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|tie ||eraiB anil jjem j Entered at the Postoffice at NewS. C., as 2nd class matter. | E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, July 9, 1915. After all, the action of the Charleston grand jury in 'the liquor cases is not very different from that of the Newberry grand jury in the Felderi case. There should have been true bills in botli instances.?Yorkvill En-quirer. All of "which is very true. But it would be a very dangerous thing to undertake to bring und^r pressure the deliberations of a jury, either a grand or a petit jury. The jury system is truly the bulwark of our liberties and the safeguard of our property rights. Now and again there may be a miscarriage of justice, but we should remember thai we are all human and liable to err. 'li:e editor 01 me neraia ana -News is pleased to know ti'iat Big Creek and St. Luke's schools have decided to unite. As coun:y superintendent of education some three years ago the first work we did was to start the agitation for the union of these schools; A model rural high school may be easily developed by the union of ti'iese scnoois. Ai wouia nave Deen Deuer to \ L , i ? locate the joint school away from the church and to have obtained some ten to fifteen acres of land, so that the superintendent's house might be a part of tfte school property. But that will .come soon after the union of the schools. It was our dream to accom* plish this, and to that end several meetings were Held, it is gratifying to know that the realization is coming so soon. We congratulate the people on the fact that the two scfoools are coming together and also those who helped to bring it about. A SEBIOUS MISTAKE. That conference, which we hoped would not be, has been had by Governor Manning witfa the jury commissioners of Charleston county. The j morning dispatches report that yes- j terday these commissioners met uhe governor at his office in the capitol and had "a thorough discussion of the matter. Certain suggestions relating to the metftod of drawing the names out of the jury box for venires were adopted by the jury commissioners. What these suggestions were Governor Manning would not discuss." The method of drawing jurors is firlly defined in the statutes of this ' .State. The drawing is required "after >en days' notice to the public of the place, day and hour of drawing." It must be done "openly and publicly/ Any person interested or desirous of seeing tl:at ihe commissioners discharge their duty can attend and see the drawing. If there is irregularity, fraud or evil-doing of any character in connection with this drawing, proof should be readily had. The co nmis sioners are required to choos< men "of good moral character." If they do not do so, the public, who are advised toy publication of the names of the jurors and who know these men, can judge of the integrity of the commissioners. The governor can readly secure information as to the faith"trifn tho rrrniTnicfiinners 1o tibeir duty. There is no occasion for secret meeting, and no justification far "suggestions.1' ' ^ The 'aw of the State makes "the suggestions" to the commissioners. If the commissioners are not carrying ,out the requirements of the statute the governor has the power of removal. He has no right to add to those requirements nor sfnould he seek in any v*<ty lu uiuuem;e tut; wnumaaivuci s in the discharge of their duties, except by- public admoniiion. The conditions in Charleston have been, and doubtless continue, unfortunate. Evil-doing is to be deplored In that" community as elsewhere. The governor does well to seek to enforce 'he laws. He must do so, however, .n those methods stated by law. He *nust conform as much to the provisions of the statutes as he expects and *tixac nfhprc tn 'Rv thp<5A statutes "be has no authority to direct jury commissioners in the discharge of their duties. Sfcoul-d convictions now occur in Charleston, it will be hard to prevent the general suspicion that these are the results of "suggestions" made by "he governor to the commissioners. a tfpw "nr/vilil fp-n/1 +/-\ :;ii the mind of the average citizen the majesty and impartiality of the law. It were ;better tfcat every blind tiger "n Charleston should go unpunished i'lin that there should be a^ impres.... gestions" to officers, varying in any ; degree from the law as it is written. | The governor owes it to himself and \ to t:":.e people of this State 'to publicly state the purpose of his conference and the Tesults thereof.?Greenville Piedmont. Right you are, and whenever you he gin in the least to "monkey' with our jury system either by "suggestion"} from those higher up, or in any other way, you are striking a severe blow at ti:e foundation of our liberties and polluting the stream at its very fountain. We do not say it is being done, but we agree with the Piedmont that the governor should no: make "suggestions" to the officers in regard to the jury, and not be willing to let the public know what is going on. We have no interest whatever in the Charleston matter except that we would like -to know that the law was being enforced in Charleston as everywhere! else, but better let some of these fellows go unpunished than to get the impression that some sort of "sag * - ft - ? t J - A ~ ?"U ~ gesuons i:aa Deen iuaue iu me iu-ucers whereby the jury changed its policy or its finding. We know that 'the prohibition sentiment, or that sentiment which is against the use of alcoholic drinks, is growing very fast, and we believe that those wi-o desire prohibition are making a mistake to try to force it. We believe that real and genuine prohibition would come sooner if we would 1'""+ or nn contimont JUOl VU up VAAUC WVJUV***4V?V which condemns the use of wines and liquors, instead of trying to pass more thou-shalt-not laws. The anti-liquor sentiment is growing all over the country and what we need is to encourl age that sentiment, because until youj get rid of tfce appetite and desire for j liquor it is going to be difficult to en- j foroe anv law aeainst the sale. And; when you get prohibition in this way, by building up a public sentiment in its favor, you have something worth while. But when men preach prohibition and drink themselves, and countenance the use of it in tfceir own children, there is not much use to pass I laws forbidding the sale. And the'-e is not much good in resorting to dr. stic measures to enforce the law. But in this matter the sale, or not sale, of liquor is a mere incident compared with the "suspicion" even that tit ere tt 99 .1 ^ J ^ 4 ^ are any suggestions iu ue lua-ut; lu ihe officers in regard to the juries even of Charleston. $> <& <S> THE IPLEK <S> <S> <$><$> $>$><$><?><$> <$><$><$><$>$>$><$><?><$><& At this time, when we snould be thinking of celebrating the Declaration of Independence and have our minds turned to patriotic thoughts, it might not be inopportune to quote that national and patriotic poem writ ten by Francis Scott Key, .September 13, 1S14, whet he was detained against his will on a British man-of-war when the aitack was made on Fort McHenry. The Star Spangled Banner m ade Key famous and should be read ones at least every .year, and it would be a fine drill to have all school cfnildren commit it to memory. Key was a lawyer apd was born in Frederick county, .-.Maryland, August 1, 1779, and died at Baltimore Jan nary 11, 1843. Jt.jr.es Lick left $60.?0 for a monumert to him to be erected at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal. But I started out only to quote the poem, and here it is: Ciop.Gnanfflojl Bannor" JL 1IC KJ |?U IVU I. 0 say, can you see, by the damn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, (through the perilous fight, O'er ithe ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming! And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the nigfit that our flag was still there; 0 say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and tie Lome of the brave? II. On that shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er i tibe towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In hill glory reflected bow shines on . . - - i 'lis :fce star-spangled banner; 0 long1 ma# it wave O'er the land of the free and the home ' of the brave! V I III. K n nV' tin o t "Ho-n/3 n* V? /-v c* r\ o lint. ' AliU 15- txio-L uaiiU Uliv OU j ingly swore ! That the havoc of war and the hat-! tile's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footstep's pollution. Xo refuge could save the hireling and slave From thev.error of fligit, or the gloom of the grave; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. / ? IV. 0 thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between tiieir loved homes and war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the power that hath made and and preserved us a nation! Then conquer we mast, when! our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our > trust"; I And the star-spangled banner in triump shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. -o- ' ? : One hundred and thirty-nine years ago last Sunday our forbears in convention assembled and representing the colonies, pledged "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" to uphold the independence, and liberty of the colonies. It is well occasionally for the citizens of today to turn hack the pages of history and read again theiieroic struggles which were made to insure our liberties, else w? forget and by forgetting lose that liberty which was vouchsafed us. It would! be well to have that great document; J Allr onliAAlo i- CdU v\ v^aciuauiaj ixa uui i explained to the children. The long enjoyment of the blessing of liberty or any great -blessing, makes us unmindful of what we really enjoy. TV:e second paragraph, which is the vital one, read: "We hold these truths selfevident;, that all men are created equai, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable gifts, teat among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, governments ate insututed among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.'' The equality of man which this remarkable document meant to imply ho doubt was ti e equality of opportunity that every child and every man should have. That is the p6int that I desire to impress in quoting this paragraph. Every child should have an opportunity to make of itself the very best man or woman tf:at it is possible to make. That every man and TT-ATYtor* n o ! a On n O 1 nn_ crv y. uuLian siiuuiu iici au vj^'portunity to do the very best that is in them. And what is the ultimate object? "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." It was never intended that ?this life should be one of sorrow and misery, but it should be the pursuit of Happiness. And then listen what an obligation those forbears of our took when ithey finally adopted this instrument: "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm re? A Tl? TTin A l-UIJLUJt? UpUIL Lilt? piUlCUUVU \JL 1/lTlU^ Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred fconor." What stronger pledge could man make. Go 'back and read this document on this anniversary 139 years from the date of its adoption. It will revive the patriotic feeling which may lie dormant within your breast. J read the following in a recent issuk of the Anderson Mail: "Recorder Russell declares that he'll have to Sunt another job. 'The MeLendon meeting has knocked out my court business. We are not holding court any longer, it seems,' said he today." This man CVtcLendon has .been in Anderson some +1TA trrCko r\y rw />Vi4r? or -nloin t" v \sV>xv O aivi c tut piM-iii gospel and the straight truth to those people, and I reckon he has got 'em afraid to do anything that will bring them before the recorder. Now, if he can just make 'em stick he will have accomplished a great good, and even if nnlv a few stick his labor will have been wortfa while. They say his tents have been crowded at every service and that people come from miles around to hear this man, and that when they come they believe and repent. Now, I was jusht wondering if some of our Newberry preachers would not make an effort to get him to come down to Newberry and wake ns up. We need it and need it bad. Did you attend the last. Friday evening dance? The laier. Piles Cared In 6 to 14 Days Yoor druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any c^serof Itciyns:.. , wbspr1: MITCHE is gaining ground ra no in onnnlm tiv wuui ig All ouppiji can produce. Let us N. P. MI Remen MORGANS ASSl4ILA>T mirrc Airv Tire XAAIji? UHJ JUUIf | (CONTINUED FROM1 PAGE 1.) doubtedly the man jumper. I can not give an official version until an autopsy is performed by the jail physician, Dr. Cleghorn." The body was then taken to the morgue in Hempstead, where Dr. Cleghona was prepared to perform an autopsy immediately. Dr. Cleghorn, after performing an autopsy on Holt's body at Hempstead, s.ated that Holt had died of a item- j orrhage of the brain caused by a depressed fracture of the skull. Dr. Clegnorn said he found a large contused wound, which extended from the top of the heac* to be'ow t)':e eyes and that both the top and base of the skull had been fractured. Dr. Cleghorn said he found no evidences of any explosion or bullet wound. Lied to Police. Holt, a few hours before his deatib tonight, had admitted to detectives that he lied when he said he made.the capital bomb out of sulphuric acid and matcii heads. He also said he did not tell the truth about his movements in Washington and New York. Holt made the admissions when confronted by evidence tending to show lie made th# capitol bomb in a bungalow which (he rented near here ten days ago. Lewis Ott identified Holt as the man who rented a bungalow in wmcn were found numerous bottles with. corks punctured in the center, small 'vials and pictures of a dozen public buildings throughout ti':e country, three of which were marked. Frank McCahill, a constable, who accompanied detectives on. their search ! of the bungalow, said the marked buildings were the New York Public J library and tl:e capitol buildings at Albany, N. Y., and Harrisburg, Pa. Holt refused to say why he lied about the contents of the bomb and his movements. He refused also to admit he was the man who, under the name of Hendrick, received a shipment of 120 pounds of dynamite at Syosset,, L. I., although George W. Carnes, station agent at that place, tonight icenified him as Hendrick. Bombs En Route. Throughout the day/New York detectives were working on a clue which led them to believe Holt was the man ! wi o received the dynamite and who rented the bungalow and there made a .number of bombs. They were trying to trace a trunk full of bombs I which they had reason to 'believe Hoi): had shipped from the bungalow to a New York address. The detectives learned that Holt left the bungalow last Friday morning with the intention of taking the first train toward New York. He missed it, but got the next one. They recalled that it was last Friday that Holt went to Washington and set off the capitol bomb. JThey learned that w!:en 'Holt boarded th? train be had a trunk and a suit case which he had checked to the Pennsylvania station in New York. The detectives were unable to learn if Holt took the trunk, which, they believed to be full of bombs, with him to Washinhgton or had it sent from the station to some New Yotfk address. It was said Holt's admission that , he had lied as to the contents of tl-e bomb came after Captain of Detectives Tunney had told him he (Tunney) knew for a positive fact chat fulminate caps had been used in the making of the borub. Capt. Timney declined, however, to tell how he reached tfcis conclusion. The condition of Mr. Morgan continued to imftove. He felt so well that he talked over the telephone with some of his business associates In New York. Dynamite Foufld. New York, July 6.?A trunk containing 134 sticks of dynamite with fusees attached was found 'bv the police late! tonigs'it in a house at No. 242 West 38th j street. The police said it was sent there by Frank Holt, and that it arrived three days ago. The dynamite was packed in sawdust. Wife Will Learn Today. Dallas, Texas, July 6.?"Of course we are all terribly sorry, but there is% so little I can say. I shall not tell my daughter, until tomorrow." T*vrs ** 4-V. 4 /Ml T <y"h + <iaijb& rra^ tut; t V-?JL _ j Dr. 0. F. Sensabaugfr, father-in-law of . Ssit, iHkep^oW i Wneola, L..I. , T LL'S ICE pidly. and it convinces our ci ncr our trade the best which la have your order for your reception's TCHELL riber our Ice Cream is / OPPOR' For a F< Sewing Mac! REBUILDING REPAI1 FACTORY TF The Rnl JL JL AV JL^V^ Hotel Savoy 1 r DIRECT AC is economical and effective. The body will read a personal letter, our Multi graph ^*ork. X HE LET! Agents for the C Peoples Bank Building D&RC. MARTIN Examines Eyes, Fits Glasses and Artificial Eyes If your eyes are giving you trouble don't fail to consult him. Satisfaction Guaranteed Office over Anderson's Dry Gocds Store. ANDERSON RE VITAL ENDS. OYer Four Thousand Conversions Have Been Made. News and Courier. Anderson, Ju-ly 5.?A wonderful service tonight, attended by 5,000 or more pefsons, closed the four weeks revival tent services conducted by Evangelist Baxter F. McLendon, of Bennettsville. The evangelist came to Anderson under the auspices of the Methodist conference, but the congregations have been composed of people of all the churches. Several of the meetings have been attended by 8,000 and more people, and the whole county has been stirred as never before. More than 4,000 conversions have been made and the membership of aH churches has been largely increased. The people paid the $700 for incidental expenses and made a free will offering to Mr. McLendon amounting to' nearlv $1,700. Death of Old Colored Woman. Sarah Hail stock, an old colored wo- j man, died in Newberry on Monday night. She was well known and respected by the white people, as for over fifty years sfte had been in the i family or with some member of the family of the late Col. Jno. R. Leavell. She was the widow of Dave Hailstock. who will be remembered as one of the county commissioners of Newberry during radical times. White Cotton Uniforms Foe City Policemen. The campaign inaugurated in the Southern States and carried on extensively throughout the country for some time in an attempt to stimulate a greater use of cotton as material for clothing has resulted in the adop tion of wnite cotton unnorms ior members of the Waco, Texas, police department. The suits are made after tfce same pattern as those commonly worn elsewhere, but have the two-fold advantage of being cool and easily cleaned. A picture of the wliite-clad police force at Waco appears in the July Popular Mechanics Magazine. Cures Old Sores, Otter Rsmetfies Won't *ura? ? * ** me worst cases, nomauw ui nuw juus sw?uju*, are cored by the wonderful, old reliable $r., CREAM ! 4 istomers we spare L^or knd exn<*rif?nrp ? K ??~ ? cream one day earlier. & BRO. BEST. - " I ^ IIT riTirrtr I U1NI1 I 3w Days ' line F.Yiwrts t aaA w v v ? ? v iING READJUSTING : (A1NED MEN >erts Co. Phone 21 ivcK i l&iniu i re is no waste circulation. EveryWrite for samples and prices of . r E R SHOP )liver Typewriter Columbia, S. C. i / Phone from Home It is not necessary to disturb your comfort. j From your own home you can telephone to us for anything you want in the drug store line and you will get it | promptly, and what is more to the point, you J can be sure that it is of m high quality and reason able price. Take advan- ^ tage of this service. It will save you many discomforting steps on a rainy day. ^ Newberry Drug I ^ nmnowiT uiiipaiijr Wlnthrop College. SCHOLARSHIP and ENTBAJTCE , EXAMDfAHOK J The examination for the award erf " vacant scholarships in "Winthrop col- ? lege and for tib'e admission of new students will be held at the county . A. V v ? . Ttitw O O4 O court uuuse uii xxjlu?jj uuij *,***, o a. mu Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When m scholarships are vacant after July 2 M they will be awarded to those making ^ the highest average at tfbis examination, provided they meet the condi- I tions governing the award. iApplicants for scholarships should write to 4 i President Johnson before the examin- ' ation for scholarship examination * ' blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 15, 1915. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. CL ttarhernA a* Pomaria Fridav. Julv 30l I will give a first class barbecue at tie Pomaria park Friday, July 30. A good dinner and a pleasant day to all. Base ball and 'other attractions during: the day. Wa.i tpr Richardson. Barbecue at ML Pleasant. A barbecue will be served at Mt Pleasant church on July 17 for the ^ beneft of the Methodist parsonage at Poinaria. Every one is invited to come- j and get a good dinner and fcelp a good m XJEfcaJnnan of Committee. 'i