The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, October 06, 1914, Image 1
VOLUME LII, SOIBEK 79. DEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY, OCTOBER G, 1911. TWICE A WEEK. 9LI A Y1UL
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1 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
10 MEET TUESDAY
TO CONSIDER COTTON SITUATION
AND OTHEK QUESTIONS
I Assembly in Extra Session Hay Fill
I Vacancy of .Judgeship of Fifth
* Circuit.
^olumbia, Oct. 3.?Called by the j
H jUvernor to consider the crisis !
Fought about by tie closing of the
[European cotton markets, the general
W&ssembly will assemble in the capitol
V in Columbia on Tuesday at noon in
I extraordinary session to grapp'e with
the problem confronting South Caro- j
I lina. as well as other cotton States. ;
The question of financing ti:e present
^Hcctton crop and cutting down or total1
ly eliminating the cotton acreage next
year will be considered by the legislature.
Probably over a score or measures
have been prepared by members deai- j
ing with the crisis, but the four emerg
gency measures agreed to and drawn
* up by Senator John L. McLaurin, of
Marlboro county and Representative
i\V. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield county,
are the best known. These measures
will be introduced in both'
branches immediately after the legislature
is called to order on Tuesday.
tThe quartette of proposed bills are:
Proposed Bills.
I A State warehouse system for storing
cotton ami State validation of
warehouse receipts. The State is to
secure loans for the cotton grower and
Ihints have been made that supplemental
legislation looking to the establishment
o? a State bank to ne
gotiate loans on the cotton may be
necessary.
Prohibiting the planting of more
* than eight acres of cotton to the work
animal in 1915, and excess planted being
punishable by fine and imprisonment
nf t-p nprson sruiltv.
iA bond issue of $1,500,000 at 4 per !
cent to place the State on a cash basis
and complete the removal of the State
asylum to the new site at State Park,
a ew miles north of the city. The authors
of tihis measure would provide
$300,<"'00 of this towards placing the
State on a cash basis and the other
$1,000,000 to go towards completing
the asylum, but that out of this $250,k
000 already advanced by tue State on
I t:e work at State Park should be re
Fpaid.
A joint resolution extending the
payment of all county and State taxes
to May 15, 1915, without panalty.
The acreage reduction measure has
attracted the ma;or share of attention.
AnntVinr. -nu-vco 1 fnr nTvrai rn rip" tf.iis '
LUCl J^nupVOU'i. v V vw......0
. same end has been suggested by W.
B. Gruber, of Walterboro, through an !
} occupation license tax. Total elimina- !
tion of all cotton planting for next 1
year is advocated by many and will |
be urged on the general assembly.
Cost to Taxpayers.
"While the governor's call of ^he gen
eral assembly was lor the purpose of
considering the cotton crisis t'he scope
of Li e lawmakers is unlimited once
they assemble. The session will cost.
the taxpayers of the State at least
SnO.ftOO. and it mav run to $100,000 or '
f more. It is not thought that the ses- '
sion will last many days. It cannot
last over one month, for the present
l members go out oc office on Monday
L following the general election in Nov- j
V ember.
f It is believed that if a cotton acre
age reduction law is passed it will j
be conditioned on the principal eotb
ton growing States doing likewise. .
Such a law for South Carolina alone
with none of the other cotton States '
reducing acreage would work only i
^ Via-r^chi-n nn thns Statp an/} not he
fet of benefit towards any material de-'
gj| crease in cotton production, as is eviBn
dent from a study of tine situation.
Vacancies in House,
A There are two vacancies in -zhe
house rtansed bv deaths since the last
Psession of Pringle T. Youmans, of |
Richland, and J. L. Robertson, of
Coiieton. Three vacancies exist in the
senate, Francis H. Weston, of Richland
county, having resigned to ac- !
cent the position of United States dis- |
W& tract attorney for this State; B W.
Crouch o: Saluda, having resigned to
"become assistant district attorney
and T. J. 'Mauldin, of Pickens, having |
resigned to accept the jndgship of the !
I lot'.i circuit. Besides tTiere is a ques- j
bers to occupy seats, T. J. Strait, o:'
Lancaster, having accepted the position
of superintendent oi the State
asylum and A. B. Patterson of Barn
well, aaving accepted the position of
p.:\isician at State Park.
Lieutenant Governor Charles A.
(Smith, of Tiimmonsville, is presiding
officer of the State senate, and
Mendel L. Smith, of Camden, the
speaker of the 'house, Marvin M.
Mann, of St. Matt'iews, is the clerk of
the senate, and James A. Hoyt, of Co
nmi'Dia, me cier.K oi uie nouse.
May Fill Vacancies..
The general assembly at its extra
session may fill the vacancies in the
judgeship of the ~>tn circuit caused by
t'.e death of Judge Ernest Gary, and
the vacancy on the board of visitors
r?,f r?';inc,orl "hv + V??*
V/ 1 lily.' V-' 1 C Ct iU v 1| V--CA UiJ V. U UJ twv UVCIU ' \J 1
Major Lucas, of Society Hill. For the
Judgeship of t:.e ">th circuit the names
o. Speaker Mendel L. Smith, of Camden,
and W. T. Aycock, of Co1 .n-bia,
are prominently mentioned. The extra
session may leave the filling of these
vacancies to the regular session in
January, but tnere are some members
who are said to favor electing in the
extra session.
Governor Cole L. Blease has 'his
message for the extra session ready,
but no hint of wuat it cod tains has
been given. The message has been
printed and will be ready for reading
in the two houses on Tuesufciy immediately
after the two branches convene.
muA -..ill ^ u ^
i utr suiuus* wui uuuit; uiuroughly
aware of the gravity of the
situation confronting them, and it is
not believed that there will be amy
unnecessary waste of time. It will be
the first time since 18&8 that the legislature
(has met in extra session.
Wyehe's Bills.
Cedil 0. Wycbe, member of the
house of representatives from Spar
tanbur? county, who is in t'i:e city,
was asked this morning for a statement
in regard to the approaching extraordinary
session of the '^gislature
Mr. Wyche said:
"It is true that I have prepared
some bills for introduction in *tne
house on Tuesday, and each and every
one of them, in my opinion, is germane
to the present serious conditions coniironting
our people on account of the
low price of cotton, and I am satisfied
that if the general assembly will ;
i
pass my bills, that the farmers of the
State will be pleased, and that all
classes of our citizens will receive
immediate relief. Some say that any
law new passed cannot ? ve present
relief. From this I differ. I am decidedly
of the opinion that if we will
pass a Din tor tae reaucmon o: acreage
that those who are compelled to have
cotton :or manufacturing and other
purposes, realizing that next year's
crop will not supply wants, will immediately
begin to make purchases,
and this demand will cause an immediate
increase in ti'ie price of cotton.
"The proposition as to whether or
not a bill for the reduction of acreage
is constitutional, in my opinion, is one
which should not for a moment interfere
with the actions of the legislators
in tills matter. It is for us to !
pass laws suCii as in our opinion are
for the best interests of all of the
people of our State. It i.s for the executive
tc approve or disapprove these
laws, and I am satlsfid that the present
executive will approve each and
every one of tine bills which I will introduce
on this subject if we pass
them. It is then up to the courts to I
pass upon the constitutionality of |
these questions, and I am decidedly i
and positively in tavor of letting each ,
Hnreirtmont iric nart TTip /^nnsH- i
U V |VV* i (/UlVUb av AW v* * V V-V w
tution provides that tae three departments
shall he separate and distin<fc*
Let's so keep them. Let the legislative
department do its duty). Then pass
it on to the executive department, and
let it do its duty. Then pass it on
to the judiciary, and let that department
do its duty. TV.en no one will be
to oiame, wnatever may oe aoue. out
if tte legislature fails to act, without
having the opinion ol the judiciary,
we will have been derelict in our duty,
for lawyers differ, and while a majority
of the lawyers of the general
assembly may agree that a bill is or
i*c Tint r?Annna.l. thft final arbiter
is the supreme court, and until we
know its opinion there is ever doubt
as to what is or is not constitutional,
because when the supreme court sa- =
it is constitutional, whether it is or
r.ot, ti a: settles it until another Sai
preme court says that it is not."
MW'lvat are some o: your bills?'' Mr.
VVyche was asked.
i
' 1 do not care." he replied "to set
myself up as the entire legislature
; and lay down a programme as to what
j it is to do to give relief. I would not
be so egotistical as to arrogate to myself
such a wonderful power of leadership
or attempted dictatorship. The
bills which I shall offer for their consideration,
and which 1 hope they will
( consider seriously, are: One to re|
duce acreage, one to extend the time
'for tire payment of taxes, and a joint
ItSlUUliUii giving IUC l illuming ^iaic
authorities power to borrow mpney if
it be necessary, to finance the State ,
until the extended time for the pay-1
ment of taxes has expired."
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jiiwuoo ivuueriMm*
; Edwin W. Robertson, the president :
o. tiie National Loan and Exchange |
bank of t'h.is city and one of the best!
known financiers in the State received )
the following telegram from W. G. Mc- i
Adoo, secretary of the treasury, last !
night:
"Washington, D. C., Oct. 2, 1914. j
"Edwin W. Robertson, President Xa- [
tional Loan and Exchange Bank, |
Columbia, S. C.
! Festus J. Wade, of St. Louis, has
made some suggestions to me regarding
the cotton situation in tine South,
which seems to me to be worthy or
careful, study and consideration. It is
my earnest desire to do everything in
my power to be helpful, and I think i
that every suggestion that offers a
possible benefit should be considered
by the best minds familiar with the
problem. I shall appreciate it if you
could visit St. Louis on 'Monday next
and confer with Mr. Wade and his asI
sociates with a view to working out,
I if possible, some plan that will be
iheLpful to the cotton situation in the
South. Please telegraph Festus J.
Wade, St. Louis, ami advise me of
your action.
"W. G. McAdoo,
"Secretary ofthe treausry."
j Mr. Robertson at once signified his ,
willingness to act in accordance wit'ii \
Secretary McAdoo's suggestion, and
: left this afternoon on the Carolina
Special lor St. Louis. There is much
interest as to what plan the secretary i
of the treasury and Mr. iWade have in ,
rnina to relieve me cotton situation. .
Situation in Texas.
According to a telegram received by
Commissioner Watson last night from j
Representative Stevenson, the South f
Carolina committee now in Austin, {
Tex., urging on Governor Colquitt and i
tj.ie Texas legislature the enactment of j
a law restricting cotton acreage is I
meeting with success. Under date of ,
l
October 2 Mr. W, F. Stevenson tele- j
graphed from Austin, Tex., to Cmmissioner
Watson as follows:
"Have had hearing be.ore the house
and the sentiment seems favorable
!
here. The attorney general also ap- i
proves. The bill prepared by him
must be submitted to the legislature '
by the governor and we will have a
1, ~ ~ '-V- K /~y n-Arnrn Ar w p an \1 r* _
lUg uciuic uinr auy^iuui ?.
Laurin and Stackl'.iouse arrive. Also,
probably more extended hearing before
the house." .
The other two members of the committee
are Senator John L. McLaurin
and Dr. Wade Stacbhouse, who were
to go to Austin from Xew Orleans,
where they attended the general cotton
conference. Mr. Stevenson went
direct to Austin from Columbia and
evidently tas been hard at work from
the moment Tie arrive*.
PARR SHOALS ROBBERY
i
Tw# Boys Suing White Company for
"Xaliciou# Prosecution" in This
Mystery.
Columbia Record, 4th.
The unsolved mystery surrounding
the robbery of $16,000 ?;rom paymas|
ters of the J. G. White Co., at Parr
j Shoals, Sptember 5, 1913, is again
T r^u. tli r<Mi crh thp I
UIXJ Ugll't yi vuimouvb nil v.?~ ,
hearing of the actions at Winnsboro J
of Bissel Bingham and Russell Fra- J
' sier, Jr., young men who were arrest- :
ed charged with, having committeed;
the crime, to recover from the de- j
fendants for "malicious prosecution."
(In tfce early part of the trial, testi- :
! money telling that a dictagraph 'h'ad
been installed in the cell occupied by
the boys while in jail at the request,
of the Burns detective, upon whose '
warrant the arrests were said to have
been made. - j
| At this date one year ago a cquad
of six Buras detective were mating
headquarters in Columbia and work- ,
ing on ill is mystery. The only arrests
they made were of these two
young men, who, at the trial, produced
evidence tending to show that 1
t'liey were at Chester when the rob!
berv was comimitteed.
i
This robbery has become known in
t/us part o:' the State as the most
, baffling officers of the law have been
| called upon to solve. The robbers
i apparently left absolutely no clues
I hphnrl thpm and the manner in which
; they worked and 'nlad planned their
i coup indicated that they had full
| knowledge of the conditions and activities
at the Parr Shoals, construc|
tion camps.
| Coming at about the same time
when t!:e robbery of $77,000 'irom an
express car was discovered at Savannah,
the officials o:" Columbia and adjoining
counties were given to speculation
whether or not a series of such
crimes were not being committed by
a gang of skillful yeggmen.
BLEASE XAJIES DELEGATES
To Purity Congress at Kansas City,
November 5th to 9tli.
Columbia. Oct. 3.?The governor's
office today gave out the following
letter:
"Hon. B. S. Creadwell, President
World's Purity Federation, La Crosse,
Wis.
Dear Sir: Your letter of September
30 received. I appreciate very
mud'.i the invitation to me to attend
the eighth special purity congress,
whiich will meet in Kansas City, Mo.,
Xovem'ber 5 to 9, and I hope to be
with you, and shall be very glad to
do anything I can in tine interest of
purity in personal and public life and
in t'lie interest of morality.
"Pursuant to your request that I
appoint delegates to represent this
State, I have this day appointed the
following delegates, and I shall appreciate
it if you will cause to be
sent to them notice of their appointment.
with, such proper credentials
as may be necessary1:
"Hon. Francis H. Weston, United
States district attorney, Columbia, ?.
C
"Hon. Thos. H. Peeples. Attorney
General, Columt>ia, S. C.
"Hon. P. A. Bonham, solicitor,
Greenville, S. C.
"Hon. P. H. Stoll, solicitor, Kingstree.
S. C.
"Hon. Howard B. Carlisle, State
senator, Spartanburg, S. C.
"Hon. Wilton H. Earle, State'senatcr.
Greenville, S. C.
"Hon. W. W. Dixon, member of
house of representatives, Winnsboro,
S. C.
"Hon. J. T. Liles, member of house
of representatives, Orangeburg, S. C.
"Very respectfully,
"Cole. L. Blease,
Governor."
REQUISITIONS NOW
DECORATED IN RED
Columlbia Record.
Col. John K. Aull, executive secretary
to Cole. L. Blease, governor of
South Carolina, established a new precedent
yesterday by adopting red ribbon,
tfhe Blease campaign color, to
tborate the requisitions for persons
anted in otfter States. Hitherto,
during the present administration, a
blue ribbon was the regulation color.
FUNERAL A)T JOXHSTOX
The fier. George M. Boyd Is Bnried at
Former Home.
Johnston, Oct. 1.?The remains of
Rev. Geo. M. Boyid were brought here j
yesterday afternoon from his late j
home at 'Spartanburg and interred at j
the Mount oif Olives cemetery beside i
the grave of his first wife, who died
a nu<miber of years ago.
fard of Thanks.
iMr. and Mrs. C. M. West desire to
thank their many .friends for the beautiful
floral offerings and many kindnesses
shown them during the illness
and death of their little son aJmes.
James.
Ginner's Report.
iThe following is the report of cotton
ginned this year, from 'September
1, to September 25, 1914, 5906 bales.
I For the same period in 1913 tf-iere
had been sinned 3719.
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Q <s>
WORLD-WIDE PEACE. ^
$> <S>
(Synopsis of a sermon by E. Pendle
ton Jones, Pastor First Baptist church'
Newberry, S. C.)
I invite your attention to three
passages of scripture this morning,
Jer. 6:14. "They have healed also
the 'hurt of the daughter of my people,
slightly saying, peace, peace,;
when there is ro peace.
Isa 32:17. "The work of righteous
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i ness siiuii ue iuuu iue euevi ui
righteousness quietness and assurance
forever."'
i Isa. 26:3. "Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
on t'r.ee; because he trusteth in thee."
That the world is passing through a
great crisis no thoughful man will
deny.' The greatest calamity the
world has ever seen is now upon us
and it behooves all thoughtful people
to get a world wide vision of its meaning.
All of the so called world wide
peace conferences Ihiave been a farce.
You may build your peace palaces,
pass your peace resolutions, and
pile your legislation, "oser on pelion,"'
W'th peace laws, but as long as numan
nature is what it is, the passions of
men "will cause them to fi.g'ht. Without
trying to lay the blame on any
man or ntati-on we may confidently
make the bold assertion that avarice
and covc-teousness are the -causes of
the present war. At the very time
that the world was crying peace,
ipeace, there is no peace. What will
be the outcome of the present catastrophe
no wise man will pretend to
predict.
When war was first declared a thrill
went through the. wholS world, and
we have been busy comparing the
strength of the nations, their strategic
positions, and the probable length of
the war. But soon the horrors of
war, commenced to be revealed,
j broken tomes, ruined communities,
the wailing of the widow and the or
! pnian. The thing that seemed most to
have touched the neutral nations is
suspended commerce, here we see the
avarice of man in all o';" its hideousness.
Our people are wrangling ovw
the best methods for relieving the financial
stress that has come upon us
and have failed to agree on any proposition.
Each man seems to be figating
for himself or his community.
'very iew seem 10 De man tang in terms
of the largest good to the most people.
\The first retrenchment seems to be
with the c'h-urch. She is feeling the
financial effects more than any other
institution, while she has done more
for the peace and civilization of tl'^e
world than any other institution.
In View of this situation let us try
to get a world wide view of the present
crisis.
It is a wise suggestion that our
president has called on tfae Christians
of ti'.iis nation to come together today
and pray for peace. Not that he or
any other thoughtful man believes
that God will come down on the battlefield
and perform a miracle in staying
the passions of men. Lat t'ae
praying will lead us to selif examination,
and seeing ourselves as we are
will lead us to a confession of our
sins and give us a larger vision of
God, and as we get close to Him we
will learn the true principles of peace.
Our hearts "will become softened and
we will learn the sooner to "love our
neighbor as ourselves."
We learn from one of our texts "that
the works of righteousness shall be
peace." fThat means righteousness
everywhere, in our maiviauai lire, in
our home life, in our social and business,
in our national life. As longas
the principle. "Honor won't buy a
breakfast," as held by a noted Virginia
politician, holds in the politics
of the world we will never have peace.
It seems as if God .has brought our
great president to the kingdom for
such a time as this. To my mind the
greatest triumpo in statesmanship in
all history, was when President Wilson
stood before the legislative bodies
of our country and said gentlemen the
repealing of the Panama tolls act, is
not a question o: expediency, or of finance,
but a question of righteousness
an<i 'where righteousness
is involved there can be no argument.
He thereby naiied the flag of righteousness
to the mast of our nation
| and has done more for the p^ace of
? ??iml
this country than any treaty ever
made. And what thoughtful man will
deny that that action is largely responsible
for yjr escape, so .'ar, from
the world wide conflagration.
I
Yes, tjhe S.iviour taught peace
through, righteousness, ho gi^e his
life for it ai:d the word ran only
sing the song of "Peace on earth good
will towards men" as it practices
righteousness in all things. And the
effect of peace is quietness and assurance
forever.
The world too must crush that otih
er sentiment o: a great financial captain
who said uat the "ten commandments
was an irridecent dream"
or e other man who said that "his
private "Jfe was no concern of the
.public." I'f we are ever to have uni
verbal peace, we must insist on righteousness
in all the relations of life.
i ;
j /Again one of our texts says, Tnou
wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose
mind is stayed on thee; because he
trusteth in thee."
. In dealing with this question in its
: widest sense, there is the unknown
quantity to reckon with and this is
the largest aspect of the question.
Logic, experience and even mathemiati
.icai uemonsirauon nave proven iaise
in the past, because our promises
have been wrong. Who can read the
future, who can predict what will be
the outcome of this world, wide csateclasm?
Happy the man whose mfnd:
is stayed on God; who amid the
wreck of empires andi the fall of
worlds, trusts implicity in Him.
TTT? - - i. 1 'Ai. ; 1 a ti 1
we can not uct une veil ana rocra.
into the hidden future. I fear that if
we could there would be many suicides.
Buit <he wlio is willing to trust
the future to God, '.has the "peace,
sweet peace; the gift of God's love,"
and knows that, "Behind the dim un
Known soanaeui uoa, wiunn tne snaaow,
keeping watch above his own."
In closing lei me say Chat the only
hope tor the world's peace lies in the
evangelizing the nation? of the earth.
I"' all t'-e money spent\in the preparation
of war were spent in sending
the gospel of redemption the world
would have been at peace long ago.
V /Ml ~ Alllf /\ff ?TA?? > otvamIW
j-v/u u-aic live tui uii liu-ixi .vuui wura.
of missions or the curse of God will
fall upon you. The world's only hoprfe
is that "He whose right it is to reign
shall reign in every heart/'
DOI>G? AT PROSPERITY.
Personal Mention of Those Coming
and Going.
i
I Prosperity, Oct. 5.?Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Marcus, of Salem, Va., are guest
of Rev and Mrs. E. W. Leslie at the
Lutheran parsonage.
'Miss Lena Lester has returned from
several day's stay to Columibia. >>
lM*b. D. E. Ridgell and little daughter,
Christine Lou returned to Jacksonville
after spending the summer
with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moseley.
j.Mr. Godfrey Harmon lh,as returned
to Atlanta to enter the Southern Dental
college.
Miss Bessie Taylor is visiting in
spartan ourg.
Mrs. J. C. Scaumpert of Columbia,
is here visiting relatives.
Rev. E. P. Taylor visited in Bates^
burg last week.
iMiss Rebe Langford, of Spartan>burg,
spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Langford.
. }Mr. C. H. N. Brown, of Chapin,
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
Q S Pi rwn
rnu*
Miss Clara Brown who is teaching
' in Little Mountain spent the weekend
at home.
i Mrs. P. N. Livingstone has returned
to Greenville.
' Rev. and Mrs.. P. E. Shealy, of Neiwberrv
spent last Friday with Rev an<i
Mrs. E. W. Leslie.
{Mr. W. P. B. Harmon visited Dr.
G. W. Harmon Sunday.
Mrs. J. H. Hucks, of Ehrhardt, fras
been the guest of Mrs. L. A. Bladk.
Dr. T. F. Littlejocn, of Pacolet is
visiting his daughter little Mary
, Littlejohn.
Miss Annie Laurie Lester, of Columbia
snent the week-end wit.h hpr moth
er Mrs. Rosa Lester.
^
\ Sure.
I Cincinnati Enquirer.
"What are you doing "here?" de1
mandea the grocer as he caught the
j stranger filling a basket with eggs
/rom a box outside the store.
' Just getting the lay of tae land,"
replied the stranger. .