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w S VOLUME Lffl, SUMBEB 49. JTEWBEKBY, 8. C* TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1915. TWTCE A WEEK, $L?0 A YEAS. VOL ADDRESS BOSTON GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE FORMER GOT. BLEASE ACCEPTS FLATTERING INVITATION. Will Speak on "Duty and Responsibility of Chief Executives in Dealing Witb Prisoners." Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, July 19.?'Former GovW ernor Cole. L. Blease '-as accepted an; invitation, extended by the executive | committee of the Governors' Conference, to deliver an address at the approaching conference of chief executives of the various Slates -of- the Union, to be fceld in Boston fAugust 24, 25, 26 and 27.. Governor Blease will speak upon "The Duty and Responsibility of Chief Executives in Dealing With j Prisoners." The invitation to Governor Blease was extended by Govern " T -rrr-l-t. _ O > r -V,I Or i>ayia 1. waisxx ui J'lassavuuoci.i.oi j in the following letters "Hon. Cole. L. Blease. "My Dear Governor: "I sincerely tope you will be able! to attend 'the Governors' conference in j Boston August 24, 25, 26 and 27, and j that you will give us the benefit of your experience, and ideas. The executive committee, of which I am chair-! man, would like to be able to put your! name on cze list 01 speakers, you u> select your own subject. "I am pleased to announce 'that at a * meeting of the executive council last j week, the governor was authorized to provide, at the expense of the commonwealth, for all expenses of visiting governors and former governors wlfcile within the limits of Massachusetts. Ij hope this will indicate in some measj lire the desire of tthe governor and tfte people of Massachusetts to make tnis conference a memorable one. "It is also quite possible that the president of the United States may be in attendance at one of tfte sessions. "The program, which is not yet complete, provides for many social functions, including a public reception to all the governors at the State house and a visit to various points of inter 1 -*.?.-3 On/1 oKAllf Vbl <11111 uioiviiv/ iu ?uu Boston. MI sincerel y ft ope you will arrange to attend this conference and I wish you would indicate some subject on which you would be willing to prepare a paper for presentation to the conference. "Yours very truly, David I. Walsh.". I Governor Blease replied, stating that j fce had also received some time agoi from Mr. Riley, secretary of the Governors' conference, an invitation to be present, and stating to Governor Walsh that his invitation was appreciated | very highly, and that it would give ibim pleasure to be present. As to the subject of his ad-dress, Governor Blease said: "I know of no subject today that is j of more importance to the people of America, as a civilized and Christian nation, than that of (treatment of the unfortunates, who are designated "convicts;" and, if agreeable to your com-| mittee, I accept your invitation and designate as my subject, "The Duty and Responsibility of Chief Executives in Dealing With Prisoners." In renlv. Hon. Leverett D. G. Bent ley, secretary for conference, wrote! Governor Blease: i * "In the absence of Governor Walsh, who has started for California to represent the State at the Panama-Pa I cific exposition, I am authorized to say that the executive committee will be Ihighly pleased to have you on the program of speakers. The subject you have onosen will prove one of intense interest and will be announced as you have designated. "I know that Governor >Walsh has been particularly anxious that you attend and tftat he is looking forward to ~ meeting you. I am confident that I am expressing his sentiments when I say you will be most welcome in Bos-' ton." Death of Mrs. H. F. McCarley. Mrs. Harriett F. McCarley, widow of Capt. John McCarley, died at her fcome at Whitmire on Sunday morning and was buried at King's Creek on Mon-| I day afternoon at 3 o'clock. She was 80 years old. 'She is survived by one| son, Mr. S. Brice McCarley, and one, r daughter, Miss Carrie McCarley, of Whitmire. PLANS TO LIMIT COTTON IMPORTS X Britain Would Let Neutrals Hare Supply?Not Any to Germany. London, July 15.?The British government topes very shortly to limit the export of cotton to neutral countries to precise amount of actual need. The Marquis of Crewe, lord president of the council and Liberal leader in the house of lords, made an announcement -to this effect in the upper house t'- is afternoon. 1 "\ The Marquis of Crewe's statement was made in reply to a series of questions by Baron Charlwood regarding the supply of cotton and other material through neutral countries to Germany, and whether the government had found that the measures taken since last March were effective. The real question, he thought, was whether it was advisaoie to add cotton to the contraband list. On that question there had been a^number of misunderstandings and misapprehensions . and some of them, the speaker said, undoubtedly obtained not only in this country, but in neutral countries. Hare Cut Off Supply. ! So far as could be ascertained, &e continued, the naval measures taken to prevent fresh supplies of cotton ' ** ^ -?? V* M "Un <3 Vv f.11 A I rroiu rescuing u-eiiuauj uau uccu ?u^cessful. The government hoped by ; continual friendly negotiations to imi prove the position progressing toward what must be tteir main purpose? j namely, to limit the exports to those i neutral countries to the 'precise I amount of their actual needs, calcu1 rm tho avprnsrft imnorts whlcft tf ey had employed at home during the last few years. The Marquis of Crew? said thait on | this question of contraband there l could be no magic in the mere declaration of any commodity as contraband so loiig as the government pursued its present system of examining all goods. He did not think any one would suppose tit at under international law or the most elementary rules or fair play it was possible to institute a blockade of neutral countries with whom England had no quarrel. Sew But Se?essary. Therefore the government had adopted a policy, which admittedly , was novel, but which was rendered necessary by the changed conditions of maritime warfare. The desire of the government was to admit the export to neutral countries of goods representing tt;e needs of those countries, and absolutely no more. "In the United States," he said, "the placing of cotton on the contraband list would cause no small amount of i alarm, and the government is convinced that so far as the entrance of 1 cotton into Germany is concerned we should gain no benefit. At present we stand better instructed in public opinion in ?:e United States than our enemies, and therefore, unless it is clear that a change of 'this kind is absolutely necessary, the government is averse to taking action which would be regarded by a particular interest in the Southern States of America as being unfriendly. "I certainly am not going to say that if the military consideration were found to be paramount we might not have to face corresponding disadvantages, and we should be unwise to bind ourselves strictly." The Glory of the Woods. T':ornwell (Messenger. We are not trying to be poetical, for we have very little of 'the real art in our nature. But we are trying to call attention to the fact that the woods are all around us and that to enjoy them, one does not have to have music or cadence of sweet sounds in his soul. Tie man who stays shut up in walls all the winter ought to go out into God's woods at some time during the summer and commune with nature, and by nature we are not talking of materialism or pantheism, but about the rtrees and the flowers and the birds and the streams. ?, Scheme Didn't Work. Couwtry Justice?I'll have to fine you a dollar, Jeff. ? Jeff?I'll have to borrow it of ye, jedge. Country Justice?Great snakes! it was only to git a dollar I was fining y?. Get out! Ye ain't guilty anyway. <? $ <8> THE IDLER > ^ $ <$> ^<$><$><?><?><S><?><$><^<?><$><^<$><$><?' T e current issue of Judge carries a very fine picture which teaches a lesson and carries a moral on the speed lust. I think if Henry Wells could get it in the movies for the benefit of all drivers of automobiles (and Fords) it might be >^good tiling, provided i could get all the drivers to come out and look at ithe picture. The picture contains four sign boards, and as I do not think it is copyrighted I am going to give you the sign board inscriptions and suggest to tJ:e city authorities that they might place similar sisns at some of the dangerous crossings and turns in Newberry. The picture represents a road with a sharp curve in it and a little further on is a big tree by the side of the road half cut down by the autos and jusit beyond is a grade crossing to a railroad. The first sign is just before reaching the" sharp turn in ti' e road and by the sign stands an automobile with the driver and the passengers eagerly reading the sign which contains the following: ' During t) e first half of the year 1915, ** L ~ - ? T_i 11 _ j :our;een speea maniacs were miiea uu this turn. Do you want to be the 15th?" lust as you reach the sharp curve is this sign: "Yes, this^Is 'DEAD MAN'S CURVE.' You can prove it by taking it at 50 miles per lb our." Alongside the large oak hangs a sign which reads: "This tree is still standing in spite of the effort of 613 chauffeurs 'to eliminate it." As the road approaches fhp e-radp nroRsine of the railroad there is another large sign board whic"h has on it: "Last year 57 drivers thought they could push the locomotive off the track. If they could speak they would itell you, 'It can't be done.'" ?o? Underneath this picture is written: "Perhaps a few signs might reduce the mortality." Now it is not my purpose to preach a sermon or give a moral lesson, but simplj give utterance to a few warnings " Of course, I know there will be those'to say that, "the nl.i fool has no business meddling with these things. When he gets to the point where be can have an automobile, t'^en maybe he would have a right to speak." Well, be thait as it may, I have written this epistle to the fceatheu, and will write another still, for we are told to weary not in well doing. While there is little hope for the speed lust driver, still t)':ere are innocent people who pre fools enough to ride with him, and then look at 'the great horde of other' people wf:o have to walk and ride in wagons and buggies and on mules and donkeys and they have a right to be heard. Then I want to help create a sentiment to get rid of tie grade crossings of the railroads and every little helps, and then some day I may have an automobile, and 1 want these people to learn that there are other people besides themselves, and maybe they will give me a little b;f. of the road. All these little things combined give me a right to write this epistle to the heathen, and I am going to write and continue to write wf ether I right any wrongs or not. >.nd that reminds me that I read a good editorial in the State the other day and I want the people in Newberry who rush witi'i- a death-like speed to the fire and who have no business ??here except it be to stand around in me way of the firemen to read tJMs clever editorial. We have no motor truck here, but we have some horses that are about as swift and they get there pretcy quick, and t*en our chief has no seventy horse-power red motor, but whenever the alarm of fire is sounded every old thing from the biggest and finest in town in the shape of an automobile rushes down tie Su.*eet ;u?t as fast as they can go regardless of human life, and I :eckon they think .heir presence at the fire is essential, but to tell the truth, I have never seen any good they -do, and I can see a lot of harm they might do. But I just want you to read this editorial and think about how every one wf:o can ride rushes to a fire in Newberry over the streets and around the cor rers and far away. i Spectacular "Fire-rnns." Scene: Tne streets of any American city, from New York to the smallest visage whose progressive council i.as / installed a motor-driven fire department. Above the noise of traffic whistles a long-sustained, whining scream. Complicated with the siren tte rapid clanging of a bell. Watch out! Fire a.'arm! Mrs. Murpf:y may have forgotten TtrViilo eVio r? O f Q r? h cliC tJICV/ii li; 11 kjll yy xilit u\^ ? wwvu attention to spanking the youthful Pat for teasing Baby Mike or pulling ihe kitten's ears. No matter. Here cm rnes the motor-engine, tJ .e hook-andladder 'truck, the hose-wagons. Everybody stands from under. Right of way for the fire department. But, just as things begin to settle to normal, comes another creech and 1 whistle. "Hail to the Chief!" If you can't hail, jump, for he comes at seventy miles an hour, a bold figure in is brave red runabout of seventy horse-power. He is going 'to the fire and no mistake! All of which is utter folly in ninety per cent of the instances in which it occurs. Try walking between two points at a rapid rate and a slow and note the insignificant gain in time accumulated by the extra exertion and fifrnro tho- in time between the fire* house and the fire, usually close by, accomplished by seventy miles as against twenty miles an Ifcour. Usually, it is some pedestrian that suffers, but last Tuesday in Richmond the casualties fell on the department, when the "Chief's" machine ran into an iron post, the chauffeur was mangled and killed and the chief and 'iis deputy were seriously wounuea. It is highly spectacular to see a fire department geiting to the source of the alarm in a minute and a half. But even if on a longer run they save a minute, sixty seconds is not so mucfo m the case of a fire, but the lives endangered in every such run are worth many times the total 'value of the buildings involved. ?o? But don't forget 'the opening of the park on Thursday evening. It?the opening of the park?was postponed from last Friday night because the unusual rain of Thursday afternoon overflowed and it was feared there would be some mud left on the grass. Such hig'j water is unusual, and when the I?ark,is all fixed up there will be no overflow unless there should really come another flood, and we have the promise 'there will be- no more floods. T:e next time the purification will be through fire. But the thing now is to come out to the opening of the park on Thursday night TV^e park will be open for visitors?it's open all the time?but I mean that on Thursday rigbi the ladies will be there by 7 o'clock to receive w^at you are going '.o send in the way of ice cream and cake to help make a little money. And Mayor wrignt ana l>t. nanus am lu speak at 9 o'clock as formerly announced, but they are to speak only a few words?no set speech?not if It can be helped. You know I was just figuring it up the other nigl':t, and I have been writing for this column now about ten years, and there have been very few times when I did not have something to say about the need of a park for Newberry. Of course, that had nothing to do with getting the park, but then I have the satisfaction of knowing that I can show by the record that a park is one of my dreams, and now that it has come to pass, by whatever influence, I am gla*1 for the sake of the little children, as well as for the stay-at-'iome grownoti/1 oil ,+Viq r\f ,t."hp nefvnle upo auu ttii -cxiv w. v-w x of the town. To be a blessing instead of a curse it is important that it be properly managed, and this can be done only by having some organized body to run it. I trust this will be looked after. No doubt it will. But let every one in this town go out and celebrate Thursday night. And take a silver offering along. It takes a lit J. 44 tie silver to mase ine piace wuai al should be. Let every one be happy and smile and try to make every one else happy. , THE IDLER. P. S.?Since writing the above stuff I have just read in the papers the | terrible accident by way of collision ' of the fire chief's car witft the police I nat-rnl in P.ha rlp?fon. Did VOU read ! it? The editorial from the State is apropos?I believe that is the word? Wejl, anyhow you know w^at I mean. Thfe thing is getting close home. The fire chief killed, his chauffeur seriously injured and seven others badly hurt.. PASSES SCHOOL BILL I Georgia Senate Adopts Race Separa4*Am \T An fl n MA uvu JlCOSUlCl "Atlanta, Ga., July 14.?The Georgia senate today, by unanimous vote, passed a bill to prohibit white per sons from teaching in negro schools and negroes from teaching in white schools in this State. The autfcor of the bill said it was in the same form as a Kentucky law which had been declared constitutional by the United States supreme court and tfcat it QTvnl-17 trw nrivn+ck institutions as well as to public schools. SENATOR TOMAN x DISCUSSES CANAL Believes British and Japanese Bare Full Information About r* raimma. Portland, Ore., July 17.?Senator B. R. Tillman of South Carolina, who is on 'lis way to 'Ailaska, reached here; today to rest for a few days at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Henry iW. Hughes. He said that during his recent trip to the Panama canal lie studied its defenses carefully and found that the principal concern n J PsmtnA f n TITO e orilOfd I ' liiajLillCdlCU. IUC1 C "tt-O IV ? IAC4.A \x v*rjjMi**4wv observation by -snips. "All the information has been guarded very carefully," he said, "but ti ere is no doubt the British and the Japanese are in possession of full Information about the canal." I AI STRO-HUNGAMAJr NOTE ONE OF FRIEND TO FRIEND vipnna Jnlv Ifi ("via London).? From a high authoritative source at t' e foreign office, a representative of the Associated Press has received an explanation of the motives said to iiave inspired the dispatch of t_e Austro-Hungarian note to the United States regarding American traffic in war munitions. The Austro^Hungarian statesman who spoke said that although the facts on which ithe note is based had been in existence for a long time, t&e communication was sent only now when, after great victories in Galicia, it could i not be interpreted as a cry for help from a land in distressHe disavowed any idea that the note was sent at the request or inspiration of Germany, asserting that toe step was taken spontaneously in the hope that, owing to the undisturbed friendly relations between Austria-Hungary and the United States, toe note would i be assured a sympathetic reception. "The note," said this statesman, "is inspired by friendly feeling of the monarchy towards t?be Union where so many of our subjects have found a second home. It is the speech of a friend to a friend?an attitude which we are the more justified in taking because of "the relations of the two states f:ave never been clouded." Severe MeUsure Demanded. iA woman went into a New York police station and began reading the Bihia tn the officers 2n charge. She was arrested promptly and taken to the Bellevue hospital insane ward and subjected to observation. j This recalls the story of the man wi':o went into Westminster Abbey and knelt in the aisle to pray. Up ran a verger who collared the kneeling man and proceeded to turn him over to the police. "If T don't make an example of you, sir, we'll have people prayin' all i."U ? 99 over me uuuivu. Quid His Inspiration. "What inspired this dainty spring poem?" babbled the romantic girl. "Daffodils and violets, I ween." "No," said the majtter-of-fact poet, "when I'm going good all I want is a chew of tobacco." It is an awful toll. And all on account j * "* ? Irs. nrViiVT^ I of a smaii Diaze uie geiuug w n^x^u. by the fire chief would not have made much difference. Suppose he !had been a minute or two later, and suppose he had been running his big red car at a reasonable and sensible speed, he would probably have been living today. O, the need of tfce application of a little common sense in the nm-| -" A ~ ^ ~ ~ otmI TT'z-vri^ c tnn 1 rung 01 auioiuuducc?emu. i vw, because tnese things can get along tolerably well. T. I. a _ j THE NES1YS OF PROSPERITY, Mrs. Bell to Lecture Thursday Evening?W. . T. F. of Newberry to Meet August 1?Personal. Special to The Herald and News. Prosperity, July 19.?Mrs. Herbert C. Bell will make a lecture in Grace church Thursday evening at 8:30. Mrs. Bell is a speaker of large reputation and something good is in store for all who attend. Miss Vera Trotter of Leesville Is visiting Mrs. Gregg Wise. Miss Rosa Mae Mitchell has as her guest Miss Sallie Bouknight of Lewisville, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Counts and Mr. Enos Counts and daughter, Miss Jenny Ruth, spent Monday in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ridgell of Jacksonville are spending a While with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moseley. I Mr. J. C. Schumpert of Columbia, is spending a few days with his brother, >Mr. F. E. Schumpert. Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Wlyche and Miss Tcr?Hno snent tho wPAlr-Pnd in Sr?ar tan burg. Miss Eunice Shealy will reach home Friday from >W5ntfcrop summer school. Miss Rosa Ridgell of Batesburg is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Wise. Mesdames G. Y. Hunter and H. P. Wicker have returned from Atlanta. Mr. M. C. Morris was a business visitor to Atlanta East week. Miss Willie Mae Wise has gone to Union to assist in a home canning demonstration. iMiss Liza Bell Curlee of Wannsboro has returned to take charge of the Excelsior school. Mr. Edward Werts of Memphis is visiting 'Ms mother, Mrs. Franci3 Werts. Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Poonaria i speni lasi wee* wi^n ner parents. Miss Pansy Wallace of Carrollton, Ga., is spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. G. W. Harmon. Messrs. W. J. (Wise, J. C. Taylor, Misses Jessie Lorick, Mary Lizzie Wise | and Mrs. J. F. Browne motored Sun; day to Saluda, where Misses Wise and i Lorick are spending the week with j friends. ! Miss Y. Genia Harman has gone to Jacksonville. Miss Alda Rae, Mamie and Ruby Wheeler are visiting in Columbia. Messrs. D. B. and J. J. Miller of Columbia spent Sunday with their ; sisters, Mesdames J. S. Wheeler and J. B. Hartman. Miss Banna Green of Newberry spent the week-end with Mrs. J. A. Hunt. i Mrs. J. u. noimes or uunoaen ana little granddaughter, Catherine Calmes of Atlanta, are guests of Mr. A. GWise. Miss Ernestine Wicker of Newberry j is spending a few days with Miss Clara Brown. Dr. R. >M. Stevenson of Due West j preached in the A. R. P. church Sabk J a ?? ^ Arr*r? rroo fl* a oniAflf : UO.LLL dUU VY'illXC lii CV/ V* U "AO LUC I of Mr. S. S. Birge. Misses Lucy and 'Annie Wheeler have returned to Columbia after a short visit to their parents, Mr. ami Mrs. T. L. Wheeler. Mr. G. D. Brown, Jr., of Columbia spent <tfte week-end in town. Dr. C. K. 'Wheeler has returned fro-m a trip North. Messrs. Pat Mitchell and Arthur Pugli leave this week for the mountains of North Carolina. TT:e W. C. T. U. societies of Newberry county will hold a convention in Grace church Sunday, August 1st This will be an allday service and dinner will be served on the church I lawn. Mr. W. P. B. Harmon has returned to his home near Ninety Six. He was accompanied tome by Master Noah * Pat Shealy. Mrs. Rosa Lester, Miss Blanch Kibler and (Mr. J. A. Lester leave today for Batesburg to visit Dr. E. C. Ridgell. TUTT?C* TXT A MAeMnTf iUi O. TT . rx. ifiv/ouit j u?3 i vbuiuv\fc from a two months' stay at Jacksonvill, (Vidalia and Augusta, Ga., and Columbia. Dr. J. C. Perry of Salem, Va., preidhed in Grace church Sunday in the interest of Elizabeth College for Wo- men. I i v %