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jpe jenrtD and Jodsl | Entered at the Postoffice at New-; frwry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, August 21, 1914. i __________________________ The most serious question that we j know of just now is the condition of j Business, rne Dangers say mai muucj/ is scarce and the price of cotton way down. We all need to pull together in a crisis like this and all help each other.. Ttie strong should not oppres? the weak. The man who has the money today may not have it tomorrow. The Herald and News expects to get in 'full returns of the election nevt Tuesday ^nd asks our friends at each r.recinct to assist us in getting the news from the county quick. We will j be pleased to have any one in the county phone for news and we will give cheerfully any we may have. Cooperation and we will get the news soon, : i.r 1 ,Mr. Aiken takes seven columns to reply to the statement of Mr. Baker and yet be says there is nothing in Mr. Baker's article to demand his attention. Mr. Baker makes brief reply in the paper today. As he says the Question is not what Mr. Baker is or has been, but what Mr. Aiken has done as a congressman. No use to cloud the issue by going off into personal abuse. But then you can't fool the people. They are wise. i\Vo hflvp heard it reDorted that the editor of The Herald and News had reported to the department in (Washington the "pernicious activity in partisan politics" of certain postmasters and rural carriers. We desire to say that the report is a lie out of the "whole cloth. We are not in the habit of reporting peq|)le or acting as a , spy on any one. L: we have anything to say about any one in matters pol- 1 itical we have always made it a rule ' to say it in Tne Jtieraia ana .\ews. , "We admit that we have heard that | some of the carriers and the postmaster baa been rather active in pofftics but we have made no report to any* one and know of our own knowledge nothing about the matter. So far as ve know the rural carriers have been very clever to us and to The Herald and News. We heard two years ago tiat some of the carriers wej-e rather active against the editor when he was a candidate, but even then we never thought even of reporting them. We knew they were mistaken in fighting us, but we bad no desire to take away from them their right to use their own judgment as to whom they would support. The campaign will soon be at an end and every one should be glad o>.' it. It is strange how people will work themselves into a frenzy in their partisan zeal and fall out with their best friends because they happen to differ on the selection of some man for an j office that does not concern them in - the least. Because we differ in our | Yiews of men is no reason why we! should fall out with each other. We j are not going ito do it. Some of those | "whom we consider our best friends do not agree with us and will not vote as we will, but on that account we are ; not going to get mad with them. If their man wins we will rejoice with ; them, and if our man wins we will expect them to rejoice with us, but on no account shall we get angry with ( them, and certainly we shall expect! I tiem to grant us the same privilege ! to our opinion. Let us all play the glad game. The fate of the nation does not i rest upon the success of any one man ! | or set o? men. The man may die but i i the work will go 011 just the same. No one man is indispensable to the proper revolution of the globe. The country is sa?:"e and don't you for one minute get it into your noggin tJbat the whole thing rests on every one doing just as you think. There is no truth and no foundation for any such proposition. The editor of The Herald and News has "been up in the Third district dur inca tfla-citaati- (8a?=fgl ? ditfV look mig iy good up thai way for Dominick and for Blease as well. As an illustration we heard a gentleman telling about one of the candidates sending a friend of his with some "literature" to Piedmont, and when the friend returned he asked him ihow things were, and the friend replied _! ? ?- ? V? f\Y> & SWAT an ngm. oixiu ijc. u><.ij unv there is going to vote for Blea.se, Dominick and Winston Smith." Smith is the auditor of Anderson county. We have heard t'nat it has been circulated in Newberry that at the Orr mill Dominick was not allowed to sneak, that whenever he mentioned tho r>qmp r?f Aiken he was hollered at so that he could not proceed and that Sheriff Ashley was also howled down. That is a campaign lie out a:' the vbole cloth. There is one thing thai can be said to the credit of the voters ol the district, they have given Mr. Dominick a most respectful hearing irtierever he has spoken and he has always been received with applause. In fact the only time that he has spoken at the Orr mill was before the opening of the campaign and at that time Mr. Dominick never referred to Aiken except to say that he u ? Viic? ror>nrH until the WOUiU 11UL U19V/UOO Uio ? opening of the regular campaign. Wc never could see the advantage of circulating false reports on your opponent. We have never believed it accomplished any good for any one. It would be a mistake to give credence to any report about any candidate that you may hear between now " * olA<ninn. SuDDose we all aii'i v.* v vvwv.w ?. A ^ _ agree to tell the truth and be fair to an opponent and remember that are all one people and when the people speak at the polls next Tuesday we are toing to accept the result in good fatth. | "ON THE DEFENSIVE BEFORE THE VOTERS" (COXlriiX'UED PROM PAGE 1) i ???????????????????? i - - - * 11. I Herald ana .News on August u. City of Washington, District of Columbia Personally appeared before me, W. G-. Liei>allen, who, being duly sworn, says: J That he has read the letter of Jaxa?? M. Baker, dated August 8, 1914, and published in The Herald and News, of Newberry, S. on August 11, 1914; that he bas examined the Congres"iAnai T?ftrnrfi and compared all the __ quotations cited in said statement therefrom, and finds them to be correct as published. W. G. Laeualltn, Acting Librarian United States Senate. Sworn to before me, this the lotk day of August, 1914. rL B. Nixon, (Seal) Notary Public. 'My commission expires December 18t&, 1915. Mr. Aiken statesrin his article, that "Baker was elected secretary of the senate as a sort of consolation prize to Senator Tillman. Senator Tillman wanted to be chairman of the committee on appropriations, and his colleagues were not willing for him to have it." By reference to The Washington Post of March 9, 1913, it appears that the Democratic caucus nominated me ? ror secretary of the senate on luarcu S, 1913. The caucus committtee did not begin considering the chairmanships of committees until March 10. 1913, and tine announcement of the selection for the ihairinanchip of the committees was not made until March 15, 1911, which was a week after my election. See The Washington Post of March 15, 1913, page 1, column 1. These facts and dates from the record prove that Mr. Aiken has made another false statement. In conclusion, let the voters or tne T.:ird district take the words of Speaker Champ Clark, as quoted by Mr. Aiken: "Men should not be sent to congress simply to gratify their own personal ambition, but because they can be of service. Having proved that they are of service, wisdom dictates that they continue to be of service." Apply this language to Mr. Aiken's proven record of incompetency and neglect of public duty, and wisdom dictates that he should be defeated. Respectfully, James M. Baker. vprn iuvhtvipk REPLIES TO AIKE5 (COiXfT'IXUED FROM PAGE 1) the inspector may have been biased in 6is report. Now, honest Mr. Aiken, didn't you speak the truth for once you An yqjw, e.is I hat yci! wou'.il bo a fool to make j a .lai.g - in the postmaster at Anderi . ; son before the primary uecause t..ere are some 1 "> applicants and you wanij ed the support of all of them and if you made the appointment now you ! would have all but the appointee; ! working against you? Wasn't that i statement an admission that you are j ; I playing politics o the lowest charac- j ; ter with 'J.;e postmasters'.iip at Anderison? You will not deny uiat you j made that statement in your speech ; at Pickens. It will take more than | two columns satisfactorily to explain i your course in the Anderson postmaa-' j tership. j You do not deny your caral vote but i try to exiplain it. j You deny that you use money. As you swear that you have only used i and there has been only used in your ' campaign $28.50 it would seem rldic- : I ulous to charge you with spending any ! money in a campaign. I presume you j gave it all to charity and to uelp build churches out of a purely gen- j erous heart and with no view of aid- j | ing you ir. your election. K -that be i true you should suppress that circuj lar tbat is being distributed over the 4Utrict telling about the $50.00 to a r>>niTv>h artri the ioe fund at the Abbe ' ville mill. Charity vaunteth not it- 1 self. ! You admit that you were absent 253 times from roll call but try to explain I that by claiming tjaat you were paired as that is a custom. That is tru? ; about the custom of paving pairs, but ! you overlook the record which states \ that you were absent 253 times and j had no pair, and t^at you were absent j and paired 207 times making a total of 460 times absent and paired out of total of 999 votes. That is the state ment and that statement was taken from the record. "A half truth is the I worst kind of a lie," to quote your I own language. I ! *'3 to my legislative record you only ! quote tne charge and do not carr> your investigation to the end w^here i you would have cound that 1 was completely and thoroughly exonorated j ;rom a v imenticn ov wroi^ doing and the investigation was had at my re * A ilron Ia nilf.tp i l?Ut?SL. Again, 1TX1 . xxxrvvii, i<v/ H-ww , your own language, "a "halif truth is the meanest kind of a lie," and you knew you were only quoting a half truth and doing it for the purpose of misleading. At the time your article was published you say that you are in Wash ; ington looking after Phe people's bus- , i iness. Is it not true t'nat at the time i it appeared in the Anderson papers you were in Pickens and Oconee? *The question before the voters of the Third district is not the personal affairs of Mr. Baker, but the record of Wyatt A5ken as a congressman and as it is writ in the Record. T.iat has been presented fairly and honestly. . Do the people endorse it? Pred. H. Dominick. PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY. Reports From Third District So Many Postoftice Department Will Take Prompt Action. i Special to T'.ie Herald and News. i Washington, D. C., 'Aug. 20.?I have received additional complaints iron the Third district concerning the po- \ litical activity of the rural route1 carriers and have referred same to ti'.ie postoffice department. The department assures me they will take prompt action on these matters. \ ! The law provides, "No person in' the executive service shall use his of- j ficial authority or influence for the. | purpose o interfering wit'a an elec-; ; tion or affecting the results thereof." , ! Persons who by the provisions of j these rules are in the competitive, i classified service, while retaining the right to ^ote as they please and : , to express privately their opinions on ( all political subjects, shall take no active part in political management; or political campaigns. Section 162 postal laws and regula-; tions. The infraction of this rulf in i I the Third district has been so flag-; rant that the investigation by the de-: partment will disclose a condition of j affairs that will call for drastic ac-; tion. James M. Baker. | CARD FROM MR. J. L. KEITT. i He Writes About the Notive to Governor Blease as to flub Membership | i To the Editor of the Nrws: In your Sunday issue you publish a report of the Newberry county com- j ! mittee proceedings with reference to j the citation of Gov. Blease to show j j cause why fois name should not be j stricken from the roll of the club in ward 5. This was furnished by Mr. E. H. Aull. Re says: "After the return was read several members of the committee tried to move that the ; governor's name be left on the roll, j Vn vntp was taken and only one mem- ! I 4 - j f.r orab't to striking :h? governor's 1 mtme off. althoi gh t e majority of ue members o. the committee are opposed 10 Governor Blease politically, it seems the chairman was trying to [ force Governor Blease to enroll in Club Xo. 3. i le governor has been a member o: Ward 5 club for some years." '"The reference of Governor Blease j in his return to "flirting with tae populist"' evidently referred to Chairman Keitt as the go ernor has repeatedly stated tua; Mr. Keitt is a populist." It seems, Mr. Editor, that Got. Blease is affrighted to the verge of delirium treme.is by tf.ie vision o? a DODulist. It wculd be an act of c^ar ity to re i eve him from the horrors o?: tr.;is nightmare and Col. Aull from the necessity Df doing his bidding, j I feel more amused than concerned i ever tiieir desperation about an ir- j relevant matter. The relevant fact it j that I am county chairman and i. a J * nvic+c fliat T msv onfnrr? law aild I ixzcll CTAJOlo CXIu i* jl v?? w ^.w , , order, I admit t;'.iat it is my purpose i however ineffectually I may be able i to execute it. As county chairman my attention was called to a number of errors and irregularities among them that Gov. Blease '.lad improperly i enrolled in Ward 5. I drew t':.e gen-' eral citation and g^ve it with a list j to the sercetary to be mailed. Wnen j the matter cane ber'ore tfce commit- i tee the return was presented. It contained nothing of value upon point: at issue, and would not in the slight- j est degree have influenced the chair,' and I presume the committee. But a member of the committee called ! 1 attention of the chairman to section 10 of the rules whioh provide, "iThe St?t? < and county officers temporarily resid- , ing at or near :he capital or the coun- j *? ~mnr m'prnihprshir) ^ I Ly scat ^ K . and voting rights in their former! home club if they so desire." Tie chairman believed at the time that} this rule authorized Gov. Blease to ! enroll in Ward 5 and so ruled. Another member took a different view, but chairman concluded the matter by his ruling. After further reflection with a knowledge of the facts I am incline^ to believe that the chairman j erred and the member of the commit- ! tee was right. I will state the facts \ 1 and others can decide. Although a j " - A x {? modo f/-l malro it persisiem cuui i is vw uiU?v ?w, appear that -Gov. Blease has been a 1 member of Ward 5 club a number of j vears, no one will dispute the fact fiat, I when the Democratic party reorganiz- ; ed in J912, he was a member of Ward : 3 club in wivich ward he ':ad resided. He took part in the deliberations of the club until delegates to the county 1 i convention were elected. He was very much angered by the 'fact hat he was rot elected a delegate to the county j convention and after making chars* teristic threats he fled precipitately to Ward 5. He reached there before the meeting adjourned, was kindly' received, and was elected a delegate : to the county convention. Now the : question to bf judicially considered is j the application of rule 10?to the sit-; uation?-The old constitution as well; as the new set apart townships and'; Wards as club districts. When Gofv. j Blease joined the reorganization of Ward 3 in 1ST.2 it was entirely proper ; and he becair e a member of that?de | jure?When he left Ward 3 entirelv | upon his own motion and joined Ward ^ bp h,-i*ame a member of that club?de 'acto?But as the act in violation of tfte constitution, not being a resident of Ward o, his membership there could rot be de jure. I Jos. L. K!eitt, County chairman. ! j I Card of Supervisor. The condition of the roads in New- i b^rry county speak much louder and morp e'oauent than it is possible for ^ me to speak or write?those who have 1 not traveled over the roads just ask Mr. J. W. Scott or any one else be- * tween Newberry and Whitmire; ask 1 W. R. Smith or any one between Chap- ;1 pells and Newberry; ask John Foster : or the Miller boys or W. W. Riser, Jr., ^ or any one else in that community; 1 ask Clarence Pitts at Old Tcwn and | tie Saunders or any one between j there and Newberry; ask Fred Schum- J *)ert. Jim Stephens, Henry Long or!" any one cJse in that community; ask Pierce Harmon or the Borers or i I < Boozers or any one else in tneir com-! munity; ask J. L. Hunter or Press < Fillers or any one else in their community: ask J A. Nichols or the Milis or Wessingers or any one else in their J ? -.oL- Vrtoh Rnlanrl nr Back f , aon Wise or spy ore else at Little Moun- J tain; ask Set?ler Bros., or Dr. Pin nsr or Ben Counts or any one else at [ Pom aria; ask the mail rider, young man Counts, who makes a trip every day up Broad river, hear the good, < report he will give you about the j < work I have dene on his road; ask 1 < Wi'I Fr.lk or any one else on his ! < I road; ask Pum Sance or Jack < S^ase or Tom Keitt about their roads. So you see I have about directed you to enquire of men in every neighbor-1 f * Sell Us Youi Leaky Foun We will allow you < worn out) in excl 1 n ?i. j! i._: jewei, z quart luumaj Credit for old syringe Costs you only Queen, 2 quart founta Credit for old syringe ttai i av>1 tr V_/U?>U3 JUU UliiJ Magnolia, 3 quart fou Credit for old syringe Costs you only Think of gettii in syringes EVERY ONE W, GILDER i ANNAITN minuuii We wish to * _ public that we hest repair shop ' t717~ 7 YY OUII 1 (Url/C' JL u>ho has been time and have s< Spotts* a Ford e We have ada to-date machim vared to do first a short notice. Mower's 1400 MAIN-ST. Night Phone I 1 rou I have done the work. Then tere is the interesting part for the ;axpayers, Henry Holloway's books will show that I have done the work !or $6,73-6.69 less than it was done :he same date last year and if I aad ! lot made $4,600.00 clear on the Parr | Ei.ioals transaction the county would aave been compelled to borrow more money this year. I have a plenty. Respectfully, J. H. Chappell. idv.? - - - - ~ ?<$><?<$><{>V ?> BARBECUES. <?> ?> 3> $><$<?>G><?Q>G>Q><$<?><?><$><&?<$$><& We, the undersigned, will furnish a irst class barbecue at Jno. A. Cromer's old place on Friday, August 28, L914. Eddie Graham, Marvin Graft am. We will give a first class barberue it Bethel school house, Pomaria, on )n August 22. The services of an experienced cook "have been secured ind a fine dinner is assured. A pleasind time promised. Public invited. H. F. Counts, Cald-welJ Ruff. 11JU giTe a first clap l*j$e?u? at! ^____________________ I ' r Old Worn, tain Syringe ? I credit for it (even if , lange as follows: in syringe $1.00 I . .25 in syringe 1.25 I ^ .50 I ' .75 ! ntain syringe 2.00 1.25 " + .75 I ig such values | for 75 cents A.RRANTED BY : j J nrrrvo J Z WEJLI| % ICEMENT I ' MngMMng ' \ I I announce to the have one of the s in the State. i Vfr. John Nance .1 e itft us jor some zcured Mr. Geo. j 1 'Xpert. j a lot of up?rv and are ore ' - ? a t class work on . i uarage PHONE 300 | s 37 ?T?d 103 J the residence of Col. D. A, Ruff on Friday, August 21. There will be 9 dancing for the young people. The M dinner will be cooked by Mr. Luke | Sease and a good dinner may be ex- fl pected. J| D. B. Ruff, ML F. A. Gall man. W; I will give a first class barfbecue at m--?- TTT -J A AxffllCt IS A r? Liopia, weuucauttj, au6u? knowledge*! as one cf the best in the county. The ladies are especially invite-?. W I. Herbert. We will give a first class barbecue at Pomaria on Saturday, August 22, at which the governor and the congressional candidates will sueak. Caldwell Ruff, i tjt n / 11. V/. VV/uuto. The Rural School Improvement association of Smyrna will give a first class barbecue at'the home of Alex jk D Hudson on the 28th of August. One of the best cooks o>f the county has been secured. All trains will stop at 9 noornMii'i! pnnhlinsr narties to attend from any point on Southern. Prices, 50c for men, 40c for women, and 25c for children under 12 years of age. worthy cause.