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' * -V ff ? c* ^ "S '""?, <? i' -'j! '} ,/.; i IvS^ .- .^^vr-C>A," V._ f?i/ v/j ' WRSTli ?r VOLUME LIU, JlUMBEB 63. j'UVBERBY, S. C, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916. ~ TWICE i WEEK, ?U? A TEAR. ~~ ?? * STATE CAMPAIGN DREW | , BIG CROWD Oy FOURTH Large Sized Crowd Also at Lexington. Former Governor Blease the Fa- j vorite at Both Meetings?What They Are Discussing. I I Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, July 6.?The State campaign meeting in Columbia Tuesday was in some measure representative of the State at large, though a good nrrmortion of the voters of this coun ty were present. Tuesday being the j Fourth of July, and the National Guard "being encamped here, the political speaking drew people from every - section of the State. The theatre, where the meeting was held, was taxed to its capacity. The crowd was banked back to the entrance doors, and all j the aisles were filled. There was no ! question that former Governor Blease +>>q faiTi-nito uL'itTi thp prnwrt. and ! " ao m T vr* 1VV T( AV4& w? V ? - ?7 though he was the first of the gubernatorial candidates on the program, a good many of the crowd left when hi3 address was concluded. Botii Governor Wanning and Solicitor Cooper had j ? a good following in the audience also. | (At -Lexington on Wednesday, a here j there was another large crowd, former Governor Blease was again the un- i * doubted favorite. There was some j applause for both Governor Manning i x and Solicitor Cooper, but the real enthusiasm was for the former governor. At the Columbia meeting Governor Blease was presented with a great mass of flowers, and Governor Manning received several bouquets. At {Lexington Governor Manning and So licitor Cooper both got flowers and peaches, while Governor Blease received flowers and a fine, large fish. The campaign party will be in Saluda today, Edgefield tomorrow and will go to 'Aiken on Saturday. There will then be an intermission of tea days, after which the campaign will open up again at Barnwell. Is Factionalism Deid? At the Columbia meeting former Governor Blease, in reply to the plea , : of Governor Manning for an end of ! "factionalism." made at various meet- ! - * ?_???i 1 ings during me campaign., i-uargeu Governor Manning with bitter faction- | alisrn, saying: "Standing on the State House steps j k on the day of his inauguration, this i man (referring to Governor Manning) j held up his hand and said that he V solemnly promised to be governor of. all the people, and to know no fac- j tion. Within a few short hours he * * - At? * xx n 1 * wrote a ieuer to me .aiiomey \aeuerai of ilie State demanding that he dis-; miss his assistant because that assis- j tant?a man -yhom the Supreme Court i of this State has complimented publicly upon his ability and fairness? was a political friend of imne. The letter to the Attorney General is as follows: "Columbia, Jan. 21, 1915. "*Hon. Thomas H. Peeples, Atty. Gen., "Columbia, S. C. "Dear Sir: J "As I have said to you heretofore, 1 was elected to the office of Governor i^)on a platform in opposition to the 1 / policies which have prevailed in this State for the last four years, and it is therefore desirable that your assistant should be a man in sympathy -with my policies. You have seen nt ' to appoint Mr. Fred. H. Dominick your assistant, who was a supporter of the policies of my predecessor in this j office. y "In these circumstances I do not feel that 1 can rely upon your office for legal advice. 1 shall need legal advice in the administration of my office, and therefore shall be com x pelled to call this matter to the attention of the legislature for such action as they may see fit to take, if ydu insist in making this appointment. "Please let me have your reply. ' Richd. I. Manning Governor." "Within the next few days, in keeping (?) with his promise made on the State House steps, lie committed the following acts, and in the places mode Ta/>ant hv the removal of friends of mine, he not only selected his own friends and supporters, but appointed the very bitterest enemies of mine H that he could possibly find. He could ff not find enough work-days to effect these removals, and the board of regents of the State Hospital appointed i L by me were removed in the early hours of a Sabbath morning. j "Some of the acts to which I refer are as fallows: j "The defeat of Dr. Simms on the State Medical Board. "The ousting of L. B. Singleton as solicitor. "The effort to oust Assistant Attorney General Dominick. "Dismissal of all county and State I /innotohloc s>nr>nint?r} m& | WUOVM*/*VW M|/^V4?4VVVk l/J ' l " . '.oval of the State asylum re3. >val of the regents of the old Sv. s home. "Removal of the superintendent of the State asylum. "Removal of the superintendent of the old soldiers' hame. "Removal of the Barnwell County dispensary board. "Turning out of McMaster, Colins j and 'Stanley on the city registration ! board. "The turning out of Dr. Butler, phy- j sician at the old soldiers' home. "The turning out of Mrs. Mixson,1 the daughter of and daughter-in-law I of, Confederate soldiers, who was ma- | trnn r?f the fYinfederate home. ''The turning out of the dispensary gauger. "The turning out of Mose H. Mobley, State dispensary auditor. "The turining out of the State pardon board. "The effort to remove Sheriff Huckabee of Kershaw county. "The legislating out of office of the State historical comission, getting rid of Clau.de N. Sapp, W. A. James onH W tT iW^nHlo tr-Vm worp mV friends. ""The refusal to commission Former Sher;ff T. G. Long, as magistrate at Union. "Refusal to commission game wardens and others who were known to be Blease men. *'The turning out of Col. D. W. McLaurin from his position with the Sinking Fund Commission?an exConfederate soldier, who had served j the State faithfully all his life?and j the appointment in his place of the j son of Alan Johnstone of Newberry. "These are only a few of the many partisan acts which he has committed. And in the appointments to fill the newly created offices he chose not j only his friends, but jaay bitter enemies, as wil be shown by the men on the? 1. Tax commission. 2. Board of charities and corrections. "3. Board of conciliation. "4. Beard of accountants. "5. Assistant bank examiner. '6. Board of review. "And all others?not a Blease or anti-Manning man appointed to any } place." Governor Blease, in speaking of the encampment at Sty*, said that if his policy had been carried out South. Carolina would today have had a brigade which would have gone into the service as a unit, instead of only, two regiments winch would have to be attached to brigades from other States, and instead of going in under some foreign brigadier general they would have gone in under Brigadier General Wilie Jones, who had been . i j retired by Governor Manning. He said the administration of Gov- j ! ernor Wanning had been extravaagnt, j and characterized the extra compen- I sation paid by the governor to the! superintendent of the asylum as a. "conscience fund." saying he had the-: record where Governor Manning reJ turned 344 acres of improved farming j lands in Clarendon county, with: buildings thereon, and one lot, at two ' thousand and twenty dollars, and that | if Governor Manning would pay tha J State all the back taxes he owed he | could pay several more notes. The Columbia State thus reports the speeches of Messrs. Cooper and Manning: Both Denounce Circular. "The only feature of the meeting was the statement by R. A. Cooper relative to a circular issued in the J up-country which he said characterized him as a "thorn in the flesh for j running tms year. Mr. -tooper saia he was in the race because he wanted to be governor and was running on "his merits and authorized everybody j who had talked with, him relative to! his entering the race or had corresponded with him about the matter to make everything public. He will go into the office untrammelled and without any promises to any man, interest or set of men, he said, should he be elected governor. "The circular referred to by Mr. Cooper drew this statement from Governor Manning, which he said when beginning his speech: "I have been informed that a circular has been printed and circulated in some of the counties presumably in the interest of my candidacy. I understand that this circular links up two of my opponents as in a combina-! tion to defeat me for reelection. This circular is without authority from me I or from my office. I did not know that it had been printed, nor h^ve I authorized same. I shall make this | fight in a fair and square manner with all my dealings open and above j board. I shall not stoop to personalities or underhand attacks, nor will I allow such to be done with, my au-1 thority or knowledge. "My official record is before you, j anr! nr> that rernrri T stand T am a 1 candidate on my own merits and not j on the demerits of my opponents." "R. A. Cooper said he was standing j on his own merits. >He outlined thi ; things he thought should be accomplished. He stood for an impartial enforcement of law, for the adminis- j tration of justice, for the warehouse ' system as a business institution, and j for "an educational system without any factions." In further giving the address of! i Governor Manning, the State says: <4The chief executive referred to his first act in restoring the National Guard after it had been disbanded as a whole by a former governor. He referred feelingly to his and his wife's ; own gift of three of their sons to the j South Carolina contingent of troops. ! "The governor referred to his cam- j paign for law enforcement, particu- i larly in Charleston, where liquor is i no longer openly sold and a favorablo sentoment for law enforcement has been created. He spoke of reductions in interest on money borrowed by the State, of the cancellation of the Federal debt on account of loss in propoftir o n rl an lnnmont Krr tho VoHnnal V/I Cjr HilU H ijk/JlliVli W Kf * tllV/ ? lUbtv/iiiAi Guard before he same into office, the laws in the interest of textile workers passed during his administration and educational and other progressive legislation. Gov. Manning also reviewed the asylum situation." Blease at Lexington. Over at Lexington former Governor Blease characterized the administration of Gov. iManning as the most lawless since Reconstruction, referring to seven riots, fourteen white men assaulted by negroes, and eighteen white women criminally assaulted by negroes. There were issues in the campaign, he said, which were larger than men, and the people should decide what candidate represented the principles C 4-V, UtL crf-rt-r,/? -Pr-vr 1UI WIIXUII LUCJ O LUVU. JLi<& Obwvt A.V* six per cent, legal interest, the development of the 'State Warehouse system, rural credits with long-time loans conducive to home owning. He said the people were paying too much taxes, and that too many entirely useless offices had been created to give people jobs. He said that now they were spending $300,000 to make improvements at the Asylum, and yet he j had been condemned for demanding j improved conditions there. He referred to the $.",0,000 appropriated by the last legislature, which would ha'-e to be paid by the next, as a "campaign fund for the present governor' | to employ constables to do nothing but go around in the campaign and work for him. Governor Manning said that so far he had spent only $10,000 of the $50,000, and $4,000 of this was spent before the appropriation, but that he would use ot all if he felt that conditions demanded it. He said there had been more convictions in the past year tnan during tne year preceding, and with fewer pardons there was a better observance of law. He said that he stood on his record. As in the Columbia speech, he referred to low interest at which the State had been able to borrow money, and to the refunding of the State debt at four per cent, instead of four and one-half i A NEWS OF POM ARIA. I Large Crowd Expected at Jolly Street. Anxious to Hear the Candidates. Other News. Pomaria, July .?The barbecue given here Tuesday by the School Improvement association was a most excellent one. A large crowd was present, the grounds were in full bloom with can didates for the various offices. The Hon. Henry C. Tillman of Greenwood, candidate for Congress from the Third district, was present and delivered a most excellent address. The rain in the afternoon interfered with the ball game which had promised to be a very interesting one. They were forced to call the game off in the fourth inning, the score then standing three to one in favor of Pomaria. It is expected that a k|:ge crowd will attend the barbecue at Jolly Street Friday of this week, the same being the day of the opening of the County Campaign. Everybody will want to hear the candidates' platforms at tlie beginning. Jolly Street is the home box of Mr. W. B. Boinest, candidate for the House. It was through his efforts that the graded school there, now known as Hunter- , DeWalt, was established. There will be an interesting game of baseball in . the afternoon between Swilton and, Jolly Street teams. Miss Annette Long of Prosperity, R. F. D. is the guest of Miss Novice Ray Setzler. Mrs. <May Kissom of North Carolina is visiting 'Mrs. 'W. D. Hatten. iMrs. W. C. Masters of Columbia is visiting at Mr. E. S. Shealy's. Mr. Duce Hope and children of Columbia are visiting relatives here. Mrs. R. C. Ligon has gone to 'Irmo where she will spend a while with' relatives. Mr. John J. Hentz and family motored to Whitmire Sunday. Miss Ida May Setzler is attending the summer school at Rock Hill. Prof. D. L. Wideman, who has been confined to his room for the past sev- ! oral u-ppL'c with rhpnmatism was uhl^ I to be in town yesterday. Richard Hipp. Jr., was brought home Saturday from the Columbia Hospital and is doing fine. Capt. Geo. W. Swygert is very sick at this writing. A horse belonging to 'Mr. Adam L. Aull and being plowed by one of his darkies, became frightened a few days ago, from a keen clap of thunder which caused him to run away with the plow stock, cutting one leg almost i off. It was thought best at first to kill j th worse. He later decided to treat him for a while with the hope that he might get him over it to a certain extent. This was his fine driving horse. ;Mrs. Francis 'Minick died at her home near here Friday night and was buried Saturday at St. John's church. She was about 70 years of age and had been in a lingering condition for a long time. We have liad nice rains in and around Pomaria recently. Crops are in good condition at present. Philosophy in Verse. "When man, expelled from Eden's bower, A moment lingered near the gate. r.acn scene recalled me vauisiitM hour. And bade him curse his fate; But wandering on through distant climes. He learnt to bear his load of grief; And in busier scenes found relief." Just gave a sigh to other times, 0. M. B. Mrs. Geo. W. Summer and children returned Thursday from Sullivan's Island, where they have been on a pleasure trip for the past several weeks. per cent. He said that he had exercised executive clemency in only 45 cases out of about 400 applications for pardon. Solicitor Cooper said that he was running on his merits, ana statea nis platofrm, as at previous meetings. He beieved in respect for the verdict? of juries and respect for lav/, anc5 enforcement of law, and promised if elected to enforce all laws fairly an<" impartially to all alike. J. K. A. v a i COUXTY ( AMPAIG> OPENS TODAY AT JOLLY STREET Thursday at noon the time closed for entering the primary in Xewberry county. All the candidates as advertised signed the pledge and paid the assessment except Mr. W. D. Rutherford. who had announced as a candi date for magistrate In Xo. 3 township, and Mr. 'D. A. Livingston, who had announced as a candidate for magistrate for Xos. 1 and S townships. The campaign opens today at 10:30 o'clock at Jolly Street. County Chairman F. R. Hunter requests that all the candidates meet him promptly at Jolly Street this morning at 10 o'clock, so as to have an understanding as to the order of speaking and the time to be given each one of the speakers. The candidates for the senate and the house and for superintendent of education are the ones generally on the list of speakers and Chairman Hunter has arranged to have the candidates for the senate speak first and then those for the house and then the candidates for superintendent of education. They i will be taken in alphabetical order. The ladies of the Improvement association of the school at Jolly Street will serve a dinner f^r the benefit of the schaoir-TIfey^ill also have charge of the sale of refreshments. The barbecue and the speaking will be in the beautiful grove on the school grounds. It is expected that there will be a large crowd present. We have not counted them up but there are nearly a hundred condidates. Mr. Hix Connor, candidate for magistrate in No. 5 township, is the only fortunate candidate out of the whole bunchy he is the only one without opposition. Ordination of Rer. G. R, PettigTew. I Saluda Baptist church of the Reedy j River association, having in church conference authorized Bro. J. R. Ir-j wi.ji. as a committee of one to invite j three ministers of the gospel and the j deacons of sister churches to meet j at the church on July 2, 19-16, and form a presbytery to ordain Rev. <J. R. Pettigrew; Rev. Pettigrew and his wife having been received in the church by letter. The Presbytery was formed by the election of Rev. E. V. Babb of the First Church of Newberry as chairman; Rev. H. W. Stone of the Second Church of Xewberry; Deacons J. S. Dominick of Cross Roads Church, A. L. Coleman of Pine Pleasant Church, W. J. Holloway of Saluda Church, J. R. Irwin of Saluda Church, S. Dominick and J. L. Watkins. The Presbytery and the condidate for ordination then retired to the anteroom and after a most thorough and satisfactory examination of the candidate the report was? made to the church by Rev. E. V. Babb, and the ordination was proceeded with. Rev H. W. Stone preached a most impressive sermon, explaining what ordination was and how it equipped t"h a m iniofflr fr\v V> io full r? 11+i onH i. w i 1110 mil uuuuo auu brought him into full brotherhood with his fellow ministers; also the duties of the church towards their minister; how they should sustain him materially and by prayer, and encourage him by word and act, cheering him on to greater effort and zeal in preaching the Word. Rev. E. V. Babb delivered the charge and impressed upon the candidate the great necessity of going to God for his message and reading the Word; and that the church should put themselves in the proper attitude to receive the truth as it is in Christ Jesus the Lord. After the charge prayer by Rev. E. V. Babb, with all the Presbytery j surrounding the candidate with bowed head and the laying on of hands, song service by the choir and the benediction by Rev. G. R. Pettigrew. J. R. Irwin. ^Vlod. Pro Tem. T. L. 'Watkins. Secretary. To Onr Candidates. n<->nfiaman will vou nlease to en lighten us about the tax problem, wcman suffrage, free tuition in State j colleges, the dog and other problems.! 0. to. B. j - - - -.L j j FIRST CHIEFS REPLY SETTLES DIFFICULTY Conciliatory Answer from Carranza Closes Incident?To Continue Negotiations. Washington, July 5.?Early resumption of friendly diplomatic conversations with the de facto government of Mexico to the end that peace and order may be restored in Northern Mexico and along the border is expected here to be the next step of the United States in its relations with its Southern neighbor. The crisis precipitated by Villa's raid on Columbus, N. M., and culminating in the fight at Carrizal between .American and Mexican troops, appeared tonight to have been dissipated by an amicable note from Gen. Carranza presented today by his ambassador designate here, Eliceo Arredondo. The note proposes that the differences between the governments be settled by mediation or by direct negotiation. It is remarkable for its brevity, its restrained and friendly tone and for the absolute lack of any of the strong, even insolent language which characterized the last two communications from the de facto government. It treats as a closed incident the exchange of unfriendly communi- -v cations which brought war almost within sight. Up to Wilson Now. i No formal comment on the noto was obtainable from state department officials. A capy was forwarded to the White House immediately upon its receipt and President 'Wilson will determine the course to be pursued. The fact that Secretary Lansing completed preparations today for a month's vacation to begin Friday is % regarded as significant, however, of a feeling on his part that the crisis i3 v; over. f . As a matter of general DrinciDle the Washington government alwaysfavored mediation of any dispute suitable for such, procedure. There is every indication, however, that in the present instance it will be deemed desira'ble to conduct forthcoming negotiations directlv with the ? \ Larranza government. Sligli-Davis. A happy marriage bordering on the romantic in which a Newberry couple figured as principals took place in (Abbeville on Wednesday last at high noon. Last Sundav a Dartv of youner people, consisting of Mr. Arthur Cromer and Miss Kathleen Wendt, Mr. Walter Davis and Miss Myra Sligh, motored to McCormick county to visit -Mrs. Robt. Pettigrew, sister of Miss Sligh. On Wednesday following Mr. Davis and (Miss Sligh, accompanied by Mr. Cromer and Miss Lucile Link, took a joy ride over to Abbeville where Mr. 'Davis and Miss Sligh werejyta^ married. The party returned to berry Wednesday night, stopping over for supper at Ninety-Six, the homeJ6|??r _ - ------ ^ Unveiling of W. 0. W. Monument. Newberry Camp No. 524 will unveil the monument of S. I. Ammons at West End cemetary on Sunday, July 9th, at 5:30 P. M. The public is cordially invited. All W. 0. W. members of this ani I other camps are requested to meet at Klettner's Hall on Sunday at 4:30 P. M. to arrange for procession. By order of Council Commander, G. W. Harrison. | Gov. (Manning spoke about the great saving lie had effected in the management of the asylum and mentioned the perquisites that the superintendent use to get that did not now go to him. 'Will the governor please tell us if the horses and carriage and automobile and the house of the superini tendent are not used by a man wlio is an alienist and who gets the same salary that was formerly paid the (MtrvArinfanHnnf o if a tt'Vi citci l'c f Vi ^ | oupgi uiiu ii ov n uvi v *o ^ saving in money. We do not say these zro not necessary, but if they are still there and an additional hign salaried man why try to leave the impression that there has been a saving from these sources by increasing the pay of the superintendent who lives in his own home in the city.