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I YOlLME LIU, NLUBUK iX. , JiEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY. MARCH 3. 1916. . TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAS. * A Representative Wo Probably Ri At the Request of The Hero 11 Questions as to the Work of of Leadership, Tax Qu The Herald and News lias requested the three representatives in the legislature from Newberry if they would not ]>e willing to tell the people of Newberry something of the work of the recent ^ legislature and the results of that work and what thev thought about the vai r:ous questions that were considered. P Representative Mower said he never submitted to newspaper interviews and had nothing to say. Representative Chapman has promised his ^icws for The Herald and News and we hope to (have them for the next issue. Representative Workman in an interview here printed talks very interestingly on | ; *hat his impressions are of the work , proposed and the results accomplished. The Herald and News has written the senator a request for a similar interview 1 and will he* pleased to publish it if he will answer our questions. The Herald and News feels that the people who read it as the constituents of these representatives have a right to hear from them and that they have a right to be heard and for that reason this oppor* tunitv is sriven them. If they do not avail themselves of it we have done the best we can for them. iWHAiT MR. WORKMAN SAYS. 1 Mr. {Workman was asked to state whether or not any of the issues discussed by bim in the last campaign were before the general assembly at ' either this or the last session arid made the following response: i "Yes. There were bills and resolutions on the calendars embodying every ' i-J L-- ? principle aavocaiea uy me m mc id&i. campaign. The chief of these were tax reform, rural credits and registration of land titles." ^ "Did you regard the legislature as constructive." Mr. Workman was asked. "Yes and no." was bis reply. "In some respects it was constructive, in others it was quite the reverse. It might be L said that in ideas it was constructive, in acts destructive. JMost of these ideas. f while intrinsically good, were ot a i vague, hazy, ill-defined nature. The trouble was not a lack of ideas, but of constructive leadership to crystalize t these ideas into constructive laws. I <Jo not mean that there was a lack of ^ nirn who know how to do this, but ^^^rather a lack of experience and influHuence on the part of those who did know. There was a very perceptible lack of ft ability and knowledge on the part of Isevral who tried to assume the role of leadership. Had the session lasted a "while longer those self-important, self- 1 chosen leaders would have been thrust linto the back ground and new leaders [brought forward. iAs a result of this [haphazard non-constructive leadership: j^ittle of real good was accomplished, i >To illustrate this botching business, take the question of tax reform a subject by the way in which I am very much interested. That we need real tax reform ^ in this 'State at this time I take it that j no one intelligently familiar with the j subject will for a moent controvert. I ( gidvocated it in the iast campaign and j Linn Q-ftpr r.npnmcr nt cpccmn in I Hr;i5 I introduced a resolution to so Mmend the constitution that the general BBssemblv could classify property for . ^^oses of taxation. This resolution; Wf^ referred to1 the ways and means J rkmart Will in for State Senate dd and News He Answers the Last Legislature, Lack est ion, Liquor Matter committee where it stayed for a considerable length i>t time and at last was unfavorably reported. In the meantime this same committee introduced its bill to create tile 'tax commission.' This bill was promptly passed and heralded abroad as 'tax reform.' T<> call this act tax reform is a frank admission and bold assertion of profound ignorance of the subject of taxation.. This act only made some changes in the machinery designed to administer our tax system' 1 ?it had absolutely nothing to do with the system itself. It was a change in the 'system' that was desired, and there , can be ns? real tax reform until this change is made. And t<> make that change the constitutional amendment I tiered will have to be adopted. The , 'tax commission' was appointed and set to work. What happened? After a i year's work they tiled their report in . which they urge'' the general assembly , to adopt by constitutional amendment . T1 is commission thoroughly appreciates . the fact that their hands are tied?that there can be no tax reform until this . c institutional restriction is removed. 'he chairman of this commissiin in a ( conversation with me about this matter . ] 't t tllp ni - \ 1 \ sn<ll l?v v..^ v... favorable report my resolution received." : . "What about the liquor question." Mr. Workman was then asked. ; j "Oh. it played a very prominent, though I think a rather unfortunate, ; part in the legislate e program at the t last session. Certainly there was no dis- : play of statesmanship in the acts on this subject at this session. At the last i session the 'gallon a month' act was nassed. also the so-called 'prohibition' ( act submitting to the people* the ques- t tion as to whether the manufacture and j -ale of alcoholic liquors and beverages ] ^ball be prohibited or continued in this , State as now provided by law.' I think this legislation should have sufficed for ] the present. Liquor is not a question to , be solved according to philosophical principles, but rather one to settle on . practical grounds. Expediency, not ( logic, must determine the kind of, and necessity, not fanaticism, should determine the time for, legislation on this suhieet. The leerislator, however,. much * he might indulge a hope for the early arrival of the day when the liquor traffic shall find no protection beneath the ' folds of the national uag. or however ' much he may desire to free his people from the baneful effects of its hurtful ( reign, should bear in mind that the ' liquor evil, like every other evil that in- 1 heres in the social organism, must be removed. if at all. by the process of evo- 1 lution. The liquor laws must not go <" *' ><* Viohifc ami cnnrtinn of the '/V. J UI1VI HIV HCU'UvJ majority, if they arc to be effectual. i 1 "Perhaps you may be in doubt as to which class I belong?the prohibitionists or ai orohibitionists. If so I shall try to dispel that doubt by assuring you that I belong to both classes. Theoretically and abstractly I am an anti-prohibitionist, for the reason that I very strongly believe in the Democratic principle that the State should make as few inroads as possible upon the individual rights of the citizens. Pratcically and concretely I am a prohibitionist, for the reason that I very strongly believe in the paternalistic principle that the State should do for the citizens that which he can not do for himself. While I thus belong to both classes, I presume that my practical prohibition inclinations out-weigh my philosophical anti-prohibition predilections." ''Do you wish to make any statement concerning the financial condition of ; Newberry county?" i ! "I will only say that the finances of j this county are in a deplorable condi- j tion. For years those in authority have tried to make a levy of 3 1-2 mills meet all the ordinary expenses. Almost every year there was a deficit. To pay oft all this back indebtedness a few 1 years ago the county was bonded for a | considerable amount. The levy was not increased. The annual appropriations including that for roads and bridges have for sevral years been around $54,000 (Continued on page four), J THE NEW# OF PO MARIA TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS graded school t ogive NEGRO MINSTREL FRIDAY NIGHT FREE OF COST Poinaria March 2.?The latter part of ? + lif.'f t\Mff r\ + tliic AtlP IM V\ CVI\ #11111 LIU. |'(U l v_?i imo www {. minded us of the fact that winter had i<u yet disappeared. The snow and -leet fell rapidly here for a short while \tonday aiur;n :i w;... followed with rain. A great deal of early gardening has !>een done around here. The fanners in general took advantage of the sunshine ::nd did a good deal of farm work. T! \ ,'erlilizer sale is slow in and around I'omaria tliis spring. A great deal of grain has been planted n the community, all of which is looking fine. The Pomaria school will give a negro minstrel at the school house Friday light. March 3. to which the public is In".- mv.ted A:i interesting provi 11 be rendered free of charge. The teachers, patrons and pupils have mdergone a great task since this school /;i- e-eavl. g.vir.j, ni:.ny interesting >lays from time to time. The people ;i\\ay> heart:':y < ooi.'-rat:.* with them and liey have large crowds at their enterainments each time. 'A large sum has dways been realized and a large an nonce wen pleased, aow to snow now nuoii they appreciate your help they in. ite you to be. prcstit ?.vl3. at 8 'clock. Leave your m< ney at home :nd enjoy an u]> to civile minstrel. r'.'ivf i f Polite '! i* Richardson and; ,vife of Prosperity, spent Sunday with! Mr. Wilbur .1. Ringer. Prof. G. H. Ligon. of Asheville. spent he week end iti town. Mrs. .i. i\V. Wessinger of Ballentin'e. md Mrs. Jacob Shealy of Little Moun;ain visited their brother. Mr. John 13. Shealy. Monday of this week. Mr. Geo. Amick of Columbia was in /mimi \Tnn J'M* *\ it +yi.\ ?11 \ i ci y . Mr. Richard Ligon. who has been wiili :oa>t artillery of Handcock. X. J., for he Oil^t four y?.ars s?. cnt a few days) :he present week with his mother, Mrs. i R. C. Ligon. leaving for Iva where lie ' kvill visit other relative?. i.. r. Hugh Epting of Newberry college. spent the week end with his pa- j -ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Epting. Mrs. W. T. Livingston and daughter, Miss Beatrice, and Miss Bertha Crooks >f Newberry, spent a few clays with j Mrs. John F. Lyles. Miss Edna Koon has gone to Prosperity where she will visit relatives in :he Zion section. i Rev. S. C. Ballentine will preach next Sunday as follows: n a. m. iSt. Mat!;ews. 3:3o p. m. St. Paul, 8 p. m. Pomaria. Mr. Ballentine is an able preach ;r and a tine singer and any one atending these services may expect some:hing intersting. Mr. W. B. Counts, to the delight of his many friends, is improving and is 1 ible to be on the street. I have been requested to state that 1 the box party that was advertised for Hunter-DeWalt for Friday night of this week lias been postponed to a later day. j \"otice of the time will be given in The , Herald ;fnd News. l\lr. Wilbur J. Ringer, the newly ap- j pointed carrier on Route i. is espe- j cially impressed with the nice treat-, ment accorded by his patrons, and wishes to thank them for the many nice j lunches he finds in the mail box marked j for the-mail carrier. Though it seems ^ that Mr. Ringer doesn't understand just j why they are so much interested in giving him these good things to eat, whether it is the good service rendered or whether they want a larger mail carrier as they have l>een used to. and hope in this way to increase his size, is quite a puzzle to him. Any way he says ' the warm lunches on a cold day go mighty fine, and he will eat them for j tuner purpose. In the spring of last year some of the people in Pomaria and on roads leading (lit from Pomaria became very much interested in the good roads movement. In many places new road beds were given by some of our big hearted citizens. The road leading from her to Little Mountain and the one leading to Newberry via Jolly Street have been greatly improved in this way. Though I believe I am mistaken about saying in the spring of last year for it was during the close of Mr. J. H. Chappcll's term of office, that these places that I have in mind were greatly imoroved. Let / It he when it may we started out to ixil that a i;rcat many of them did a great deal of good work on the roads >y filling up holes and dragging with- ' ?ut pay. I decided to get the names of all these citizens who did so much tor .he roads without pay and place then, on the honor roll and confer up??n them > the degree of I'. S. C. This 1 did and j the roll grew to be a Merge one. Of , late we have observed some work done by some citizens who well deserve the j degree of F. S. C conferred upon then1 for the work done on the road from here to J. D. Shealy's and the work so badly needed between Mr. Geo. B. Anil's and Dr. :T. H. Wedaman's. Here are some of the names: R. H. Hipp. A. H. ?healy. Robert Shcaly. W. L. Bedent.n?rli IJ> A.,11 n?.. Uk ' 1*. -.Villi. ULW. IV 1 ^ I ICll VlO'-HIj Dr. T. H. Wedaman. i The farmers in and around Pomaria have taken advantage of the past few weeks of sunshine and a great deal of farm work has been done. The farmers do not seem to lie very-much interested in fertilizers this year much interlook now is that a great deal less will be used this year from this place than was used last year, and not more than one half the amount was used last year that was used the previous year. The Pomaria Graded school will give 'i play in the school auditorium Friday ;i'ght March 3. beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The teachers, pupils and patrons most earnestly request that, you come out Friday night and enjoy an up-to-date "negro minstrel.'' Xo admission will he charged. We are glad the people in and around Pomaria have taken so great an interest in the "good roads" movement, giving new road beds where needed, tilling mud holes and dragging roads. iThe Folks hill shows the improvement that 'i little such work makes. Mr. and*Mrs. M. C. Rivers of Columbia, spent the week-end with Mrs. Rivers' parents. IVIr. and Mrs. M. H. Folk. Harold C. Jones of Ridge 'Spring, spent the week end at the home of Mr. ( John Harman. ^ W >T 1 T 11 1 r .Njrs. .vialine L,ance arid ciaugnter. after spending a few weeks with her brother. Dr. Z. T Pinner, have re-1 turned to their home in Asheville. I Miss Edna Koon hr>s gone to Prosperity to visit friends and relatives. Misses Beatrice Livingstone and Ber- ! tha Crooks of Newberry are visiting Mrs. .Tno. T. Lyles. t Juite a number went from Potr.aria to ' Columbia to see the "Birth of a Nation." Everybody was pleased with the show. J The hour for preaching at St. Paul's will be 3:30 o'clock instead of 3 o'clock as heretofore. Sunday school at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. S. C. Ballentine will con duct services at the above mentioned hour every first Sunday, AWAITING AX ANSWER. j JThe Daily Mail has heretofore thought that it was not constitutional for a member of the legislature to hold the office of trustee in a State college, but after a discussion with The Columbia Record, which paper quotes from the constitution. The Daily Mail changes its mind and says: ".'We cheerlully admit tins section 01 the constitution had escaped our attention. It does appear to be against the law for a trustee of a State college to hold any other office." The Daily Mail quotes this section as cited by The Record : j "No person shall hold two offices of honor or profit at the same time." The statute further provides: "It shall be unlawful for any person to assume the duties of any public office until he has taken, the oath provided by the constitution, and been regularly commissioned by the governor. The term public officers shall be construed to mean all officers of the State that have been heretofore commissioned, the , trustees of the various colleges of the ( 'State, members of various State boards, J and other persons whose duties are defined by law." We had asked our good brother Wal-1 lace of the Newberry Observer, who is fond of the constitution to give us his judgment on this clause of the consti-1 tution. But so far as we have been able to see, Bro. Wallace has been too busy to do so. But we are not without hope, and we shall occasionally remind him of the request, as we value his judgment and we Jcnojv -some college trustees wiio do so also.?A. R. Presbyterian. i Wilson Will be Sat Only Clear Exf. T?#vi* J /%?%rrvi3ccm^n a i X (llltu WH5ibaouivM tration Men Among De Avoic Washington, March I.?President iWil?011 served notice on congress tonight that he will consent to nothing less than a record vote on the anti-a'dministration resolutions to warn Americans of the armed ships of European belligerents before he goes on with the German submarine negotiations. No compromise proposition, such as a vote of confidence in the president's foreign policy, will be acceptable. Such action, it is held, might be construed in Berlin as justifying the opinion that the president Licks tlie support of o tigress and his own party in his demands for a full observance of international law, while its only purpose would be to afford mem bers "t congress a way t<> avoid recording their positions before the country in tlu- straight out-and-out question. President Wilson made his position clear t<? congressional leaders tonight in unequivocal terms, as the climax to a day of confusion, uncertainty and political manoeuvering that marked the opening of 1 is first real light with congress. NEW ASSl'RAXCES LIMITED. '.As it' to emphasize that the president absolutely refused to continue negotiations w;th Germany until the attitude of congress is settled it was made known that ti e United States does not consider the latest assurances from Count von Dernstorff. the German amhassdor. as broad or as stisfactory as those originally given. Xo further action will be taken, however, while the president waits on congress. Meanwhile the pending Lusitania agreement will not he tlnaly accepted. 'P'-" '-. liolf .citnatiun in rr>n<rr(\^s con fused by the president's call yesterday for a vote, was thrown into a snarl today wsJen at an early morning conference the president outlined his position to Chairmen Stone and Flood of the foreign affairs committees. -Senate Leader Kern. Speaker Clark, House Leader Kitchin and Acting Chairman Pou of the house rules committee. As soon as the delegation returned to the capitol with news of what the president had said, it was apparent that some of the .leaders who had secretly supported the anti-administration forces and inHer administration pressure had poci.ete^ resolutions in committee when there was danger of their being passed, leaii/.ed that the president and his fri'-nds had suddenly gained the whip hand. FEAR OF DEFEATS It was plain that they at once devoted their efforts to attempts to a defeat at the hands of the administration forces by side-tracking the main issue and making the tight turn to a vote on a resolution of confidence for the president in which they could point without comprom ising their position in support ot warning Americans to avoid belligerent armed ships. Practically in control of the machinr i 1 ? A 1,^1,1 fry OI tilt UOUSC. tucsc ivmitis iiciu ^ n. situation in deadlock all day while they conferred and sought tor some proposal which would satisfy the president and still save their positions. Friends of the president, watching the manoeuvering closely, saw the object and tonight from the White House came word that there should be no compromise. Congress will meet tomorrow facing a clear cut issue with the president. The president's frier'ds openly charge that resistance to his ; rogram is purely political. They make li unmistakably clear that he does not inteuj t let the ? ~ Kir cnnmr/irr tc(> iJflt\ qucauun i/c puaatu u_y a. vuiuj/iu?<^v ? ? risk being erabarrassed later in his negotiations with Germany by having the agitation come up again to weaken his hand. A CARD OF THA>*KS. I wish to thank my many friend? and neighbors, who were so very kind to me during my serious illness at home and at the hospital. And espe daily thank the ladies of West End ESaptist church who sent me such nice cheering cards and letters, and I wish to be with them in their meetings in the near future. I remain, Very sincerely, Mrs. J. T. WARD. - - ' tisfied With nession Main Point Compromise?Anli-Adminismocrats Now Anxious to I Test | NEWBERRY COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM WINNERS ! The Xewberry College basketball j j team closed the most successful season | it has ever had, last Tuesday night, by j scoring a second victory over Clinton. ' Out of a schedule consisting of 13 j games. Xewberry won all of them, and ! in addition to this, has not lost a game ' on the home floor for two years and : "lost hut one game in the State during ! that time. There is every reason for ! the student body, alumnae and-' support| ers of the college to feel proud of the tf;im A rnlleo'f tlif ci/f> r>t Wvvhprrv able to turn out a team that will win i two consecutive championships, plays i against every college in the State and ! plays the hardest schedule in the State I is a college to be proud of. There is no possible chance for a dispute or for a rival claim to the honor, as every team was played and every team was defeated, most of them twice. The schedule had to be arranged from an economical standpoint and was con- v sequently about as Lard as could be. On the trip to Charleston three games were played in two days; on the trip to Clemson. three srames were olaved in three clays, all on strange floors with unfamiliar officiating and a hostile crowd who were aching for the blood of the State champions. Another remarkable feature of the season was that in six of the seasons 'games, the Newberry team was behind at the end of the first half. In some cases the score was doubled, but the team from the hill came through with its well known fighting spirit and won. A team that never could be defeated and would never acknowledge defeat is certainly worthy of support. -V . At the first of the season, the team started out with but one finished player on the st^uad, one other who had two years' experience behind him and the rest all green material. In the first game the team showed but little promise, but after that the rough spots were smoothed out and a perfectly working ' machine developed, a machine that came" through with the "bacon" upon every occasion. Too much credit cannot be given the college or the team for their i wonderful season and for the fight against odds in numbers and lack of money to obtain suitable equipment. The | boys have to furnish their own supplies j but an effort is to be made among the supporters of the college, who appreciate the value of good athletics, to raise money to supply this need. It should I be successful for if ever a team or a I college deserved support these do. How the championship came to NewI berry: ' i - . . a i .\ewoerry ,34; moui?ru c/# i Xewberry 58; Clemson .30. | Xewberry 29; Erskine 21. Xewberry -35; Carolina 25. Xewberry 27: Charleston College 10. i Xewberry 33; Citadel 20. | Xewberry 52: Furman 21. Xewberry 30; Carolina 13.., Xewberry 37; Citadel 19. / I Xewberry 26; P. C. of S. C -20. Newberry'32; Wofford 20. Newberry 30; Clemson 24. Newberry 30: P. C. of S. 0. 28. KING'S CREEK ROYAL. A.. R. Presbyterian. The pastor's family feasts when the King's Creek people spend the day at the parsonage. They heralded not their coming by the blowing of trumphets, but they came, old and young, and spent the day together at the Newberry parsonage on the 12th aay of February 1 Out of their own baskets they set forth 1 bountiful dinner of which all did heartily partake, and when they had departed twelve baskets remained of heavy and fancy groceries with savor and flavor?just the things that mortal man needs and buys at a store when lis credit is good, and they did not so much as leave a hill. These and the many oiner expressions ... f . V .V }f >love and good will are highly appre* :iated J. W. Carson.