The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 15, 1915, Image 1
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VOLUME Mil, NUMBER '>. NEWBERRY, S. C? .FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1915. TWICE A WDK&, 9UI A YliLA.
Gov. Cole L. 1
Tenders H
IICIIT fAV C A CM1TH
LILUl. uih. u n. oimm
BECOMES GOVERNOR
OATH ADMINISTERED BY CHEIF
JUSTICE E. B. GARY
Gov. Blease's Last Ofticir.il Act Stens
Commission for Col. Julius
Blease Elson.
Special to The Herald and Xews.
Columbia, Jan. 14.?Governor Coleman
Livingstone Blease sent his resignation
as governor to the secretary
o: the State this morning and at 12:45
c'clock p. m. Lieutenant Governor
Charles A. Smith was sworn in as governor.
The oath of office was admin
N istered to Governor Smith in the supreme
court room by Chief Justice
Fugene B. Gary. Governor Smith was
accompanied and presented by assistant
Attorney General Fred H. Dominick.
?
Governor Smith has appointed Mr.
W. P. Blackburn as his private secretary
and Miss Lucile Parrott as
?teno?ra.Dher. giving to them the di^i -
tinction of holding their respective
positions under two governors.
The last official act of Governor
* felease this morning before tendering
ihis resignation was the appointment
of Julius Blease Eison of Xewberry as
lieutenant-colonel on the governor's
' staff. The commission for Colonel
Julius Blease Eison was delivered to
the governor's niece, Miss Colie
Blease, and the governor gave to her
also the pen used in signing the commission.
The next to last official act of Governor
Blease was the signing of a
commission to W. Frank Blackburn,
Jr., appointing h^n a lieutenant-colonel
i cn the governor's staff.
Photographers were present and
flashlight pictures were made of th-3
in-coming and out-going governors
B and the officials in administering the
cath.
KB 'By the promotion of Lieutenant
^Governor Smith to the governor s
Mhair, Senator LeGrand Walker, of
Bjeorgetown and president pro tern of
Bp senate, became lieutenant-goverWt.
The senate had adjourned and
H not elect a president pro tern
Ktil the session to be held tonight. |
HBf Vital Statistics.
*"" 1 i,, ' ''? < j niimViC)'
W iseiow will ut iuiuiu uiic uuutwvt
L of birth.3 and deaths occurring in the
city during the year 1914. i feel sure
that this is incorrect, but it is all that
^ ii.as been turned over to me as sectary
of the board of health.
S. S. Cunningham.
I Kirtlis.
White males 23
Females IS
CLJ..1 - i r "
Total 43
Black males 9
/Females 11
Total 20
Total births 63
Deaths.
White males 3
FVmnlps . 6
Total 9
Black males $
Females <
Toial 16
Total deaths 23
Officers Odd Fellows.
At the meeting on last Friday night
* ot Pulaski lod^e. No. 20. I. 0. O. F..
Lilie following officers were installed:
lien .). Grubbs?X. G.
E. H. Aull?(V. G.
W. G. Peterson?Roc. and Fin. Sec.
1 heo. IMnielsen?Tr.
I\ J. Franklin?O. G.
The appointive oncers will be installed
on next Friday night.
3 lease j
is Residnation
i
MESSAGE REVIEWS
EVENTS OF YEAR
SCISSORS I'SED FREELY IN COMf
PILING DOCUMENT
Sketch of Governor's Family and His
Own Career' Fills Several
Pages.
; i
The governor of South Carolina, in j
fmmino- his last annual message to
the general assembly, which was pre- J
sented yesterday on the convening of j
the two houses, made liberal use of
I scissors and paste pot. The docu- ;
; ment consists largely in quotations !
i from various sources.
The governor reviews his adminis- :
tration during the past year and
makes some suggestions. The deliver1
ance is not so violent as previous mes- on-nc
ijry flkviictoc j f;irr >*nh'iira- '
lions, tne extension c! the time ior t..(*
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i ayment c. taxes, taxation, the states
j institutions, tree scholarships, the |
Medical college o South Carolina, the !
hosiery mill, the tuberculosis hospital.1
general business conditions, th*
State's prosperity, economy of the ad- ,
ministration, the common schools, -al- j
o, I
leged federal -encroaci ment 'upon j
. -State rights, auding of accounts of j
Stale officers, immigration. State levy, j
j former convicts. In conclusion the j
1 governor gi.es an account of his fam;
ily, "written by a friend."'
Hints at Peonage.
Under t'.-e liend of "Former Con- I
I j
victs," the following statement is con-;,
; tained in the message:
i "It has been reported and rumored, i
i whether tiue or not I do ifot know, |
;iiiQ laenure <*m nut m <x puoiuvu
: |
state, that some .ormer convicts are j
| held and required to work in pay- '
1 ment of efforts used to secure their l
, . . !
; release. If this is true, it is a great;
! pity t.:at any man would be guilty of |
such conduct?a great pity that no
' would so treat one of his unfortunate
j l'ellow beings. I. therefore, recom-j
: mend that you investigate this matter, j
I
j in order to ascertain if there are any |
former convicts being so held, either (
i
i nn tho rv anv Of the directors 1
of tne ciate penitentiary or any of j
j the officials of tine State penitentiary
i or anywhere else, by anybody."
The governor in, the beginning of I
: the message refers to his refusal to ,
| sign notes for a loan of $150,000 to
meet the current expenses of the gov1
ernment. 'He declares that there is ;
plenty of money in the State treas-|:
i ury. H also, re. ers to the extension'
or the time for the payment of State '
taxes, waic.i was ordered by the;
! comptroller general with the approval j
\ 01' the governor.
In the message, under the head of
taxation, it is stated that the people
i r> rn "ta v-rir?rlpn
I ~ " I
; "if is a crying shame and a dis-'
! grace that our people should have to!
i
pay the amount of taxes which tney ,
; are now paying and receive so little i
J benefit therefrom.*'
Farm Demonstration Work.
The farm demonstration work as
1 conducted in this State by Clemsoii,
college and the United ?S'tate depart-:
! ment of agriculture is heavily scored i
by the governor.
Concerning the work, the chief exi
ecu-tive says:
"The farmers who are the backi
j bone o. this State are treated as n |
i ti:ey were a set of ignoramuses, or
plain fools, to be more explicit and ;
emphatic. There are now. being sent j
around over the State people called j
'farm demonstrators,' who are being
| paid large salaries out of the taxi
payers' pockets, and w-ho are giving <
i absolutely no return /r the money. J
If!'he very idea of a man being paid1
; a salary and his expenses to go
I nrrmnri nnrl toll thp farmers the ne-;
I cessity for them plant grain, to J
! raise hogs, to diversify crops." The !
! governor charges that "in many instances
these men use their offices
for political purposes, going around
! to act the political henchmen or
i somebody and they are of absolnte'
ly no se rvice in tin world to the
| armors of the State." These demon- j
1 stration agents an* largely paid oat!
(m tlw funds of the I'nited gov-1
: ernment.
| it is charged 121 L.e message 'aat. |
Tvjelve Thous
AsEc
One Village is Wiped Out.
? tx. i m r
ually Destroyed? I wenty j
Injured?Historic Buildir
Partially Wreck
Rome, Jan. 13.?Italy -has been visited
by an earthquake of wide extent,
which, .according to the latest advices,
has resulted in the death of 12,000 and
injury to possibly 20,000 more in
towns and villages destroyed. The
shock was the strongest Rome has
fplt in morp than 100 vears.
The towns of Avezzano, in the
Abruzzi department, 63 miles east of
Rome, has been levelled to the ground
and here 8,000 persons are reponed :
to have been billed. !
In many small tcnws surrounding
Kome buildings were partially wrecked,
while at Naples a panic occurred <
and houses fell at Caserta,- a short
distance to the east. i
Frcm below Naples in the soutn to
iXerers in the north, a distance of mor^
;iian ouu in11^, aau aciuas auuusi mt i <
width of the country, the undulatory
movement continued for a considerable
period. i
In Rome it was thought at first t';'.at :
two shocks had occurred, but the
seismographic instruments in the ob- 1
seii.atories showed there was only
one, which, begining at 7:5o o'clock in
rhe morning, lasted from 22 to 30 sec- ;
onds. . 1
In th? capital itself, so ar as I
known, there was no loss of life, but ;
a great deal of damage was done. '
cu relies and statues suffering most.
TTnr- o li-no tlio nonnlo YVPro stricken !
with fear and there was veritable panic j
in hospitals, monasteries and convents.
Buildings on both sides of the Hortj
eel Popolo, the north entrance to i
Rome, threatened to fall and the eagle
de cor at the gate crashed to tho 1
ground. 'Ihe obelisk in St. Peter's .
square was shaken and badly damaged,
while the status of St. John Lattran
anil the statues of the Apostles :
surmounting the basilica are in danger
of collapsing. The famous coionande
decorating St. Peter's square J i
was lowered four feet and the adjacent >
iiouse, once occuped by the sisters 01
Pcpe Pius X, was badly cracked.
Owing to tlie wide extent o the dis- :
lurbance and its evident terrible con- *
sequences, the actual effects are not
at present known. Communications i
are cut off. The fortified city of i
Aquila is isloated but it is reported i
several villages in that region were '
J_
the State institutions of higher learning
are being supported entirely too
extravagantly. "W.:at good is Clem-1"
son as an agricultural instituion?" <
a.^ks the chief executive. After de- ;
pouncing the college in the severest, i
terms the governor declares that he ; <
would do nothing individually "to i
hurt or cripple the college." Me says j'
too many representatives oi' one fam- :
ily are being educated free in State
colleges. I j
T e work of the South Carolina!
I
Medical college at Charleston is high- j
ly praised by the governor. It was J
started during his administration. He
believes that the cillege will prove 1
of greater benefit to the State than
any of the other State schools.
The sfovernor quotes statistics to
show that 'Sout'.ii Carolina has prospered
under his administration. A:ter
quoting these statistics, the governor
s'ays:
"Does this look like Blease ruined
the State? Some people may yet j
vant more of this kind o:" ruin.''
The governor quotes statistics to !
prove that crime has decreased in
the State during his administration.
It is claimed that the strictest economy
has been practiced during his
term of four years and that much j
money has been saved to the tax- j
payors. The governor urges that the j
legislature he liberal with tiie com- j
mon schools.
In conclusion, the governo'r says:
"I iiave attained the highest ambition
of my life. My life's work, so
far as my personal interest in concerned.
' as ben c mph ted. If my peoi
want my service i:i the future I
will give it. but I shall ask them for
nothing more."
?and Die
irth Trembles
Town of Avezzanoa :VirtFhoiisand
People Reported
igs in Rome Shaken and
:ed by Tremors
destroyed. Likewise. Potensea, capi- ,
tal of the province of same name, oil
t~e eastern declivity of the Apennines.
wLich has a population of nearly 20,000
has been isolated. In 1857 this
town was almost destroyed by an r
earthquake.
Father Alfani, director of the obser
- 4- -J- TT - 1 1 _ J - T"V ?. M U a m ? Ar\ t (
\aiory ai vane cu jruuipeu, nas acui the
fol'owing telegram to Rome: <
"The earthquake registered by our j
apparatus appears to have been most',
[iisastrous for a radius of more than
100 miles. Probably its centre was 1
the province of Potenza. Meanwhile
communications with Potenza arc in-j\
ierrupted and a grave disaster there i
is feared." r
Worse and Worse.
As details began to arrive it wa*> (
ipporent t. e disturbance in the province
of Rome and the Abruzzi had 1
been greater than at first believed and | i
that it also had been :elt severely s
around Naples. 1
At Monterotondo three persons were 1
killed and two wounded; at Zagarolo ?
the dome of a church 'fell; at Galiano ;
part of the cathedral was wrecked; j
at Vero'i two persons were killed and i
two injured; at Tivoii one person was
'** 1 ? * All one? Anl 1 O nCD ^
twiitru, Lit i ClCLU live nuaovo
and at Poggio Xativo one person wa? *
killed and several were injured.
There is no communication with the j
ancient fortified city of Aquila, iii ,
ihe Abruzzi, owing to interruption of t
telegraph service. It is reported, how- (
ever, that several villages were de- :
stroyed in that vicinity. {
At Torre Cajetani, 37 miles east o? j
Roihe, almost the entire town was, t
destroyed. At Arnara the municipal j (
building collapsed. <
From numerous places qfills for f
physicians are reaching Rcfme. ? j
"a.,a L'v/iitoH
1 "J't? .'VI l,AtlUU> . |
Pope Benedict was reciting the J j
thanksgiving after the morning mass I
I
when the shock occurred. He retained t
is composure and gave orders im-! (
mediately that the damage both in- j r
side and outside the Vatican fce as- < ^
:*ertainel A
King Victor Emmanuel also order- j
3d the minister of the interior to furnish
him with all details of the earth- ,
iiuake. The king expressed a desire to ^
4-Vi^ /JamO crpr? districts. I .
V loit L11C
12
With Mr. Wells. !r
While in Atlanta last week Mgr. j c
Wells arranged with the United Film ,r
lomnany for the reproduction here of! $
i very fiic service in thv moving pic-I s
ture busings. among the number some |s
A U.c K:ht films ever produced. In!1
iim l'ci- "i.pnn Rivers." and those | ;
-V. - ^
w o have read that mo.-! fascinating s
storv v:III be eager to see the ro-1*
. I
inane? cn the screcns It is wort.i!
i
more hut the prices of . dmission will j1
remain the same, and 20 cents.
Lena Rivers will appear here on I 1
Tuesday, February 16, followed byi<
"In the Shadows," on the 23rd. Oil
February .9, "As a man Sows" will.be ?
cimAv . av.H r?n thp 2nd of Feburary the ^
iast chapter of "Fate Leads Trumps"
will be seen, the first of which is to 1
begin on January 26. But on next i
Monday 'Wells will have "Tne Last Egyptian,"
which is said to be. "one 1
cf the greatest productions that has t
ever been thrown on the photo screen, 1
and should pack the house."
-caB?- >
Death of Mrs. Luquire. Mrs.
Julia Ann Luquire, aged ~>21(
'.pars. died at her home in the Oak- j 5
land mill village, on Wednesday morn- j ^
ing at 3 o'clock and was buried at; s
Rosemont cemetery on Thursday afternoon
at -1 o'clock, service by the
Rev. .1. X. Booth. She leaves a 'bushand
and five children.
Newberry Camp .">42, >V. 0. >Y.
Consul commanuer?,j. amiuu.
Past Consul Commander?\V. H. i
Hardeman.
Advisor Lieutenant?G. W. Harrison.
Banker?Nathan Morris. i
. Escort?0. F. Hartsell. , t
Clerk?*? . H. iCampsen. I
Seiv.ry?Ray Hartsell. 1
Watchman?Joe. Smith. c
Advances To .
To Cooperati
UNION NATIONAL BANK :
TO AiT AS TRUSTEE |
LOANS ON COtliTON NOW TO Sl'B- '
sritiRKRK
v 1
To the Stock of the Company?Correspondence
Between Dr. Stack
house and Mr. Jos. l
Norwood.
rhe State, 14th. J
Correspondence contemplating loans t
;n cotton receipts to the amount of l
non nnn .if so much be reauired. has i
)een exchanged between Wade Stacki
f
louse, M. D., of Dillon, president of
?
he South Carolina division, Southern
ctton association, and Joceph Norvood,
president o. the Union National i
<ank of Columbia. Loans are to be j
nade only to subscribers to the capial
stock of the proposed Cooperative
'otton company.
Mr. Norwood has agreed that his .1
<ank will act as trustee of the com- c
any until its capitalization shall ag- \
;regate $1,000,000 and is to the loans j a
:e writes: "We would also be glad to i j:andle
a liberal line of loans . . .! c
ind have no doubt we can arrange the I s
:mount you suggest. . . Substantially j c
our letter covers all that we would ! ,
equire." " j c
ine correspondence iu.iuns. . A
Stack house to Norwood. ! t
Mcosepii Norwood, 'President Unioa ^
.W.ional Bank, Columbia, S. C. 1
'Dear Sir: The Southern Cotton z
ssociation has undertaken to secure C
he camial stock of the Cooperative c
...... i
."'otton company, which is b<vng or- i
ized by t e farmers of the South | t
siincipaliy to finance cotton ware- i
louse receipts and to sell direct iroai
he .arrntrs to the mill cotton and j
:otton treed. As president of the J j
r
?outh Carolina division of the Cotton j \
issociation, I have agreed to use my . f
)est efforts to secure at least $1,000.-, c
)00 slock in South Carolina. Beiiev- c
ng our farmers feel too poor to sub- ! ^
;cribe to stock in any company, even ; \
hough the aim and purpose of the [
--- j !
ompany is to proviue cuuyeian?c son- ^
ielp, unless they can get loans on t&e t
alance of the cotton they hold, I
vish to know if you can handle at g
fast $500,000 of cotton v arehouse re-, c
:eipts .'or us. I We will offer to give ^
'cu receipts for cotton storfi in j.
varehouses acceptable to your bank? > a
n State warehouses where possible, or -l
ipproved by the- State warehouse com- j
aissioner. We wish a loan on the ^
otton at 6 cents per pound, basis
niddling, at a rate of not exceeding
> per cent., and t'.:e notes to run for
ix months. We reel assured that as
oon as we secure the necessary capi- v
al stoc-iv or organize tne company tnat! Y
| v
\'e can renew these loans .or another j
;ix months, at perhaps a lower rate of'
merest. c
"In seeking to arrange these leans t
vun you, it is our purpose to confine ^
he loans to persons subscribing to j t
he cajiiral stock of the Cooperative ! ^
^oton company. j j
"We wish to know if vour bank will i r
i j c
ict as trustee for our proposed com- j
;any until t'.ie $1,000,000 capital stock j c
can be secured. In taking subscrip- j ^
ions we will limit the time for secur- j A
ns: the necessary capital stock to ; ,
Vlay 1, 1915. By that date, if we caa c
lot organize the company, we will re- j
urn to subscribers their warehouse t
eceipts end subscription contracts. c
ess their pro rata share of expenses,
vhich can not exceed <S jier cent. If c
ou agree to act as trustee for the
'ompany we will forward to you all f
tock subscriptions, together with (
1, ~,, ? ? frtr r>nfton sub- I
> ill ciiuitBtr tciunvuiv.j ,
:eribed. 1 s
* Cl
"Your very trmly.
(Signed) "Wade Stackhouse.
'President Sout'i 'Carolina Division.
Southern Cotton Association. c
"Columbia. January 12.'' r
>Ir. "Norwood's Reply. }
'I)r. RYade Stackhouse, President
South Carolina Division. Southern e
r'nrton Cnnsxess. Dillon. S. C. -1
"Dear Sir: Replying to yours of |.]
lie 12th inst., I beg leave to say that I
he I'nion National bank will take IC
Measure in acting as trustee for the J J
>roposer] company in so far as its, a
charter will permit, which I believe ' 1
$500,000
ve Cotton Co.
vvou.d covcr all your company would
require.
"We would also be glad to handle a
liberal line of loans to wiMch you reL'er
and have nc doubt we can arrange ,
iho a mnmit rnn cu<y<7Act Vrm xi'rmif?
naturally understar? that a v3cv
Iarge port-on of this would have to be
:*onnoctioiii. as^ich amount would,
ae 100 large for a Lank of this siz>
:o undertake to handle alone and for
bis reason there may be some minor
ietails not covered in your letter'
which would have to be adjusted to
;he satisfaction of our connections
)ut substantially your letter covers
ill that we should require.
"Thanking you and your associates
or" taking the matter up with us, and
issuring you of our best services, we
emain,
Yours very truly,
(Signed) "Jos. Norwood.
"President.
"Columbia, .January 12."
Senator McLaurin s Views.
In speaking of this correspondence,
T ATnT onn'w .Cfota WO r^VlAHCO
Willi Li. JIV/ J U i X 119 K* l/Ul/U T> U>1
ommissioner, said yesterday:
"It will be npted that the receipts
ire to be for cotton stored In waretous^
acceptable to the bank?'in
tate warehouses where possib1^ or
Lpproved by the 'State warehouse
'ommissioner.' This is a complete
indication, to my mind, of the wislom
of the State warehouse system,
vhere the receipts guarantee the
itle, weight and grade o. each individual
bale. The receipts 'could not *
>e restricted to State warehouses, oa
iccount of the fact that th$ Southern
Cotton association is to organize the
. ompany in all of the cotton States
n,i thprp is no State warehouse sys
em except in Sout.i Carolina, Louisana
and Texas.
"In addition to the -funds that are
jrovided for loans, we are continung
our negotiations with the reserve
>anks and by tae 1st of February we
eel that we will be able to make
onie announcement in regard to the
'iscount of six months' paper, whicll
vill result in the rates of interest beng
lowered'.
"With the present financial condiions
it has been extremely difficult
o get access to money in any considTable
amount. We are gratified to
tate that South Carolina is toe only
?ne of the cotton States that has so
ar been able to accomplish what "fte
Lave done in providing this loan fund
ind the part which the State waretouse
system, under the act of the
ppri?siatnrp takf-n will easilv aD
""v- * - - -% >eal
to all thoughtful minds."
Clmrch of /he Redeemer.
(Rev. Edward Fulenwider, pastor.)
'Nothing preventing, the following
rill be the programme of divine ser- F
ices at t'.:e Lutheran Church of the
tedeemer next Sunday.
11:13 a. m. The regular morning
er-."ice. The pastor will preach on
he subject: "The Great- Sin of Giving
3k>d only the Fragments of Life. ' \
ill men are more or less religiouc, all
tnor nf tim riv.inp their
CC1 lac lu^ V/ L mv, v.~- ?
ieart. Men recognize ana realize the
ieep necessity for some kind ?* -JTigion?the
heart is not satisfied with>ut
it. But in t:.e service of our God
ve are all in danger of being satisfied
vith giving Him not the first brut the
ast, not the best but the poorest
>ur time, money, physical and intei
ectual power, etc. Some very pracical
lessons will be presented in tho
ermon.
Tii'ic will be good music at this
ervi( e.
10:15 a. m. The Sunday school
neets. All are requested to be preset,
and on time.
The public is cordially invited to
ill the services.
Exchange Bank Officers.
The fallowing directors and officers
if the Exchange bank were on Wed
lesdav re-elected for the ensuic ;
tar:
Directors?W. C. Brown. G. B. Cron t.
G. C. Glasgow, W. G. Houseal,
rno. C. Xeel, .Tno. A. Senn, H. L. Parr,
n wiippipr M L. Snearman.
Officers?K. L. Parr, president; W.
i. Houseal. vice president: M. L.
Spearman, cashier: W. 1?. Wallace,
tssistant cashier; W. T. Brown, hookbeeper;
Geo. B. Cromer, attorney. ,
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