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? ALL POSTMASTERS ARE >W
v CXDER CIYIL SERVICE
f The following editorial squib appeared
in the Observer on Tuesday.
1 he attention of Congressman Domi-1
io'ck was called to it, and he was asked
if he had anything to say about
^ the matter, as the appointment
*-kp TiActmoctflra cinnp the democrats
.
' came in power has been largely in .
the hands of the congressmen.
Mr. Dominick is home % for ;
^ a few days, having" been called .
here on account of the illness of his' (
bi other. This being his home town j
* the people are naturally interested in ,
what would be done about the post- ;'
*> mastership, at least those wno are
not so familiar with the executive' or -1
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J der of the president, or who may have
forgotten it. UntiJ the issuance of (
the executive order by the president ,
the congressmen from the South under
a democratic administration did have
*
some say about the appointments of
pcstpiasters in towns the size of New-:
skerry, hut now all are continued in
^ office during good behavior, regard-1 1
lessv.of when their terms may expire, j 1
The following editorial appeared in '
tfco.Observer on Tuesday:
O "Postmaster Hill's term expires In
August, but there is little heard ]
about his successor. The community
. seems to be satisfied with his admin-' '
- m ~ ? TtrAnl r! ' '
l^trRtion EQd ms r6<ippoiiiiuiciit nvuiu
g've. very general satisfaction."
In answer to a question from the repcrter
of The Herald and News Con- '
?iessmaa Dominick said:
"About April 1 President Wilson is- i '
sued an executive order, which he had j'
a right to do under the law, placing j
ail postmasters in the civil service. |J
\ Up to that time only, fourth class'
*>n?tmasters were in the civil service, j *
Under that order and under the rules ; *
and regulations of the postmaster gen- j1
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etfcl there will be no cnanges ?au w
^ vacancies in any of the offices, but j
- , wtere there are n^ charges against
I ' the postmasters and where the record
Is good and the service efficient the J
postmasters of all classes are con-1
tinued in office regardless as to
wI ether the term for which they were 1
appointed and commissioned had ex-, '
?a ? ?* aro in the same:1
pjreu or uvi.
class as R. F. D. carriers. They have, !
n definite term of office, and bold of- f1
fice until death, resignation or re i J
if oval for cause. And in the event of\
a vacancy from any of these causes J
the vacancy is to be filled by an ex- j1
vanimation under the civil service reg- j1
u-ations and the person, whomsoever j J
Je may be, who makes the highest i 1
_ l^rk "will be recommended for ap- j
F pcmtmen1- Mr. Durlesoa, tae posi-,
master general, says even if a negro '
stood the-T&st examination he would (
be appointed. Of course, the appomtment
would have to have the en- *
of or be confirmed by the ]
j seEate. j
"Under the present order of the 1
p -esident and the rules of the post- i 1
v office department, much to my regret j 1
"fend the regret and vigorous protest of j (
a large majority of the democratic 1
congressmen, including Speaker *
Champ Clark and Democratic Leader 1
Kitc-hin, representatives in congress '
have nothing whatsoever to do with
the appointments of postmasters. It j
is probable that some action may be J
ortprrmfed in December at the regular j
ses^cn to change conditions but it ,
is hard?y probable that anything can j
f be done as the senate favors the civ'l .
s-'^ice protons as embodied in the
postoffice appropriation bill of the .
64th congress.
?
"Of course the republican congress- ^
mea are not interested in either view j.
o* (he case, because as all of us good!}
^JMU-mocrats are glad to know they have j,
-i?ia commonly I..
tad 110 cnauw cn. ? .
known as the "patronage trough" for ,
the past five years.
4* "Under present regulations, so far
I as I have been able to find and my .
information goes, practically all tho;
pctronage has been taken from tho 1
congressman except the clerical force .
in his office, city earners at third .
? class postoffices and a police jog at ,
the capital..'
? Congressman Dominick was called 1
h<?me on. account of the eerious ill- ,
ness of his brother, Mr. Claude DomI
inick, who i3 much better now, and'
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on this call WOUWi nave uinue any n?7,
but he says that so far as the house
5* is concerned it is up with. iU work 1
^ and is now only marking time and
Important measures T>iiich are now
HAS THE EXEC UTIVE ORDER
PRES. WILSON BEEX IGNOR ^
In The State of Thursday morning
the following special from "Washington
appeared. As it is somewhat in
conflict with the interview which
Ccngressman Dominick gave The
Herald and News in regard to the
appointment of postmasters the reporter
went to see him again on
Thursday morning to enquire if he
knew anything about these appointments
as five of them are in the third
district.
Mr. Dominick was very much surprised
because he had been told positively
by Mr. Burleson, the postmaster
general, that the order of the president
would be strictly adhered to ani
no appointments would be macte and
ah postmasters would hold on to th(V"
(cbj for life unless removed for cause
or death or resignation and lew
die and none resign. Here is the
special in The State:
Washington, Juiy 18.?The following
appointments and reappointments
:>? South Carolina postmasters were
announced here today: Florence K.
Metcalf;, Campobello; Lemuel Reid;
Iva; E. W. Shull, New Brookland; E. L.
Richards, Wagener; L. M. Poulnot,
Charleston; E. C. Bethea, Latta; T. M.
Mahan, Williamston; J. T. Lawrence,
Seneca; Racheal W. Minsfcall, Abbeville;
E. D. Raney, Beaufort; W. C.
Clinkscales, Belton; Lula J. Huntley,
Cheraw; W. M. McMillan, Cffnton;
A.. G. King, Easley; J. A. T^annon,
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F 1UU, X . u. . ,
J. F. Way, Holly Hill; J. H. Rothrick,
[nman; L. Stackley, Kingstree, and
P. H. Fike, Spartanburg. 1
Congressman Dpjpinick lpew nothing
>f these appfcftnttnents except wftat lie
3a,tt in the South Carolina papefV He
aau nothing to say further than what
ae said in a telegram to the postmaster
general of which the following is a
30 ty: i
dewberry, S. C, July 19, 1917. H
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ncn. A. o. DUriCSUU, rusiuia^vci U vu
eral, Washington.
Have noticed appointment of five
postmasters in my district. May I
ask if these appointments have been;
i-.ade under civil service order of the
president and regulations of department
of April 2, 1917. You told me on
March 29.1917, that no reappointments
Bvculd be made and refused to reappoint
postmaster at Due West "on my
recommendation, saying that fie would
De continued in office under order of
p; esident and rules of department and
reappointment would be unnecessary.
FRED H. DOMINICK, M. C. ,
There was also an understanding
between the congressmen froj^ South
Carolina and the senators after Mr.
Wilson was elected whereby the congressman
would have the right to
recommend for appointment of the
postmasters of their respective dis:rkts
and that such appointments
p>ould receive the endorsement of the
senators and the appoinlees would be
^nfirmed. In view of that" understanding
which has been in force since
;he election of Mr. Wilson Mr. Domiaick
sent the following telegram to
Setator Tillman:
Newberry, S. C., July 19, 1917.
Hon. B. R. Tillman, U. S. \*?nate,
Washington.
Notice by morning papers that fire
waiting on the senate to dispose of the
before that body and wiiich hare al?-J?>io
hrwiao reVt3
irauj i?>7Crw kuv wvvwv. _
une bill has been passed by the bouse
icd is still in committee in t?e~ senate,"
eatd Mr. Dominick, "and the
fcod control -bill was disposed of
in a week by the house and it has
new been in the senate for five weeks,
rte $675,000,000 aviation measure was
parsed in a short time by the house
ana is still under consideration in the
3fnate. In fact, the house is entirely
j.p with its work and is simply waiting
on the senate. While some people
are some newspapers seem to be
chafine under the delays in the pas
0
s?ge of some oi the war legislation
thf. house can not be blamed for any
of these delays.'*
Mr. Dominick will remain oyer m
Newberry for several days unless the
senate makes better headway, but will
get back in time to be preseut wfoen
the senate sends the bills back to the
house.
The strenuous life of a congTesiiran
in Washington seems to agr?e
with him as he is looking well and is
in 8ne trim.
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THE -NEW JAIL TO BE BUILT
Oy THE OLD SITE
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The jail commission held a meeting
o.Ti Tuesday. There were preesnt at
the meeting the senator an<l repre-1
sentatlves and the chairman of the
State board of charities besides a full;
attendance of the members of the
commission. Under the act the com>";pci'/\n
r!r\ anvthinf must havp thft
liuroivu ov uv v ?? _
afproval o? the Newberry delegation
in the legislature as to location and j
the State board of charities as to the
plans and specifications ior the build- j
! . !
ing
i The meeting on Tuesday was called 1
'.specifically for the purpose of determ- j
ii;ing the location of the new jail.'
Afcer discussion it was decided to
build the new jail on the site of the'
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present jail and tile work to De com-1
n.enced as soon as it can under the J
act and pushed to a "speedy conclusion.;
.Tfcf- present jail is very unsatisfactory!
j.The present jail is very unsanitary)
' and it is cruel to have prisoners con1
fined therein.
Ii is expected now that the location
ha~ been decided upon that the city
council will build a good street out j
Harrington at least from 'College j
street to Nance and that Nance street |
- u - in i
irom 1^6 jdm iaj iudiu *T in uc put
fire condition so as to be in keeping
with the new jaiL
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They Will Be There.
i There has been some question as to
whether the speakers who have' been
announced to be at Pomaria on" the
27th would really be there. 'We have
been informed that each and every one
I has personally accepted the invitation
to be present and has promised
. tr> be on hand. It is not an advertising
scheme bnt each one has promised
, to be present and will t>e tnere 'mxess i
pre yidentially hindered. Do not fall to
attend, rt is a fine combination of
'syc.akers who hare been selected
Charch of the Redeemer.
(Rev. Edward Falenwider, Pastor.)
There will be services at the Luth
eian Church of the Redeemer next
; Sunday as follows: 10:15 a. m. Sunj
day. school. 11:15 a. m. The hour of
j worship. Sermon by the pastor. All
members urged to be present. 5:00
p. m. meeting of Junior Workers in
the church. A cordial invitation to
all the services is extended the public
i
j postmasters in the third district have;
1 been appointed. These appointments
h^ve been made without consulation
j with me and I request tfiat you hold
up confirmation until I return to
Washine-ton the first of the week. I
am detained at Newberry on account
of serious illness in my Tamily.
FRED H. DOMINJCK, M. C.
j It. does seem a little strange u?kt if i
! the executive order of the president is
to have force that' there should be ap-1
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p^intments made of .postmasters to i
succeeed themselves. . 'Why not let!
j them just hold on according to the j
' executive order. j
I The following is the executive order j
j of President Wilson to which refer-!
i ence has been made in the interview
with Mr. Dominick:
Executive Order.
Hereafter when a vacancy occurs
in the position of postmaster of any
j office of the first, second, or third
j class as the ressft of death, resignation,
removal, or on the recommenda!
ftf the first assistant postmaster
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I general, approved by the postmaster
i gcr eral to tie 'effect that the efficiency
or needs of the service requires that
; a change shall be- made, the postmaster
general shall certify the fact
to the civil service commission, which
shall forthwith holi an open competi-1
j tive examination to test the fitness of |
applicants to fill armch vacancy, and
, when such examination has been held
j and the papers in coffhection therewith
have been rated, the said commi3i
sion stall certify the result thereof
| to the postmaster general, who shall
j submit to trie president iutj uamo ui
( the highest qualified eligible for appointment
to fill such vacancy, unless
it is established that the character or
I residence of such applicant disqualiI
fies him for appointment. No person
j whc has passed his sixty-fifth birth
day shall be given the examination
herein provided for.
1 (Signed) ^WOUDROW WILSON.
! Dated March 31, 1917.
THE OLD LANDMARKS
MAKE WAY FOR PROGRESS
As one grows older the scenes and
associations of youth stand out in bold
i c liet*. And he hates to see the old landmarks
taken down and removed. Even
though it becomes necessary to remove
them to make way for the progress
and development of the age. It
may sound paradoxical, but it is true,
that in order to Duiid you musi tear
down and destroy. Somehow I just
can't help it, but since Mr. Leslie be,gap.
to tear away the home of Mr. Geo.
W. Summer I have felt constrained to
write a little something about the dear j
old place. It has carried me back
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to otner Q?tys? a,nu uiemui > u<i^ uccu
busy in recalling the scenes and associations
of those days. Not that I am
so very aged, because I am not. I
am the youngest man in this town for
the years that I have left behind.
My first recollections of the town
of Newberry are associated with the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan A. Hunter.
Mrs. Hunter was my father's
sister, and as a boy I frequently had
the pleasure of visiting at the home.
We lived then 12 miles jn the country
at the old home near Jolly Street.
The old Hunter home, which has just
been torn down to make room for
a new and modern dwelling, was one
of the oldest houses in Newberry,
though it did not have the appearance
of being a very old house because it
was always kept in good repair by Mr.
Hunter, and afterwards by Mrs. Hunter
and later by Dr. Peter Robertson
and then by Mr. Summer. Mrs. Hunter
was one of the best housekeepers
who ever lived in this town.
Tke house was built long before
the war, and my recollection of the
place recalls a beautiful flower gar|
den always well kept, and on the lot
I where Mr. Davis' residence now stands
was one- of the finest orchards that the
I country produced. There were ap'
pies and peashes and pears
and grapes and plums and. every
fruit that this climate would produce,
and the finest that could be purchased.
And there was a great tall
fence enclosing the orchard and the
j? niila nr/iont
flower garaen ou
the front. Mr. Hunter did not care to
iu-ve any neighbors too close, so his
lot was bounded on one side by the
street or public road, and on the
other by the railroad, and on another
side by the Baptist church. and the
Lutheran church. He reserved a lane
out to Boundary street between the
two church lots, the same lot upon
which my residence is now. He operated
a blacksmith shop and a gin
shop on the lot in, front of the Sum
mer-Wise stables; the old brick
blacksmith shop still stands.
But the old residence is gone ?0
make way for a modern and palatial
residence. And that grand old magnolia
tree that stood by the corner and
that was such a wonder and such a
beauty to my youthful country mind
is gone too. There were not many
magnolia trees in this part of the
country at that time. And they were
something of a curiosity, especially
fine a one as this was. And that
beautiful and large sweet shrub tree
i Kof/vro tho march of Dr02
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ress and development. 5W!hen I saw
the axe laid to that old magnolia I felt
ttke saying
"Woodma* spare that tree,
Touch not a single txmgh;
In youth It sheltered me
An<?. I'll protect it now."
"* * A1?A T Irr*OtTSJ
Or iroras to Limt ea?,i, uuc x
it would be useless. Somehow, to my
mind the beauties of art can never
equal the beauties of nature. And as
for trees I hate to see one cut. But
this is all sentiment and in this material
age one must not indulge too
much in sentiment cr the juggernaut
of progress will crush him to earth, j
Mr. Summer is going to build a
modern and up to date home on this
lot, and in order to get the room nena-ar
Tirvrr p the old
CBt'biirjf lUi Ulc Ub n
house and the stately old magnolia had
to come down. The old hos-se will be
preserved and rebuilt just as it was!
on Mr. Summer's lot near the Mollohon
mill.
And when the new home is finished,
it will be one of the handsomest in j
the city. The lot is ideal for a hand-,
some home. Those of us who live]
' ANOTHER ROMANTIC MARRIAGE
NEWBERRY COITLE IN ALABAMA
I
1 The age of romantic marriage?
seems to have been revived since the
dawn of the era of high cost of living
; and preparedness for war. This state
| ment may appear to be somewnat parI
adoxical, but recent events will bear
j us out that there is something to it.
It may be that the activity that has
quickened the pulse of the industrial
and commercial world and caused a
rush heretofore unheard of has Sharon
rftflo /VM Han flu Did Cut Of hlS
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I peaceful and quiet way of conceiving
i and executing his program and made
! him "get a move on," to use the
phrase of the times.
i
j From his snug little humming bird
perch he S*es the tremendous surging
| of the mighty masses, the mingling r>f
i millions of men in the mad push for
J victory and supremacy, not only in
! the war departments that are hasten|
ing the mobilization of our regiments
and getting the boys ready for the
| trenches in France, but also in the
i ?.ci r>H trarta TVh firfi
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greedy men grip and clutch for the
fortunes wrung in heartl<?ss avarice
from the struggling poor through the
storing of the flour that should be
made into cheaper bread for the hungry
and the meat that should be easier
to get to give them strength. Seeing
all this and more the little god of
love and happy marriages wants to
keep up with the procession in the
rcpid onward march. He has to get
busier or get left in the sweep of the
on rushing tide. So into the fangs of
his darts he injects the germs and microbes
of restless haste to exceed the
speed limit.
Hence, while the whole world *8
throbbing with excitement and nothing
its calm and serene except the
babbling brook in the meadow and
| the chirping insects that play around;
I while the huge and migbty war.mow
i
; ers and reapers^ and binders ^nd
threshers of batus are moving down
men like wheat in the fertile fields,
reaping- the harvest of awful death
and destruction, binding the widows
and little children to poverty and despair
and threshing dead bodies for
grease to move the wheels and mai
chinery for the carnage; while
crowded trains and ships are hurrying
with more men to fill ihe ?ap3;
while the earth is heaving with the
tramp and the tread and the turmoil
of gathering and increasing forces
and the sea is rolling with the submaI
rines beneath its waves and the ba>
| tele hips upon its ruffled bosom and
I the air beneath the skie9 is pierced
with the flying implements of the combination
below;-while all this is going
on, Cupid, on to his job, is spurring
men and women to register for
i fhe matri-monal race and lose no more
near by should be glad that Mr. Summer
is going to build such a nice
home, and we are, but somehow I
just hate to see that old house come
down and to see that magnificent magnolia
come down also.
By the way, when I come to think
of it there are very few families in
ftt Hiring at the same
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place or in the same house where they
T*ere living when I moved to the house
where I am now living. Dr. James Mcintosh,
the Clines, Wm. Jo&iaon, W.
H Hunt's family, Mrs. 0. Wells,
Mrs. Hornsby, J. M. Bowers, jars, mo
Crary, Mrs. Mary Wright Cnot the
same hou.se). Any others? N&me
them. So really I guess the reason
for this sentimental reeling about the
old lardmarts is due to some extent
on account of tie years that are gone
I and are behind- Be that a? It may I
am * glad that I have such a feeling
about these old landmarks. Yee,
there are the Griffins, Bugene and
John and Mies Sallie Earre, the same
places but not tie same1 houses.
Even the parsonages of all the
churches have been relocated and re|
built. But it 45 the law of natare
that we tear down that we may b?ild.
We must die that we may live.
One of the things tha*; I wanted rery
much to see on the "visit of the Press
I association to the low country was one
of those before the war plantation*
homes but I was told that there "was
, none?not one left.
So it ?oes. So It naa ever been. So
it will be to the end.
& H. A.
? Distinguished Visitors.
i Among the visitors to Newberry on
! s count of the sheriffs' convention
i
. were Hon. Cole L. Blease, former govi
ernor of South Carolina, the same old
Colie that we used to know'7 ancL At|
torney General Thos. H. Peeples.
They were given the glad hand by their
. many friends in Newberry who ard
: always pleased to see them.
: time at it, as tney Know not wna*
a day may bring forth.
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I But to get to the story of this writ;
ing.
In the issue of The Herald and
News just about two weeks back,
among the personal mentionings, it
was paragraphed in separate places
that Miss Ella Mae Williamson had
gone on a visit to Montgomery, Ala.,
1 n/J tViQ* TVTr T T* "Vfarrn umsx in At?
| lanta. In noting his absence -we hinted
that he might spend part of hia
vacation "somewhere else." That '
was. merely a supposition on our side,
although it bore the evidence of a
J foregone conclusion, as "comrng
' e"v ents cast their shadows before."
Last Monday afternoon, 4 few
hours before the paper went to press,
it was rumored over town that "Issie
Mann was married." The rumor was
persistent and would not down. We
did not want to miss such an item -of
news. The father of the young man
I Hirf-n't Ifnnw it hilt. Mr. PI SL
Dickert, who saw a Coweta calf in
! Georgia and had returned home, said
| "Issrie" had told him in Atlanta that
he was going to be married, and Mr.
| Dickert felt sure that he had married,
but we did not want to run the rislc
of being premature in the announcement,.
a?. "?here is many a slip betVfict
, the cup and the lip." We thought
. maybe the rumor was "father <o the
thought." It was in the air and seem*
ed to, be catching. The expectant pub
j lie had just been treated to tne tnrut
of a young National Guardsman
speeding to Ninety Six with a Newberry
girl, and it was only quite recently
that a young marine came back
j from Norfolk and drove up from Pros;
perity with his sweetheart to be mari
ried in Newberry. And it has not beea
; so long since another couple left Newberry
by different routes and got mar,
r ed in a State outside of South Caro:
lina. The public had featsted on. all
: this and was ready for more, and' we
1 wanted to give it to the people if
could, but we had to go to press with/,
out the information.
Tuesday morning the first thing
i went to Mr. W. S. Mann's store and
i
asked him if he had heard anything.
He said he had received a postal card
from his son to the effect that he and
the young lady would arrive home at
j the stated time and that he would tell
: ai: about it. Nothing was said about
| the marriage, but the wording of th?
: card was sufficient. That was a settled
fact.
Accordingly, on Tuesday night Mr.
Issie Brown Mann and his bride, nee
I Miss Ella Mae Williamson, arrived in
Newberry, going to tne nome or tne
bride's brother, Mr. J. M. Williamson*
They were married in Montgomery:
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, at
the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. W.
j R. Harvey, 118 Catoma street, by ifea
! Rev. Mr. MdCaslin, pastor of the
j First Persbyterian church of that
j Alabama city. They left Montgomery
' Sunday afternoon for Atlanta, J&
i wfcicii lively city they remained uatii
Tuesday morning when they left for '
home, where they are no'w reviving
j the congratulations and well wl^ies
; of hosts of friends, all of whom hope
for them a long life of happiness, usefulness,
and prosperity.
The bride is an attractive younj
wol \n who possesses the Happy
charm of winning friends by her
j pleasant and agreeable disposition.
j The groom is the efficient Assistant
j Clerk ">f Court, whose swiftness at
j the typewriter equals two or three
hungry chickens pickii g up corn all
at the same time, aid with as macii
accuracy. His thoroughness and reliability
quickly won responsibility ia
j tlte oiace or mat master c;ei a. ui wurc,
j Mi Jno. C. Goggans, where he has re:
suined kis duties and is awaiting the
! call to the service in the engineering
. corps ef the army of which he is i
| member. t?Vhen that call cornea there
Will be another war bride left la
Newberry . Wt
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