The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, August 07, 1917, Page TWO, Image 2
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THE LAW OS TREASON
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Charleston American:
At the meeting of the State Council
of Defense, Mr. Coker is reported
to have "read a short clipping from
the account of the speech of Mr.
Blease and blistered its author in
phrases which smote with the powei
of truth."
He said:
"I understand that even more trea
sonable things than these were said.
We must not allow such treason to
grow up unchecked."
Thus Mr. Coker has constituted
himself a judge of treason. We knew
he was a successful banker, farmer
and merchant, and we have heard he
, was a "dark horse" for Governor ir
Cooper and McLeod can be sidetracked.
But we did not know that he was
a Federal grand jury and that he
ceuid indict one for treason at a
meeting of the Council of Defense.
Fortunately for Mr. Blease the
Cokers have existed for ages and in
+ Vj-o-f ttrrvo hoior
&?IVXVJUt CXXliV/i> 111Cli VI mcvt fcjr W4u^
close to "the powers" had only to
whisper treason, when lo! a head
would ^fall into the basket. But
many centuries ago men who loved
free! Sflstitutions battled with their j
verlords to have treason defined in!
?tat*t#ry form, so that in any crisis, j
each men as the Cokers of those days
fcwgkt not prove their own lcyaity;
ky merely demanding the heads of!
their fellow me*.
J?udge Cooley, who pec-naps even
Ike learned Mr. Coker will acknowledge
ia a far better authority on treason
than he, says in his learned work
a constitutional law:
"It is declared in the Constitution
t&at ^reason against the United States
shall consist only in levying war
against them, or in adhering to their
enemies, giving them aid and com~
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The provision is iaK.en irvm
Statute of Treasons, 23 Edw. 111.
before the passage of which, as the
aactent common law was administered,
it wa? in the breast of the judge*'
Uy determine what conduct was trea Q&
and what not, whereby creatures
tyrannical princes had opportunity
to create abundance of constmctiye
treasons; that is by forced arbitrary
coast ruction, to raise, offenses into
the crimes of treason, which never
had been suspected to be such. The
Statute did not fully accomplish its
purpose in England, as was proved
fey the conviction and execution of Aigeraon
Sidney, whose real offense
?? ** - fn urenment the
qrfeftr&ry doetrinee w> * * were then
KFtiar at the court; ,b i <A? wrongs
?f tfcat arbitrary period that hare
ken areaged upon the perpetrators**
If ft? attempt to revive constructive
^toaaaO* should be made, the ConstJWIIm
by tills clause provided against
It as tar as wa? possible." Tfeus
it is clear that human nature
V *>ot changed. "The creatures ?f
tyrannical princes," are still here,
who would like to "create abundance
i ?f constructive treasons."*
In order to show Mr. Coker, however,
that there can never again t>e
ft?y "Algernon Sitneys," we shall
quote further from the same ollustreas
author on the applied caes:
"What is Treason? A mere con
piracy by force to subvert the established
government is not treason; hut
ffcere must be an actual levying of
war. (Ex parte Bollman. 4 Graach
75.) War however is levied when men
1
are assembled with the Intent of efj
fecting by force a treasonable purine;
and persons who then perform
any a-ct. however minute, or however
remote from the scene of action, and
i who are actually leagued in the jjen?ral
eon*i>iracy. are to be considered
traitor*. (See Fries case, <Wliart.
, -> State Trials, $34, and the rotaminiou3
reports of Burr's trial). AM one is
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~via.+/> tKA <*np?mie? o? the coun
tnui^ivMv w
try, and giving them aid and comfort,
wfcen he supplies them with intelligence
furnishes them with provisions
/ or awns, treacherously surrenders
to them a fortress or the like. (Bl.
! Oob. 76, etc., and U. S. Cases cited.)"
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! It does not appear that Mr. Blease
3ms bee? guilty of any of these things.
1 He has cot levied war against his
country, nor has he given its enemies
aid or comfort. Undoubtedly he has
and will levy war upon the gang that
has plunged his country into an unJutt
war, and he will giye anything
I fcrat tomfbrt to the Cokers and their
kind who would destroy the freedom
| of speech that is to bring those gen\
telmen to the bar of the electorate
^ And that war will be won, not by the
"silver bullets," which to Mr. Coker's
' conception of politics, like Lloyd
| Goerge's of war. are all powerful, but
*y the fairly counted ballots of an
( & wakened commonwealth. Not weaith,
commonwealth, is the tribunI
si to which the Reform Party%fll a'p?
peal. and Blease will be acquitted of
u treason at the polls.
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j RULES ISSUED BY
PROVOST MARSHAL j
Columbia, July 31.?Governor Man-j
ning today received the following tele-;
gram from Provost Marshal General
Crowder:
' Please send the following ruling
to local boards, giving it widest pos-i
sible press publicity: Ample time and;
opportunity has now been allowed to
j persons designated as 'members of
I local boards to present any reasonsi
i
j they may have for not serving as \
j such. It is indispensable that the
j personnel of those boards be perma-j
I ???+ tjtr coptinn & nf the selectivei
' ilCUV* J V V *. -
| service law persons designated to
j perform this service are as effectively
drafted for this duty as are the reg-i
istrants who are to be selected forj
military service. In the future mem-1
bers of local boards will be excused j
from performing this scrvice only for i
j the most urgent reasons, approved by j
the governor of their state.
"It is requested that the governor j
closely scrutinize each case presented j
to him, and that he recommend the j
excuse of members of local boards j
I ?1_ trroflf hardshin.
IUlliy m oajcj wi. ? ^
"Unless the governor believes that
the excuses presented are valid, substantial
and controlling the attention!
of the person should be directed to j
seetioa 6 of the law, and in case j
further refusal to serve the case
should be reported to the nearest
representative of the federal department
of justice.
"These instructions do not apply, of
course, to members of boards who are
to be removed tinder instructions from
> the yr&r department."
0SE IN THIRTY KILLED.
Greenville News.
"What is the soldier's chance of getting
killed in war? This question has
provoked numberless replies. A
good many have been led to believe
that the soldier's expectancy of lite j
after he gets to the firing line is about
ten minutes. All sorts of statistics
have been circulated, most of them
notable for the short shrift they give.
Roger fW\ Babson, the most eminent:
statistician in the United States has
i i
: r.:?.(ie a close and exhaustive study]
~f war casualties and announces the
i following conclusions:
Under present conditions, where
man power is being sr.ved, iio more,
than one in thirty is killed.
i Mr. Babson's conclusions are based
on the mortality figures of the French
army for the full three years of war.
The present fighting ic not claiming
| anywhere the number of dead record
ed for the first two yoars.
He says that most of the -wounds
sustained in the trenchcs are clean cnt
and of a nature that a few veeks
in the hospital makes the snbjcct as
fit as ever. Only three hundred thousand
French soldiers have been discharged
on account of wounds during
the three years of the war.
"Most of the wounds received in the
trenches aie on top of the head, simply
scalp wounOs. Practically crea^-j
ing a wound is either fatal or slight,!
with but few in between these two extremes."
Mr. Babson's figures ought to afford!
considerable relief to the American]
military forces, especially those who!
dread the draft. A good many of them j
believe that to go to Europe is to die. I
The Babson figures ought to cheer)
them up, although the hopeless pessi- j
mist will still insist that lie will bej
the one man out of the thirty to be!
killed.
Constipation, if Neglected,
Causes Serious Illness
Constipation, if neglected, Wds j
to almost innumerable coroi.. *ations
affecting tke general heairh.
biliousness for
ynn, and at times became so bad I
{ would toco me unconscious. I have bee*
} ?ound in that condition many times.
! Physicians did aot <nm to be abls to
! do me any food. I would become
I woak and for days at a time could do
! ao worx. Not long- ago l got a box
of Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets, and
j after using tfcsm found I had never
j triM aajrtAing tMt aciec in rjcn * 1
[ mtld and effsotiv* nuuinar. I belier* i
I har? at last found tho remedy that
sulta Bf ca??."
Thousands of people are sufferers
from habitual constipation and
while possibly realizing something
of the danger of this condition, yet I
aeglect too long to employ proper
curative measures unti4 serious illmess
often results. The advice of
all physicians is, "keep your bowels
clean, and it's good advice.
Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists, at 25 cents a
box containing 25 doses. If not
found satisfactory, your money is
returned. ?
Mltll. MEDICAL 09*, Elkhart, In*
"V-fW
PASSING OF THE |r
BKOWX STONE FKOXTls
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By Noble Foster Hoggson. President. s v
Hoggeon Brothers, Builders. j 1
Like a man. a house may "Boast twoj 3
soul sides." But* surely the one with; 1
which it "faces the w orld" need not! i
be repellent. However unintentional, j 1
this was unauestionablv the result ob- I i
tained in the melancholy, unattractive, I :
brown-stone front style of architcc- t
! tnre of the "oO's. Inartistic, in bad 1
; taste, inside and out. and depressing t
to a degree, this type of - city house ( <
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was no doubt largely responsible for 1
that general exodous of home seekers
when the apartment hotel first began
to flourish?a migration which ha3
lasted almost up to the present time.
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The atmosphere or hotel life, how- *
ever, is not one to satisfy for long, j
and finally the home-loving hearts '
grew restless, and the tide began to
turn. But it was most confusing, this
thought of going back; the memory of
i the cold stateliness of huge formal ]
I . M
rooms chilled every hope of the possi- .
.bility of a return to them. In a vague ^
way it was felt that something could i ^
| be done, but what! The ar.swer came: i *
by remodelling! Then the way was
clear. Through the art of remodelling i
the formidable brown-stone front aws! i
made over into a real city home; a :
house usually more comfortable and <
satisfying than one built new, in
perfect harmony with individual needs ]
and requirements. j
The unattractive exterior was re- j
placed with a facade of mellow bdick <
nad stone. Old window oi>enings were ]
closed here, and new ones opened ]
there in groups of twos and throes, f
; Casement windows with leaded glass \
?a legacy from tne days or roma.no*;, | \
beautiful, and* withal practical?j ]
were hung in the place of the homely i
two-paned affairs, bo largely respoa- (
sible for the blank characterless ex- \
pression of our city housae. <c
I Window-boxes and shallow iron- j
railed balconies with tfceir bright flow- <
era and trailing ivy in Summer, and j
conventional little evergreens flower- ;
ed with the snow through the Winter) l
Got What He Asked. ]
A big Highland policeman, wiaen'
going his round in Glasgow, set his!
foot on a piece of orange peel, and
came down heavily on the footpath. On
getting himself up, Robert ex- S
claimed:
"Awd gi'e something to ket who
put that skin there!" j
4-^1 T cri'n Vfi Cry ''o m O O TM^TT- I
1 li tc 1 i J J V? UA V ? |? VM J
ny?" said a newsboy who was near;
at hand.
"Here ye are, mi maorie!*' said the lj
copper.
"It was nae other but iie 'peeler!'"
said the youngster. And he disappeared
around a corner. *
Humane Officer?I trust that you
feed your horees with punctuality.
Driver?No, sir; with iay and oaU.
?Boston Transcript.
"On what grounds did young Spend- j
vr wvwi'wu. ,
"On the grounds that his father J
would have no one to support."?Buf- ;
falo Express. I
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car trv our Repair Dei
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ly find the trouble and
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charge of this departn*
Satisfaction. Our bus:
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I J. D. QUAT1
I Prosperity,
nomhs. added stiil farther (Mstinetioa
aid individuality to the house.
Inside, the house underwent a mira.ulous
change. Departed were the
joastful cornices and plaster medalions,
the heavy carvings, walnut
,vood-work and the colored marble
nantels. The entire arrangements
lad been changed; every room was
ised to advantage, and through that
irel'fab^e influence of individual
:houghts. a spirit of home had been
jreathed into the structure. Decora::ons
were arranged to become the
center of interest and yet so harmo
nous a part of the general plan t&at
hey were not conspicuous.
The house was an artistic triumph
rnm thA nlflr-mnms in the ton story
?where any amount of frolic could
ro on unrestrained, with no grownup
he wiser?to the most modern of
ritchens, and laundry, in the white
iled basement. Even the back yard,
leld to be the most helpless of all the
idjuncts of the city house, nonr apseared
as a sylvan grotto in Summer,
*ith its vine colored pergola, spreadng
over part of the ground space, its
fountain, flowers, and antique gtatu"So
at last we have an old thing
nsrfe new. a dismal Dlace made bright,
i neve house full of homely comfort,
ret the same spot that still whispers
>f early ays," expresses it completely.
There are many possibilities in the
remodelling of the city house which
fascinates and interests beyond any:hing
the plannig of a new house may
>ffer. And so it is that the "waste
places" in our city blocks are being
-eclaimed, and the day of the brownitone
front is passing; and certainly
:he day of drab arshitecture. W? are
earning the beauties of civic derelop
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nent; that a thins :o dq usewu u?
practical need sot &e aggrara&ngly
lull Efen so prosaic a thing aj a
louse ip. a city block meed sot b? dark
tnd forbtddJag, but may carry a m?isag?
of food chfter and friendliness to
5very pasaer-by/ gladdening, the ^hoart
md eye with artistic design and color
>nd bringing a little nearer "the cfty
>eautiful" in Aaterfca.
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Koolixnr?4Let us show you our gcarel
roofing. Use it instead of the galvanized.
Joknson McCrackia Co.
7-31-tf
lbs. Crimt#n Clever Seed?For
sale at 12c per lb-, delivered it
Prosperity or Newberry, S. C. Also
Burr Clover at SI.25 per bu. X. A.
Nichols. Prosperity, S. C. Phon?
SS04, Prosperity. 7-27-ltp
Ifowers a&4 Rakes?Am advance goea
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1 tAihi./UI u/rom-alhn f!rt
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7-31-tf
?*r Sale?Fine *^ia*d Chiaa, pigs.
Phone 45$2 or see Walter Buzhardt
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A WOMAN SPEAKS.
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Help me, 0 <*od. to keep before my.
eyes
The larger vision of this war; to'
i be
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Inspired each day by noble thoughts!
| that rise,
! Of duty, honor, country and of
Thee, j
Lest I forget, and think of onlyj
j one
Who goes from me, to see his duty
j done!
I
Help me to think of war as one vast
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w iKJitr
! Of human effort, struggling towards
the right,
! Ever advancing nearer to the goal
Of freedom from the iron rule of
might,
j Lest I forget, and in my sorrow see!
; Only the fa^e of him who goes from
me!
! |
Let me remember on the fateful day
! . _ !
wnen women sena taeir men a-i
cross the sea,
i That with brave smiles on trembling j
lips they say, j
"God bless and bring you safely
back to me!"
Help me, 0 God, in that black
hour, I pray,
Lest I forget to b? as brave as
they!
?l\ew York Times.
PrttatfaiL
| -Has old Mr. Oilers am ear for
music?"
j "He has what I would call a good i
: ear for the Hawaiian kind."
! "Yes?"
I "It's one he can't hear through."?
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