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I * .. I VOLUME LII, NUMBER 24. NEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1014. TWICE A WEEK, $1*>0 A YEAR. I GOVERNOR BLEASE ON COUNTY CAMPAIGN PLAN WILL 00 BEFORE THE PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF RI LES. Believes the Servants of the People Should Account to the People, And Will Do So. I Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, March 23.?Governor Blease, who has been out of the city for the past few days, was asked upon his return if he haft anything to say in reference to the rumors in regard to attempting to do away with the coun}ry-to-county qarapaign. In reply, Governor Blease said: "in the first place, I can not conceive tlhat this matter is being discussed seriously, for hardly any man wfth any good common sense, Vho is a candidate for any office, would en Ideavor to keep from going face to face before the people of South Carolina and discussing questions which are of viral importance to them. The man who would endeavor to keep from going before the people would be at once denounced as fearing to face the people, and it would prove FUl^dStiUUO IU UlUi auvi liiw VU.UOV* Therefore, I do not think that this matter is being seriously considered, hut is merely newspaper rumor. "I have made several couniy-to county State campaigns, and 1 think some of them, at leasee, it will be admitted, have been just about as strenuous, and under just about as warm >. circumstances, and in just about as hot weather, as any other man has ever undergone or ever will undergo, and I have never seen one which was flnv harrishin. and pvpn if such a campaign is some lfctle hardship on | the candidates, it is certainly the only ^*v*ay to reach the people, and the people are not going to submit to its being abolished. "However, if those in control were It to be so foolish as to abolish it, flbat ^ would no: interfere with my plans in the least. I would simply arrange an itinerary of my own, just as the State executive committee does, and have it published as paid advertising?as I ^ presume 'that would be the only way I I could gei it in most of the newspapers. I would also forward it to my campaign manager at each county seat, and have him to announce that I would be at his county seat on a certain day to deliver an address, and those who wanted to come to hear me could come, just as they do now, under the present rules, and those wfao did not want to come could stay away, just as they do now under the pres I em rules, and in this way I would go to every county seat in South Carolina this summer, on my own initiative, regardless of what the State executive committee or anybody else might do. And I would send a polite invitation to each of the Candidates who might be in the race for United States senator, and invite them to meet me at the county seat of each county on the day that I would be present, and offer to divide time witft 1fcem in the discussion of the issues. Bl Of course, if they declined?which I have no idea they would do?I would H simply go on, anyway, and deliver my speech. I propose to go before the people and tell them what I have done, and why I have done it, and no crowd of political ringsters can keep me away from the people." vvna': do you tninK 01 me rumor ] F that there will be an attempt to form | a separate par:y if your friends should I control the clubs or a majority ot the K clubs throughout the State?" GoverY nor Blease was asked. ' "Of course," Governor Blease replied, "I pay absolutely no attention to that. I have heard, and I got it pretty straight, that some people i' have advised some other people to go i to their club meetings in April, and mk if they found that the Blease men. had H a majority, to w!:hdraw and form a separate club and elect a separate set of delegates to the county convention, - -? -5 t ? JL^ ^ J una tuav iaey nave Been turuzer aumf viaed, when the county convention V meets, if they fhd Chat the Bl^ase Y m&i have control of tie county convention, to hold a separate county conventio-n, or through. the machinery that they now have in their hands to seat enough anti-Blease decimates to control the convention, r.nd elect sepa ate delegates 10 the State convention, and that the present crowd who now control the machinery o; trie State Democratic party will seat the anti-Blease crowd, 11 acr by fair v loul means, and will claim to be the Democratic party of South Carolina, and that those controlling the raachin pry' will recognize the anti-Blease people as the Democratic convention, and that they have promises from Washington 'that the National Democratic executive comm'.ttee will reccgnize them, whether tlhey be bolters or not, as the regular Democratic organization of South Carolina. "1 wish to state, however, that I do not believe these rumors. In the first T V* r\ y% A 1 ? - rV> aco i r? QnilHl I pmv.c, i naiui< ui ijm v muov ??? Carolina would be so foolish as to make this attempt, although some of them are political fools enough 'to do anything, in their desperation, and 1 am almost sure fehat the Xational Democracy could not afford to take any such position and would not do so. "However, none of 'this talk is giving me the least particle of uneasiness. I have control of the supervi sors of registration of the State, and we are going to register the .voters, no matcer what the cost nor how much time it takes. I have the appointment of the commissioners of election this fall, and those commissioners will appoint the managers, and whatever is the will of the majority of the Democratic party, as expressed in tihe August primaries, will be carried -out in the November elections, whether the ' men nominated are Bleaseites or an- i *f, ti-Bleaseitei,?or wha'c they ar??'whatever the majority of the Democratic party says in August will be carried cut in November, in spite of all the powers in hell or on earch. God Almighty is supreme, and only through him can anything defeat the will of the white people of the Democratic party tlhis year. The people of this State can rest easy along that line, so long as Cole. Blease sits in the governor's chair. i * "You migh'i say, in conclusion, that! I will be nominated for the United j States senate in the primary, and I j will be elected to the United States j senate at the general election, and a Blea-se man will be governor of South Carolina. I told them that two years ago. Some of them laughed, and - it cost t'hem lots of money to laugh, and if :hey have tha't same amount of money to srpend again, I expect they can find the same element of people who will taUo it. It di? them no good then a:i 1 will do them no good this 1 I time So -i& quote one of my favorite savings. 'On with the dance, and let joy be ir.Ko.ifmed/ " PR1XGLE YOUMAXS KILLED. Struck by an Automobile in Columbia. Member of LesrisKture, Recently Married. Pringle T. Youmans of the Columbia bar, member of the Rictiland county delegation in the lower house of the general assembly, was fatally injured about the head on Saturday night at about 7:30 o'clock, when he was knocked down at Main and Washingion streets by an automobile driven by Harry L. Davis, owner of ,the Columbia garage. Mr. Youmans died a few minutes later in McGregor's drug store, to which he was conveyed in Uie car which had struck him. "\Tv. V/Miry,On TT'O < . T flOfl. rtif O CO Jii. i uuiiiaud v* a.o vv jgaio vp*. i ? He was married only three weeks ago, in Augusta, to 'Mrs. May Bronson, of Columbia. Mr. F. H. Hendrix. a student at Xewberry ollege from Leesville, w?.s st'.'uck in 'the left side with a plank waile operating c. rip saw in the Tech department on Monday afternoon. The injury is not serious. Young Hendrix was attended by Dr. J. u. Setzler. Sufficient Provocation. I "Why did you beat Dobson so terribly?" said the judge, indicating the be-bandaged figure of the plaintiff. "I asked him w&y a horse had run away, your honor," explained the priso-ner, "and he told me th-at it was because the animal had lost hi3 , feQuinimity." "K'm,' said the juct-ge. "Dis" l; " HAND IS RK EL EASED. Anderson Board of Trustees (Grants i Petition?Will Continue tlie Work. Tlu' State. Anderson. March -I.?At a special J meeting of riie executive commuree 01 Anderson college late this afternoon, the perition of Prof. W\ H. Hand to be released from his contract to serve as president of Anderson college was unanimously granted. While only the local members of executive committee l were present, the votes of practically I all the other members ot ibe uoara i were in hand and were recorded as j favoring this release. It will be recalled that some days ago a committee ot' educators came to Anderson to request this release, stating at the time that they were acting entirely on their own initiative and not at the suggestion of Prof. Hand. Aftpr a discussion witin this commit tee, the local representatives of the Anderson, board fell that they had convinced- these visitors that their request ought not to be granted, both because of_.su perior claims of Anderson college and because of the great importance of its work. Later Prof. Hand himself asked for | an interview with the local members af the executive committee and ai this interview, on Thursday night of last week, he stated that he ?had decided to ask for his release, and stated fully his reasons for so doing. However, after going over the matter with the committee, he decided to withhold his application, for further \ consideration; but on last Monday morning the chairman of board received his formal written request for a release. A letter was prepared and sent to the out-of-town members of the board, fully explaining the situation and they were asked to record their votes by telegram. The replies were presented to the meeting this afternoon, with the result stated above. Among the reasons assigned b> Prof. Hand for desiring his re- j lease were the following: At the time of his acceptance of his election to the presidency of the college it had been announced that the funds for continuing his present work would be withdrawn at the end of the present session. Since then ?he has been assured that these funds will be available not only for another year, but for several years to come. He has received numerous letters from educators within and without the State, arguing that it would be very detri men?al to tHe progress of constructive work in which he has been engaged for him to lay it down at this time. The writers of these letters all were of opinion that his present work was the most important single piece of constructive work for education that is now being done in the State. The pressure was so great that Prof. Hand became convinced that he ought to ask for his release in order to further conduct this work. He stated to the board that he felt that the work he is now engaged in was so important to all the colleges of the State, as well as to high schools, that Anderson college would suffer greatly along with other colleges if he should abandon his present work. In addition to this, Prcf. Hand urged that his lack of experience in college work made him fearful of undertaking the duties of organization and conducting college work along the ideals of a scand- j ard college 3f W:e high grade of An-| derson college. In preferring his request, Prof. Hand stated his desire to be of continued permanent service ot Anderson college, and of his desire to aid it to the extent of his ability in cue xuv-uic. In the face of this request, and with the reasons assigned, the board felt that it could not do otherwise than grant the pe:ition. THE S$OW COST NEW lORK New York, March 19.?Some estimate of wha: the snow storms of the winter cos: the city of New York was had today when the street cleaning commission anooymced that $2,406,000 had been spent" and Chat aaother $100,000 would be expended before the street were in normal, conditions. E CtfK\ OI11 * 1 ? vor^n r\f 1 SEEKING RANGERS WHO WILL SHOOT Governor Colquitt Plans to Recruit His Army?Texan Las ( lo*c Call. Austin, Texas, March -<>.? Reports of new disorders along rhe Mexican border, including the a .tempted kidnapping of an American citizen by five Mexicans, today caused Gov. O. 15. Colquitt to order Mio Rangers' force j recruited with "men who can shoot." j <lI have instructed Capt. Hughes to look for more men suitable for the Ranger service. My instructions to him are to get men who can shoot and will shoot when necessary," said ; Gov. Colquiett tonight. Capt. Hughes commands the Ranger j force, which has headquarters at Ray- j mondville, Cameron county, in the ex- j treme southeastern section of t>ne ^ Stare. Firown^ville, opposite Mata- j moras, Mex., i* the county seat. Cam-1 eron county citizens today asked the ] governor for protection. Several fili-' blistering expeditions have been reported this week operating along that section of the border. Two telegrame today formed tbe basis of tbe governor's action in ordering tbe Ranger force increased. The first reported tiie kidnapping ol j an American, Charles Ballard, by five, j Mexicans, near Carrizo Springs. The second was the petition from Cameron county citizens. The Ballard telegram sent by Sheriff Gardner of Dimmitt county, to the governor, dated March 19, reads: "Charles Ballard, American,,, was kidnapped from city yesterday morn ing at 9 o'clock by five Mexicans and led by rope around neck and ?hand? j tied behind him to Rio Grande river at mouth of San Ambrosia creek, near San Pedro ranch. When led in:o liver, he cut the rope, freed himself, and diving down stream, escaped to the Mexican side, where he was shot at several times but not hurt. He plunged into the river, diving down, swam to American sid^ and escaped j to San Pedro ranch, four miles from Rio Grandt. All indications point, to fr-ripral Mexican soldiers. Have sent for Ballard; will arrive tomorrow, evening/' Sheriff Gardner went in pursuit with a posse, and the Rangers and United States army border patrol also began a search for the men but tfhey were thought to have escaped into Mexico. The Cameron county petition de clared "murder and robbery are beiug committed freely," and appealed for Ranger protection. The killing of two men, both wealthy Mexicans, was cited. "At practically all places in the counry where Mexicans of tne common class gather for their amusement, whiskey, beer and mescal are being sold openly with'out State, county or federal licenses," said the petition. Roncr^r Piirvr I T SynHprc tnnic'ht VU^yv.. KJ . v. P^UMV4V* W j made an official report from Laredo on the Ballard kidnapping to Gov. Colquitt. It was Cape. Sanders who received toe body of Clemente Vergara when it recently was returned from Mexico. His telegram tonight stated: "About noon Wednesday a Mexican asked Ballard CO go in;o the country and repair a gas engine. They left Ca^rizo Springs on foot. Along the road they met four other Mexicans fivo "nnrooc whn pome* rrnr nf tiio T> itll U I Vj ?? i*v VWiAiV VV*V i/?. wuv J brush and stopped Ballard, tied hisI hands behind him, placed a rope | around his neck and started to the Rio ! Grande. Baliard was walking, the j Mexicans riding. During the> nignt | Ballard got his knife from his hip pocket and cut his hands loose, but continued to hold them behind him until t'aey reached the river. "When in ! deep water he cut the rope from his neck and dived towards the Mexican side. While swimming' he was fired i a*, by trie Mexicans. He reached the; Mexican side, ran down the river bank, dived in and swam to the Texas side. Officers have just returned to Carrizo Springs with Ballard, who seems very sore and nervous. H"e 3ias : r->pe mark? 11 his neck and a^ins. Tie objec: of the kidnapping is yet un-1 known." i Otirrizo Springs ia about 30 miiefl r LLc T.lo Grande. I FLORAL AT TO PARADE. I Hundreds of Beautifully Decorated Machines to Enter Parade at Savannah. Savannah, Ga., March 2',).?A floral auto parade, the first ever held in South Georgia, and in all likelihood The lirst ever held in Georgia, will be one of the features of the festivities accompanying the meeting; of the National Drainage congress at Savannah April 22-27). Liberal prizes will be offered l'or the most attractively decorated automobile or float. Many entries have already been made from Savannah automobilists and from the inquiries received it is apparent that many other Georgia towns will have representatives comDetins for the honors of the occasion. Paper flowers, as well as the natural ones, will be lavishly used for decorations. Out-of-town autoists can make up their designs at homo, bring the decorations with them on tine trip to Savannah, and adjust them on the morning of the parade. The judges will probably be the governors of Georgia and adjacent States. Many of the chief executives of Southern States are expected to attend the congress and from among them the judges will be chosen. The latter part of April is the idea! time of the year in Georgia's chief seaport. The weather then rivals One best that Italy or California offers at any season of the year. The schedule to Tybee Island, Georgia's noted seaside resort, is favorable for those who wish to enjoy a few hours in the bracing atmosphere of ihe . ocea? aridr visit Fort Screven, one of Uncle Sam's most powerful defences against invasioFishing in the nearby wafers will be at its prime, boating invites those who love the sport, and 200 miles of the Soucfii's finest shaded highways entice the, autoist and motorcyclist. Men of prominence in public life and business affairs will gather for the congress. From Europe will come several engineers of no':e, among them Sir "William Willcocks, whose work in the construction of the great Assouan Dam across the Nile, in Egypt;, the worlds most conossai work of that nature, has won him international fame. The importance 6f drainage is becoming more apparent1 from day to day, especially in Georgia, Florida and the Carolinas, with their great low, unreclaimed areas, susceptible of vast agricultural possibilities. The congress will be productive of a wonderful stimulus ij t&a'c direction, j All the railroads have recognized j the greatness of the congress by granting a 3 cent rate for the round ; trip from all points south of the Ohio and east of the* Mississippi, or The en- j tire southeast section of the country, j tickets going on sale April 20 for three days, and good to return until April 30. permitting visitors to spend a week or more in Savannah. The munici- i pality of Savannah will entertain the delegates in various ways and the city will wear a gala air. | Preparations For the Merry Travelers. Wednesday night will be the last relhearsal for "The Merry Travelers." With all the preparations now being made there is no question of the meri: of the entertainment, and with the talent which has been secured there * - riMAfitirvi oc t r\ fVio c 11 lib CVCii lev; a Ijucouuu a.o i-vy mv, cess of those taking part. That '"The Merry Travelers" will please an audience is a foregone conclusion. There are so many people and so many things to interest, so that it can not fail to delight even the most skeptical. Indeed, the parts are so well taken, and so unusually good tlhat we doubt whether there will be the exception suggested on any de- j tail. The musical features of this most! interesting production are all artistic, pretty, and catchy, from the large openin gchorus of 100 children, singing "Tattle Tale," :o the closir^ chorus of joung men and ladies on the eJ<?ctrie lighted swings, in "Back to the J And of Gulden Dreams." Reserved sea'is are 50 cents and are now on sale at Gilder & Weeks drug s'.o-e. Anyone purchasing 50 aent tickets from the children can have thetai e^-'.ng-sd at the drug store fur pne* T ' MR. BURR J A MES RAMAGE. * Died Suddenly In Washington Monday v Moinine?A Former >"ewberrian. -Miss Fannie Ramage received a telegram Monday afternoon that her brother, Mr. Burr James Ramage, had i died suddenly in Washington, D. C., ! [.Monday morning. No particulars were ! given. The burial will be at Sewanee, Tenn., where Mr. Ramage was a teacher for many years and where his wife's people live. Mr. Ramage was a graduate of Newberry college in the class of 1880. He afterwards took post graduate work at Johns Hopkins and was given the degree of doctor of .philosophy. Besides his immediate family he is survived by one sister, Miss Fannie Ramage, of Newberry, and one brotflier. the Rev. Bartow B. Ramage, of Fort Worth, Texas. The family had many friends in Newberry who will be grieved to bear of his death. MEXICAN POLICY UNCHANGED Washington Is in Possession of Facts. ?Waiting for Battle. / Washington, March 22.?Although full reports of the conference at Vera Cruz between John Lind and Senor Portilloy Rojas, minister of foreign affairs in the Huerta cabinet, have been received here, the disposition of tho American government is to make no change in its Mexican policy or express itself on any of the new j?reposals r^ort?d..tp.Jhgjg beej^joade, .. / until 'after the battle of Torreon is tought. This became known tonight authoritatively, though officials declined to say what new proposals ?had been : made by the Mexican cabinet officer. Repots that a more friendly feeling ! prevails between the Washington government and those of the Huerta administration seeking a peaceful ' settlement of the difficulty are borne out by dispatches received here by Charge Algara of the Mexican embassy, who today said President Wilson's attitude in welcoming a resumption cf peace negotiations had made a favorable impression in the Mexican capital. One of the purposes of the visit of Senor Portillo y Rojas to Mr/Lind, it is said, was to acquaint the latter wfrh his personality. President Wil son recently spoke in complimentary terms of the Mexican cabinet officer. Onarge Algara has pointed out that while Senor Po'tilla is a member of the Clerical party, he is Liberal in his views. Constitutionalists here have said, however, that while they thought highly of Senor Portillo y Rojas per- * sonally, his affiliations with the Clerj ical party would prevent his being ac| cepted by Gen. Carranza as provisional I successor to Huerta. . i American administration officials | here do not think much can be ac! complished until tihe ba':tle of Tori reon is over. The prestige and strength of one or the other of the twp Mexican factions admittedly will I suffer as a result of the contest, and ; the moral effect throughout Mexico, it is believed here, will be tremendous, j The presence in Vera Cruz of Charge i O'Shaugihnessy merely is a matter of i his health, according to a state department announcement. Secretary Bryan denied a published report that O'Shaughnessy wanted to resign. He ! j said he had heard nothing of it and : did not beleive it. The secretary made no comment on : Cqti/m* Pahm'IIo'c (Cllprtrpctinn Mr. [ isjtiivyx i uiiv o wv-kOO^"k-'w*w"~ j Lind take a trip through territory controlled by the Mexican federals. I Good Company. ; Judge. A lively imagination. j Blissful ignorfjice. A Smart rejoinder. A brilliant repartee. A spritely fancy. An amusing mistake. A sharp answer. *: - I ""7 A capital charge. " ir A spirited reply. ' < A sporting chance. " ' r" A happy idea. A laughing-stock. I A social grossbeak. # | A jolly-boat.