The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 08, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
MERELY WANTED SIX
5 AMES SUG^ESTKJi;
Ha|. Richards' Kecoinmendatiofis Not
Intended to Be Binding, Says
Got. Vanning.
Charleston American,
Columbia, June 5.?"Your actions d?:
?oi square with your words," saysj
Jtej. John G. Richards, chairman of;
tee State railroad commission of
ftaittii Carolina, in a letter to Gov. |
Hannine in reeard to the aDDOintment!
f a council of State defense.
Some several weeks ago the Mace
icmian cry of "Help me, Cassius, or I
aiak," came from the executive office
to Maj. Richards, one of the reform
leaders, who, in response to a tele
phone call, went to Gov. Manning's of
fice. The governor wanted to appoint
a State council of defense to work
witti the council of nvJ ional defense
Maj. Richards, who is recognized as a j
reform leader, and who was a candi-j
date for governor three years ago on i
the reform platform against Gov. Man- i
>*Bg, was as&ea 10 name sua. iucu im ,
appointment on the State council who!
had been opposed to Gov. Manning in|
State politics. Maj. Richards suggest j
ed eight men. Twenty-four men were
appointed by Gov. Manning, of whom
two were selected from the eight who!
were recommended by Maj. Richards. 1
fclaj. Richards 'himself was appoint- i
?d. When lirst called to the govern* (
r'a office, Maj. Richards was offered
a place on the board. As a patriotic j
?ttizen of the State, he accepted, and!
as a patriotic citizen he agreed to sug- j
geet to Gov. Manning the names of,
mix other patriotic South Carolinians
for appointment on the State council j
f defense. He carried out his promise,
a&4 suggested eight names. Of the
?ight only two were named.
in accepuug a pvsmuu uu uc
board, Maj. Richards directly makes
the charge of bad faith against Gor.
Manning. "You had 24 appointments
to make," says Maj. Richards, "and
although you requested the six names
f me and stated your purpose to be
aoa-partisan, you appointed only two
f the number and proceeded to ap
pointe 21 other gentlemen who are!
your friends and supporters (I having
J^en requested by you to serve and:
bad accepted before you asked me for -
the six names)/' i
The entire correspondence follows:
His Excellency, Richard I. Man
ning, Governor of South Carolina,>
Columbia, S. C I
"?y uea.T oir: i 01 uuurse
1be positon upon the ^State council of
defense* to which you have appointed
me, as I should be and am willing to.
aerve my State and country in any
way that I may, and particularly in
this time of national peril.
"I owe it to myself, however, to
etate to you my surprise at the man-,
er in which you treated the gentle- j
mer whose names I submitted to you
ior appouiuuem. upuxi iuc uuaiu, aui*
especially as the names were submit
ted at your own suggestion. You
phoned me to come to your office,
which I did, and after stating to me
the serious conditions confronting our
nation, you further stated that it was
a* time for factional feeling or action,
aad that all our people should pull to
gether for the common good. With
this statement and sentiment I heart
Hy agreed, and after discussing condi
hods rurtner you requested me to
name six gentlemen who were patriot
ic and true and known to be opposed
to you in politics, for appointment up
oa this board. The following day, af
ter consultation with two or three
friends I submitted the following
ames: George Bell Timmerinan, 01m
Sawyer, Jeff D. Edens. 0. L. .Johnson,
Thomas P. Bramlev. Eugene R. Buck
ingham, Otto Klettner, J. W. Hinson.
"There are two more names ,tbani
you requested. 1 at every nan upon
tiio :ist is known ro bo not only pa
triotic and triifc b;:t in every way cap
able of discha; sing the duties of this
important position and is among the
very best citizens of our State.
"You have 24 a ointments to make
and, although you requested the six
names of me and itaiou your purpose
to.be non-partisai*, you appointed only,
two of the number and proceeded to (
appoint 21 other gentlemen who urn 1
your friends and supporters. (I hav
ing been requested by you to serve
and had accepted before you asked me
for the six names.)
cMirrwie** o f vrtnr ar?t:on ? in tTio
oui j/i at jxjkal avttv/i: j m u*v
face of the facts is natural, nn.i no
sane person will quosti<vi the fact that
those who are opposed tc you in rol
itcs are just as Iov.il, as patriotic and
as anxious to serve t>o'.r couniry as
those who are your political friends.
No one knows this ")rt(er than your
self. Then how can you just'fv your
failure to appoint Ahese .sent tern en
when your appeal to me W33 apn
non-partisan grounds? You may have
some explanation that is satisfactory
to yourself, hut your actions do not
square with your words; therefore I
fee] that you are due me and the
gentlemen in question an explana
tion.
V erv i copcv/iiuiij,
"John G. Richards."
"Columbia. S. C.. .Tune 2. 1917. i
"'Hon John G Richards. Columbia. S. i
c- !
"Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your j
letter of May 30 and thank you for ;
accepting a position upon the State!
*e?ncil of defense.
"Ifitii reference to tte rest f yturj
* *
'attcr I will state that when I had my
conversation with you the number of
men composing the State council oi
defense had not been determined,
There were general lines, which I was
requested to follow in making the ap
pointments. The members of the
council were in a general way to be
engaged, or in touch, with certain
linps of business, o.allme or Drofes
sion. industrial and agricultural anij
others and they should be in a posi
tion to reach others who would coop
erate with the State council on spe
cial committees, etc. It was not my
purpose in asking you for additional
uames to commit myself to their ap
pointment, but I wanted tho benefil
of your judgment as to those whc
wouia De uesc uueu tu uisuimige liu
responsibilities that might be placed
upon them. I put down the names ol
a large number of citizens and frorc
this large number by elimination final
ly selected the State council of die
fense.
"It regret that you felt that I was
transferring to you the responsibility
of selecting any members of the State
council. That responsibility was or
me, and I hare not shirked it. It was
n'ot my purpose to transrer tnat re
sponsibility to any one else, but I was
seeking information from you as ]
might from any one else as to making
appointments that would carry ou1
most effectively the purposes for whicl
the. State council of defense was
formed. Because I did not appoint al
that you suggested is not to be taker
in an* sense that I did not regarc
these men as patriots. In asking yoi
to suggest -five or six names I desirec
to have them so as to make selectior
from them. I had no idea of your tell
ing these men that they would be ap
pointed. for I had not myself de
termined upon the personnel of tli<
rr-uncil.
"I- trust that I have succeeded ir
selecting a council of defense that wil
do a genuine service to the State ant
country.
Taurs very truly,
"Richards I. Marning,
"Governor."
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iJAtwr? A3u awv*
MEET WITH MISHAl
ftfmnbia Plunges Into Stream.
Coiemfeia Ptoses Into Stream.
The State.
Lexington. June 2.?Dewey Rikan
and his bride, who was Miss Marths
Hix, who were married here Fridaj
afternoon by N. P. Shipp, notary pub'
1 A 4-V* ^ %r? r?nrl/vl o-a At* AATlSfiTll
IJC, W R11UUI IUC A.UU v? U1 vwuovu
of their parents, it is said, had 2
thrilling experience following the cer
emony at the home pf a friend in the
mill village. They secured an auto
mobile in which to make the trip tc
Columbia, whence they expected tc
board a train for Newberry to spenc
some time with relatives of the youna
man T? crr\ i n cr Hnwn thp qfppn hill
near the mill Mr. Rikard lost contro;
of the car which in an instant had
plunged into the creek, carrying its
occupants with it and pinning them
down in about three feet of water. A
young W'hite man and negro boy whc
saw the accident rushed to their as
sistance in time to release the couple
and a negro boy who was with them
before they were drowned. Aside from
a severe drenching none of the part)
was injured.
Statement by Samuel Gompers, Presi
dent of American Federation of.
Labor.
"To buy a Liberty bond is to sup
port our country and to subscribe t<
i A no 1 c tt' mir nmintrv i<3 frirppr?
lugoicr nm\yu v/u* v/vua?w. j .w
maintain by military force. Individ
uals and organizations have testifie<
to their patriotic desire to serve b;
subscribing for these bonds, includ
ing labor men and labor organizations
All workers and labor organization
will find it advantageous to suppor
I this loan as extensively as lies withii
their financial ability. Money iron
their sale is indispensable to the sue
cessful conduct of the war. Bon*
subscriptions therefore become :
"highly patriotic and intelligent way t
render service to our republic and t<
the cause of democracy international
lv Thp inn's executive counci
has subscribed to $10,000 worth o
bonds."
THE HERALD AND NEWS ONT
YEAR FOR ONLY SI 50.
Coras Loosen Off
W?h Hawfe "Rote.!#"
vi mi mugiv 1,1
2 Drops Do the Work, Painlessly.
"I tell you, before I heard of
'Gets-It' I used to try one thing after
^ ~ y%/\?nO 1 ctill VioH them
ailULIiei IT7I LUIilJ. 1 JUilTTW *!!!"
I used bandages and they made my
Corns Drive Yon ilad? Try "Gets-lt''
and They'll Peel Ri^ht OIT!
my shoe." I used salves and other
things that ate off more of the toe
than they did the corn. I'd cut and
dig with knives and scissors, but
now no more fooling- for me. Two
drops of 'Gets-It' did ail the work.
It makes the corn shrivel and get so
loose that you can just pick it right
off with your fingers!"
There has been nothing new dis
covered for corns since "Gets-It"
was born. It's the new way?the
common-sense, simple, sure way.
"Gets-It" is sold everywhere, 25c
a bottle, or sent on receipt of price
by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111.
*>old in Newberry ana recommended
as the world's best corn remedy by P.
L. Wa> W. o. Xaj'fcs.
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i* WILSONS ADDRESS TO !
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
i i
[ The president spoke in part is foi-,
i lows:
. "I suppose that as you mix with.
one another you chiefly find these to,
j be days of memory. . . . You are j
51 glad to remember that heroic things j
r; were done on both sides, and that
menv. in those da>s fought in some- j
11 thing like the old spirit of chivalric;
j I gallantry, mere arc iimuv jhciuvi ?ca j
-: of the Civil War that thrill along the'
i' blood and make one proud to have
[! been sprung of a race that c>uM pro- i
*\ duce such bravery and constancy; |
t and yet thej world does not live on j
i memories. . . . There are some;
> things that we have thankfully buried j
1 and among them are the great'pas-i
l sions of division which once threat
l eneu to rend this nation in twain. The
i passion of admiration we still enter
l tain for the heroic figures of those
i old days, but the passion of separation
-' the passion of difference of principle
is gone?gone out of our minds, gone
- out of our hearts; and one of the things ;
j that will thrill this country as it reads !
j of this reunion is that it will read
1! also of a rededication on the part ofj
I all of us to the great nation which;
1 we serve in common. j
i "These are days of oblivion as well j
1 as of memory, for we are forgetting j
; the things that once held us asunder.
: Not only that, but they are days of j
: rejoicing, because we now at last see (
i why this great nation was kept unit
' ed, for we are beginning to see the
, great world purpose which it was j
{meant to serve. Many men I know, J
;| particularly of your own generation !
i have wondered at some of the dealings I
j o? Providence, but the wise heart i
1 never questions the dealings of Provi-!
i dence. . . . And now that we see!
r ourselves part or a nation uuueu . . . <
- we know the great ends which God. j
t in his mysterious Providence, wrought
l throughout instrumentality, because,
at the heart of the men of the Xortii |
} and of the South there was the same
- love of self government and of liber- j
) tv. and now we are to be an instru-{
> nient in the hands of God to see that
I liberty is made secure for man- J
f kind. . . .
[ "As I came along the streets a few;
I minutes ago, my heart was full of the '
[ thought that this is registration day. j
j Will von not support me in feeling I
i that there is some significance in this'
L coincidence, that this day, when I!
>. come to welcome you to the national
>: capital, is a day when men young as ;
; you were in those old days, when you j
. fno-ofh^r tn fiffht. are now1
vw-,
registering their names as evidence
of this great idea, that in a demo
j cracy, the duty to serve and the priv
ilege to .serve falls upon all alike? j
There is something very fine, mv feT-;
: low citizens, in the apirit of the vol- I
! unteer, but deeper than the volunteer j
spirit is the spirit of obligation. There |
is not a man of us who must not hold j
j himself ready to be summoned to the,
- duty of supporting the great govern-j
3 ment under which we live. No really'
y thoughtful and patriotic man is jeal
- ous of that obligation. So man who,
! really understands the privilege and j
s the dignity of being an American citi-l
t zen quarrels for a moment with the j
a idea that the congress of the United;
a States has the right to call upon whom j
- it will to serve the nation. Those j
& solemn lines of young men going to-;
a day all over the union to the places!
o of registration ought to be a signal!
to tne world, TO muse WHO uaic Iiuui
fbp ^ienitv and honor and rights of
the United States.,that all her man-]
hood will flock to that standard un-i
j der which we all delight to serve, and |
that he who challenges the rights and
principles of the 'United States chal-|
: lenges the united strength and devo-i
i tion of a nation ,
j "Men all over the world havej
: thought of the United States as ai
' + rannlfl !
j iraaiiis anu ihuhc* scumr
i -whereas we who have lived at home
| know the ideals with which the hearts!
| of this people have thrilled: we know,
I the sober convictions which have laid
j at the basis of our life all the time, j
j and we know the power and devotion j
j which can be spent in heroic wise for;
' fhp service of those ideals that we
; have treasured.
i "And so it seems to me that wej
1 may regard this as a very happy day.
I because a day of reunion, a day of
[ noble memories, a day of dedication,
; a day of the renewal of the spirit^
| which has made America great anions
; the peoples of the world."
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RIDS FOR FERTILIZER.
T will receive sealed bids for from
three to five tons of nitrate of soda or.
top dressing up to June 13th. 1917.
10 o'clock a. m. Right, reserved to re-,
ject anv and all bi i
J. C. SAMPLE,
County Supervisor.
t i
Snmnirr Term?At the request of a
number of persons Miss Rawl will
| conduct a summer class in music:
from June 11 to July 20. She will;
| be at the studio Monday, Thursday'
! and Saturday from 10 a. m. to 12:30'
p. m. and will give information as to
j terms and so on. 6-5-tf.
JT'XK DEALER?I pay the highest
prices for scrap iron, metals, rub-1
her, waste material, burlap, bags, !
etc., wholesale and retail. iC Sarliu,'
H2:j Friend St Phone 15 .
: 6-5-tf.
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the boys who go to the front,
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lending your money to your cour
secured by the U. S. Treasury s
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Liberty War Bonds may be ;
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They are absolutely exempt fron
tered in multiples of $100.00.
Should the Government, bef<
bonds at a higher rate of interest
War Bonds may be exchanged f<
The last great government I
and 110 3-4 in 1900. So valua
Secretary of the Treasury could
when he offered redemption.
Every cent of the Two Billi
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and American wages.
This great, flood of wealth w
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ible were these bonds that the
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