The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 21, 1914, Page FOUR, Image 4
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Entered at the Postoffice at New-;
frwry, S. C.. as 2nd class matter.
E. H. AULL, EDITOR.
Friday, August 21, 1914.
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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
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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 !
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or set o? men. The man may die but i
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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Sell Us Youi
Leaky Foun
We will allow you <
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jewei, z quart luumaj
Credit for old syringe
Costs you only
Queen, 2 quart founta
Credit for old syringe
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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
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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
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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 $4,600.00 clear on the Parr |
Ei.ioals transaction the county would
aave been compelled to borrow more
money this year. I have a plenty.
Respectfully,
J. H. Chappell.
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We, the undersigned, will furnish a
irst class barbecue at Jno. A. Cromer's
old place on Friday, August 28,
L914.
Eddie Graham,
Marvin Graft am.
We will give a first class barberue
it Bethel school house, Pomaria, on
)n August 22. The services of an
experienced cook "have been secured
ind a fine dinner is assured. A pleasind
time promised. Public invited.
H. F. Counts,
Cald-welJ Ruff.
11JU giTe a first clap l*j$e?u? at!
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credit for it (even if ,
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in syringe 1.25 I ^
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announce to the
have one of the
s in the State.
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zcured Mr. Geo. j 1
'Xpert. j a
lot of up?rv
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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,
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/ 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.