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JUDGE TAn.ES NOTE OF lilEASES LETTER 10 SPARTAN HIlid SHERIFF, SOLICITOR AM) (;RAM> Jl'RORS Sheriff P.rected by Governor to Show Cause Why He Should Not He Removed. News and Courier. Spartanburg, Nov. 23.?In is opening charge to the grand j ry today upon the convening of tiie November term of court, Juds;e Ernest Moore - ,, , , sa-.a: "bince you were mny cnargeu . as to your duties at the spring term of this ccurt, I should not deem it m necessary now to gi.e ycu urther gen-j ' eral instructions with reference there- j to. were it net for the fact that t e governor of t is State has been fit j t *\ lntfnvc t /> t Vi a CA^IMiTlr Ifl/i iyj auairco icucio lks cuiivivvi v*4iu . sheriff of this county, intimating or! I suggesting that those officials as well j as the foreman and other members | of the grand jury, might be influenced by motives of persona7 consideration in certain cases coming before this court, to an. extent which would interfere with t':eir duties as sworn r.ffinarc r\t tho 1 o u* Primpc r?f thPSP [ VIUV^l O VI liiv 1U " \>U Wfc letters, which purport to be biised upon information said to be-derived from member^ of the* governor's detective! force, have -been :pr\yarded. to me | from t'".e office of the chief executive J or tms state; ana wnue i am bins-1 tied from my knowledge o: these of- j ticers of this'court and from my information as to the character of the members of t e grand jury, that there is [ no foundation for these aspersions f sought to be made against tfcem. yet I deem it proper to caution you azain as to tbe responsibilities and duties of so discharging those duties and so i meeting those responsibilities as to disarm misrepresentation and de'y carp-i ing criticism, whether they are inspired ; Dy iaciion.ai ln-wni ana aisaypoiuieu . ambition or whether they find their ' source in other and worthier motives." Sheriff White has .been directed by Governor Blease to show cause why he should not .be removed. E. F. Hammond, representing Governor Blease, l qIIcktoc tho cnprifP rpfnspd tn deliver to him samples of certain confiscated i beers to be sent to the State chemist j for analysis. The difficulty between J the governor and the local court of-1 ficials hinges on the case of B. S. Doo-; little and Wallace Whitlock, who have j been indicted as wholesale beer dealers.( - - - . . , I Their trial has been postponed rrom i f time to time and this has led to the I charge that f':e local officials "were shielding the indicted men and has r caused Governor Biease's agent to investigate the case. Friends of the court officials here ' f'-ot +V10 trial rvf WhiHnolc and ' JUL! IA1 d It- tat l/UV MIMA Vi T. v.w v? Doolittle is being delayed until Governor Blease goes out o." office in he belief that if they are convicted they; i will be less likely to be pardoned by i k Mr. Manning tnan by Governor Bleasa.! Detective Replies to Judge's Charge. L E. F. Hammond, in Spartanburg county to investigate reported viola tions of the laws in t&is section, commented last night on that portion of Judge Moore's charge to the grand jury which dealt with the letters sent to the sheriff of this county and the solicitor o: this district with reference to violations of rhe law Mr. j Hammond says that he is in t?is county because of a petition sent to j the governor's office asking for the! enforcement o>I the laws, especially ' around churches in a mill village adjacent to the city. After explaining j this matter,- the detective took issue. vi-itr. efotflmontr m too pharcc W l"ph ' V* il/U 4 IX UIV Vjv ' - ' ~ he took to intimate that there was ' 1 110 basis for t?.~.e charge? against the, | ofTiceis named. Being asked lor an interview last I nigv.t, E. F. Hammond, special detec?_ tive of the State, said: m "A petition was sent to the gov-1 ernor's office from Spartanburg conn- i ^ ty in the latter part of October, 1914, asking that the gcvern'or take some steps to stop open violation of the laws within the immediate neighborhood of churches in a mill district ? -l x r<i j. adjacent 10 a'panaiiuurg. "The matter was referred to me by I the governor for investigation. A ter ; looking intr the case. I found that I Rural Policemen Johnson and Vernon had procured by purchase, or in some other manner, the different Iwands of beer sold by the dealers complained of in the neighborhood fiom which t' e complaints came. "I called upon Sheriff 'White as soon as I became acquainted with too facts and made request, or demand, v : ft that the alleged beers placed in his 0 custody as evidence be turned over W to me for analysis by the State cr.emist, and told him that there was no Hon in 1 r*n thp rin rt of the Darties from whom the evidence was obtained tvat they kept the alleged beers on sale, s ari would have, or had sold, to the B s.. ?riff and is officers the ?amo alm leged intoxicants. 111 "Sheriff White refused to deliver [the alleged beers to me without an order from the foreman of the grand 'jury, saying thai he Lad been told to j hold it for analysis by a local chemist. "Asked for in orination as to the date when alleged beers were obtained, tne sheriff told me that he did i not know; teat the stuff was locked | up in the jail, and that he did not ! nave nine to iook on uie iuut*i? iy I find the dates. j "Rural Policeman Frank .Jo nson i later that evening informed me that j he and Rural Policeman Ed. Vernon I had procured the different brands of 'beer some time early in the month ! of September. "The matter, just as has been siat|ed to you, was reporter! to the gov-, ! ernor's office in Columbia." "Some of the ca'ses we v.ope to j:orce to trial at this term of court [shouM have been brought at previous terms of court and as the eviI ^.ence has been placed in t e sheriff's r.ffir-p. hv his rural nolicemen. it is natural that the governor should in- ( quire into the cause of the cases having been held up. "It is a surprise to me that t'~e presiding judge in his charge to the grand jury, should haue stated in his .criticism of the governor's letter to him "... that there is no founda tion for these aspersions sought to j be made against them . . . whether] they are inspired by factional ill-will and disappointed ambition . . 1 will state that my instructions, wher nrriprort tr? Jrinrtanhnrsr. were to in- ! vestigate and prosecute, or assist in the prosecution of any violation o law which I might find in this local- i ity. There was nothing said as to any particular cases or people to prosecute, but to prosecute all violators. "During my term of service as a detective for SoulCarolina, in every j case which I have prosecuted a con-; r r Ar-n If rvi^ Tn Ar?Q OOAtlHTI ' nas icouim. 111 uiic of the State wfcere there had not been : a conviction in seven years, I made ' nine convictions in two months. Just where the honorable judge finds cause for making the statement that there is no 'foundation for these aspersions' I fail to see. He has not, | to my knowledge, made any inquiries into the matter, and his reference to 'factional ill-will' probably could be traced to the fact that he was turned 1 down by tfce present governor when j his political friends desired to ad-1 I vance him to the top rung in the < ladder of his profession. "Jrhere is no politics nor prefer- j ence connected with the :act of my j being in Spartanburg. Complaint j .was made by citizens of Spartaniburg county as to a non-enforcement of law in this section, and t*:e governor of the State sent me as his officer to investigate the. matter." Knotty Case for the Court. Columbia Record. By Justice Hydrick: rirtiienViVo dnpc IfSpnntnr Tillman X/V/UOVU^VV*) V4VV>J ><v v*?v*w . _ - - ? . treat you kindly when you go to his, home? Yes. : 'Does Mrs. Tillman treat you kindly Yes. Do your grandparents love you? Yes. Do you love your grandparents? (N'o. Why don't you love your grandparents? T r>ri' + Irnrvtt' JL uvu O ? * '"And so it has been since the begin- ! ning of the world perhaps and will i continue to be unto the end thereof t. at big and little children will have their instincts of attraction and of aversion, thejr likes and their dislikes without knowing w'.iy. i "I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, j Tbe reason wny 1 cannot ten; But this alone 1 know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell." j And what power lies in mortal man and all his devices, in august courts, in the frown o: the grave and revered seigneurs of the Pencil, in the flaggelr.nt en* o'nine tails, if you please, to whin tVnc etn V?V>r?rri nnrnlv snirit tliflf rises up in the weanlings scarcely emerged from the cradle out of t!:em? Whence do the Tillman-Dugas children get ti'.iis instinct? Possibly it is the revolt of heredity! May be it comes from two fighting strains! Who knows? i ^ ; From their mother's ini'k? Possibly. Cert inly net from their mother's gentle and Christian teaching, as t r , evidence showed, and there was none to gainsay it. T' ey are well-behaved j children, none better raised, more ( carefully instructed in the art of good : breeddins. They had been taught to ! 1 I love their father, taught to love and I obey their elders. There was nothing ! feigned. These little tots of eig". t and ten vears bore themselves on the stand I . under cross-examination like veterans, i Every answer was straight and ro the point. There was no hesitation and no qualifying. What they thought and felt th -y spoke. There was no sug gestion of coaching. They were too absolute and uncompromising with the truth w. ether it told fo - or against them. They loved "B. R." as they called their :at.er, they were taugv.t to love him, but he was not at the senator's heme when t cy were sent there three several times by their mot..or, in obedience to the order of the court, and they took the bit in their young mouths and refused to stay.. (i heir grandparents were kind to u~em, but they didn't love their grandparents, tney wanted t eir mother, and to their motner they returned, without the fear of the court's worth and dis-' pleasure before their eyes, it would seem. | Truly a grave offense for tlieyourt to consider! Insubordination, contumely. contempt shown the conn's big.'.:, authority on the part of offenders so young. But can the mother be 1 punished? She did all the court required of her. in so far as ner human ' powers permitted. No. s'.e did not; whip the children when they returned to her. She lectured and scolded them for tr.eir beC.avior. But she could: never whip her children for coming home to her. A rather severe test,' Messieurs Justices, would it not be, for a mother W:o desired to fulfill the ! order of- the court in ever so much good faith? Rut, .what then? Shall? children have t'. eir instincts "anri aversions, and indulge t':eir likes i and dislikes, the cor.rt to the con- i trary notwithstanding?. Shall not their natures be changed by some process of the court's learned alchemy? "'Tis sa est in matrimony to begin j with a little aversion," we think it ras , Mrs. iMalaprop who remarked in one j oi sneriaan s piays. j There have been Known to be in-' stances of this, we believe, for a great: deal is possible in the school of matrimony, but to reverse the currents of; a child's affections by decree of court' is an undertaking that must tax the ! wisdom as well as the powers of our j august judiciary. >0 CONCLUSIVE SEWS I FROM POLISH BATTLE j DECISIVE VICTORY APPARENTLY STILL IN THE MAKING THERE \ Germans Bel/eved to Be Preparing for j New Attfi-ck on A11 zed Lines. Partial Rest i j I I onden, Nov. 24.?Up to late to-1 nig1', t there was no conclusive news j from the Polish battelfie'd, where r j decisive victory for either Russ;:a or I Germany would vitally affect t':.e' I course of the winter campaign both m j the east and in the west. Petrograd declares the Russians have inflicted at least a temporary reverse on the Germans between the Vistula and Warta, but does not claim ; f-.nt nrtunps nf war have been I ~ ~ w" """" ~~ 1 permanently settled. A Paris Matin correspondent describes the Germans as fleeing. Berlin announces officially; that tee issue has not yet been de-j cided. Od the snow-covered fields of Belgium and France quiet continues, the only unusual incident being the bombardment of Zeebrugge and Heyst by British warships. A few shells struck j hotels where the German staff was j quartered and other buildings. The | German shore batteries were unable - - ... to reacn tne wars':ips in repiy. Preparing >ew Attack. The Hague reports that railway; communication wife Antwerp has been suspended and that no travelers will be admitted to Belgium during the! next few days. T'"e Germans are e-i lieved to be preparing for another j assault on the allies' defense, but for . the time, being there is a nearer ap prcach to rest for the armies spread out from Ostend to Verdun than ar any time in the past two months. T e Portuguese congress today decided that country should coonerate 1 with the allies when it considers fclie' step necessary. The minister of war will issue a decree for partial mobili- j zation. ! (The greatest loan in England's bis-j tory?1*350,000,000 pounds f$l,750,000.000^?has been successfully float-' ed by the Rank of England, both lar^e r.nd small investors beins: anion? the buyers. This country awaits announce-; Trent by th- chancellor of the ex j chequer as to tre aniouni of the subscriptions. with t'>e belief that they will oxfopd considerably the amount j o" the loan and f'at the colossal transaction will have an impressive ef-; feet upon Croat Britain's enemies. Act on in Rerl/n. Berlin reports that the bundesrat! has passed lavs to prevent and to j punish speculation in s:old, fix the price of potatoes, limit the oonsump-| tion of bread, and extending: the' moratorium in Alace-T.orraine. East Prussia and parts of West Prussia, j I It is expected the prire of wool will ' I v-p f Avr>pV. Thp B?*ifish 2ov- : j prnP'Ontjhas taken un all (r,e stocks ; of leaf nor. j The hunger-stricken "Belgians on ( . t c 1 order of Holland are picture as resorting to brigandage. Reports say a state of anarchy is approaching. Mrs. (iouplfs Appointments. Mrs. John O. Gough, our W. M. V. field worker, will be in our association for a week or ten days and will visit the following churches: West Knd, Monday, November 22, 7:30 p. m. Enoree, Tuesday, November 24, 10:30 a. m. Whitmire, Tuesday, November 24, 7:30 p. m. Bush River, Wednesday, November 2n, 11 a. m. Fairuiew, Friday, November 27, 2*30 p. m. Hurricane, Saturday, November 28, quarterly meeting, two sessions; 10:30 a. in. and 1:30 p. m. Oakland, Sunday, November 29. 3:30 n Tfi If ** East Side. Monday, November 30. 7:30 p. m. Cress Roads, Tuesday, December 1, 10:30 a. m. Saluda. Tuesday, December 1, 3:30 p. m. (Mount Zion, Wednesday, December 2, 11:00 a. m. T^ose expecting to attend quarterly meeting at Hurricane Saturday will please send in their names at once to Mrs. Job Simpson, Clinton, S. .C..R. F. D. Following is the program-i me for this quarterly meeting: Quarterly Meeting. W. M. U. Reedy River association.: ISaturday, Xovemher 28/ 1914. 10:30 A. 3F. Devotional. Greeting from local W. M. S. Response. Roll call of societies. Reports. A j j -*jr n i? AQare.ss?ivirs. \jraugn. Round table on methods?'Mrs.- E. P. Jones. Luncheon. 1:30 P. 31. Devotional. Jubilate (Judson Centennial). (Conference on auxiliaries and bands. .Music by local society. Mrs. 'Y\ alter *i. Hunt, NOTICE OF REGISTRATION iFOR MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE TOWN OF NEWBERRY, SOUTH CARI OLINA. Notice is hereby given that the books of registration of voters for the Town of Newberry, S. C., will be opened at the office of the Clerk and Treasurer, in the Opera House, from the 16th day of November, 1914, to the 30tv.i day of November, 1914, both days inclusive (Sunday excepteaj, Detween the hours o:' 9 o'clock in the fore- j noon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, i J R. Scurry 'has been appointed sup-j ervisor of registration Only such per- j sons as register as herein provided for shall be allowed to vote at the regular town election to be held on the 8th-day of December, 1914, and at special election to be held in the town of Newberry during the two years. The production of a certificate of rooictrQl inn frnm tihp hoard of res: istration to vote in a polling precinct withi-n the incorporate limits of the town of Newberry, proof of residence in the municipality for four months preceding the annual election for the year 1914 ana t':e payment of all taxes assesed cim, due and collectible ror < the previous fiscal year, are necessary! to entitle the applicant to registra-: tion. By order of the Town Council of, the Town of Newberry, S. C., on the j 16th day of November,- 1914. Z. F. Wright, ' * Attest: Mayor. ; J. R. Scurry, Clerk and Treasurer. NOTICE OF FIAAL SETILJillJSM. | Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make .inal settlement of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Blease, deceased, in the probate court N'or Newberry county, State of South Carolina, on Tuesdav, December 22na, I 1914, at 11 o'clock in tr.e forenoon, and j will immediately thereafter apply to the judge of probate of Newberry county for a final discharge. All "wnriti in^ofh+or? tn thp fiSt.ate ovao niu'-'w vw ?? w ? will make immediate settlement with either of the undersigned, and all persons holding claims against the said estate will present the same duly attested. Bertha Blease Eison, Executrix. \ Cannon G. Blease, | Eugene S. Blease, Il-20-4t-ltaw Executors. . i I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry, Court of Common Pleas. Newberry Building and Loan Company, a corporation, Plaintiff, against (Mrs. Leila E. Williams and Henry; L Parr, Defendants. By virture of an order of the court herein, I will sell at public auction, i viiornoct hidripr within the leecal : IV." ? - _ hours of sale on Monday, salesday, Docember, 1914, all t'.at lot of land lot Xo. 1, of t' e Mrs. Y. J. Pope land as will be more fully shown by reference I Can Now Fumis ! FiVpwnrlfQ at Wnn IA II VII VI 1IU Ui f V law Come in and buj npprj Also T nvs All Xmas Merchants in ne thing in Xmas go 11 . a wen to come u I bought my sto the advance in J able to give yo bottom prices. BETTER GOODS FOR i Mayes' The House of a Tho Telephoi If there is no teleph write for our Free Bookh may get Service at 5 0 and up. A oostal will do! JT Address:- y Farmers' Line D< SOUTHERN BELL TEL] AND TELEGRAPH CC BOX 163. COLUMI pgg?aa?mi? I?III??"WIT??? to lot Book D at page 288 in the office hands of the clerk of court, said lot having i Purch the following metes and bounds: on the b the norf.i by Tillman street, 200 feet; policy on the east by Caldwell street, 68 feet; ' the m on the south bv lot No. 2. 200 feet, and ance ' i on the west by alley leading from and f Tillman street to Purcell street premi feet. cliarg . .Terms of sale: One-tliird of tbt *'a-111' purchase money to be paid in cash, the num | balance payable in two equal annual er ^1 installments, to be se< ared by bond of tlle n the purchaser and a mortgage of fc-e tance premises sold, with interest :"rom date fai^ ; of sale at the rate of 8 per cent, pay- sa^e ; able annually, until paid in full with 0I^ salesd leave to tlie purcnaser 10 aunupaw , payment of the credit portion in whole Pl,rc^ or in part; said bond and mortgage j.-01^1* to provide for 10 n^r cent attorney's , fees on 'the amount due thereon i:i, . . case of foreclosure or if placed in the ' Nov i ? t ih You Your Iceala PnVac ItOUIV; 1 UVVO I r what you | , Dolls and j Goods :ed of anyods will do I d see me. ck before trice, so I ii thp vprv W J % SAME MONEY fcy ?JIU1C usand Things IPS on arms at Low D.U. ivaics one on your farm it telling how you cents per month ipartment. EPHONE |ffi\ MPANY \UmJj BIA, S: C. cf an attorney for collection, laser will be required to insure uilding thereon and assign the ' to the master, witii authority to aster to pay premium on insurpolicy if purchaser .fails to do -o, - ~ + ' <?* 'lit'n r\ f a nQ vni Pnl nf I UIU l"C uaic i ^ i/ujtuvuv wum to reimburse himself and e the same to the purchaser said >nt to bear S per cent per anTom date of payment. PurchasII be required to deposit with master $100.00 upon the accepof his said as evidence of good and to comply "with C:e terms ot vithki 10 days- from day of sale will be resold on. the following lay at risk of ormer purchaser, aser to. Dav for Daners and re is: same. ^ ' 'v > T ; K- A Rikard' Master. 'ember 16, 1914.