The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 13, 1917, Page SIX, Image 6
T?0 BEGIN ATTACK I
OX Ci UIE WARDEN
Attorney for (iibhos May Briuar Ac-!
tion?Courts Will Decide Ki{?ht
to
The State.
A writ of madamus will in all
X-robability be asked lcday by at-1
torneys for Wade Hai.ipton Gibbes
to require A. A. Richardson, chief j
i:ame warden, to show cause why i
.be should not surrender the office to
Mr. Gibbes. Mr. Gibbes was com
missioned to the office yesterday after 1
appointment by Gov. Planning. Im- i
mediately thereafter demand was'
made upon Mr. Richardson for the
-office, which was denied. i'
Mr. Richardson was appointed to
nffk'p February 26. 1913. and *
commissioned March 7, following.
The name of Mr. Richardson was
recently submitted to the governor;
fcy the State Audubon society, which 1
r>ame was returned by the chief ex- j
ecutive as unsatisfactory. He at the :'
eame time suggested that other j
nsmps be submitted from which ; ;
some one acceptable to him might be'
selected. This the officers of the so
ciety refused to do.
During the recent session of the |
general assembly a bill was passed:
"by narow margins in both houses to
place the office of game warden In
U*e election two years hence and re- I
iaining Mr. Richardson in office. This j
was vetoed by the governor, the rea- j
sens advanced being that the legis-!
lature ^ould not legislate any one j
into office and the charge also being |
roade that assistants to the game
warden had been imposing and col
lecting fines without due process of j
law. Also that an "insidious lobby" |
has been conducted by the clerk of
the senate judiciary committee dur
ing the legislative session. The sen
iiafowod o<--tinn nn the message
u iC M.VVVAJ V ^
until the opening of next session, j
Ji&t. Richardson now contends that!
the senate thus continued his term'
of office one year.
RICHARDS0\ HOLDS
PLACE AS WARDEX
Offieers Claims Xew Commission by
Goyernor for Gihbes to Be
, Illegal,
The SffltP
A. A. Richardson yesterday gave
cut the following statement: ,
"On February 26 W. H. Gibbes
' -came to my office demanding said of- <
ice under the claim that he was
the chief game warden of South Car- ,
olina. At this time Mr. Gibbes show- ;
ed me a commission that the gov
ernor had given him, which commis
sion bore date of February 26, and
that TU TT ftihhfifi is hfirehV
I Excursion Fares V
way System From
Atlanta, C
Arrrmnt International Assc
ets on sale June 15, 16 and 17 w
Columbia, 5
-Account Stite Teaohers' A;
and Automobile Show; tickets c
final limit returning March 19,
if ri
iviacon, \j
Account The Chautauqua i
Conference for Education and Ii
17th to April 4th, inclusive wit!
ioth, 1917.
T^T 1
iNew urieans,
Account Laymen's Missi
Presbyterian Church, tickets od
final limit returning March 21,
New Orleans
Account Southern Baptist
May 11 to 16 inclusive with fir
191 7* -LtflLUlL lii'cLy uc CAiciiutu
ticket and paying fee of $1.00.
Washington, I
Account National Society,
Revolution; tickets on sale Apri
April 30m, 1917.
Washington, ]
Account 27th Annual Reun
erans and 22nd Annual Reunion
sale June 2nd to 7th inclusive w
21st, 1917; extension until July
payment of fee of 50c.
Proportianately rec
points. Call on local ager
S H MflJ
ippointed to the position of chief
?ame warden for the term provided
by law.' I refused to turn over the
Jtfice to Mr. Gibbes, for the reason
:hat he was not indOised by the Au
iubon society or confirmed by the
senate, and at that time stated that
Llie governor did not have the right
to appoint a chief game warden ex
cept upon the indorsement tof the
r\UUU UUU owv-ivv; .
"In appointing Mr. Gibbes on Feb
ruary 26, the governor wrote a letter
to the secretary of state, whicti let
ter 1 presume accompanied Mr.
Gibbes' commission. I quote you the
following from the governor's letter.
" 'Term Expires.
" 'Whereas, by the law of South
Carolina the term of office of chief
game warden has expired and the
office is therefore vacant, and it is
important and necessary that the
said office be filled at once in order
that the interests of the State be
protected:
" 'Now. therefore, I, Richard I.
Manning, for the reasons above
stated and by virtue of the power
and authority vested in me as gov
ernor of the State, of South Carolina,
do hereby appoint Wade Hampton
Gibbes of Columbia, S. C., chief game
warden of the State of South Caro
lina for the term provided by law.*
"From the above you will see that,
according to the claim of both Mr.
Gibbes and the governor, Mr. Gibbes
was duly commissioned as chief game
warden on February 26th, at least
such was their contention.
"Today, March 8, ^917, fW. H. Gibbes
^ame to my office an again demanded
the office, claiming that he was the
chief game warden of the State, in
Drder to prove his claim he offered to
show me a 'new commission' bearing
late of March 8, 1917. I declined to
Inspect this last mentioned commis
sion stating that I was of the same
opinion as when he presented his first
commission; namely, that his commis
sion was illegal on account of lack
ing the indorsement of the Audubon
society, etc.
"You will see that I have always
contended that the governor has mot
the right of making the appointment
3f chief game warden upon his own
Initative.
"I now would like to asK wnere me
governor found the authority to re
voke Mr. Gibbes* first commission. He
had commissioned Mr. Gibbes on
February 26th 'for the term provid
ed by law,' which term the statutes
place as four years. Therefore Mr.
Gibbes' flrst commission was good for
four years, provided I was wrong in
claiming that his commission was 11
s\n arvmint of the lack of thej
indorsement of the Audubon society.
"If I was right in my claim that
ended the matter and the commission
it not worth the paper it is written
iaSoutheri Kail
t Newberry, S. C.
?a. $6.15
ciation of Rotary Clubs; tiek
,Tith final limit June 2S, 1917.
i. C. $1.65
ssociation of South Carolina
n sale March 14, 15, 16 with
1917.
a. $6.95
of the South and Southern
ldustrv; tickets on sale March
1 final limit returning April
, La. $20 90
onary Movement, Southern
sale March n, 12, 13 with
1917
*20.90
Convention; tickets on sale
lal limit returning |May 31,
until June 15 by depositing
D. C. $15.55
Daughters of the American
1 ioth to 15tii witti nnai limit
D. C. $10.65
ion United Confederate Vet
i Sons of Veterans; tickets on
ith final limit returning June
6th by depositing ticket and
luced fares from other
its for further informa
c am n d a
on; but if he and Gov. Planning
were right in tlieir claim that the
commission was a legal one. then 1
ask where in the name of Heaven
does the governor find the authority
for revoking a chief game warden's
commission and issuing a new one.
The statutes certainly do not give
him any such authority. If they had,
my job would n have been gone loiii^
ago."
RAILWAY FEELS
BI(J F1KE LOSS
lias-Electric Motor Car and Many
Supplies Lost in Early Mom
i? Fire.
The State.
Anderson, March 9.?The Blue
Ridge railway sustained a loss of $25.
000 when its roundhouse and shops,
gas-electric motor car, drill presses,
lathes, tools and miscellaneous sup
plies were destroyed by fire early to
dav The origin of the fire is unknown
but it is possible it resulted from a
fire in the stove of the motor car. A
locomotive which had just been
overhauled was in the roundhouse and
several hundred dollars' damage was
done to it. The gas-electric motor car
cost 22,000 dollars five years
ago and ran as a shuttle train
between Belton and Walhalla. The
roundhouse was in a place almost in
accessible for fire motor trucks and
this caused the fire to make great
headway before the firemen got
streams of water playing on the build
ings. Anderson's new fire pumper
was used for the first time and did
excellent work. John R. Anderson,
superintendent, says the insurance is
small as compared with the loss.
TVeather ^Forecasts.
To the Editor of The Record:
I desire to give public expression
to a certain coincidence in connection
with my views on meteorological
changes and their causes, and the first
time since I have been making public
forecasts I find it necessary to refer
to the forecasts of the weather bureau.
The forecast issued from Washington
yesterday and published in The Rec
orcl yesteraay aneruoun jjrcuiuicu
generally fair weather yesterday and
last night for Columbia and vicinity
and also for South Carolina.
Now at sunrise yesterday meteoro
logical conditions forecast precipita
tion in Columbia and South Carolina
within 36 hours, the state of tem
perature determining whether pre
cipitation should be snow or rain. Of
course it was not cold enough for
snow, so it has rained within the
period of 36 hours, as meteorological
conditions at sunrise yesterday indl
cated unmistaKaDiy.
At this point is the coincidence. T
had been watching the weather dur
ing the day and was making some ob
servations at 6 o'clock while on the
street, when my friend, Dr. Thornton
Whaling, came along and invited me
to go with him to the First Presby
terian church and hear Dr. George B
Stewart, president Auburn seminary,
New York, deliver his lecture, "The
Supernatural in Religion." The dis
tinguished speaker in his introductory
remarks necessarily referred to nat
tnral nlipnnmpna in a general wav and
explained how individuals would
theorize about the unseen boundary
which they pictured m men minds T.s
existing between the natural and the
supernatural. This point was made so
plain in the lecture that a child could
almost nave unaersiuou it, anu <ts a,
listener I was drawn ?s closely into
the thought and mind of the speaker
as I have ever experienced in my life.
Then as the theme was developed
and it was shown how the creator
exists in His work in nature, and
works, all who heard Dr. Stewart were
impressed greatly and transported to
sublime heights of faith and confi
dence when he declared his unswerv
ing faith in God as being in nature
and not "breaking in" now and then
in instances which we are wont to
call "snecial providences."
Dr. Stewart declared man had a
right to pray for everything he de
sired. Dr. Stewart mentioned rain as
one of the things man sorely needs at
stated times. Was it right to pray for
rain on such occasions? Dr. Stewart
save the answer in the affirmative
u-ith mn?5t unmistakable emnhasis Of
course the distinguished speaker did
not relate any special instances where
such prayers had benefited man. He
was not speaking on taht part of the
question, but it is most invigorating
and refreshing in this day to hear a
man of such high scholarship declare
in such positive and unmistakable
terms that "God ;j in nature and with
Anf PArl nofnm 10 99 Tliaofi TVora
uut \jrvu uaiui ^ 10 uv/uu. x ?? v*? ?o
the concluding words of one of the
most remarkably illuminating ad
dresses on a difficult subject that I
have ever heard.
Well, where comes the application
to my coincidence? It is just this fact.
Meteorological laws have practically
undergone no change since the crea
tion of the world. Of course the sys
tera was developed and was perfected
when the earth emerged from chaos.
Scientist persist in ignoring many of
these facts because tliev cannot ex
plain the causes. Dr. Stewart declared
that because we could not explain the
supernatural was no reason why we
should not believe in it.
Xow conditions which produced
rain within 36 hojirs after sunrise
vesterday include the primary causes
of precipitation wnich are as oig as
the earth itself. It does not require
either a barometer or a thermometer
in order to make an accurate forecast.
Just why official meteorologists
should issue a forecast four or five
hours after conditions for some form
of precipitation are manifest and pre
dict exactly the opopslte. based on at
mnKnhpnV nrpssnrp as shown bv
the bnromefer, if; one thins: that they
must explain. Tt is not entirely in
ignorance that T confess that T have
never seen a barometer in my life?
fV>o inttriimflnt
uiii^ ui miot uiuuuv.
In the summer of 190?. -while livin?
in my native town of Newberry, rain
was ereatly needed at a certain period
in th<" -^onth of July. I made a fore
! c-aat for rain to come od Tliursdaj *
1 during a certain week in that month, i
My friend, W. G. Peterson is still the
j volunteer weather observer at New- i
berry for the government, and he was
then and is still a rural delivery car-!
1 rier. His route included the home of
1 a certain farmer who possessed a $25
! government barometer. My forecast n
I had gone forth for rain and all the e
town and a great part of the county
had the information. The barometer r
i persisted in indicating dry wearner. 0
The fateful day arrived. I gave Mr. ,s
Peterson personal warning that a
morning to take his raincoat and his p
rubber boots. He declined to do so.:
j The whole town saw him return at
4:30 o'clock that afternoon during a *
thunderstorm of sufficient proportions a
to break the drouth. But what about ^
i the barometer? The morning after
i the rain it repented and indicated rain. *
To the credit of the barometer, how- 1
; ever, be it said, its owner was (and 1
j still is) a celebrated provincial hu- 1
i morist, and it was intimated that he ]
i had instilled some of his waggish in- 1
j stincts into the barometer and taugnt ^
I it bad habits. So much for science as!
| compared to the law of nature wort- i
ing in itself to show forth the handi-' >
| owrk of the Creator. j h
j I hope that I have not transgressed i
I the bounds of propriety in thus re- j t
i ferriug to the magnificent address of f
! such a distinguished speaker on a i
! subject which most people seem toj c
j shun with a feeling of awe. It is sub- j j
i ject v^hich we should contemplate: e
I daily in our lives in the effort to un-; ^
derstand more fully the entire reve- j t
i lation of God in the work of the world, f
j Without such study I would be en-1 e
. tirelv lost in my investigations In !
practical meteorology.
William P. Houseal.
Columbia, March 8, 19-17.
(JOrernment Crop Rej>ort
j Washington, D. C., March 8, 1917.?
! A summary of the March crop report
! for the State of South Carolina and
TTr?i*/\/3 Q+o+oo o.r? Kv
iur tilC L LL1LCU UiaiCiS, ?o ^uui^/u^u ^j ( -y
the Bureau of Crop Estim-ates, (and1?
I transmitted through the Weather B*i- j a
j reau), U. S. Department of Agricul-i f
i ture, is as follows: ^
Wheat on Farms. c
; State.?Estimated stocks on farms ?
March 1 this year, 267 ,<KH) bushels, | j
' nnrvinnrn/1 n-itVl A 1 Q AAA n VflOT Q CO JJ T1H '
ILUUiyai cu n iiu tiu,vvv a. ;v?i uqw
( lf>6,000 two years ago. Price on
! March 1 to producers, $1.79 per bush
el. compared with $1.3$ a year ago
' and $1.46 two years ago.
United States.?Estimated stocks
j on farms March 1 this year, 101,000,
! OOQ bushels, compared with 244,443,000
j bushels a year ago and 152,903,000 two
years ago. Price on March 1 to pro
ducers, $1.6-4 per bushel, compared
i with $1.03 a year ago and $1.34 two
j years ago.
Com on Farms.
State.?Estimated stocks on farms
March 1 this year, 13,100,000 bushels,
i compared witn iy,?3*,wu a year ago
, j and 17,$04,000 two years ago. Price
, Mardi 1 to producers, 129 cents per
| bushel, compared with. 95 cents a
; year ago and 97 cents two years ago.
'i United States?Estimated stocks on
! farms March 1 this year, 789,000,000
V ~ V. ^ ~ AW. r\r? vzvy} w?f Vl 1 1 1 ? Q fWl Q
U USIiClS, UUiJLiycn c\i nuu ji,xii;,</vv,vvv w.
year ago and 910,894,000 two years
ago. Price March 1 to producers, 101
cents per bushel, compared with 68.2
cents a year ago and 75.1 cents two
years ago.
fom of Mercantile Quality
State.?The percentage of the 1916
crop which was of merchantable qual
ity is estimated at 87 per cent, com
pared with 90 per cent of the 1915
crop and 90 per cent of the 1914 crop.
'United States.?The percentage of |
the 1916 crop which was of merchant
able quality is estimated at 84 per i
cent, compared with 71.1 per cent cf!
the 1915 crop and 84.5 per cent of the
1914 crop.
Oats on Farms.
State.?Estimated stocks on farms
March 1 this year, 900,000 bushels,
sompared with 1,496,000 a year ago!
1 twa vppri! aen. Prlie!
March 1 to producers, 84 cents per
, bushel, compared with 66 cents a year
ago and 71 cents two years ago.
United States.?Estimated stocks on
farms March 1 this year, 394,000,000
bushel-s, compared with ^598,148,000 a
year ago and 379..269.000 2 years ago.
Price March to producers, 56.9 cents
cents per bushel, compared with 42.7
cents a year ago and 52.1 cents two j
years ago.
The County Board of Commission
ers desire to let to contract the re
pairing of the following oriages:
Steel bridge on Saluda River, at
Wise's Ferry. Contract to be let at
the bridge on Thursday, March IS,
1917, at 10 o'clock a. n:.
Bridge on Bush River, at Croft's
Mill. Contract to be let at the bridge
on Thursday, March 15, 1917, at t
o'clock p. m.
Lindsay's steel bridge on Bush
' River, on Dead Fall road. Contract
to be let at bridge on Friday, March
16, 1917, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Gilder's Creek bridge, on the upper
J TITViUrvuVn fOci/lpTIPP Oi
IUiLU LU VYU11U111C, 1
late Dr. Carlisle. Contract to be let
at bridge on Friday, March 16, 1917,
at 2 o'clock p. m. i
The County Supervisor will be at
said bridges at the times n&med, with
specifications, to receive sa,id bids and
let out said work to the lowest bid
der, and to take from the successful
bidder sufficient bond with two or
more sureties. The Board reserves
the right to reject any or all bids.
All material and laDor to De iunusu
ed by the successful bidder.
J. C. SAMPLE,
County Supervisor.
March 1, 1917.
March 1, 8, 12. t
>OTI I.
! All persons wishing to jay ?#m
! mutation or road tax can pay the
same now, as the time has bee? ?x
. tended. The price is $2.
C. C. SCHUMPBRT.
County Treasurer.
1 2-13-4t.
THK HE?KA??D AJSU JNaVYb 1/^e
TEAR FOR ONLY $1.50.
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0UXT1I5 IXJf MA>*
WAS HLID ON U-BOAT
)r. J. Peden Tells of Expedition in
(rt'rman War Zone?Food Condition
>ot. ho Bad.
"Food conditions in Germany are
iot as bad as some reports have stat-1
d,'' said Dr. J. C. Peden, who has J
leen in Germany for the past six
Qonths. returning to South Carolina j
nly a few days ago. Dr. Peeden is the
on of A. S. Peden of Fountain Inn.;
Ilti was ill Uie UU/ jresLCi uaj nuui
'"ountain Inn.
Dr. Peden left Germany on the
Stli of January, leaving Copenhagen
.nd coming over on the Frederick ;
:th, the same boat on which Count !
imorff returned to Europe. On j
he first day out from land, he said j
hat the boat was held up by a Ger- j
uan submarine, but upon finding;
he name and destination of the ship
*- -WV* nt A 11 ATtf A/1 i ~ Tl rtr r\ fl AO f. ,
ng mines were seen, both of these
>eing in the North Sea.
Since leaving New York, last Aug
ist, Dr. Peden has been stationed In
^aumberg, which is aJbout three
lours ride out of Berlin. He was
inaccompanied by any Americans al
hough a number of American sur
reons were in the same camp, all be
ng engaged in the work of further
:aring for the wounded. The hos
>ital in which Dr. Peden was station
sd was about a 15 hour ride from the i
Western front. Only the military au
horities were ?d to visit the'
ront, the civilians noL being aceord
d that privilege.
In speaking of the conditiona
vhich prevail in the interior of the
Jerman empire, Dr. Peden said that
;omen had largely supplanted men
n all the railway work, while the
hops were operated exclusively by
he women and old men. Women
^ere even emDloved in the munition
hops, he stated, every one lending a
rilling hand to aid the cause of the
Fatherland." Food was selling at
i figure slightly above normal, all
>rices and amounts being regulated
>y the government. Food tickets,
>r "markets" as they were called,
ire issued by the government, these
equiring that a certain amount of
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' Buffalo, N.Y.
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THE BES'
Of the Po]
The Anderson Phc
"FISH AND BL
Is that their customers
They know there is nothi]
believe there is anything
proof of the gilt edge v
Blood" goods is the crops
"Word to the wise."
We can furnish you wit
We have Soda for sale.
Anderson Phosp
W. F. FARM!
Snlrl at the same nrice i
suits are so much better.
food be allowed to each individual.
Only on two days in the week, said
Dr. Peden are the civilians allowed
to eat meat.
"And they carry out this law to
the letter,said the speaker. This,
he said was largely due to the spirit
of patriotism which predominates in
Vio* ?/Mintrr T tiviiripfi ailfl SUCil
things as the government officials do
not deem as necessary and essential
to maintaining life are sold at a
high figure. As an example. Dr. Ped
en said that grape fruit was selling
at the enormous price of eleven
marks or about $2.75 in American
money.
Asked as to the general knowledge
among the German population as to
the progress of the war, Dr. Peden
stated that all news was censored
'J ?! ??* on O ?nncDntlOTlf(> n n 1V tTlft
favorable _side was reported in the
German press; reverses if they occur
red were never spoken of in the pub
lic prints. In this way, the civil
population was confident of victory,
believing that Germany would yet
s\tmy *v>?> Allied "Whilp manv
j Li lUliipll \J Ci IUU v _ w
were not confident of a sweeping vic
tory, all seemed to think that the
worst that could come was a draw in
which a treaty could be arranged and
Germany not lose any territory.
I Dr. Peden left the German empire
before the break of the relations be
tween that country and the United
States occurred, hence he was not in
a position to say any thing as to the
recent developments. There was a
fooHncr amnne- some In Berlin, he
said, that a break was not far off and
that many (Americans were trying to
get out of the country. On the re
turn trip Dr. Peden was accompanied
by other physicians all of whom were
sent out by the American Physicians'
Expedition of New York. They were
among the few who have been in
the war-stricken part of Germany and
have recently returned to this coun?.
try.
Dr. Peden expects to leave the lat
ter part of this week tor Fmiaaeipnia
where he will be located in the fu
ture.?Greenville News.
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Hilarity of
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use it year after year,
ng better and they don't
quite as good. The best
alue of this "Fish and
made^when it is used.?
;h Potash'-'Goods.
hate & Oil Co.
7!T? o v\t
is the others, but the re
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