University of South Carolina Libraries
" jr \ *vv' i . jjjjj^j iff**' , 0|^| ^ VOLUME LHL, NUMBEB 62. jfEWBERBY, S. C? TUESDAY, JU1Y 4, 1916. TWICE A WEEK, #U# A YEAJL FIFTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE HEAR STATE CANDIDATES V L A Yery Pleasant and Qniet Meeting? A All tie Si?eakers Given aX At- ^ R tentive Hearing. * The candidates-for the State ofa fices were with us on Saturday. It v was a good meeting. The rains had made the ground too wet for farm work and then it was Saturday and these two things contributed largely L to the large attendance of farmers l at the meeting. Then the meeting was held in a most delightful grove and everything contributed to make thp nAonlA feel ^ood. Chairman Hun } ter and Secretary Leitzsey had built a nice stand for the speakers with comfortable chairs and a large table for the newspaper people and seats had been arranged for the audience, i iMany stood and they give all the j speakers a careful and patient hear-1 ing. There were no interruptions. It t was the largest crowd we have seen iat a campaign meeting in a long time. We heard t&e crowd estimated all the way from 800 to 3,000. 'We are of the j I < opinion that a conservative estimate 'would place the number at about 1,-! 500. The Herald and News has already published a full synopsis of the & speeches of the candidates for governor. They are all making practically the same speeches except possibly Gov. Blease who varies to suit *the occasion. He made a vigorous attack upon the record of the Manning administration though was not personal, and Gov. Mannifcg made a strong defense of fiiis course and said he had no apologies to make to any one. (Mr. W. F. Caldwell who represent-ed the daily papers at the meeting has very kindly written a brief story about each one of the candidates' speeches for The Herald and News extept ths candidates for governor, and The Herald and News, as stated, has already printed a full report of the speech of each of these, though we have added to the report the story .Mr. Caidwcil sent to the 'News and i i * Courier. The audience was not inclined to be -A 1.2 1 - demonstrative, except wueii uwv. Blease was speaking, and he was received with applause and given it all f through his speech and at the conclusion, and when h.e finished a good many left the grounds and there was some little confusion and talking, Vwhich made it difficult for Mr. Cooper, who followed, to get the attention of the people, but he did get it and made a fine cpeech. Gov. Manning was received with a few hand claps and was given no applause during his speech, though lie was given the very best of atten^..1 3 i.1 ? ~ tiuu uiruuguuui, auu at tue uiose re| f ceived some applause, but no ovation. [ As Got. Manning concluded Mrs. M. I B. Evans, who is the manager of the H rest room, stepped forward from - where she was standing and in a few ^ remarks presented to Gov. Manning a basket of flowers. She said she did this, among other things, in recognition of what the governor had done in S tier native city of Charleston in the ft suppression of lawlessness. At the conclusion of the speech of 1 Former Governor Blease two young. ladies came forward on the platform ! and presented him with two beautiful | "baskets of flowers, and another bou- j quet and three baskets of fine peaches -were presented to him. The two young ladies who came to the stand were Miss Estelle Chappell and Miss Elsie Gilliam. It being Saturday and the hour get. . i . . ? ting late we Had to leave oeiore uur. Cooper finished, and did not get to hear Mr. Duncan or Mr. DesChamps.! Gov. Manning did not say anything J about the appointment or the removal of negro notary publics. He neither affirmed or denied the statement published in the Anderson Mail that he . did not know when he made the appointments that they were negroes, and that the appointments were made on the recommendation of the legislaL delegation. Former Governor Blease made the assertion that he had caused Gov. Manning to revoke the commissions. ,j<* :: The only departure from parliamentary debate possibly was the [ charge brought by Col. D. W. McLaurin against State Treasurer Cart ter. He charged that Mr. Carter was educating his daughters at Winthrop on free scholarships when he was able to pay the tuition, and that there was something wrong in the refunding of the State deht and insinuated that Mr. Carter had gotten a "rake | off" or something of that kind. We have a very high regard for Col. iMcLaurin, but we have known Sam Carter for many years and he would have to show us before we would believe that he had done anything wrong. We believe that he is an honest man and we feel that <we must say that much. .As to free tuition there are lots of people all over iSouta Carolina who are more able to pay it than Carter who are educating their boys and girls at State colleges on free tuition. In fact, about 95 per cent of all the boys and girls in the State colleges are there on free tuition. QBut it was a nice meeting. The people were in a good humor. There was n<J bad feeling in evidence any where. lAt the conclusion of the speech of [Former Governor Blease Gov. Man' ning left the stand and went to Whitmire where he made a speech in the afternoon at the chautauqua which is 4 - ? . in progress mere, it was noi a political speech but an educational speech. He returned to Newberry lat?r in the afternoon and to Columbia t>?Nthe night train. The following iqf the story of tha meeting in detail: The meeting was held in J(?s' grove, Frank R. Hunter, county chairman, presiding. Rev. J. W. Carson offered prayer. Lieutenant Governor. A. J. Bethea, candidate for reelec tion as lieutenant governor, was the first speaker. iMr. Bethea discussed the Ford peace trip to Europe, he having been a member of the party. He advocated biennial sessions of the legislature and four year /terms for State officers. Dr. E. C. L. Adams, v/ho is also running for lieutenant governor, was absent, being detained in Columbia on business in court. Secretary of State. For secretary of State, George lW'. 'Wightman spoke first. He told of his record as senator from Saluda I county, opposing compulsory education and the child labor laws. W. B. Dove, for the same office, discussed education, of his work in the night schools, and of his eight years as chief clerk in the office of secretary of iState. State Treasurer. For State treasurer, D. W. McLaurin advocated putting all of the old soldiers on the pension roll. He attacked Mr. Carter for his vote on the bond refund and for sending His daughters to Winthrop college on free tuition. S. T. Carter, for reo o C+o + q trooonror c-o?r? tvVi art CICV/LIVyil AO Ciatg C* VUOUi \,x J OUlU II u^u he made the affidavits on which he got free tuition for his daughters, he had no connection with a bank. Mr. Carter said Mr. McLaurin is a member of the Winthrop college board, and a member of its finance committee, and its his duty to see if any 1 privileges of the college are being abused, otherwise someone ought to be put on the board who will do their duty. The State treasurer explained his vote on the bond refund as a busi ness proposition for the State. He went on to tell how much his administration of the office has save'l for the taxpayers of the State. Iiailroad Commissioner. For railroad commissioner, W. T. Thrower of Cheraw was first up. He discussed rate making. James Cansler of Tirzah told of his previous races and referred to his opponents as "undergrowth." Albert S. Fant of Belton, presented himself as a young business man and farmer seeking the office of railroad commissioner. G. !McO. Hampton of Columbia told of his record in the office, especially of the number of iron bridges which have been put in by the railroads. W. H. Kelly of Spartanburg advocated more railroads and told of what they have done to bring progress and prosperity to the country. Candidates for Got ernor. It was one l. clock when the candi(CONTINUED ON PARGE 4) BIG BOOSTER CHAUTAUQUA ! IX WHITMJRE TO WX Big Barbecue and Holiday?Large Crowd Present and Everybody Happy. I am sorry that I could not attend the Chautauqua at Whitmire which closed on 'Monday. This is an-, other good tiling that (Mr. Wm. Coleman and the Glen-Lowry people are doing for the education and pleasure and enjoyment of the people of their mill town. It is no secret I suppose that but for the cooperation of the ' mill it would not have been possible to have had the Chautauqua. But it was there and if it should cost the j j mill a little more than was expected j I it was a good investment. The ( 1 preacher told a great truth when he said there is no success in life, in any sphere, without service and service for our fellows who need that service. It makes us grow bigger and better and greater to serve a good cause. iUCU IUC1C not> U1C uig i/ai uvvuq i all free and the free holiday which is given annually on the 4th of July changed to the first so that all the people might have the opportunity to attend the Chautauqua and to meet the people and to hear the governor and other prominent men. The Chautauqua opened on Friday j and closed on Monday. Col. E. J. Watson was in attendance on Friday and made an address to the people in the afternoon. Saturday afternoon Gov. Manning was taken over from the Newberry meeting and made a short address along educational lines. On Snndav Dr. Rader made two ad- i dresses in the tent which were free, j I had the pleasure of hearing the morning address and it was fine and > well worth more than the trip to ( Whitmire. It was through the kind-: ness of Sheriff Blease that I got to ^ Whitmire. >He came byv for me and in : company with him and Mr. W. H. ^Hardeman and Mr. R. C. Boyleston we made the trip going by the Ap- j palachian highway and coming back : by Cromers. 'Dr. Rader spoke of the battle of, Ufa on,/! T-. a Ayrwa Vinmo c-nm o trroaf ' iilV/ au\l 11V/ UiU'V/ uv/iwv CVJUiv o * v** v truths. I would not undertake to give j any synopsis if we had plenty of; space because it should be heard to [ be appreciated. It is not wrong to1 be tempted. The devil is waging the j battle at all times and he is not j seeking the weak but the strong. We j should help our neighbor to be strong' enough to resist the temptation and j rise higher. Dr. Rader said if all the energy that is now being put forth throughout the world to kill and destroy were exerted in the direction of helping the people of the world to live a better and a higher life this world indeed be a great and a good world. Dr. Rader emphasized the value of community cooperation and mutual help if we wanted to do things worth while. Such an address as he made is obliged to leave a helpful influence which will go on many days after he is gone. Then Dr. D. W. Daniel was at Whitmire Friday and Saturday and 5<?>C t?u Lfi tin cc 1CLLUIC3 auu LUCJ were worth while and will do a lot of good. In fact if a Chautauqua gets people to thinking abo*. other people and gets them out of themselves if for only a few brief days and hours it has not been in vain. Most of us need to realize that there are others and that we are net the only ones in thi-s great big world. T\\e getting of the ! people of any community together oil any one thing and getting them to think about each other is a good thing. Whitmire is a nice town and I always enjoy a visit there. St. Lnkes Clab. The members of St. Lukes club are notified that the officers with the ! enrolment book will be at St. Lukes on Saturday, July 8 from 1 to 3 o'clock for the purpose of giving opportunity to the members to enrol. O'Neal! Clnb. The secretary and enroling committee cf the O'Xeall Democratic club J will be at O'Neall school house, at 1 i o'clock on July 8 for the convenience of members of the club to enrol. | A FORTUNATE COLLISION AUTO >YITH FREIGHT TRAIN We mean to say that it might have been so much worse that it is really a fortunate accident. Mr. T. A. Dominick was coming toward Prosperity in his auto with his son driving when at a crossing of the C. N. and L. near Mr. Gus Singley's the auto came in contact with a freight train. Both passengers were thrown from the car and the car torn to pieces, but neither Mr. Dominick nor his son received very serious injury. They were meeting another auto coming in the opposite direction which attracted their attention from the railroad crossing and the apprt)aching train, and were on the track before they saw the approaching freight car. Young Mr. Dominick received a severe gash on the head but it is not j thought to be serious. Mr. T. A. Dom-' nick was considerably shaken up and I stocked but not seriously hurt. it is not learned who was driving the other auto. Mr. Dominick's fine | car was torn to pieces. It is well at all times to heed the warning of President iFairfax Harrison, ""Stop, look, listen," when approaching a railroad crossing. The 'Herald and iNews has been and is now and will continue to be an advocate, of the removal of all grade crossings of the railroads. There are several j in Newberry that could and should be removed. C05GBESSI0NAL CAMPAIGN BJS4xINS AT FHUUUIS i ' ' I A meeting of the county chairmen of 1Jie third congressional district was |teld at Greenwood on Monday to! arrange a campaign for the candi-! dates for congress. The campaign will begin at Pickens on July 27. The meeting will be in Newberry on Saturday, August 5 with a meeting at Newberry at 11 o'clock in the | court house and at Whitmire at 8 o'clock the same evening. There will be only the two regular meetings in Newberry. FOURTH OF JULY BARBECUE AT PO 31 ARIA TODAY1 There will be a big barbecue at Pomaria today under the auspices of the Improvement association of the school. There will be a big crowd ( there and all the candidates who so I desire will be given an opportunity to Spedk. Won. H. C. Tillman candidate for congress has accepted the invitation of the committee to make an address and it will be the only formal address of the day. But you will be given a good dinner, for the price of course, and you will be given the opportunity of shakin<g hands with all the people who | will be there, and there will be lots of j 'em there. And you will be welcome. BIJLLIE BURKE AT THE OPERA HOUSE WEDNESDAY Peggy is a whirlwind from America, who bursts into a little Scotch hamlet, and sets everything topsyturvy. But, you see, there are a lot of things in the place that must be set straight again, it's the only way of setting them to rights, and Peggy knows it. Her uncle is a crabbed old \ man, and the villagers are for the: most part a forlorn lot, not much j inclined either to love or to charity, j Peggv is brimming over with both, i o , She wins the hearts of the little children, before she has been in the vil-! lage a day, and gradually she brings ! about a great and wonderful change j in their pitfprs Of rourse. there is I a young chap who falls in love with J her?he happens to be the "Meenister"?and when she has made him prove that his gospel contains Christianity as well as religion, she gives herself to him. "Peggy* will be shotfn at the Opera House Wednesday, July 5th. SUMMER'S GARAGE DISTRIBUTOR FO? MAXWELL CARS Summer's fiarase are the distribu-! tors for the Maxwell cars for the. counties of Newberry, Richland, Saluda, Lexington, Calhoun, and Edge- j field. Mr. C. L. Watkins and Mr.! Withers will be in charge of the I ? PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Prosperity, July 3.?Mr. Wm. Seel of Columbia is spending a few days with Mrs. A. G. 'Wise. Misses Gertrude Bobb and Doris Kohn spent last week in Atlanta. Mrs. J. iB. Lathan has returned to her home in Little Mountain after visiting relatives here. (Mrs. Wm. Fitton and son, Willie, of Birmingham, Ala., are guests of Mrs. A. G. Wise. Miss Annie Laurie Lester of Columbia is visiting her motlier, (Mrs. Rosa Lester. Mr. Ira Nates has returned to Columbia after a visit to his father, Mr. A. A. Nates. Rev. W. I. Herbert presiding elder of the Cokesbury district preached iSunday in the Methodist church and while in town was tlie guest of Mrs. D. M. Langford. Mr. Campbell Lake spent several days last week in Hendersonville, N. (Miss lAnnie Moseley left Friday for her home in Jacksonville after an extended visit to Miss iMaria Schumpert. Miss Jean Adams is spending a while in Columbia. Mrs. 0. W. Amick spent the weekend in Pomaria. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mitchell and (Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Rawl are making a trip through the mountains of North Carolina in Mr. Mitchell's <*ar. Mrs. J. I. Oxford and daughter, Miss Pansy of Piedmont, Ala., are spending a while with (Mrs. G. W. Harmon. y r ' u'xss xi/neu '?vt:iLs is uuuie iruiu Williamston. Mrs. E. W. Werts and Miss Kate Barre leave this week for Greenwood to visit their sister, Mrs. Kenneth Baker. Mrs. C. H. Xahers of Tuscaloosa, Ala., is the guest of Mrs. Elvira Kibler. Misses Essie BlaclTand Annie Singley, I.Messrs. Jake Singley and Bur Barnes spent 'Sunday at Styx. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bedenbaugh of Pomaria spent the week-end with (Mrs. J. M. Werts. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Adams of Greenville are visiting the latter's mother, Mrs. Godfrey Harmon. ^ Dr. and Mrs. Will Crosson and family, Dr. Jas. Crosson and Jas., Jr., of Leesville spent Sunday with Miss Victoria Crosson. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunt of Saluda are visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Schumpert. Mr. J. H. Sitz of Birmingham, Ala., joined his wife, who is visiting her mother, (Mrs. H. P. Wicker. 'Mr. and Mrs. Julian Prirp. snent Sunday at Gilberts. Mr. and Mrs.. H. L. Shealy and Mrs. J. B. Simpson have gone to North Carolina for a week's stay, the former to visit Rev. Shealy of Lander, and Mrs. Simpson to visit her son in Charlotte. The council of the Mt. Tabor pastorate met Sunday and increased Rev. J. B. Harmon's salary, also tendered him a month's vacation. At the Opera House Today. Alice Brady, who plays the star part in "Tangled Fates,'' the "BradyMade" World Film production, which Vv r\ -.1> nn'ti o < f'n a T_T ^ i r-. + a >?ixi cl l luc wi'cia, nuusc iu- ; day dees not hold her high position in. , stardom through the assistance received from her father. In fact, Papa Brady wanted Alice to become a society girl, but Alice had stage in- j clinations, and set out to make a1 name for herself without any assis-1 tance from the paternal side of the house. Her success in pictures is second only to the great success she made on the legitimate and operatic stage. After she had conquered the stage, then Mr. Brady looked afterJ his daughter's business. branch house in Columbia. The Summer's Garage have bought out the business of McKie Motor company and will distribute from Columbia Maxwell and Oakland cars. The place of business will be the same in Lady street between Main and Sumter. "Bill" Smith says he is going to sell one hundred cars during the season and he knows how to go after the business. I PEOPLE OF THE STATE VISIT THE SOLDIERS The Fourth to Be a Big Day in Columbia?JTewberry Meeting and the Columbia Record. Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, July 3.?The road between Columbia and Camp Moore, at Styx, was a busy thoroughfare oat Sunday. Hundreds of automobile parties went out from the city, and there were numerous parties from other counties in the State?several from Newberry. It is expected that the First regiment may be moved to the border during the week. A local Columbia newspaper carries a statement from Gen. Wiiio Jones to the effect that in the event of a call for volunteers he will undertake to raise a brigade of South Carolina regiments. "I was retired a year and a half ago," General Jonea is quoted as saying, "without my consent and without my knowledge. The . brigade was broken up because one regiment was mustered out I did all I could to prevent the mustering out of the twelve companies but it wa3 done on account of the companies not measuring up to requirements oL the war department at Washington." It will foe recalled that during the administration of Governor Blease the adjutant general's department attempted to have one of the regiments mustered out of service, but Governor Blease refused to issue the necessary orders, calling attention at that time to the possibility of just sucfh a contingency as has arisen. With a brigade of South Carolina troops, the soldiers from this State could be mov- .. ed intact under their own brigade commander, whereas with only ""two ;regiments, it is necessary that these regiments be attached to other brigades, with a foreign brigade commander and staff officers. With only two regiments in the service. General Jones was retired as brigade general by the present goveronr of the State. State Campaign in Colombia. The candidates for State offices will address the voters of Richaland county here on Tuesday. In addition f r\ tVm r\r*l i + i r?o 1 moofinnr + Vi ^ r?z-* o tu tixv pv/iinv/Ui LI_I vv 11 l?^ IU^X g aig ?eral other events, including barbecues, and there will probably be a big crowd here. It is expected that the campaign meeting will be largely attended. From Columbia the candidates will go to Lexington, and then to Saluda, Edgefield and Aiken. After the Aiken meeting there will be an intermission of ten days. dewberry fleeting and the Rccorj. There has been considerable amusement over the report of tne iNew-berry meeting, which appeared in' the Columbia Record of Sunday morning. The crowd is estimated, by the Record's correspondent at 1,500 (though placed by the correspondent of the 'State and the News and Courier at 3,000); the meeting is described as a "model," the report going on to- say that "except at one or two points, and those of very minor portince, the order was like unto at one usually sees at an interesting litA MA M_. _ <M A 1 M/\ " AM TrV\ /V ? eicuy 01 suicuum; ICULUIC. AUJW * who knows anything about <Xewberi y knows that the order at any meeting there would be good?as good as at a literary or scientific lecture. Ia fact, Newberry audiences are literary ?and most of them are scientific, when it comes to politics. 'Vhile trie name of former Govt ; Blease, who was in his old home town, is not mentioned by the Record s correspondent (the name of no candi late being mentioned except that of G>;\ernor Manning), it is rumored around . here that there was a considerable demonstration for the former governor. The Record's correspondent modestly admits that Governor Manning "was applauded at one or two points?very mildly, but sincerely; simply a gentle handclapping." The account of the meeting as r i ?i, ? Kivyii uy cue tvewiu s curxesjjuuueut "will no doubt be interesting reading to those who attended the meeting? for it will surely be news to them. This report caps the climax; in fact, it is somewhat sui generis?to put it "mildly," as the Record's correspondent would say. *