The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 13, 1917, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
PRESIDENT'S POWER
EXTENDS TO ARMING j
Lansing and Gregory Rule That Ho
Can Put Guns on Merchant- i ^
men. i <
|1
Washington, March 8.?Secretary t
Lansing and Attorney General Greg- {
ory have advised President Wilson i
that he had full authority to arm t
American merchant ships afainst il- t
legal attacks by German submarines., 3
it vat thpsp two officers?the sov- (
ernment s authorities respectively on '
international questions and law?that i
the president referred the contention ?
raised in the senate that old statutes 1
enacted to authorize merchantmen to . I
resist pirates raised an insuperable;
bar to the step he desired to take to ]
meet the submarine menace. They j
have reported that the statutes have
no application to trie present situa- :
tion.
T-i } 11 act im
w iieiuer uie picsiucui nm ? ,
mediately in acordance with this.1
opinion or will wait to call a special *
session of congress to pass a resolu-: 1
tion similar to that killed by a fili
buster during the last session was not 1
revealed tonight. j *
In view of the action of the senate ;
today in revising its rules to prevent !
another 3uch filibuster, it w'as thought
in some administration quarters that (
the president will immediately can
an extra session. Weight was given to
, this idea by the president's statement
last Sunday in which he held biame
for the failure of the armed neutrali
ty resolution on a "little group of wil
ful men" and appealed to the senate
to amend its rules and "save the
country from disaster."
However, it was recalled that in the
same statement the president express
ed the opinion that old statutes might
"Jncitnprahip nracticable ob
latOO v..
structions." Since then he has receiv
ed the opinions of the attorney gen
eral and the secretary of state.
One problem invovled in consider- i
ing the subject is the probable dif- i
ficulty over the organization of the 3
next house because of the almost <
evenly distributed balance of poKver, <
between the Democrats and Hepubli-;
cans. :
A long drawn out ngnt sucn a* .
marked the organization of more i*:. m
?me house probably would delay ac
tion on the armed neutrality ques
tion?a contingency which the presi-;
dent is determined to avoid.
It is taken for granted in all quar-j
ters that before July 1 the president |
will summon an extra session of con-:
gress. The only question open to
-- -i.*. whothor it will be called
Hi&UL Wao nuwuvi ?
immediately. Many members of the:
old house have left for their homes, j '
and some of the new members are j J
Bot here. Therefore at least a week's !'
notice is considered imperative, and!
some members want three weeks be- '
cause of their expectation that once (
congress convenes a^ain it will re- j'
main in session a long time.
The president himself remained in |
feed all day with a cold, and saw no
callers. Because of his cold, and be
cause three members of the cabinet
are absent from the city it appeared
probable that the usual Friday cabi
net meeting would be canceled.
On every hand, however, the pre
diction was made that the decision ot
the president either to call an extra
session immediately or to arm -imer-j
iean merchantmen on his own author-],
ity is expected before the end of thej;
present week, possibly tomorrow.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S ANNUAL
[AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITION i
Columbia?March 14th to 17th.
Columbia's second annual automo
bile show, which opens Wednesday,
March 14, gives promise of being
one of the biggest and best that has
been held in the South. It promises
to far eclipse the maiden effort la?t
year which was declared by "those
who knew" to have been one of the
most attractive in this section.
One of the features, aside from the
exhibits themselves, will be a couple
of vonne women who will entertain I
v * J U
the audiences every afternoon and i,
evening with song hits and ballads. |,
Miss Lea Leland is known as the "per- ,
sonality girl," and Miss Josephine ,
Harman as the character singer. Miss :
Leland was formerly with the "Every
woman'' company. Miss Harman has .
appeared in vaudeville.
Another feature of the musical pro- ,
gram will be the instrumental music,
furnished by Schumacher's orchestra
?ach evening. This guarantees good ]
music.
Many cars will be on exniou. uue
of the nifty models will be a new
model Sedan which is built according
to latest ideals and one of the most
up-to-date on the market. Each
dealer and exhibitor will be repre
sented by one of his best and newest
designs. ^*
The room with automobile acces
sories will also be filled with attract
ive exhibits, such as seen in the latest
automobile shows.
Craven hall has been enlarged for
the show and this will allow more
room for exhibits and for the specta
tors.
The show will open on Wednesday
evening, March 14, and will continue
through Saturday night from 11
o'clock eacn morning unm n o ciuua.
at night. Account of the State Teach
ers' association and other attractions
in Columbia at that time, it is expect
ed that there will be large crowds
from all sections of the State.
The show has been planned along
modern methods and will cope with
any of those in the larger cities.
about peace, remember. Yet, you
nearly came to blows."
"Don't jump to conclusions, sir,
"We were not arguing aoout a tem
porary truce, but permanent peace,
and every body, neutrals and "bellig
erents alike, seems to think that's
worth fighting for/'
ojajA. puauj juoa pus no^,,
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IMTMES TEXT OF LETTER
HAS KITH PORTE-XT
Berlin. Via Sayville. (Wireless,1
March 8.?In a bitter editorial tirade
igainst President Wilson and his al- j
eged unneutral attitude in the war, i
he official mouthpiece of the German
government, the Nord Deutsche Alge-!
neine Zeitung, today made the unmis
akable implication that the actual
pvt ynH nnrnort of tb 3 "Zimmerman
letter" is far more explicit than ex
cerpts published i:: America indicate. |
The government organ added to this
intimation a veiled threat that if
America m aloes war on Germany,
Mexico will learn the full extent ot
;he now famous alliance proffer. I
"Which way the dice shall fall de-;
jends upon the president," says the
journal. !
The remarkable article which be
rond all doubt was inspired if not
written, by the foreign secretary him
self, still further deepens the mystery
n?-* 1?? aV?a/4 +r\ fVin T r*t t pr PVPT
.11-31 "cl* cHiitciicu iu i,*iv
>:nce its partial publication in Ainer-:
ca became known here. I
The Xord Deutsche Algeraine Zeit
jng concludes with the flat assertion
;hat no matter whether President Wil
son chooses war or peace, "he shall
not make us deviate one hairbreadth
,'rom our road which we entered upon
3n February 1."
The paper takes occasion to tell the
Americans they should "thank Heaven
is much as possible" for not being a
nnrtv to the war. It asserts no vital
r*~
American interest calls for American
entrance into the conflict.
The article is headed: "Fair Deal
ing." It reads as follows:
"One word ip President Wilson's
iddress strike us: 'Fair Dealing.' As
America desires it for itself, so she is
ready to claim it for all humanity;
tair dealing, justice, freedom to live,
and protection against organized
tvrong. i
"Our whole policy adopted toward
America from the first day of the war,
ii.? y-vf ^inlnma+io rela
until utc iui'iuk v/i
;ions has been a struggle for fair deal- j
Ing and a claim for justice and free-;
iom to live, and a defense against or-i
?anized wrong, coming from a nation!
which was forced by envious adver- (
saries to fight.
"But what was it that echoed from
icros the water? * j
"Xo sooner had the world conflagra-,
:ion been kindled?a conflagration in-'
tended to complete by force the de
struction of Germany (prepared by the
political isolation of Germany)?than
the voice of an organized press assid
uously endeavored to rouse public
sninion in the United States againsi
I
IS.
''President Wilson's government
placidly looked on as established seal
law gradually was abolished by Eng-j
land.
"But that is not all. The same gov-1
arnment which had accepted, without
Dffering any resistance, British meas
ures making the whole trade between
America and us and between America
and our neutral neighbors the real vic
tim of British tyranny oe the seas?!
the same government issued protest!
after protest as soon as we. began to;
repay England with like for like. J
"President iWilson's government
acted thus, although it well was aware'
3f the fact that England, with her I
brutal disregard, purposed nothing!
*lse than slowly to undermine our1
forces, -stfiich she had not succeeded
In breaking by the force of arras?Dy
a. war of starvation against women
ind children.
"President "Wilson claims for hu
manity the freedom to live. To
Oerman people alone he denies
:he right to that freedom.
"At the same time the entire union
was transformed into one huge fac
tory of aims and ammunition. Not
only were the existing plants enlarg
ed but others which in time of peace
produced goods designed for peaceful '
purposes were transformed in order j
fn nrodnee war material for Ger-j
nany's enemies.
"The entire industry of a people
which was completely untouched oy
the horrors of the distant European
war had been turned irrto an enor
mous workshop of death.
"And while the government of the
United States confirms this concep
tion of neutrality, it claims from us
that we assume responsibility for the;
safety of the life of every one of its;
citizens who in spite of urgent warn
ing invades the sea war zone.
"Fair dealing for the whole world
?except for Germany; that is the
main feature of President Wilson's
ooliev from beginning to end.
"Thus the day came when after the j
jeering refusal of our peace offer, the j
determination to begin unrestricted
submarine warfare was carried out.
"One last appeal for fair dealing
was made to Presiden/ Wilson. The
answer to it was the repture of di
plomatic relations and further than
that, even an attempt on his part to
arouse all neutral powers against us.
"Moreover, today the president de
clares that America's direct partici
pation in the struggle is possible.
"The sacrifices which we can bring
to peaci with the United States reach
fVisv;.. limit -n-Vion tVio maintoTianpp of.
3ur rigtit to live and the victorious
conduct of war for our existence?a
war forced up us?are jeopardized.
"No vital American interest forces
ihe president to take action toward
>var.
"Tlie offer of an alliance to juexico
cvas fanned on our part to be made
)B!y after the American declaration of
war asrainst us.
''Even today we still wish to avoid
cvur with the United States.
"If America shares this "wish then
Mexico's knowledge of our offer shal?
be limited to what President Wilson's
government useu yuuusncu auum
Which way the dice shall be cast de
pends up the president.
"He alone before history has to bear j
the responsibility if his own country \
which so far still enjoys the blassings
:>f peace and which ought to thank
heaven as much as possible for this,
were now to be isvovled in the hor
rors of the sanguinary world war
without any cogent necessity.
"As President Wilson now holds iii
his hands the lives of American citi
zens T\ho disregard our warning
against entering the danger zone on
the sea, so he also holds in his hands
the lives of many thousands upon
whom a further extension of the war
would bring destruction, sorrow and
death.
\\'o matter what decision he will
take?whether he chooses war or
peace?he shall not make us deviate
on^ hair breadth from our road whicn
we entered upon on February 1.''
WOE Ft L TIDJXGS
TO CO XG RESSMEX
possible That Xext Appropriation Bill
Will Break tp Civil Service
Scheme.
P. H. AIcGowan, in The State.
Washington. March S.?Democrats
and Republicans alike here have for
the time bein~ forgotten their differ
ences, have buried the tomahawk and
have united forces co prevent,.if pos
sible. the utter destruction of their
political fences by the new postofiice
regulations which uiu jjieamcut
put into operation when alj postmast
ers in the United States of the first,
second and third classes will bo
blaketed under civil service rules,
this becoming operative April 1.
Little groups of members without
regard to party lineup or affiliation
gathered today to discuss what ap
pears to be the hardest political
knock ever given them. It is
fully recognized that the hopes of
many members for retaining their
seats in the house must go with the
severing of the strongest link which
u ^? in tliair mt ore hp
UX1IE>S tUCill IU l;ivu >vrkww. -
ing the case, there is much talk here
regarding what will be done when an
extra session of congress is called, it
being the consensus of opinion that
this new order of things wfilrh is
viewed as one of the most drastic yet
known must be withdrawn.
What is to be done about the mat
ter no one seems to know, but so far
as the working of the new order Is
concerned and the effect it will have,
the situation is this way:
It is believed nominations will be
sent to the senate as in tne pasi uui
in making selections the president
will be guided by the results of the
examinations so far as possible.
Whether the civil service commis
sion, under which fourth class post
masters are now named, will conduct
the examinations has not been de
termined. The order will provide for
a modified form of civil service clas
sification under which ail vacancies
whether caused by resignation, re
moval or death will be filled by com
petive examination.
There was talk at the capltol today
tha: when the postoflSce appropria
tion bill is considered at the next
regular session an attempt is likely to
be made to put on a rider to provide
that no part of the money appropriat
ed in the Mil shall be used for pay
ment of postmasters appointed under
such conditions. There were sugges
tions tnax wnen me tup man vci kucu
by the civil service examiners is
nominated to the senate the repre
sentatives in whose district the post
office is located may if the nomina
tion is objectionable to him bring
enough pressure to bear in the senate
to reject the nomination and so bring
about another examination to reach
a satisfactory man.
Champ Clark vras quite free in dis
mcsin.<r the entire DroDQSition today.
"There isn't any member of the house
who gets any benefit from patronage,''
he said. "Any of them will tell yon
t!>at. If you have to choose between
friends all you do is to make a lot of
enemies. But at the same time, a
member of congress knows the sit
uation in his own district better than
any one else, and a heap better than
fpiinurs in the nostoffice department
here in Washington. The history of
this postoffice thing is this: When
Taft ordered 40,000 fourth class post
masters placed under the civil service
any one with a bit of sense could see
it was a political move. Taft knew
Wilson was going to be elected. .Now
then, when Wilson came in, if he had
said, 'T know this was nothing but a
nsvli+i/tol tvi/vu-o and T'm nnt ?TOin ET to
stand for it.' he might have nullified
that order, but that wasn't done. They
kept certifying three names, the fel
low who was interested in it, and it
seemed certain that out of the three
at least one of them woulcl be a
Democrat. But along came the
Burleson ukasee which said the man
highest on the list of the civil service
must be chosen, and to my mind that
raised more cam m puuut-o mau auj
thing else and it is one of the main
reasons why the next house is so
close. People in a Democratic dis
trict want a Democrat in office as
postmaster."
It has been suggested that the or
der would put many Republicans in
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cfn--? z.3 many ci' thp more active as
sistan: postmaster* are Republicans:
retains j by the lxiraocratic post-1
masters. and some are asking what'
would happen ii" the one man certi-1
fiod iron, tue examination were t i
negro. The postmaster general, ac-1
cording to those who have talked with'
hmi. .iay > tJ:at th<- examinations will j
have to take place and there will be
"no special privMege to any one.''
mma^m
I
Mamma's in Heaven.
j
Two little children, a boy and a girl,j
Sat by an old church door.
T1 m ? j v 1' a 1 i t H <s foot u-oro hrnuii 3 5 !
the curl
| That fell on the dress that she wore;
! The boy's coat was faded and hatless
was his head;
i A tear shone in each little eye.
j hy don t you run home to your
mamma," I said:
And this was the maiden's reply:
Choros.
j "Mamma's in heaven; they took her
away,
Left .Jim and me alone;
We come here to sleen. at the close of
day.
For we have no mamma or home.
We can't earn our bread, we're too lit
tle," she said;
"Jims five years and I only seven;
There's no one to love us since papa
is dead,
And our darling mamma's in heav
en.''
|
"Para was lost out at sea, long ago,
(We waited all night on the shore.
For he was a life-saving captain, you
know,
But he never came tuck any more.
men mamma got sick, augeis iuok. j
her away,
She said to a home warm and,
brighc; 1
. 'They'll come for my darlings,' she!
i told us, 'someday,'
| Perhaps they are coming tonight." ,
i
" 'May "be tonight they've no room
there,' she said,
'Two little ones to keep;'"
Then placing her hands under little
Jim's head,
She kissed him, and both fell asleep.;
The sexton came early to ring the
church bell,
He round mem oeneam me snow
white;
The angels made room for the orphans
to dwell
In heaven with mama that night.
Your Cousin.
i FIRST REGLMEST READY
TO FIGHT GERM AXE
; Columbia, March 1.?Lieut. Col. P.
i K. McCully, Jr., of Anderson; Maj. T.
; B. Spratt, of Fort Mill, and Capt. L.
C. McFadden, of Rock Hill, were In
the city today on "business which
happened to get them together in the
office of the adjutant gentral, where:
I they were seen by the -Columbia cor
respondent of The Charleston Ameri- j
can. They stated that they had no
opinion to express- as to the contro
versy between this country and Ger
i many, but that they felt they could
speak for the First South Carolina
regiment, so far as to say that its
officers and members were ready and
prepared to respond to any call in
the line of their duty.
| Capt. J. M. Graham, mustering
' officer, has just returned to the city
after standing the examination order
ed to decide upon his qualifications
for promotion to the rank of major.
The examination was held at Fort
Moultrie.
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H0>. A. K. SANDERS IN
CHARGE OF PENITENTIARY
Has .Matured Plans for Humanizing
Treatment Accorded the Convicts.
Will Institute the Merit System.
Columbia, March 1.?Hon. A. K. San
ders. of Hagood, Sumter county, to
day took charge of the South Caro
lina State penitentiary, succeeding
C'ol. D. .J. linnim, who nas servea as
superintendent for the past 18 years.
Mr. Sanders was elected superintend
ent by the legislature at its recent
session. Col. Griffith did not offer.
for re-election.
At the time of his election, Mr.'
Sanders was a member of tlie house
of epresentatives from Sumter coun
ty. He entered politics in 1888, when I
^ ~ ~ C * nlnrttn/1 f r\ t ll )l AllOO frnrii '
lie rtas 111 SI CICtlCU IU ^
Sumter. Ke ha* been prominently1 j
identified with public affairs since that j ,
time. In 1S99 he was elected as one ! |
of the directors of the State peniten- \ j
tiary, and continued in. that position^
for 16 years during 14 of which he;,
served as chairman of the board. la;.
1914 he again offered for the position
of member of tlie house from Sum-! ^
ter county and was elected. In 1916 ! ,
he was reelected. I,
voorc? nf Ck && Tip 1
-. AI . uauuti o 10 *j\j /v^uic v/*. -.-x/
is a graduate of the Carolina Military,
institute, of Charlotte, X. C., and has j
made farming his life work.
It was stated at the penitentiary to-j
day that Capt. William H. Sondley ;
would be continued as captain of the I
guard, which position he has held
under Col. Griffith. Mr. P. H. Lesesno
will be succeeded as bookkeeper by
Mr. L. L. Bultman, of Columbia. The
appointment of five new guards was
announced.
It was stated that the merit system !
of dealing witb prisoners win De in
stituted. . |!
Superintendent Sanders lias care-.
fully matured plans for humanizing 11
as far as possible the treatment ac-1
corded the convicts. What he consid- i
ers one of the most important fea- [
tures of changes which he will un-1
dertake is the plan of rewarding
prisoners who prove themselves
trustworthy with certain liberties not
inconsistent with prison management.
Mr. Sanders during the past 16
years has been a member of and!
chairman of the board of directors of
the State penitentiary. In that ca-j
pacity he has made frequent trips of
inspection through prisons in other
States, making a close study of their j
methods. Many of the modern fea- j
tures of the work attempted in other j
States will be undertaken by thfe new j
an norin tort on f
Mr. Sanders made it clear that In j
his opinion changes which he propos
es must be made gradually, but he is J
confident that this State can ultimate-1
ly have a prison routine and disci-!
pline in accord with the experiences I
of other States, which involve no un-|
reasonably strict discipline of the'
men. j
"Under the present system in the1
! penitentiary," said Superintendent
i Sanders today, "but little distinction
is made between prisoners who have
i proved themselves trustworthy ana
those whose records are bad. I think j
: we ought, as far as possible, to pro
virt? crimp rpwards for the better
class." Mr. Sanders mentioned two
or three privileges which he thought
might reasonably be extended the
men under his charge, bjit did not
wish, them to be made public until
they had been eiven the sanction ot
the board1 of directors. \AH1 of the
plans which Suuerintendent Sanders
has matured will be submitted to the
board for its approval before being
instituted in the prison management.
One very interesting feature of the
change which the new official will un
dertake to bring about relates to the
dining room. At present the men re
ts/ble Six
lible Because of Its Bign
beauty?its power and cc
.ble roominess.
^ote the width and depth of the seats,
he size of the doors, the leg room in
x>th tonneau and driving compart
nents. Every measurement means
* Vioc q nart in
:omlort ana servicc auu ~ t
naking the Oakland Six one of the
randsomest, as well as most sen
sible, cars ever built.
(33)
CU-O^NTA. A 'JO C).
'hone 172 Ask for Demonstration
:eive their meals from s; ig!e planks,
ivh.ich serve as a table. Other Ion*
planks without backs seats the men.
riii pans contain the food, which is
dumped into them, each man's allow
ince being apportioned by the walc
jrs.
Mr. Sanders intends to make meal
cime a more cheerful honor for the
lungry men. The bare planks from
kvhich the food is served will
)lace to oil-cloth covered tables,
"'hairs will be substituted for the un
comfortable benches, and plain plates,
cnives and forks will take the places
)f tin pans and spoons. The food will
;e placed on the table for each rnai:
;o help himself. This is the superm
endent's plan, but it will be submit
ed to the board of directors before
)eing put into practice.
v The raising of truck will be en
couraged on all of the .State farms, su
:hat the men in the penitentiary and
it the camps may be fed an abundance
)f vegetables. A canning outfit will
ae used to preserve the truck pr?j
iucts, so that the men may have it
variety of food during the winter
months.
Mr. Sanders plans to institute some
form of industrial work for the mer:
inder his charge. The chair factory
VVIUC'n Was opuiiiicu IU1 :}uiiic iuuuvuj
ias been discontinued for some time.
Phe men are now idle a s;reat part o?
the time. Mr. Sanders was not read?*
today to make an announcement of
what kind of work would he under
taken. but. stated that some enter
prise would be established in the pris
on walls.
Mr. Sanders today announced the
appointment of five new guards whu
will be assigned to duty in the peni
tent! They are: Messrs. Newel L
of ^.L^eville: Sullivan, of Laurens;
Keenan. of Aiken; McWaters. of Ch<^
ter, and Abbott, of Oconee. They take
the places of H. X. Boykin, W. S.
Ramsey. George Duren, Horace Cairo
and I. S. Chappels.
NOTICE ABOUT COMMUTATION
XAA.
The time has been extended for the
payment of the Commutation Tax.
AH persons liable to road duty will
be worked the full six days unlese
the tax is paid. I am giving out this
notice to let the people know that the
law going to be enforced: and if
you are called on to work the roads
when you are busy in the farm, don't.
blame me.
J. C. SAMPLE.
County Supervisor '
e i to Mek 15.
FOR SALE: $30,000
REFUNDING BONDS'
A
Sealed bids will be received at Ne^
berry, South Carolina, until 12 o'clock
noon Tuesday. March 20th, 1SH*7, for
the purchase of $30,000 Town of New
berry, S. C., 20-year water and light
coupon bonds to be in denominatioa
to suit the purchaser, the said bonds"
being refunding bonds of water an&
light bonds for a part of the amount
issued in 18SH5, totalling 42,000. Bid?
desired on 4 1-2 and 5 per cent bonds*
separately, nterest payable semi-an--,
nually. Place of payment optional
with. Durchaser. AM bids must be ac
companied with a $300 certified check
payable to the undersigned. Com
missioners of Public Works reserve
the right to reject any and all bids^
M. L. SPEARMAN,
Chairman. ,
C. E. SUMMER,
H. W. DOMLXICK,
UOramissioiiers ul .ruiuuc
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