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VOLUME Lin, NUMBER 47. NEWBERRY, 8. 0, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 19:;. TWICE A WEEK, $140 A YEAR. The New Par Be Fo EVERYBODY EXPECTED ro bt vmm SPEECHES BY MAYOR WRIGHT AM) PRESIDENT HARMS. The Park Is One Proposition on Which (All Our People Should Unite. i The formal opening of the park will be on Friday evening of this week. Every man, woman and child in New-, .berry should go out for this occasion. It would be nice tc have a number of our friends from the country to come in and help in tfie celebration of thiSj event J It means more for Newberry than many of us realize. It means a playground for 'ihe children. It means a pleasant place for the young people to spend an hour or two each day. It means a place where the tireri mothers may go and recreate. The gates will be thrown opeji at " '_1 yv mov an. I O CiOCK. 5U Ulai Lixc vuuuicu vu joy the evening and take part in the early exercises of this great event. At 9 o'clock Mayor Z. F. Wrightt and President J. Henry Harms will make short addresses. These exercises are under the direction of tf':e civic league and while we are enjoying, the event it is the plan to serve cake and ice cream, so as to raise a little? money to help further beautify the park, and while the money is being raised the plan gives those who attend something for tfceir money. The cream and cake is to be a voluntary offering from the ladies of the town. The ladies in charge request the statement that all cakes be sent i on cardboard and not on plates, so that tf-ere may be no plates to return. The ice cream to be sent in churns with the names of the owner on each churn, and it is also requested that J?? ~ rnmnt'Oii f TWm tTlP tilt; uasuci a uc x&u.wvu -? -? ch urns, and all churns will be returned the next day. All refreshments to be sent to the park by 6 o'clock on Friday evening and there will be some one there to receive them.- 1A1II candies that may be contributed to be sent to the residence of Mrs. J. Y. JflpFall on Thursday morning. Follow these instructions and ':here will be no trouble in having cfc urns returned * and every one should consider it a privilege to contribute something. " ' x ?a. _ We are also requested 10 suite luai a committee has been appointed to place several names in nomination for the park and -that those who are present on Friday evening will be allowed ^ to vote on the name at ten cents the <\ote. The point we are trying to empl-asiz? is that it is desired that all the -people of Newberry attend this formal opening of the park. TV;ere should be st least 5,000 people on the grounds that evening and a small silver offering from each would help to enlarge and further improve the place. The Rev. Mr. Kerr In Demand. The Rev. Edgar D. Kerr received a letter from Dr. J. P. Dobyns, president of the Southwestern Presbyterian university, Clarksville, Tenn., stating tJ-at "your name has been sent me with the suggestion that you might be in a position to accept an appointment in this university as professor of Greek." Mr. Kerr, having already accepted a professorship in the Columbia Theological seminary, could not consider the suggestion as contained in the letter of Mr. Dobyns. The suggestion that Mr. Kerr would be suitable as a professor in t?':.e University at Clarksville shows the high estimation in which he is held, as the president of that institution says in his letter that there are a good many applicants for tfce position, which Mr. Kerr could get by simply consenting to the use of ibis name. ~ We are glad that Mr. Kerr will not go so far away from Newberry. ?^?? Two Vessels Torpedoed. London, July 10.?T-e steamship Clio (presumably Italian) and the Norwegian steamer Nordaas were (torpedoed and sunk today by German submarines. M k To ! rmally Opened CAPITAL COMMENT AND NOTES ON LIVE TOPICS liEARING 0> GRANT EXTRADITION n*iWLiri 1T 1 VT A ia rii.insinAjiA, The Tax Commission in Court?Isenhower Applies For Bail?Tlie 6 Cotton Situation. (By John K. Aull.) Special to 'The Herald and News. Columbia, July 12.?Attorney General Thos. H. Peeples and Solicitor George Bell Timmerman have returned from Harrisburg, Pa., where they went * ' - t'hnf j io appear Derore me suvemui ui umi i ' Srate in a case whose developments have been watched wit)':; a great deal of interest not on'y in South Carolina, but throughout the country. In 1913, -Governor Cole. L. Blease is; ued a requisition upon the chief executive of Pennsylvania, Governor J. K Tener for the return to this State of a negro, Joe Grant*, alias Fred Brown, charged with murder committed in Edgefield county nearly ten -j. a. ^f years ago, u..e negro au uue time v* the issuance of the requisition having just been located in Pennsylvania. Grant, represented by negro attorneys, fought the requisition, alleging nhat he could not get a fair trial in South Carolina, the sum and stubstance of his contention being that South Carolina was a lawless State, where negroes were lynched and had no legal rights, and the famous address of Governor Blease before the conference of -A J i gOVCrilOfS CL-L XVICilJULll^nu. 1JUL -I_y wjLLLkzv^x y 1912, was cited in the record as evidence of this contention. Governor Tener, who was present at tJ':e Richmond conference and heard the address of Governor Blease, af:er a hearing in the Grant case honored the requisition of Governor Blease and issued his extradition warrant for the return of Grant to this State. Grant's I nonriai) f V>a. no ca tVi rrwii Pll itUmUC^O L lie 11 v,ai i Li-it. vuuv Wi.u?0i. all the courts of the land, in every one of which the requisition of Governor Blease and the action of Governor Tener were sustained, the final decision being rendered by the supreme court of the United States. In the meantime Governor Tener, of Pennsylvania was succeeded by Governor Brumbaugi': and Governor Blease of South Carolina was -succeeded by Governor Richard I. Manning. After the decision of the supreme ! court of the United States Governor | Brumbaugh revoked the extradition {warrant issued by his predecessor, Governor Tenor, the alleged lawlessness of South Carolina and the denial of rights to negroes being urged by Grant's attorneys, the Winnsboro affair being cited as evidence. Attorney General Peeples and Gov1 ernor 'Manning requested t'. at i:his 1 ?tatp bp p-iven a hearinz. which was | granted by Governor Brumbaugh last ' week, and he reserved his decision. So here we have a case in wnich the plea of lawlessness in South Carolina during the administration of Governor Blease was overruled by tfce then governor of Pennsylvania, and the same flea sustained by the now governor of Pennsylvania during the'administration of Governor Manning, by the now governor of Pennsylvania. Of course, >ihe plea in this case that Grant would probably be lynched, ana would not be given a fair trial in Soutn Carolina, was untenaoie during the administration of Governor Blease, and is untenable during the administration of Governor Manning. Until the case gained national attention by tJ' e fight against extradition very few people had ever heard of the case, and the negro could have been brought back to South Carolina and tried wiu?out attracting any more attention than any other case in the "ordinary run of criminality," as a prominent mem uer ui iiit; I-ji um nvuiu ooj. But it is interesting to speculate upon what t?e newspaper comment would have been had the case been reversed, and the extradition warrant granted by Pennsylvania during the administration of Governor Manning and revoked during the administration of (CONTINUE/DON PAGE 4.) Newberry Is Ti Three-Dc ARRANGEMENTS HAVE ! BEEN COMPLETED1 SEASO> TICKETS WILL BE ADULTS $11.50, CHILDREN $1.00. i Guarantors Have Elected Officers? July 2StIi, 2m and (30th the Days. Newberry is to have a Chautauqua the 28th. 29th and 30:h of this month. It will be a "booster" Chautauqua; that is, it will be a time for getting | together for a season of recreation and good fellowship and better acquaint j ance?all looking to a better town and I country. T';e program has not been completed; but enough has been done toward it to give the following general outline: July 28th?10:30, farmers' institute, with addresses by county, State and national experts; 3 p. m., lecture on "The New (Agriculture," by Dr. Frank B. Vrooman; 4 o'clock, concert by the Bessie Leigh Concert company; 8:15 p. m., concert and entertainment by the Bessie Leigh company; 9 p. m., lecture, "Armageddon and After," a storv of the sreat war. by Dr. Frank B. Vrooman. July 29, Educational Day?10:30 a m., addresses by local, State and national educational leaders; 3 p. m., 45 minutes of fun and magic with the Mysterious Milburns; (3:45 p. m., impersonations, stories, recitations, grave and gay, by C':as. B. Hanford, the famous actor; 8:15 p. m., magical illusions and prestidigitatorial performance by the Mysterious Milburns; 9 p. m., grand scenes from .ShaKespeare's comedies and tragedies, by Chas. B. Hanford, the celebrated trai gedian. ^ July 30th, Town Boosters' Day?Addresses on boosting "the Old Homa Town," by city, 9:ate and national leaders (all citizens will be requested | to close their placoc of business and i unite in boosting our town on that I day); 3 p. m., grand concert by the Lyric Glee club; 3:45 p. m., lecture, 'Wisians and Ideals," by Dr. J. W. Frizzell, Chautauqua director; 8:15 p. m., lecture, "Some Twentieth Century Problems," by Dr. J. W. Frizzell; 9 p. m., concert and entertainment by the Lyric Glee club. ! ?. T e price of tickets for the entire three days is $1.50; children $1.00. The guarantors are Z. F. Wright, C. C. Schumpert, Cha9. P. Barre, C. E. Summer, W. H. Wallace, M. L. Spearman, Jno. B. Mayes, J. Henry Harms, Jno. C. Goggans, B. C. Matthews, E. H Aull, Eugene S. Blease, H., L. Parr, J. W. Morris. At a meeting of the guarantors on Thursday evening the following officers were elected: J. Henry Harms, president; B. C. Matthews, vice president; Chas. P/Barre, treasurer; W. H. (Wallace, secretary. The officers were authorized to go ahead and make all the arrangements. t+ Viae Hflon HornripH that whatever A U 11UO UVV*v?vu w ? ? - - | profit is made by the entertainment j over and above expenses will be given to the improvement of the new park. The young people of the town will J be called on <10 assist in putting the thing t)': rough, and every person in city and county is asked to do what he can to make it a big success. <? <S> THE IDLER <S> <?> The reporter has been requested to i ask this question: "Where was 'The Idler' that, he didn't speak in Friday's paper?" This is from tJbe issue of The Herald and News of Tuesday. Now, chat's fine, isn't it? I'm just tickled to death. Just to think that I am of sufficient importance that some one misses me when I'm not there. O, my, " ' % 9 _Jt_ x . 11. . IT Ui now awiuuy aeiignnui is me luuugm. i If I wasn't bomb proof against t':.e blandishments (is ithat a good word?) of these awfully good and smart people my head might puff up like some I've seen, but, you know, I've heard so many delightful and pleasant things about my noble self that a little thing like this only pleases without giving any of the bad symptoms wi:ich some 3 Have A ly Chautauqua times follow compliments. Of course, this is a compliment, and I appreciate it more than words can convey (that's the formal way to say it, I believe) and I sometimes pray for a better vorahnlarv nf eroori and exDressive ad jectives so that I might say a whole lot of words and nothing else, but I haven't got it and so there you are. Now, really and liruly I was right here. | Can't get away. Wista I could. The : article printed Friday was written for j Tuesday, but somehow the editor held j it out and I know it was a whole lot; better than a lot of stuff that he did j print. Buit then he thirks because T j write for the love of it and get no pay ! that he can do me just any way, but j some of tJ-ese mornings he is'going j to wake up and find himself awfully j mistaken. Because with the war and ! the high price of living my income may j give out, and then I will have to get i down to the common place of iLrying to earn bread. Anyhow, I'm right here and can't get away. If you want to do me a real favor and are genuinely interested in my welfare, you might arrange to give T'.'e Idler a trip to the mountains, or fix up a nice cool alcove in some shady nook of the park for his comfort and enjoyment. Now, what do you say to i:hat? I see from the Observer that the park is to be formally opened some time very soon, and some distinguished personages are to make addresses. Now, that also tickles me most to death. Just to think tfcat I have a prospeo: of living to see my dream of years realized in a park in this old town, and at the very place thar. I have talked about so much and for so long a time. If I was an ordinary person that would puff me up just a little also, but I am so i glad that ithe people have ibeen aroused through my efforts to do this thing, and that we have the park at last, that I am perfectly willing to sit back and hear these other fellows talk about how me and Be:sy killed the bear. The park is t.e thing. And then to see how the children are flocking there already, and what a good time they are having is compensation enough for any ordinary person for even more ef fort than I expended. Let the whole town turn out to the opening, and if every, one wi':o goes would bring a silver offering of one dollar the park could be even more beautified and enlarged than it is. As to its permanency I have not the slightest doubt. I suppose it will be named on the evening of the formal opening. By whatever name called it will still be 'The Idler's park all the same. But what we want is for all tf.e people of every description and name to unite in making it what it should be, and this can bo donp by united effort. ?o? And, by the way, that reminds me of a half page I read in the Columbia Record the other day headed in red letters: "The people build the communty." T at is just the docr.rine that I have been preaching for rj':ese many years. And, by the way further, I want to say that the Record is doing a mighty fine work in the building of Columbia and my friend iCol. Win. Banks is doing some mighty good work in the editorial department of the paper. On this page is d':e dial of a clock and on the face for the hours * ? ^ ~ sx-rvr-fy-k ev iir\ n T. f AUTn flTCt " IS llie 1UJ1UW 1115 . vyui wii If you will take the trouble to count these letters .you will see that there are just twelve, making a full day. Then the following appears in big letters so that every one may read: "The other day a man said: 'It is a pity that we have no man who is i enormously wealthy, who can go ahead j and spend money, and do things to make Columbia grow.' "We believe that this man put his ^ c*rws\ nrvA+ Af ipA nn-ger oil me uue uig owe ui lumbia, and sounded t)':e keynote of our present lack of that progress that all of us feel is possible for Columbia. That thought is in everybody's mind? that thing subconsciously hinders our I doing what we ought to do?we are waiting for the other fellow to do it.; We are sitting, wondering, wishing, watering, waiting like Micawber for | something /to turn up, instead of going out and turning up something. "Columbia doesn't need a millionaire, nor a collection of millionaires ( to help her grow and prosper and be- j Offers Guaran Wit come great?one of the greatest cities in the South for that matter. All Columbia needs is for her people to get toge:her, and work together, and pull together one for all and all for one. We need not the millionaires, but t)':.e men who will, and the spirit that does things. "It is the people of the community j who make that community good or bad, rich or poor, progressive or retrogressive, growing or stagnant or slumping. Give us the working, moving, active, progressive community of people who are willing to do any labor to get ahead and tfcere is no force that can stop its growth. "Get together for Columbia. Do your part. Let every thought and action show your loyality to Columbia. 'The hour is striking for greater effort ?for more work?for a more concrete expression of your loyalty to Columbia. Remember to say to yourself, each day: "THIS IS MY TOWN." And say it in big letters and out loud so that every one else may hear as well as you. Now what I want the people of Newberry to do is take tf:e above and put Newberry wherever Columbia appears and make it apply to your town and see wha.: will be the result. I will not make further comment at this time, but want every one who reads this column to read what is quoted above *ery carefully and apply it to Xewberry. Get together is what we need litre as much as any place I have ever read about. You know, I don't get away from Newberry very often, but I read a lot and it broadens one, and I wIsTa I could get the people of Xewberry to read more. ?o? | I notice from the paper that the city ! had my friend "Bill' Smith up for running with the "cut out," whatever that ! is. I imagine it is something thai: makes a r oise, but I don't know just exactly what it is, but if that is it, I was just wondering wY:at is the name of those things that they have on ithese motorcycles. And if ithe law did or did not apply to them, and if it didn't why it didn't. Because if the noise is j the tiling that it is desired to s:op, one of t-'.em little two-wheeled things makes more noise than forty automobiles. And if the speed limit and the stop ordinance didn't include them, ffltey look to me like they are more ' dangerous to rider and walker than an automobile. But then I'm ignorant on I these things and am only asking for information. But a jury of his countrymen said "Bill" .Smith was not guilty and I'm glad. I think t)':ere are so many other things that i:he police might get after that it is very small to take up a driver simply for making a little noise. A little noise sometimes is good. When the police get them for speeding and they are speeding, then I think the police are doing a good thing, but this little noise is sorter like passing an ordinance to keep the whistles from blowing and the bells from ringing and the boys from whistling and the birds from singing. Now, I may be old timey, but, you know, I always could plow better and hoe more when I felt like whistling and wlben the niggers were singing. You can't make music without noise, and sometimes music is noise and nothing but noise. Anyhow, let's don't get too still. Let's make a noise like we are doing something. And get together. That's the thing. Get rid of your little prejudices. They hurt a town. THE IDLER. P. S.?It C.as just been called to my attention after I had sent my piece to the editor that the balance of the Baptist lawn where that Means grass had grown so luxuriantly had been mowed, and I can't wait until the next issue to commend the women (I know they must 1':ave had something to do with it or it wouldn't have been done) for having this work done. I am told it looks a little bleak yet, but it will come out all right and in a few days it will be as pretty as the rest. Just keep on mowing it, so that the Means I grass does not get too big and it will ( be pretty all summer. ! tees Lh Reservations WILLING TO PERMIT STEAMERS TO PASS > GERMAN >OTE TO U. S. PROPOSES RESTRICTED MODUS OPERANDI. I i Would Be Confident That America Was Sot Allowing Munition Shipments on Passenger Craft Berlin, July 9 (v: . London, July 10.) ?Germany's offer, emboidied in tfce reply to the American note regarding the sinking of the Ljsitania and submarine "vanare, which was delivered iO American Ambassacor Gerard last night is: First, reiterated assurances that American ships engaged in legitimate Liaue win UUL LH? mierieitru wiui mu will the lives of Americans on neutral ships be endangered. Second, that German submarines will be instructed to allow American passenger ships to pass freely and safely, Germany entertaining in return the confident hope that ti:e American government will see that these ships do not carry contraband, such ships to be provided with distinguishing marks and their arrival announced a reasonable time in advance. The same privilege is extended to a reasonable numnontrol nocconoar chine linear uci v/i. uuuv^a the American flag and 3:ould the ~ number of ships thus available for service prove inadequate, Germany is willing to permit America to place four hostile passenger steamers under the American flag to ply between North America and Europe under the same conditions. The text of the note follows: The Note. "Berlin, July 8. "The undersigned f:as the honor to make the following reply to his excellency, Ambassador Gerard, to the note of the 10:h ultimo re the imDairment of American interests by the German submarine war. "The imperial government learned with satisfaction from the note how earnestly the government of ti':e United States is concerned in seeing the # principles of humanity realized in (the present war. Also this appeal finds ready echo in Germany and the imperial government is quite willing to permit its statements and decisions in the present case to be governed by the principles of humanity just as it has done always. " The imperial government welcomed with graritude w!':en the American, government in the note of iMay 15 itself recalled that Germany always had permitted itself to be governed by the principles of progress and humanity in dealing with the law of maritime war. Since the time when Frederick >:he Great negotiated with John lAdams, Benjamin Franklin and T-omas Jefferson the treaty of friendon/i morfifl /-if QontAmhpr 8. I Oilip a.uu Vi -, 1785, between Prussia and the R?r"* lie of the West, German and American statesmen have, in fact, always stood together in the struggle for the freedom of the seas and for ithe protection of peaceable trade. In the international proceedings which since have been conducted for tf':e regulation of* the laws of maritime war Germany and America have jointly advocated progressive principles, especially the abolition of the right of capture at sea and the protection of i:he interests of neutrals. "Even at the beginning of the present war the German government imTYia^fd+oiv ito. willingness in UJ.^UlUl>ViJ UVVM? AW .. - ? , response to proposals of the American government, to ratify the declaration of London and ithereby subject itself in t?e use of its naval forces to all the restrictions provided therein in favor of neutrals. Germany likewise has been always tenacious of the principle that war should be conducted against the armed and organized forces of an enemy country but that | fthe enemy civilian population must be i spared as far as possible from the measures of war. The imperial gov I ernment cherishes tfce definite hope that some way will be found, wben i peace is concluded, or perhape earlier,