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VOLUME L1I NUMBER H. > ' NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY20, 1914 TWICE A WEEK, %1M A YIA*.
LEGISLATURE WORKING
TO FINISti BUSINESS
APPROPRIATIONS HAD EASY
SAILING ]N HOUSE.
f(? Submit Warehouse
... ?
Plan to People?Primary Laws
Now impossible.
Special to The Herald and News.
~ * v-'- iq?Tho hnuse of
UOllimuia, reu. j.?/.? wn, . _
representatives put the appropriation
bill through in record time this week,
^ sending it over to the senate on ^ues&
day. The bill passed the house with
few changes. It is somewhat remarkR
able that as it passed it was larger
Pr than when it came from the ways and
means committee. This increase was
due to an item of $45,000, proposed
by Representative James, of Lee, as
a contingent fund for needy rural
schools, to be disbursed by the State
^ board of education. The item of $5,AnVhitppts
Todd & Benson,
VV7-t lu paj ?
B of Charleston, for the State house
Wf- model, was killed. As the bill passed
the house and went to the senate it
was about $35,000 bigger than when
it was introduced bv"the ways and
means committee.
The senate may make a good many
changes in the bill', or it may pass it
substantially as it went before them.
That remains to be seen.
It is predicted that the general ass
semblv will be here all next week, but
there will be an effort made to get
through by the middle of the week.
The Warehouse Bill.
Senator McLaurin's State warehouse
bill passed the senate on Wednesday,
amended, so as to submit the
matter to the people at the next general
election. The amendment for a
referendum, which was adopted, was
offered by Senator Williams, of Aiken.
It requires a majority vote of the
people before a $50,000 appropriation
for putting warehouse system into effect
will beccme effective. The bill
as introduced by Senator McLaurin
provides for an appropriation of
$150,000. Senator McLaurin strongly
opposed the referendum, saying
that he !had tried to keep the bill out
of politics and had tried to stay out
himself.
''Primary Reform'' Measures.
Tho hrmsp nf representatives has
been pegging away at intervals on
various "primary reform" measures.
By a vote of 54 to 54 on Tuesday night
k the house refused to pass one of these
ft measures to third reading, but on
Wednesday another one of these
measures passed to third reading by
a vote of 57 to 51. This vote in the
house seems to indicate that it is absolutely
impossible for any "primary
reform" measure to become a law at
this session of the legislature, because
even if one of these measures should
run the gauntlet of both houses, it
ivould api ear absolutely impossible
that the necessary two-thirds could be
mustered in each house to pass it
^ over the governors veto. Governor
P Blease has sent the house a special
F message on the "primary reform"
L measures, which speaks for itself.
I The message follows:
Message of the Governor.
Message No. 28.
Gentlemen cf the House of Representatives
I notice in your journal of Thursday,
February 12th, 1914, on page 20,
copy of a letter from myself to the
Honorable W. F. Stevenson, member
of your body.
& It would seem that Mr. Stevenson's
idea in presenting tins letter to you
was to lead some to the conclusion
that I favor requiring all men who
vote in the primary elections to have
a registration certificate. If you will
read the letter carefully, you will see
that no such interpretation can pos
siuij ue ytcujtju upuzi iu hi cue iiisl
place, I have fought through my whole
political career in opposition to any
^^restriction of the primary, and have
advocated in public and in private, at
W all times, and on all occasions, the allowing
of every white man to particiL
pate in the democratic primaries,
1 whether he be able to read or write
or not: or, whether he is a qualified
or not; or, whether he is a qulified
elector or not. None of these requirements
were necessary when men
were called upon to go to battle field
[ in the 60's, and none were required
when they were called upon, and
volunteered, to go into battle with
Wade Hampton, to redeem South Caro-i;
a .from republicanism, and ever
will 1 consent to any restrictions beins;
placed around a primary election
to prevent one of these old soldiers,
or the son of one of these old soldiers,
from saying who they think should
hold the offices in South Carolina.
Negro interference and negro domination
is all ror. Conditions are different
now to what they were just
after the war, when our fathers were
forced to accept certain things. It
could no mere happen in South Carolina
today than a keg of powder could
Otnv in ha dps 4S hOUTs Without ex- j
ploding. Therefore, any man who
talks to you about appealing to the
negro, or a split in the party at the
general election, with the negro having
the balance of power, must be
either a mixetibreed, a negro lover,)
or himself a disappointed officerseeker.
Let the white people all vote in
the primary as you have been doing
i
and when either side appeals to the 1
negro, you will see all decent white J
men with the pure Caucasian: the ;
negro and his mixed allies will be j
beaten, as %bas been t'.ie insult every!
time it has been tried since 1874.
Now. listen! Here is what my let-j
jter said:
"That a certified copy .of the sanies !
|of the qualified voters of each pre-!
cinct shall be sent to the managers |
of such precinct, and in case any per- i
son shal lose his certificate, and his I
name is on the books in proper form,
he should be allowed to vote, provided
the
managers know him, or he can be
identified."
This suggestion was offered only in
case a bill was forced through by a
majority, who had made up their
minds regardless of consequences to
pass it; and of course, this \?ould
have had to be passed over my veto,
as any bill passing this session, touching
the primary, in any shape or form,
will have to be. I have said this,
ppntipnipn. in mv message, and I
meant it, and I mean it here, and appeal
to every friend I have in your
house to vote against any a.:d all bills,
however innocent they may look, or
however innocent they may appear in
any manner, in any shape or form, j
any any friend of mine, or the peo- |
pie, who does not do it is putting
himself in his enemies hands and fixing
for himself as certain defeat as the
people are permitted to vote this year.1
I am surprised at all of you. You i
came here over the primary bridge,
and if you never expect to run for!
another office, burn the bridge; but,
if you ever expect to come back again
over that stream, you would be fools
| to burn the primary bridge that you 1
I Mmp across on this time. Futher-!
more, I suggested that an act be passed
by you in 1913 requiring the books of
registration to be opened during the
entire month of July and August, in
order that everybody might have the
opportunity to register, and then if a
man did not, it would be his own
fault. You passed no such law. The
majority of your house are >pposed
to me, and they refused to give the j
people of this opportunity to register, j
I whon T askpri vnn tn give it to them.
i and when they did so, they released
every friend of the people in this State
from any word, act or deed, that they
had said or done that could I e inter- !
preted into meaning that they favored
any change in the primary. I instructed
all the boards of supervisors
of registration to open their books last
year; to go to all the cotton mills;
to go to the various townships, and
try to get everybody registered, but
that failed.
Now, gentlemen, in the words of
another: "1 am not opposed to anyreasonable
regulation designed to prevent
unfairness, fraud repeating or
substitution in primary elections.
The primary system was instituted in
this State for the purpose of ascertaining
the will of the white voter in
the selection of public officers and for
his protection. I am, therefore, in
favor of guaranteeing to every white
man whether or not. by any board, the
privilege of casting his vote in the primary."
But, I go one step further,
and say that I think every white man's
name should be upon his club-roll,
and no man should be allowed to vote
unles he lives in South Carolina, and
? " ? " J " < ? /N "filr AT' AW mAY> AtT 1
| UO UI1C ailUUlU use wiiisn.cj' \ji u;uiic; j
to influence voters or otherwise debauch
the primary system. We
should have a free, open primary,
where all of our white people can
cast their ballots for their choice., and
once again I appeal to you not to interfere
with the primary, and- I appeal
particularly to my friends in your
house to vote against any measure,
no matter what it is, or how innocent
it may look, interfering with the primary
election, and if any such bill Is
passed, as soon as it comes down to
me. it will be sent back to you vetoed,
and while we have not a majority in
your house, if we wi.lt all stand together.
we certainly hive mo'.'e than
a third, and we can protect the rights
of the people against the invasion of
their opponents.
Very respectfnly.
Cole. L. Blease,
Governor.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 16, 1914.
Auto Tax Bill.
T>.e Liles bill, to fix an annnal license
for read purposes, to be paid
by the owners of automobiles or mo1
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IUI" Yf illl'.'L'S, pUSSCU U1HU icauiug ?ii
the house on Wednesday and was sent
over to tne senate. The bill imposes
an annual tax of $5 011 automobiles
under 3o liorse power and $10 for over
30 horse power. Motorcycles are
j required to pay a tax of $2.
Cimriesroii Kiiri: License Bill,
j The senate on Tuesday morning, by
a vote of 24 to 17, refused to strike
out the enacting words of the Rittenberg'
bill providing high license for
the city of Charleston. The measure,
which has been watched with interest,
provoked a great 'leal of discussion.
13th Circuit.
The bill creating two circuits out
of the 10th circuit making one circuit
of Anderson and Oconee which is to
be the 10th circuit, and another out
of Gi eenville and Pickens, which is to
be known as the 13rh circuit, has
passed both houses. This will necessitate
the election of a new judge for
the 13th circuit and the appointment
! nf ck vtaxi' oi-il ir?5tr>r orirl n nPW SfPlin
VJi Ci. iiV ?? OViiVitWi *?. ...y
\
pher. Judge Prince, who lives in Anderson,
is the judge of the 10th circuit,
and Solicitor Bowman, who lives
in Greenville, will be the solicitor of
the 13th circuit. Indication point to
the election -of Senator Thomas J.
Mauldin, of Pickens, as judge of the
thirteenth circuit. Mr. Mauldin is a
lawyer of maiked ability, affable and
pleasant manners, and will fill the
position of judge with credit to himself
and the State.
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CASTILLO CAPTURED
_i
Tip From HcComiick Leads to Arrest
of Perpetrator of Cuinbre
Horror.
I El Paso, Texas, Feb. 17.?Maximo
Castillo, the Mexican bandit charged
with responsibility for the Cumbre
tunnel disaster in which 10 American
and>41 others lost their lives, was
captured today, 38 miles south of Ha
I chita. X. M,, by Amercian troops.
The information was conveyed toj
day to Gen. Hugh L. Scott, commandant
at Fort Bliss, in an olficial tele!
gram from Capt. White, Ninth United
States cavalry.
With the bandit were six of his followers,
who, according to Capt.
White's brief dispatch, surrendered
! without a fight. They will be brought
here.
Castillo, to avoid a range of mountains
on the Mexican side, made a detour
which brought him into American
territory. Capt. White was on
! the watch, having received informaj
tion yesterady from Walter McCormick,
American manager of Las Palomas
ranch, on the Mexican side that
the much wanted man was in the vicinity.
VVh?f ili Hie
Whether the prisoner shall be surrendered
to the rebels is a legal question
which remains to be settled. If
this is done there is no doubt that
he will be executed for the Cumbre
disaster. He is not charged with any
crime 011 this side.
Castillo set fire to a freight train
in the Cumbre tunnel two weeks ago.
The cars were burning when a passenger
train crashed into it, and every
life aboard was lost The tunnel still
is burning.
A special to The Times from Hachita,
N. M., says the capture was
made by Lieut. Rothwell of Troop A.
THE NEWS OF ST. PAI LS.
Delegates to tlie Laymen's Convention |
in Columbia?Personal Mention
and Oilier Matters.
Special to The Herald and News. j <
St. Pauls, Feb. 19.?Mv. William G.
Cobb, of Xorth Carolina, a graduate <
of Xewberry colege. and at present a ;
senior in eur Lutheran Theological
seminary in Columbia, assisted our i
pastor in the services here last Sim- {
day making an address. Both were <
very acceptable and we predict u j
bright future for himlMiss
Lillian Stone, a student of tlic
Xewberry high school, spent the week- ,
y* f c< "VT O rl AT rt? I . ?
fclliu ? 1LU UC1 XTI.1. cmvi 4111 o. -i-?
D. Stone.
Mr. Lee Lathrop visited his parents
near .Xewberry Saturday and Sunday ,
of last week.
Miss Myrtle Epting, after spending a ! (
few days with the home folks here, returned
to Greenville, where she will
take a special college course.
Misses Eula and Rosabelle Epting
and Miss Allie Bundrick. of the New
Hope community, spent Saturday night J
and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L>. u i'
Wedaman.
Mr. Albert Wicker, of the St. Philips
section, spent Saturday night and
Sunday with His brother, Mr. l'hos. J. i
Wicker.
Messrs. Ernest Wicker and James
Sanders, of the St. Matthews section,
visited Mr. Jesse Kibler Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. Fred Epting, of Columbia, ig
spending a while with his sister, Mrs.
T. H. Wedaman/
Mrs. Will Franklin, of the Badlnnan
Chapel section, was carried to ths
hospital by her physician, Dr. Wedaman,
to be operated on.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Richardson,
of near Bachman Chapel, spent Sunday
with Mr. J. D. Richardson.
The following, left here or were expected
t? leave here Tuesday for Columbia
to attend the Lutheran Lay
men's convention, as5 representatives j
from St. Pauls: Messrs. Jno. C. Aull, |
Geo. B. Aull, F. F. Livingston, J. J.
Hipp, W. H. Kibler, T. A. Epting, J. J.
Kibler, J. B. Bedenbaugh, W. L. Bedenbaugh,
L. B. Bedenbaugh and the
Rev. Y. von A. Riser: to represnt St.
Philips: Mssrs. C. H. Counts and Olin
Crumpton; to represent Bethlehem:
Messrs. W. B. Boinest and D. L. Wedaman.
A number of other were expecting
to go.
The young people of the neighborhood
enjoyed a valentine party at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Wedaman
on Saturday evening from 7:30 to 11
o'clock. The guests were presented
11
with red hearts as they arrived, which I
directed to another heart which directed
to a room where 'heart shaped
boxes tied with red ribbon filled with
candy were found and each b#t was a
differnt color which tcld their fate.
The reading of the valentines caused
much merriment. There were several
amusing games after which each couple
was given a broken heart to mend.
Mr. James Saunders and Miss Novice
Kibler were the first to mend the heart
becoming king and queen and were
presented with a crown of hearts which :
prifitlpri thpm tn thp hnnnr nf IpnrHn^
w? . WW V"V
the. party to the dining room which
was very beautifully and tastefully
decorated with festons of pink ribbon
streaming from chandelier to each
corner of the table with a vase of pink :
roses in the centre, surrounded by 1
heart shaped sanwiches, cake and
candy. On each corner of the table
a (huge heart outlined with saucers
filled with fruit salad and whipped
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cream wim a pinK neari outimea on ^
same. The parlor was beautifully
decorated with evergeen mingled with j
pink ribbon which made a beautiful
decoration.
The Luther league will meet in the 1
church the first Sunday evening in
March at 7:30 o'clock at which time (
the regular programme for March
will be carried out. It is expected t
I
;!hat Mr. B. V. Chapman, of Newberry, ,
c
will be present and address the league <
pn "How can we develop deeper in- ,
c
tercessory prayer life.- ,
Mrs. T. H. Wedeman requests all
those who wish to join the mission ?
study class to meet at her home Sun- j
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. (
Mvs. Mauve Derrick, of Columbia, is 1
.visiting her father, Mr. Geo. A. Aull. )
NEWS OF JOLLY STREET.
F5ox Supper at Hunter-PeWalt School
Postponed?Literary Society to
Hold Debate.
SDecial to The Herald and Xews.
Jolly Street, Feb. 19.?On account
jf bad weather the box supper at
Hunter-DeWalt graded school was
postponed until Frslay night, February
20. Also at This time the HunLer-l)e\VaIt
Literary society will observe
Washington's birthday. Following
is tiie programme:
Song.?"America.''
Recitation, "The iFather of His
rt a >? <-p ? ? vi +
UOUIIUX"^ ?iiiauucus wiucai.
Reading, "Maxims of WashingtonMinnie
Singley\
Recital, "Washington's Life"?Five
boys.
Songs?"Columbia, Gem of the
Ocean."
Recitation. "A Little Boy's Hatchet'
?Eddie Richardson.
Recitation. "Washington's DayHenry
Werts.
Recitation, "February Twenty-second"?Arthur
Livingston.
Song, "Birthday cf Washington"?
Four girls.
Recitation, "The Little General"?
George Heller.
Recitation, "George Washington"?
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Southern Railway Scholarships.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 15.?As <
fitting memorial to the late Presiden
Finley and in recognition of his in
terest in agricultural education in th<
South, President Fairfax Harrison, o
the Southern Railway, has addressee
a letter to the heacfe of each of thi
nine Slate agricultural colleges ii
South suggesting that the agricultura
scholarships which President Finle;
inaugurated in the early part of 191:
be designated: "Southern Railwa;
Scholarship: William Wilson iFinle:
Foundation."
These scholarships, which offe
complete courses in agriculture to de
serving farmer boys who live in coun
ties traversed by Southern Railwa;
and affiliated lines and who would b
unable. to secure the advantages o
such an education without this aid
are maintained in following institu
T r I/n TTv* i
nuns; ivemuuAj' olulc uu uctan;
Lexington, Ky., State College of Ag
riculture and Mechanic Arts, Raleigh
X. C., University of Tennessee, Knox
vile, Tenn., University of Florida
Gainesvile, Fla., Georgia State College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Athens, Ga., Mississippi Agricultura
and Mechanical College, Agricultrua
College, Miss., Alabama Polytechni<
Institutue, Auburn, Ala., Clemson Ag
ricultral College, Clemson College. S
C.( and Virginia PolytecQnic institute
Blacksburg, Va.
In inaugurating these scholarships
the late President Finley was follow
ing his policy of leading every prac
tical aid in the agricultural develop
ment of the territory served by th<
Southern Railway and affiliated com
panies. Each young man accepting
a scholarship must agree to engage ir
agricultural work, to teach agricultu'> ?
MrnWlr nr, an ovnorimunt rrr
IC sj 1 nwin. un un
for at least three years in territory
touched by one of the lines making
Lhe offer. The details as to the conditions
under which the scholarships
are awarded are in the hands of the
college heads.
Miss Marie Summer, of Pomaria, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Y. von A
Riser.
Mr. E. T. Werts has returned froir
Columbia, where he has been spending
i few days with his wife, who has
been in the hospital for Che past few
sveeks. He reports her doing fine, and
tiopes to return home in a few days
:o tne aengnt or ner many ineuus.
This cold snap is causing some ol
3ur folks to enjoy good fresh pork.
On Friday night, March 13, the dis;rict
school of 50 years ago will appear
it the Hunter-DeWalt school, Jolly
Street. Watch for the advertisement
ind programme in full, which will appear
later. It is worth your time.
Messrs, Fred Wicker, James Richardson
( and Wiley Rikard has beeD
lursins a severe cut on their foot re
;eived while chopping wood. The two
Irst mentioned were cut about the
fiee. -Drift.
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SENSATIONS FOLIOW IN
WAKE OF FORTNER BILL
SPECIAL MESSAGES FROM GOTERNOR
TO SENATE.
Hot Rejonder to Letter From Two
Trustees of Benedict College,
in Columbia.
. Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia, Feb. 19.?The Fortner
Km i a. K V* a r\n f a Hi All n A O w /I
uiu, vvuiv;u uaa yasscu uic uuuac, emu
is now before the senate, and which
has been the subject of more discussion
than any other measure which
has been the subject of more discussion
than any other measure which
" has been considered by this general
assembly, has been the subject of two
5 special messages by Governor Bleasf
to the senate this week, and in coni
nection with this bill a letter was
written the governor by two members
. of the board of trustees of Benedict
college, in Columbia, to which the
governor has made a reply about as
vigorous as could have been written.
This correspondence between the
governor and the members of the
board of trustees of this institution?
- Rev. C. C. Brown, of Suniter, and Mr.
\V. H. Lyles, of Columbia?was sent
- to the senate in a special m/ssage on
Wednesday night.
The two messages of the governor
in reference to the bill, are as follows,
Messages of the Governor,
i Message, >o, 2#,
t Gentlemen of the Senate, !
I ?.iiU
i uerewjiu uausuui. t>u juu JCCICI
2 which is self-explanatory, and I call
f your particular attention to the sen
1 tence in which it; is stated that
b "owing to the small number of white
i children in that township'* it was re1
commended "that they send them all,
Y to her school, Penn School, which is
- a negro school," This shows thai
Y i things are coming to a pass just as 1
Y stated to you gentlemen, and here is
a recommendation already, earlier
r j t'can I expected, asking that white
ho ?pnt tr> a npern school
- ! This letter is from a man who was
y ] born and reared in 'the county of
e j Beaufort, and who is one of her most
f j substantial citizens; I refrain from
[, jgiving his-name here, but the.letter
- | is not marked "personal," and If any
j of you want to see his name, and will
- drcp in to my office, my Secretary,
, Col. Aull, will be pleased to show you
- the letter.
, j I have forwarded two letters to Sena3
j tor Clifton bearing upon this suhjcet.
, One of them charges matters which
1 are too dirty to be placed in your jour1
nol n I vvnnlH nnf ?dnH that lf>ttpr
2 in as a message, but I hope that he
- will read it, so as further to show the
. connection of a negro preacher with a
, white woman in a certain school in
this State.
, I may be annoying you somewhat
- with these matters, but I am anxious
- about the matter?not personally, be
cause as attorney, as employer and as
5 governor, I have been connected with
- various matters which have brought
!; me into contact?not socially, how1
ever, but in business?with negroes,
- and they have always treated me with
i the utmost politeness and respe</,
r and I have no personal fear in this re;
spect, neither for me nor for any of
my family?for each of them, I am
proud to say, is physically able to
pull a trigger whenever it should be
necessary. But I am pleading for the
white girls and the white women of
my State.
Pass the Fortner bill, or something
like it, and stop this growing evil and
1 and save the State any further trouble
> along tnis nne. i am sausuea mat
5 if you do not do something, there will
be serious consequences.
^ Very respectfully,
Cole. L. Blease,
Governor.
Oolumbbia, S. C., Feb. 16, 1914.
Beaufort, S. C., Feb. 11th, 1914.
' "His Excellency, Cole. L. Biease, Governor,
Columbia, S. C.
"Dear Sir: While the light is turn
- ed on to the conditions existing in
Beaufort, I feel that it is my duty to
call your attention to some other matters
which should vitally interest the
1 people o? Beaufort.
"The township school trustees of
1 the township that the town of Beau*
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