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VOLUME Lin, NUMBER 41. KEWBERBI, 8. 0. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 191*. TWICE A WEEK, ?L50 A TEAS. k __ I newIand views from CAPITAL OF THE STATE GENERAL INTEREST IN THE CHARLESTON SITUATION The Prohibition Election?Otts Did >'ot Send Out "Feelers" oil Race for Governor. (By John K. AuII.) Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, June 21.?The action of t^e Charleston grand jury in refusing to return true bills in the liquor cases given them for consideration last week, has been the subject of a great deal of interest in the capital, where the Charleston situation has been closely watched. A knowledge of conditions in Charleston, coupled with the remarks of Judge Moore, seems to J - a f V* o 4- +V> a foi1i>rA /vf JJICl'lUUC liiC 1UC4 Uiai (,uc lanuic vi t^e grand jury was because of any lack of evidence. Thirty-two no bills and one true bill were returned, the true bill being against a negro. The solicitor nol prossed that indictment. Judge Moore, according to the News Prmripr "said that in his oninion i there was sufficient evidence against a number of persons charged witft violating the dispensary law to bring in true bills against them. In regard to the action of the jury he said that seven members were able to keep true bills from being returned, and that he hoped that there were not more than ' seven members who opposed returnXL. Ui:? J mg irue Dins in xue imiuu ugcr tascs. Judge Moore based his statement on ttve large amount of evidence which: had been obtained by the officers and; which had been given to the grand jury. Tfcat the action was more on account or prejudice man uu a question of right was declared to be the belief of the court. Jurors who had taken this stand were roundly scored by Judge Moore in his remarks wfcen he said that conditions existing here were deplorable when so much evidence could be produced and but one true bill out of thirty-three indictments returned.1' That "prejudice" of which Judge Moore spoke, is 110 new thing. It bas nrevented Drosecutions of liquor cases in Charleston for twenty-two' years, ever since the dispensary law went into effect. Governor Tillman found that same "prejudice" wlbile he was chief executive; Governor Evans put the metropolitan police in Charleston on account of it; Governors Ellerbe, McSweeney, Heyward, Ansel ajnd Blease found that **prejudi9e'" in Charleston; and it remains today -under the administration of Governor Wanmn? Tfcat the dispensary law ought to ?_ be enforced in Charleston, as elsewhere in the State, all good citizens will agree, and it is the duty of all ] good citizens to lend their efforts to ! t?at end. But the "prejudice" of the grand jury of a county against the enforcement of a law is a very serious i obstacle. The grand jury, is a body 3 of men of the community, supposed to represent the sentiment of the com- < munity. They are drawn by the officers of the county, elected by the people, j j from the voters of the county, and j 1 w when such a body, for whatever reason, through all tJ-e changes of twenty-two years, steadfastly refuses to return true bills on indictments for the violation of a certain law, the enforcement of that law must remain at a standstill, so far as prosecutions in the courts for its violation are concerned. Of course in ttoe matter of selling liquor, there is the raiding nrocess, and the injunction process, both. of wheh have been invoked, the raiding proeess continuously since the dispensary laV1 . been in op- j a:"- ~~^ I tfrduuii, diiu me v>viv11 j^/4vwwu , repugnant to the spirit o? our govern- <] ment?intermittently and spasmodical- ] ly for a while. 2 A liquor law in a coast town, whicn ] has not Che sentiment of the people ] believing it as a beneficient law, is j \ very, very difficult to enforcement. That t vessel filled with fine liquors which < was captured in Charleston harbor t not long ago came from Savannah, in i tfce prohibition State of Georgia. i Other governors have earnestly t tried to enforce the dispensary law in < Charleston, just as Governor Manning * is trying to enforce it, and the action < Of the C&arleston grand jury last f week recalls their efforts, Tfyis. tking, i of trying to enforce the law is no new thing. Governor Manning says he is going to redouble his efforts. He has issued a statement in whid'a> he says he regrets the action of the Charleston grand jury, but "I am glad to note that some of the members of the grand jury stood for upholding the law. The failure of the grand jury to do its duty will not have any effect on our endeavor to enforce the laws; our efforts will not relaxed, but will be greater than before.'* That is his duty. Tf e outcome will be awaited with interest. The Prohibition Election. With the election on the question of State-wide prohibition less than three months off. very little is heard of it, except the account of the organi zation of t)':e prohibition forces for a campaign in the interest of their cause. It is )':ardly probable that there will be anything like a full votejpolled. The opinion seems to be prevalent that the prohibition counties will outvote the wet counties, and force a rNr/vKiKiflAK 1 O TIT TX"1 + V? c?.+ on/1 _ CLl pi v/uiuinviI ic?. ?? , livn'ifcuotaauiiig the fact that ^under the present local option system the cause of temperance is steadily growing as the result of the increasing sentiment against the indulgence in alcoholic liquors?a sentiment wi:ich is steadily leading to real reform, and whicb in t.hf course of a few vears. would make South Carolina really dry, for the most part, because the people of South Carolina would be united in demanding a real temperance State. Be that as it may, however, it looks very much like a prohibition law. The prohibitionists seem to look upon the question as they would upon the question of crime?U at tJbe law should be general, and that there should not*be county local option. The^ people will decide it irr' September?those of them who hunt up their registration certificates and tax receipts an-d vote?for this is tc be a general election, and the matter will not be decided in a white man's primary. It is said that some of the negro preachers fcave joined in tJ':e prohibition omsnrip anri arp nrfirinar the mem. bers of their congregations who can vote, to go to the polls and 'vote for prohibition. It is very much to be hoped that neither side will make any appeal to the negro vote. A prohibition law or local option, as we have at present, or liquor or liquor 'laws, would pale into insignificance if overshawoded by a negro balance of power in our elections. All the corruption wt'iicJh was charged in connection with the old State dispensary would be? very, very small in comparison with the corruption and the danger which would follow in the wake of a negro balance of power, which may be the result once the appeal is made to the negro vote. The very thought is abhorent to any true Soutia Carolinian. Did Not Send Out "Feelers." One of the Columbia correspondents sent out a story not long ago that for mer Solicitor J. C. Otts of spartanburg, had put out "feelers" as a possible candidate for governor on the prohibition platform against Wanning j in 1916, and the correspondent went on to tell how badly Mr. Otts was defeated for solicitor in 1912, and how tie would stand absolutely no show rrr.i*-.of A -AHian? Af nr??iri /v A r?/l. Vi/\nr a5diiioi \J\jj? ciTiui Claiming, ciiiu nv-r Governor Manning smi!ed when the rumor of Mr. Otts' possible candidacy was brought to his attention. In an article in ti':e Gaffney Ledger of June 18 Mr. Otts says toe hasn't put out any "fefelers," that it is true he was defeated in 1912, but that he ran ahead the anti-Blease ticket in his circuit; and he recounts the positions of honor md -prominence to which lie has been ml'- "UT M iUlr* 1 *4-4- ~ uy m? yevyie. m iuia itrbier :o the Gaffney Ledger he says: "I have nade it a rule to take no notice of lewspaper comment or news items of i personal character. Sometimes I nay have erred in so doing, but I disike newspaper notoriety. "But in your issue of June 11th is a communica;ion on page one, from your Columbia correspondent, that is so wholly false ;hat I feel it demands notice. I shall lot attempt xo quote expensively irom t, but only so much of it as relates o my sending out "feelers," and twice >f overwhelming defeat, and of Governor Manning's "smile." I am of the >pinion that sudai administration 'riends as your Columbia news cor espoa^eat axe. liable to get the. $ <s> GOV. SLA,TON COMMUTES <S> ^ FRANK'S SENTENCE TO LIFE <$> $ <$> ^ Special to The Herald and News. ^ v uoiumoia, .June zi.?u-ov siaion this morning commuted the deati'J penalty of Leo Frank convicted ^ of tile murder of Mary Phagan ^ to life imprisonment. ? <S> THE LOXGTJUIIN CASE A Correspondent Thinks Report in Herald and >Tews Unfair?Evidence by Stenographer. Newberry, S. C., June 19, 1915. Editor The Herald and News: I sent a copy of your issue of tfhe 17th to several parties interested in the Long-Guin murder trial and wrote: "I know you were surprised when you heard the verdict was not guilty, and wondered if Solicitor Cooper did his duty. I thing he did. He managed the case all rigt -t, his speech was clear and stated facts sufficiently to have convinced any fair minded jury." I cannot see how they found a verdict of "not guilty" unless they were furnished a copy of the evidence as published in The Herald and News and went by that, a most unjust and one sided statement of the main facts in the case. ^nd, now, Mr. Editor, I would ask you to publish this letter in as prominent a place in your issue of Mon day as you did the announcement of the verdict, and I would ask tfre public not to excuse the jury on their outrageous iverdict after reading The Herald and News version, .but get the facts, not from me, but from the records. Newspapers should be fair and t-rue to the public. In your statement of the case you were not. I would that public sentiment could be expressed on this case without fear or favor, out l Know mat sucn a step might in the future endanger tfbe life of some innocent person on trial. I stand for law and order and when the law is violated let^the guilty be punished. Mr. Guin's blood cries out from the ground. The jury shifted it from Mr. Long to themselves. Respectfully, T. N. Parks. Death of a Very Old Male. J. S. Dominick of No. 7 township I lost a very old mule on June 14. This mule was 35 years old. tHer name was Lize. J. S. Dominick has owned ti'-is mule for 29 years. He bought her from William Birge of Prosperity at the age of six years. 'This mule has been plowed by all of his eight sons and it is supposed that more people knew this mule than any other mule in tibis county. This old mule had never runaway with any one or Ir.urt any one in anj way. This was the second mule ever owned by J. S. Dominick. She did 26 years of hard work but has done nothing in the lost 3 years to amount tn flnvthinsr A ?ood 2rav mule dead. I One of the sons, A. L. Dominick. Ice Cream Festival. The Ladies Aid society of Trinity church will give an ice cream festival on title church ground Saturday evening, June 26, from 5 to 10 o'clock. I "smile" on the other side of his ex cellency's face." He tells of his race for solicitor and of how he has been honored by his people and says that he has never been, and will not be a candidate for governor in 1916. He says Governor Manning lhas his earnest cooperation in t?e effort to enforce all the laws. It appears that the Columbia correspondent saw a spook. In Winnsboro Case. The Columbia Record of Sunday 1 morning prints a report to the effect ; that former Governor Blease has been ' retained for the defense in the case of 1 the Winnsboro citizens charged with murder in the killing of Sheriff Hood 1 and tive negro rapist, and with general 3 participation in the Winnsboro shoot- ' ing affray. Governor ?lease, when ] asked about the matter, is reported to I have said that as a politician he talks ] tke. tin^e:?"as a lawyer never," |l <& 3> < > EJTPEROR OF GERMANS ? ^ IN PERSONAL CHARGE ? <?> ^ . ? London, June 20.?A dispatch <v & from Copenhagen tonight says ? the German emperor himself has < > taken supreme command of the <$ Galician campaign, establishing his .''-.eadquarters in Silesia as near to the front as practicable. <?> <s> Approaching JlariMge. Mr. and Mrs. Jol-n Roberson Spearman announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Caroline Elizabeth, to Achilles Wilkes Knight, which will take place at their home Wednesday morning, June 30, at 10 o'clock. Secure the Caus. The car of cans gotten up by Miss | Willie Mae Wise and Mr. T. M. Mills : for benefit of canning club girls and I farmers is expected to reach Pros-1 perity about Monday, June 28th. These j cans will be sold at cost and every-! body must come to car witiMn three days after its arrival. Any informa- j tion regarding same will be given by , the above mentioned persons. Phones 2 and 2613 from Prosperity. Death Mr. J. B. Wicker. Mr. J. Belt Wicker died at his home i in the Zion ciburch neighborhood on I Sunday. He was an old veteran upwards of 80 years, was unmarried and was the last surviving member of the late Daniel Wicker's family. Xext Approaching Marriage. Cards are out for a marriage, as follows: Mrs. Mattie Werts request tr.e honor of your presence at. the home of her daughter Anna Estelle to Mr. J. L. Counts on t?e evening of Thursday, June 24th nineteen hundred and fifteen at half after eight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. New-berny, South Carolina Science and Slfcuglrtcr, Without question, man has every reason to be grateful to science for her assistance in the favorite pursuit by which the most part he reckons history, writes Henry W. Nevenson, 'in the June Atlantic. Nor is he remiss in taking advantage of her progress. 1 nis war IS prouauiy uie grea^esi auu most destructive, as wen as trie most scientific since creation. Mr. Asquitih tell us that 6,000,000 men are now trying to kill one another as fast as possible in Eurojpe. and his is a low estimate. There they stand in long opposing lines. On one front the battle line is said to extend nearly 400 miles; on the other nearly twice as far. In the west, sheer numbers and the accuracy of industrious science almost prevent movement. For nearly five months now those men, in their effort to kill and escape death, have lived below the surface, like rabbits or primeval troglodytes. They have floundered in oozing mud?"tue fifth element," as Napolean called it. They fcave stood day and nigut in trenches, soaked to their middle by cold water, until their limbs swelled Dumle and threatened gangrene. The occasion of exploding shells has driven their eyes into their iheads so that they see no more; shock and ihorrorl-ave struck them speechless. Their reason is overturned; some weep without ceasing; some gibble like ghosts. Limbs are scattered over the countryside. Hotsmelling blood pours from their bodies in unexpected quantity. Flies i.lToid Bine. Exchange. A French scientist is authority for the statement that flies have a distinct objection to the color blue. Tfcis was first discovered by a farmer who . keeps a large number of cows In several sheds. One of tbese sheds happened to be painted blue on the inside, and in this the cows were little ; troubled by flies. He blues the walls and thus protects all his cows. RVpnrrt farmers in the vicinity are ' oow adding a blue coloring to their white wa^b. Their formula is as fol- ] lows: To twenty fallons of water add ten pounds of slacked lime and one ] pound of ultramarine. The. wall^ a,re. :inted twice during the summer. >0 REFLECTION INTENDED i A Correspondent Thinks The Herald and News Unfair to Long-?Important Evidence Omitted. Editor The Herald and News: We are sure you did not iptend to rlrk <sr> hn+ wa fPflr vrnrr rpmarlrc anH report of the trial of Long for killing Mr. G-uin may "be regarded as a reflection on the jury who decided the case, and may hurt the greatest riglat of American citizens, that of trial by jury. You admit you thought there would at least be a mistrial and nothing more than a iverdict of manslaugh\ ter. If the defendant showed enough to make the jury doubt his guilt to' make a mistrial, then he Showed enough to entitle him to be turned1 free. Mistrials are the worst things that juries can fcave. And Judge Smith, who so impartially heard this case, urged the jury to get together, and told them some jury would have to j decide tJ*e case some time. Your report of the evidence left j out several important pieces of testi- j mony in favor of the defendant, and you even failed to mention the testimony of three witnesses in i^e case. Two of these witnesses for tlie Slate did tf:.e defendant much good. One of them spoke of his being such a peaceable man that he never expected him to shoot any body. Another said he helped to prepare the body of the lam- j ented Mr. Guin for burial and that the right hand showed indications of having held something in it wfien he died I a fliio V? o r> uro c rJ r* o vlt in o f oc Lino uauu ?ao ui a" 11 IU u-cte position. Almost every witness for the State said something in favor of Long. And you did not mention the photo-) graphs of the place of the difficulty j wifcich the defendant put in evidence I which helped his defense very mudb.j We are not defending Long?he j needs no defense now. iWie just want to show you that we think you have not been quite fair to the jury. We know a synopsis of the testimony in . a long case like this, hurriedly writ- j ten, can not tell everything. The j jurors at tfte last term of tfte court were as fine a body of men as were ( ever drawn in Newberry county and j many persons were heard to remark . what a high class of high-toned gen- j tlemen were drawn on the Long case. People who adversely critisize jurors for their decisions are usually those who never heard all the testimony or who are personally interested in the case. I never Iheard of a jury pleasing everybody, did you? I wasn't on tfte jury and am not kin to any body who was and am not kin to Long. Believer in Jury Trial. The Do#. I've never known a dog to wag His tail in glee he didn't feel, Nor quit his old-time friend, to tag At some more influential fteel. The yellowest cur I ever knew, Was to the bay who loved him true. I've never known a dog to show Halfway devotion to his friend; To seek a kinder man to know, Or richer, but unto the end The humblest dog I ever knew Was to the man who loved him true. * I've never known a dog to fake Affection for a present gain A false display of love to make, Some little favor to attain. I've never known a Prince or Spot That seemed to be wftat he was not. But I have known a dog to fight Witih all his strength to shield a - friend, And, whether wrong or whether right, To stick to him until the end, And I have known a dog to lick The fcand of him that man would kick. f , And I have known a dog to bear Starvation's pangs from day to day 1 With him who i&ad oeen giaa 10 saarw His bread and meat along the- way. N'o dog, however mean or nide, i Is guilty of ingratitude. I : The dog is listed with the dumb, No voice he has to speek his creed, flis messages to hamans come By faithful conduct; and by creed < 3e shows, as seldom mortals do, 4 high, idea,l at befng txue, American Field, j' / M'LAURIN TO NORTH CAROLINA BANKERS EXPLAINS SOUTH CAROLINA WAREHOUS ESYSTEM. He and Mr. Harding, of federal Re- . serve Board, the Speakers?Gets Fine Reception. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, June 21.?Following an address by State Warehouse Commissioner Jno. L. McLaurin, before the North Carolina Bankers Association, in session in Wilmington, on Friday, President W. B. Cooper of the associa-? | tion suggested the appointment of a i committee to confer wiflh Senator Mc- / Laurin in the interest of getting under , way in XortJ Carolina a State system along the lines ot the South Carolina system. Senator lYcLaurin went to Wilming ton in company with Mr. W. P. G. ! Harding of the federal reserve board,' joining him at Florence, Mr. Harding being en route from the meeting of the South Carolina Bankers association in Charleston to the North Carolina meeting. Mr. Harding and Senator McLaurin were the only two speakers on Friday morning. Mr. Harding devoted a considerable part of his address to a discussion of tfte warehouse syst.iL in its relation to finance, and in }Sis remarks, in citing a receipt for use as a collateral, described the South Carolina receipt exactly. Following the address of Mr. Harding, President Cooper announced that the author the South Carolina warehouse law was present,' and called upon Senator MeLauria for an address, appointing a committee to appoint the South Carolina commissioner to the rostrum. 'Senator A/T/->T aiirin n-o c criron o fl r?o. rortonHAn mvi iu ?? w-u gi ? V*A ? ? vvvy?**vn* by tf;e North Carolina backers, and the interest which was taken in his remarks w*as evidenced by tie suggestion of the president as to the appointment of the committee, before the adjournment of the meeting, to take up the consideration of the system as adapted to the/needs of North Carolina. Senator McLaurin- devoted his speeds to State warehouse systems, explaining the South Carolina law, and the results and aims and purposes of the system generally. Both Mr. Harding and Senator McLaurin received the cordial thanks of the Nortji Carolina bankers for their addresses. The Wilmington Evening Dispatch thus speaks of Senator McLaurin's address: "Featured by the address of Hon. W. P. G. Harding, of the federal reserve board, Washington; the annual report of President H-omas E. Cooper, of this city, the report of Secretary W. A. Hunt, of Henderson, and a short talk by former United States Senator Jno. L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, the North Carolina Bankers association today at noon concluded fibe second day of its 19th annual convention, at the Seashore hotel, Wrightsville Beach, after a fine start 1 ^ ? - ?T- x ?1* ? iT. A ?t a r*f A a last nigui wutiii tut; mac acooiuu ttcws t ld. "Upon the close of Mr. Harding's address Senator McLaurin of South Carolina, was called upon to make a few remarks, which he did, speaking in that easy eloquence which has made him a popular speaker everywhere. He told of the South Carolina cotton warehouse system, and its benefits. He spoke of the need for making ample preparation to prevent a recurrence of lasi. year's cotton situation." Dad Must Be Lazy. By way of enlarging the children's vocabulary a certain village scnool teacher is in the haoit of giving them a certain word and asking them to form a sentence in which that word occurs. The other day sfoe gave the class the word "notwithstanding." There was a pause and a bright-faced youngster held up his 'band. "Well, what is your sentence, !3Vxjjmy?" asked the teacher. "Father wore his trousers, out, but notwithstanding." There are no trades or guilds Isl r 1 ? ? J mon Koinor P1 ]&A ti> iceiaiiu, trv ci / iu?u depend upon his own skill for sup- , plies. The natives make their own &9&?j shoe their, owjo. ^rn^ ij^.fflanufacture their saddles.