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Lm^OIBER Is NEWBERRY, A YEAR. capital cut I _ i STATE-HlUfc iMtKfcM 1> tn.HiLESTON SITUATION. WT Sauth Carolina Now Has Only T>vo Mfe Regiments Left?<Stir in Richland Dispensary Circles. llf (By John K. Aull.) wt Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, April 1.?There has been ! considerable interest here and no doub*. throughout the State in the various conferences between Gov. Manning and [ Mayor <i-race, ana me siaiemeuis u>iowing these conferences as to the ?n- ' foroement of the liquor laws in Char- j lesion. Since the dispensary system i was established in South Carolina the law has been violated in Charleston, J practically openly, and efforts tt> en-1 force it seem to taave been unavailing.1 Mayor Grace and Gov. Wanning had j a conference on Monday. Following - the conference the Columbia RecorJ of Monday afternoon printed the fol^kk>wing: V "Governor Manning told me to un- i Bequiocally enforce the tews in Charles- j ^ ton," said Mayor Grace, of Charleston, after a conference with Gov. Manning , Kn ti:e executive office on liquor en-j Borcement in the City by tie Sea. "I j Book his orders/' said the mayor with | K smile." 1^* Following this statement, the gov- j ernor gave out the followin:g f "Definite action, must be taken within a week," Gov. Manning told Mavor | ' Grace, of Charleston, tfcis afternoon a*.' 1 * * -i- - jlH iCT ra consrerence Detw^en \ i t?n.cu Mayor Grace," said tfce governor, "as j . head of the government of Charleston M to enforce the law. I specially men- j tioned the gambling law and the liquor j law. I asked for enforcement and not j ' regulation. I pointed out to Mayor Grace that as so much has been said & and written on the situation, and as so much time fcas already elapsed on m account of his illness, since I had first taken up the matter witfo him, that I definite action must be taken, witam p. week; that the public is so well informed of tfte situation that nothiag could be gained by further delay." j 1^. Charleston dispatch to tl:e Colum-, B State, published this morning, say.> Kit a wide-spread raid was begun by He polled in Charleston yesterday. "A j lumber of blind tigers," says the dis-' patchy "have been raided and others &ave removed their fixtures and closed f_ T(he situation in Charleston is peculiar, on account of public sentiment *here in regard to tfce liquor laws, an?i *n account of the fact that Cf.arlesto:. is a coast city, making the La* very difficult to enforce. Hfce result in Charteston will be watched with interest throughout the Kate. Only Two Regiments, In tn.e organization of the State militia, only two regiments are left, coir- ! prising 24 companies. The companies ! at Woodruff, Yorkville, Bennettsviile, i Edgefield, Orangeburg, I>arIington, Anderson and Georgetown have been dis banded, under a general order issued by the governor. Tbis disbands the brigade, and Brigadier General Wilie V?Jones, wbo has served tihe militia j B' kmg and faithfully, is placed on the j retired list, with .the rank of major i general. The two new regiments will j hold elections for colonel and lieuten^ ant colonel on April 17. & The Dispensary in Richland. R There has been a considerable stir ^^^in dispensary circles in Richland counsince the new administration was inaugurated. An entirely new board rof control replaced me oia waiu. i the election of dispensers, clerks, etc.,! many changes were made by the board. Now, Gov. Manning has refused to commission several of those elected by the new board which he appointed. According to the local morning paper, the governor and the board had a conference yesterday afternoon, at wlMch time the governor made it known that f x he would not commission several 01' those elected by tfne board. "He ordered us to dismiss these men and said that he would give his rea sons later," SMr. S. T. Wesberry, a member of the board, is quoted as saying, in discussing t?e conference with Gov. Manning. The Columbia State says: "Gov. Manning refused to discuss his confer-1 ence with the board of control. Com-j plaints had been lodged with the gov r , ; rr.cr concerning seme of its employes. i One of charges placed with t' e gove: ncr was nopotism. Gov. Manning told j t.ie members of the board that t-^ey should be very careful in electing employes." j And so the "shake-up" goes on, it! being contended 011 tJ e one side that j the political doctrine of "sticking fo cne's iriend" is being carried to an extreme, and, on the oti:er side by adherents of the administration that this is not the case, but that merit is being considered. At last, the people are the judges. ) High Praise For Warehouse IJlitt. State 'Warehouse Commissioner Mo- j Laurin is in receipt of a letter from j former Governor?Comer, of Alabama,; saying: "We have just been acquainted by ! Mr. W. P. Harding (of ti. e federal , ' 3 x /-v'f enrvio I reserve Doaruj witn ue icsuib vi j of your efforts towards securing a sat-! isfactory bonded warehouse in Souih 1 Carolina which seems to be providing I ( a cotton security that is very accentable to Xew York banks at a low rau i of interest." The former governor asko I t for a copy of the bill, saying that "our! legislature will be in session again in ! July, and it looks as though such a j bill for Alabama would be very desira ble." Winter and Spring.* Yesteday morning Columbia for a 3 ^ V AVA Trrr fo 1 1 rvf snort wnne experieuwu a. v/* snow between 6 and 8 o'clock, tne ground being covered. By noon the snow had disappeared, and Columbia experienced spring weather yesterday afternoon, and is enjoying a beautiful day today. Business conditions seem brighter in the capital city ttian for some tima; past. iTiiere seems to be more business confl<|ence, and the people generally are in better spirits. The extra term of court which was ordered to try a young negro charged with the murder of an aged white woman in Abbeville county have been called off. Solicitor R. A. Cooper tak iug the view that the public interest j no longer demands the extra term. \ ? Cedar Springs Trustees Appointed, i Gov. Manning on Thursday appoint- j ed three trustees of Cedar Springs In- j stitute for the Deaf and Blind. Jesse Cleveland, of Spartanburg, was reap- j pointed on tl_e board. W. D. Patton, i M. D., was named to succeed George Heintish, M. D., resigned. Claude N. Sapp, of Lancaster, former member of the house, was appointed to succeed F. W. Cappleman, of Charleston, resigned. % um OA * Tk 4 KITVn JU.-LUiUV.lv , TO PREPARE FOR RUSH 1 Commission Suggests Tfoat Lines Make Arrangements to Handle Fertilizer Business Quiekly. The railroad commission has written the five chief railroad systems operating in South Carolina to suggest that special pains be taken to handle i the fertilizer business with dispatch this spring. The letter says fcbat on j account of the financial conditions the j farmers will postpone the purchase of | fertilizer until the last minutte, and j that t!_e movement from the mills to i the consumers may become congested j unless the railroads take precautions. A Ray of Brightness From Sick Bed. * a i? 1 Among the sick ones me ^uih^xvius < "play" was wirtten by a member of i the list: If you have lost Hope regarding the cotton crop, plant a New-berry patch. If you will burn Green-wood to protect from Frost you will soon live in Prosperity, for there is a New-market for the crop in the Old Town at No. 96, Silverstreet. Church of the Redeemer. (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.) Nothing preventing, the following program of divine service will be observed at tfre Lutheran Church of the xveuewnitjr c i IUU.V <au\x uuuuu; . Friday, April 2, 4 P. im.?Good Friday service. Sermon by the pastor on the subject, '"The C eering Cross." Sunday 6:30 A. M., Matin service and communion. 10:15 a. m., Sunday school. 11:15 a. m., regular morning service and communion. , Letters of transfer will be read at this service I t 8:00 P M.?The annual sacred con-i cert. See announcement and program | i elsewhere in this issue of the paper. { j The public is cordially invited to all J services. i A VITAL QUtSilON I FOR NtWBEERY PEOPLE; >'LTf'J>XK3ll SHOl'LD AKOl'SE HKH-J SKLF AT THIS 1I3IE. j I Opportunity Is Knocking: at Her Door. May Not Knock Afrain In a Century. (By Ernest Anderson.) One day last week the State pub- i lis! ed an account of a peeition for a I railroad from Augusta, Ga., to Greenwood. S. C., by way of Edgefield and Saluda. The Record followed it up with an j editorial sharply protesting against tlu apparent greed of Greenwood in her J designs on the commerce of the Mvc j rich counties of Edgefield and Saluda. ! and earnestly urged that Columbia j witl.: out delay assert her rigt.t to thj j business of this territory by promol- ! ing the construction of a railroad from j Little Mountain, or some other point j between here and Columbia, southward ! through this undeveloped, section. Such I a read, ?e urged, would' turn back to j Columbia the trade wl .ich the proposed | Savannah, Piedmont and Western rai'- j way would carry lo u-reenwoou. The -Augusta Chronicle has several I times referred to this matter. It says that Mr. J. Peyton Clarke, who was 0.:ief engineer in the building of the j interurban lines in upper Souti: Caro- j line, has the confidence of Xe^ York I capital in his undertakings; that an attorney and the president of Uie chamber of commerce of Greenwood are representing Greenwood's interests in the project; refers to it as Greenwood's long-cherished desire for a railroad tJbrouglH' the fertile undeveloped territory through Saluda and Edgefield counties to Augusta; says that the charter is for a railway between Greenwood and Augusta and may be either steam of electrict; "that Green wood has more to gain from a road in the proposed section than :from any railroad project that has ever been proposed. It would open up a magnificent territory and the benefits that would follow would be great." The foregoing goes to show that, even if the war is on, the time has come for definite action as to the longdiscussed railroad to the soutih of Newberry. Now U:e question is: what will Newberry do about it? A glance at the map should convince any one that Newberry is certainly one of the logical points of objective for the road from Augusta through those counties. This vast untraversed area is a triangle. Augusta is its vertex.- The line from Columbia to Greenwood its bas?. Vflwhon-T? ic almnct of +hr? nnint 41 V n ^ IA4M.4VVJW MW WUV ?*. x/ r of tt e base, being 43 miles irom Columbia and 37 miles from Greenwood. It is one of the largest rich sections of country in the South without a railroad. A road built from Newberry to Augusta would open up the Whole country with a straight line, and would afford an outlet for t'.ie people along the line to all points reached by the two roads that now pass 'Newberry. The line fiom Edgefield to Newberry by Saluda is straight; the line from Edgefield to Greenwood by Saluda is a rig!':.t angle. Why build this crooked road to Greenwood? There is already a direct road from Greenwood to Augusta, the <C. and W. C., (That affair run around to Greenwood would necessarily end at Greenwood?as though tl.at fair city were the hub of the universe. On the other Jkand, if the road is built straight to JN'ewberry, there is another almost as important and as needy section to the north of us through which t~e road could be extended. It could go to Carlisle, a junction point of the Southern and tJ.e Seaboard. Or it could go across the Seaboard at IWSiitmire, the Southern at Union and another junction point at Blacksburg. From Blacksburg to Augusta would be a long line, a straight line, a trunk line, and a profitable road. Augusta is at tne neaa or navigation ou Savanna!'.: river. The government is , spending much money in improving this valuable waterway. The fact that before the day of the railroad most of the hauling of this section was done to and from Hamburg, and the fact t)v.at an old roadbed was constructed in tJ':at direction Tor miles by the past generation help further to congrm the common sense of a railway from Newberry to Augusta. Did you ever consider a trip by rail from Newberry to Saluda? From Newberry to Edgefield? From Newberry to Augusta? You have to go either to ' Greenwood or Columbia before yc-i; start towards your destination. Ho v.* j cculd you go from Xewberry by rail j to Whitmire? And yet these two places I have common political, social and busi- j iiess ties that would insure great profit i to a road connecting them. Win almost indefinite extension pos- > sibilities to the north and the Savannah river as a terminus at the south, it would be a great and profitable railroad. Besides, it would be in direct j line wita the recently constructed: Georgia and Florida railway, which would furnish a ti. rough line froJi here to the Gulf of Mexico and so to Panama. Gentlemen, whether because of the present agitation or independent of it, my opinion is that tine best interest of j I Newberry demands the construction of this road. It would insure better freight rates, wLich would make Newberry a more attractive place for various industries and enterprises. It would make Newberry a more attrac tive place 10 live, Decause more ac^cs- | sible. With the improved railroad fa- j cilities and its good college and schools j many more traveling men, gen3ral | agents, wholesale dealers, etc., would make their tomes in Newberry. A more healthful place can not be found. Certainty no city can boast of as good water. Why not 'Newberry the place for resort great Lotels, etc. The first need is the railroad perpendicular co the two that she now ihas. With the completion o'f such a road real estate in Newberry would climb by leaps ana bounds. It would be in demand. In- ' - * al 1 1 . creased values wouia neip toe scuouis i and all public works. Business would be not only greater in volume, but more active. Tne fear of the small towns that wouiu spring up a*ong Ue line is not to be countenanced. A through line running perpendicular to the two old loads would increase tne importance of Aewberry as a distributing point ten fold.' Even if dozens of little places oh/Miih enrin? nn tiip increased Dromi kJUUUiU V. _ nence of Newoerry as a railroad center would make tne business of these towns Newberry's business, and at t'-.c same time would greatly increase Newoers's business up and down the otber old roads. As it now is Newberry has no better railroad advantages tian Prosperity has. And if Greenwood does build her proposed road and Prosperity, througn encouragements from Columbia, taps the new road at Saluda, Prosperity will have the advantage. Ii Greenwood gets her road, and a connecting line is built from Little Mount-air. or 'Prnsneritv. or anv otL-er point VMiU VI * ? , w to the line, the frightful small villages would spring up just ti^e same, and where would Newberry be? i I \enture the opinion that 10 per cent. of. the wealth of -Newberry spent in launching this movement would pay for itself over and over again in a v*ry tew years in increased business and enhanced values. And yet it may be accompli^..ed without spending money at all. Geographically and commercially, Xewberry is logically on the line of fc.:e road. But it may be necessary for the" business men of Xewberry to get together and prepare to present their claims and show their desires; I and convince ine cayiuu men mio iwuic ; is the correct investment. To do less may be disastrous; to delay may mean failure. Ti.e time to act is now. promptly and with a solid front. YOUTH KILLED BY A> Al TO Chester Hoy Steps in the Path of a Machine. Chester, March 29.?Hall Lowry, 12 years of age, was run over and fatallyhurt this afternoon by Mr. John "W. fvVix's automobile. The boy was rushed to a local hospital by Mr. Wix, but died shortly afterwards. Tie boy is said to have stepped from behind a wagon directly in the automobile's path. Mr. Wix says he was unable to stop the machine until a wheel had ! passed over the boy's body. The sad occurrence was witnessed by several j persons. j Box Party at St. PauL ! There will be a dox party at the St. Paul school on Friday evening for the benefit of the sci-ool. Remember tae date, Friday evening April 9. 'Every one is invited and a pleasant time is . guaranteed. Sheriff Bleast Liquor Law assures gov. manning i of his cooperation; ~ I I SE-CTRES OPINIO* ON LAW FROM SOLICITOR COOPER Sheriff Blease Will Accept Solicitor j Cooper's Construction and Act Accordingly. Sheriff Elease is going to enforce the ga/llon-a-month liquor lav as construed by Solicitor Cooper. In tlbe first place, he understands that to be the desire of Gov. Manning as expressed in his letter, in which t)':e governor j says: "I think you have done well in i seeking advice from him'' (Solicitor j Cooper). In tne second place Sheriff Blease will follow the construction placed on the law by Solicitor Cooper for ti e reason if there should.be any violations of the law Solicitor Cooper will be the prosecuting officer. ! Sheriff Blease and his deputy arid j rural policemen will co-operate most j heartily witia Gov. Manning in enforcing the liquor law and all other laws. The Herald and News gives in this i connection U-e correspondence between ) Sheriff Blease and Governor M-annin*. i and the opinion given Sheriff Blease by Solicitor Cooper. Columbia, S. C., Mard.1 26, 1915. j Dear Sheriff: I am enclosing copies of the gallon-! a-month law. I will be glad if you j will see that each of your magistrates \ gets one. 1 hope everything is going well in your county, r.nd that you and your magistrates will use every effort to preserve the best of order in every line. I am Yours very truly, Rich. I. Manning, Governor. i Letter to Newberry Magistrates. | Sheriff Cannon G. Blease sent t):e j following letter to all magistrates in | Newberry county: Newberry, S. C., March 29th, 1915. Dear Sir:?I am herewith enclos-; ing you a copy of the gallon-a-monfch, law. The same was forwarded to me by Gov. Manning, with the request that I send a copy to each magistrate in .\ewuerry county. He says in fcis letter to me, "I hope everything is going well in your county, and that you and your magistrates will use every effort to preserve the best of order in every line." This 'I know tfaat you have been doing, and I believe you will continue to do. There are, I ki;o"r, a few sections in this law that it is difficult to understand, and I have written Solicitor' Cooper fcr his opinion on these points,' as i e will be the one that will have ! to prosecute these cases for this coun- j ty, and as soon as I get that opinion 1 1 will send you a copy of the same, j Any time that you need my assist-1 ance in any way for the better en- j forcement of law and order, I am yours to command. Yours very respectfully, Cannon G. Blease, Sheriff. Sheriff Bleuse's Letter to Governor, j In reply to the letter .from Gov. j Manning, containing copies of the 1 new liauor law. Sheriff Rlease sent ! the following: Newberry, S. C., March 29, 1915. Hen. Richard I. Manning, Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Your letter to me, in which you enclosed copies of the gallon-a-month law, to hand, and will say that I have this day forwarded to each magistrate a copy of the same according to your request. I herewith enclose a copy of letter mailed each magistrate in this county. I have written Solicitor Cooper for his opinion on certain sections of this law and as soon as I get same I will ; submit same to you for you: approval, j My deputies and myself are using j I z Asks he Construed every effort to preserve law and order in this county, and believe that ail the magistrates will co-operate with, lis in so doing. Yours ivery truly. Cannon G. Blease, Sheriff Newberry County. Newberry, S. March 29, 1913. Hon. Richard I. Manning, Governor of Soutii Carolina. Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: Since writing you today stating that I had mailed out the copies of the gallon-a-month law, I have received from Solicitor Cooper his opinion in regard to said law, and at his request I am mailing: you a codv of the same. If it meets with your approval as to how this law should be enforced, I would thank you to advise me at once, so tiiat I can notify the magistrates, their constables, the police departments in the different towns in this county and to know how to enforce the same by my deputies and myself. The magistrates and most of tJ'ce town officials of the different towns in this county are waiting for me to tell them what to do. All I want now is for you to advise me. Thanking you in advance, and waiting your instructions, I am, Very truly yours, Cannon G. Blease, Sheriff. Replying to the two communications from Sheriff Blease, the governor sent this letter: (Mr. CannqB G. Blease, Sheriff, (Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge yours of tfce 1 e "?r.. iyin, Wicji enclosures irvin mi . vuvyci. Mr. Cooper being solicitor for your circuit, I think you have done well in seeking advice from him. As governor I can not pretend to construe the law, but hope you and your magistrates will use your utmost endeavors to enforce it. I am, Yours very truly, Rich. I. Manning. Governor. Solicitor's Opinion of the Liqaor Law. The following questions relative to the law were asked by Sheriff Blease: "1. (a) Under section 5 please advise me "witat is a 'private room.' (b) Is a room over a man's store, wfaich he uses for private conversations, with no bed in it, a private room under this section? (c) Would a room annexed to a lawyer's office, said room being used only for private conversations, be a private room under this section? "2 Ha3 a person the right to buy from the dispensary in '-Columbia any whiskey and bring it to Newberry, a dry county, for his personal use? "3. If a person has in i is posseesion a pint of whiskey for ?is own personal use, is he in violation of this act? "4. Have I the right to enter the express offices and depots to examine their books and see whether or not any one has received more rJ.an a gallon a month? "5. Under tin is act, would a person living in Newberry county have tho right to transport or convey for hi* own use a gallon of whiskey that ha ordered from a point from without the State if tl':at whiskey is received at an express officein another county ?for instance, Fairfield county, a dry county?" T:.e following is the opinion of Solicitor Cooper: "I have numbered your questions for convenience and will endeavor to answer each one. "1 Tn r^nlv to vour first question, subdivisions a, b and c, I beg to advise that in my opinion a 'private room' as contemplated under this act is a room where a person sleeps or which is his fcome. "2. ITihis question has giver me considerable difficulty. Under section i of the act it is provided tJ':at 'no person, firm, corporation or company shall receive or be in possession of any spiritous, vinous, fermented or malt liquors or beverages containing more than 1 per cent, of alcohol for his, her, its or tfreir use or for the on it- n+Hew nArson. firm or cor UOTJ VI ""J 7 poration, except as provided elsewhere in this act.' It is clear that if tlbe act Sad stopped with section 1, we would have Statewide prohibition