bank commissioners to- day. The 6<>2.000 depositors have ( ."An ooo t.? thpir nrr?dit. an increase * :>!' 1G,000 depositors and $9,000,000 * :>ver 1912. ' mi <; KILLS BRIDE AM) MOTHER. a t Husband Then Ends His Own Life, t Native of Georgia. ? c Hamlet, X. C.. Jan. 14.?Angered by 1 :he refusal of his bride of two months c to go 071 a trip with him. Will Simons t :oday killed -her, her mother and himself at the home of Mrs. John Calvin t Wiggins, his mother-in-law, about t "our miles south of here. Simons r :*ame here front Georgia a few years ? jgo. but the Wiggins l'ainilv were na- ' < .ives of this county. jj GONERNOR'S MESSAGE IN RE STATE M1EITIA rKA'XSJIITS KECORX) TO THE (iE>EliAL ASSE3IBLV. >fls Out Whole History of Controversy by Which Kegiment Was Saved to State. Special to The Herald and News. f Columbia, .Ian. 15.?Governor Blease )ii Wednesday transmitted to the gen jral assembly the following message iealing with the military situation: jentlemen of the General Assembly: I herewith transmit to you the en:ire record in th- matt'.-r of efJort which was made to muster oul jertain companies of the militia ol :his State. It is a little long, but in ,-iew of its great importance I thought i best to give you in detail the entire ransaction. from the receipt by me >f the adjutant general's letter requesting that the companies be musered out, up to the present time. v I have no apologies to make for .he course I pursued in t'ais matter. There is not a word in one of my leters or interviews that I would reTact. I meant every word I wrote o the secretary of war and to every >ther person connected with the ransaction, and every word I said hat has been published in interviews. still maintain and will continue to uaintain that the Dick law is an im)roper law for the government of volinteer militia. When I was in the ienate I fought it hard. I believed hen and I believe now that the only mrpose in the passage of this law at hat time was to sec-ire some money Torn the United States government. dislike to say it, but I do not believe :hat the interest of the volunteer sollier was taken into consideration. 1 to not>Deiieve inai me nuerest ur iut rights of the' people of South Carolina ivere considered. I believe that th( entire transaction, from its incipiency to the signing of the bill, was solely with the view of obtaining money from the National government I deplore this kind of principle ir some of our people; T think it not onlj silly, but contemptible. I regret t( say these things, but I said them or H f!1* A nnnofn O C ODTliltm Lilt; 1JLPUJ Ui UC ocuatv., uo from my county, and I say them todaj fis commander-in-chief of the milith 3f South Carolina. 'Now, gentlemen, any man 6f anj observation knows thai the volunteei militia can not be held to the rigic rules and requirements of a regulai army. A man in the regular armj lias nothing; else to ' 0. n is nis dusxness. He lays down everything else . ? ind the government pays hint foi svery minute of his time. He gets uj in the morning at the call, just as the farmer does to his work, or the merchant, the banker, the mill operative the lawyer, or the minister, to his rhat is the way he makes his living; :hat is the way he supports his family. It is his tock in trade. But the volunteer does not get one cent foi lis services. Disabuse your minds gentlemen, of any idea that the volun:eer militiaman gets a copper. II ?osts him to belong to the militia, rather than pays him. The youns nan in the militia who works in a store has to attend to the merchant's usiness; the young clerk in the bank >r in the lawyer's office or in the railroad's office, who is a member of the nilitia, must attend to his employer's jusirtess. The captain of the company, who is an attorney or a merchant, or a farmer, or occupies some '-v-. a. ?? >tner position in me; me mujmo, luiowing their vocations; the lieutenant colonels and the colonels?even the brigadier general?all have to make heir living independently of the army, rherefore, you see, gentlemen, they :an not. lay down tbeir business and alk off at any minute and devote the ime and attention to military training hat the regular soldier can. I could * - - _ T jc on and give you otner reasons. 1 :ould spread them over several pages. 3Ut you know it; you see it in your >vei^y day life, and "why waste your ime and mine telling you about it? What I want to impress upon you is hat the volunteer militia can never )e made to comply with the rigid 'ules and laws of the regular army, md, to be honest with yon, they would :e a set of men lacking in reason and udgment if they were to enlist exA ! pecting any sucil results. You knotf J and I know that you would have nc j military companies in this State iJ 11 the young men, when they enlisted, I thought for a moment that they were ,! going to have to endure the hardships J | of a regular army life. As for me? | and I have seen some of t'.ie army life ; I ?I would rather he in any other wort i on earth than a private in the Unitec j States army. j It is all right for the officers, whe ! 1 " 1- - 3 li/ii,n*c< I Can live Iligll, alio, ui iun auuu miuuic j 2nd frolic, and have a good time gen^ .rally, but the poor devil of a private , ;pon learns his lesson of regret. Xow, gentlemen, this matter faas j been ealled to your attention. Wha I advise you to do is this: Make z sufficient appropriation to keep up z sufficient number of militar ycompan ! ies in this State to protect our citiz enship when the necessity arises, anc furnish them with the proper arnu ' and proper equipment, regardless o: anv q nnrnnriflfinn whinh VOU are t( receive from the National government so as -to be independent and free anc ready at all times and under all circumstances to take care of yourselves Then if t!:e United States government wishes to withdraw her aid, let hei ' i withdraw it, and we will be in a position to take care of ourselves, regard less of her l\elp?and any^ State thai doesn't do this i^ neglecting her duty and some day will find herself hopelessly helpless in her own defense. The volunteer militia, wnen it is needed, is greatly needed; it is a ver> important part of our government just as the firemen are, and thej ho:;Id be encouraged by such aid anc assistance as are essential to givina ^enl that to which they are entitled for myself, I have never been uneasy as to protection for our people If the I'nited States government hat ! withdrawn every dollar of the Soutl Carolina appropriation, and .iad call in every gun and every ounce o 51 t munition furnished us, it woul< Ll :io: liavi? disturbed me In the least. | ' would simply have borrowed enougl money and equipped one good mili 5 ary company in each section of th< > State where I thought it was nece= -ary, furnished these companies witl 1 he. proper arms and general equip 7 ment, and presented* the bill to'yoi } fxfor payment, aad I know Oat then 1 isn't a man in the hall of the hous< r or senate, however much he may bi : opposed to me, but would have ha< 1 the patriotism sufficient to have said "We pay this bill/' Besides this, i r tiie necessity naa arisen, or u i * should yet arise, for the prctecticrh o i our people, I know that I can sit ii * the governor's offi-ce and send a fev 7 telegrams and have more people com * 'ng to Columbia, ready for any emer , g^jicv, than the railroad companies ' i could fujnish trains to haul. There 11 fnrp as T sav. I was never uneasy ii I ' ? ; regatd to Mr. Garrison's little threat or the howl of the newspapers tha , Rlease was going to ruin the State. I am delighted at the result. W< ; have saved eight of the original com panies. Five it was absolutely nee i essary to muster out. but this cours* was not pursued by me until after ! ' 1 J 1 1 ? ,1 ? fn rsr\ -n na f milito rv.rtf, XlclQ UCUICU (X VJUlilCi CllV/t Wl lllitiwi; - 'fleers, as is set out in the correspond: once hereto attached and made a par' , oi' this message, at which conferenc< : were present the brigadier general . the three colonels and t.ie assistant i adjutant general. Representatives ap' peared before the conference fron the Conway company and requestec i that the old company be mustered out i stating that they were ready witn tm requisite number of men to have s reorganization immediately and to be : mustered back into service and retair their position, which has been done ; The Bennettsville company was repre' rented by its captain, and made a sim ilar request, with the same result Chesterfield, f regret to say, was declared hopeless, and was mustered out, and a new company was immediately mustered in at Cheraw, within 10 miles of Chesterfield, taking Ches terfield's place. Bamberg had no officer or other person present to represent her, and from information re ceived was in a hopeless condition and was mustered out, and a new company at Woodruff was immediately mustered in and took Bamberg's place. Barnwell's captain could nol I De present. DUi seni a w:re. ms iumI Diiiv was mustered out, with the uni j derstanding that it was immediately j to be reorganized and a tew com^n^ | mustered in. which has been done. 'GAGE WAS tLElTED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE ERNEST MOORE, OF LANCASTER, SUCCEEDS GiAGE. Chief Justice Eugene B. Gary, Was 1 Re-elected Without Opposition. ( ) Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 15.?Judge George J W. Gage, of Chester, was today elected associate justice of the supreme 5 court to fill the vacancy caused by < t the resignation of Judge Woods. 1 Ernest Moore, of Lancaster, was 1 elected to succeed Judge Gage. The chief justice and the other cir cuu judges - were re-eiectea witnout * opposition. 5 T.he other elections will be taken ^ up on Tuesday night. > > : ' Thus you will see that we lost only I Chesterfield and Bamberg, and that " Chcraw, in the same county with \ Chesterfield, and a most convenient h . - ... a . i_ m A * point tor a company, iook ^nesuer- field's place, entailing no loss to the ' people of that section in the matter of military protection, and no loss to - the militia, and that Bamberg was readily replaced by another company. There were also present at the conference representatives of the com? I -- - - -.."I- ! _ U T 1 J Va/N?> ' panies winuu x uu.u uccu icquested to . muster out last ' spring, but which, after the reinspeciic i *had been held, as shown ' by the correspondence, were sftown > to be in a condition not entirely satis* factory to the Federal government, bir. in si.ca, condition that under the rules thev were not recommended to J 1: be mustered out. The representatives 1! of'these companies showed a most ": gratifying enthusiasm in the matter 1 i of bringing their companies up to the 3 ' ' cJ 1 ; highest standard, saying they were * going to work with this end in view, 1and from my knowledge of these men " who compose their companies, I am 5 satisfied that these companies, at the i}cxt inspection, will make a showing 1; second to none. Therefore, you will see, gentlemen." 1 that instead of mustering out the 12 e ( companies which I was requested to e | muster out, and the one Charleston f 2 vvMnh tint Included in .. * j the regular army service, but wihich[? company made the 13 here spoken of * ! and was also skved to the State?int 1 stead of mustering out of the service f j these 13 companies, and going down 1 j to an organization with only two reg- ? T j k i iments, and losing many of our most " | efficient officers, including one colo" | nel, we have stirred up the waters?< 3 j muddied them possibly, temporarily, but as a result we retained every one 1 of our companies, our three regiment? ' and our officers, and today i'think T can truly say, that it will be concurred in by all those who are in a position , 5 to know, that the volunteer -mttitii of this State is in the best condition that it has been in in many years. I 3! do not claim all the credit, gentlemen, [ j for doing this; I would not be so egotistical, but I do claim that I was right in my fight, and that I have won. L The newspapers and others of my po-1 onomipfi it seemed?'many of '1 them?wanted me to lose my fight. L j They were \ylling to hold up South Carolina and South Carolina'^ miltia1 men in ridicule, to be laughed' at and 1 scorned by the citizens of other States ' who did not know the situation, just ' in order to try to get something L J against me personally and in a politi' j cal way. But I was never doubtful, I gentlemen. I knew my ground, and " I knew I was right, and the outcome has proved that it paid me and ? the militia for me to fight for them. In' stead of having been held in scorn and ridicule by certain elements of the ' press of my State, and having been '; opposed in this fight by people -who II oVinuiH Viqvp hnd a nridft in their State, they ought to have joined hands with me and helped me. But since it is all over I do not regret that they did not for if they had they would have been ' entitled to a part of the credit for thfe victory. As it is. the victory belon/gs to Blease. ( \ In this connection I beg to direct ? 11 -- * ^ Ar??'n. your atrennon especially m mo u^nu ion of the Hon. George E. Downey, comptroller of the treasury, which I herewith attach and make a part of (CONTINUED ON PAGE 4). / . j