^ VOLUME LY? NUMBER 47. NEWBERRY, S. C? TUESDAY,/USE 11. 191S. ^ TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAR
r SENATOR TILLMAN ANSWERS
GOVERNOR MANNING'S LETTER
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Says That Lever and Manning Are
Both l:nder Obligations to Him j
^ on/} Hn Will Snppifv If ThPV I
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Ck Desire.?Snappy Letter.
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Vp The following letter of Senator
v Tillman "was sent to The Herald and <
News several days ago with release j
at 8 p. m. on Sunday evening. Sunday
morning The Herald and News j
received a telegram from Senator;
Tillman requesting the return of the
lpi-tp-r and cancelling the release. We
wrote him immediately returning the ' <
copy -but told him if it were publish- j
ed in some other paper that we would
use it, but if not we <vould withhold j ,
publication. On Monday morning it
r appeared in the Charleston American j
irom their Columbia correspondent;
and we are new copying it from that
paper and do not feel that there is ;
any obligation to hold it up as it al-j
readv Las been puonsnea. it is a. j
god letter and sounds like the Till- j :
man of old. It rips the governor up ,
the back and somewhat lays Con- i ;
gressman Lever out. We knew thatj
the senator would smoke 'em out and
we said so some time ago. This letter ;
sounds and reads like there is a iot j
of the old time Tillman fire left and
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j we expect more racy developments:
Kb J t'^o f .fire. There are several
in t!?e letter that we woulu .
30k omment on but a? we thought
Mp it would be held up we did not write i
Of them and it is too late now for this j
W Issue. It is racy reading and we are
sure that the readers of The He~?lii; :
]: and News will enjoy it.?Editor Her- j
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Washington. D. C.. \
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VSenior
Tillman gives out the fol- j
lowing M^te&ent in rep^ to Govern- ]
or Manning's open lette^addressed; <
to him under date of June 1: i]
I have no device to question Gov-1 i
ernor^rtPhnm^s personal patriotism!']
but there are some features of his j '
attitude in regard to the selection of j J
a successor to the office I now hold i
that I feel compelled to deal with. <
I To quote his own words: "Thii4 j
k is a time, however, if I may remark it. i
A which demands self- abnegation and
the subordination of selfish or ambi- 1
tious aims." This patent truth stat- i
ed wkh such clearness causes me ,
rto wonder how Governor Manning j i
can justify the urging of 'Mr. Lever ^
"^1 to give up the chairmanship of one 7
of the great committees in the house
to offer for the senate. Mr. Lever .
had in this crisis an opportunity such ?
as come to few men to serve th? ,<
farmers of South Carolina. This he <
has thrown away to run for the sen- ]
ate and also attempt to jeopardise the ]
chairmanship of the committee on I 3
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nava? affairs. If Mr. Lever should ,
am not re-elected the State loses the
^ chairmanship of the committee on ,
\ naval affairs. If Mr. Lever should
win he will go to the foot of all the
^ 'committees on which he will serve,! ,
H and so would Blease. J
W Did Governor Manning consider the j
J State's best interests when he ad-1 .
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vised and persuaded Mr. Lever to;
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throw away the chairmanship of the ^
committee of agriculture of the ,
house to go into a race for the sen-!
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^ Th?.?tate had successfully passed B
through the floating of more than it-3
A share of the Libertv loan. This ii
evidence enough that the State o? ,
II? South Carolina was loyal and true 1 (
PIV and earnestly behind the President: <
and the war. .
i This over-subscription to the Lib- '
' erty bond issue and the generous -contributions
to the Red Cross on the j
part of the people of South Carolina i
completely refutes Governor Man- j i
ning's statement to the President and j ;
"Mr. Lever's assertion in his announcement
that the causes of the
war and the objects for which our j
country are fighting will have to be
explained in great detail on the
r stump this summer in every county
or 'Blease will be elected and the 1
|A people of South Carolina will go o-n !?
record as disoval and opposed to the |
war. For myself I have no doubt
about the patriotism and the loyalty
of the people of South Carolina and j
they are just as well informed as some
people who set themselves up to be j
their leader, f have no hesitation in
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resenting such misrepresentations of
their loyalty and .patriotism.
I fully share the opinion of President
Wilson who in his last address
to Congress said:
"Politics is adjourned. The elections
will go to those who think least
of it; to those who go to the constituencies
without exDlanations or
excuses, with a plain record of duty
faithfully and disinterestedly performed.
I, for one, am always confident
that the people of this country
will give a just verdict upon the
service of the men who act for them
when the facts are such that no mar
can disguise or conceal them. There
is no danger of deceit now."
How does this statement of President
Wilson's compare with Governor
Manning's open letter to me?
Governor Manning says, "My opinion
was and is that it is imperative
for him OBlease) to be met in debate
at every meeting so as to keep the
true and vital issues of the war and
loyalty to onr country and government
before the people." Also, "That
we in South Carolina could not take
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State and national duty to see to it
that South Carolina was represented
in the United States senate by on^?
who was, and is, loyal to the United
States and a strong supporter of
President "Wilson anrl his administration.
Blease does not fill these requirements."
Here is the crux of
the situation: Governor Manning
was not willing to trust the peopie
with making their own nomination
for senator and he with the aid of
a very small coterie of politicians set
to work to make a senator satisfac
torv to Governor Manning. Naturally
Governor Manning is concerned in
the defeat of Blease. This is no new
sensation to him; he has called on
me in times past to bring about this
nuch desired event and I contributed
something to th^ end, notably whei
le himself was in the race two years
igo for governor, but now he thinks
it advisable to get someone else to
'bell the cat." What a transformed
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ind UDlQUltOUS S linesman 11c 10
It comes to making it possible to
3lect a senator, frow that of 2 years
igo when the issue was on the election
of a governor?
I want to say in this connection
that when the second race was on
!>etween Manning and Blease I issued
/xT?r? eiornatnrp a letter in
_>ver jlu.y a ~ _
which I t.ied 'Blease and McLaurin together;
I outlined the iniquities conlected
with the proposed deal, etc.,
md had this statement ready for the
winter when 'Mr. Lever came to
rrenton in the hot weather in early
September in an automobile with the
Mt-foinc down and returning to Co
y/U.1 Laiuo
lumbia after dark to get. this anti- j
Blease document to the -printer?., ;
keeping it a secret as to the part he
vas taking in the election.
Governor Manning's opinion as well
3 s Mr. Lever's as to my ability to
defeat. Bless0 by newspaper coramunirat^xis
and nr* own plan of campaign
have evidently undergone a
considerable change in their minds.
Tv,r> hii.rf- tri:th about. the matter
is this: Governor Manning has recently
been in the business of making
a senator for the people of South
Carolina to swallow. To carry his
plans through he even went to Washngton
and tried to set the President
>id 'Gen. |T?ul<v-on to help him, making
the snecious statement that Tillman
could not defeat Blease. Ke
Rras asked who in his judgment could
defeat Blease in South Carolina and
Governor "Manning named Mr. Lever
as his candidate. Governor Manning
!:as been instrumental in taking from
a olace of usefulness a youns: man
whoso <-prft?r was fx;li of promise an.{
possibilities and offered him as z
sacrifice to nothing less than vanity
and tullheadednesc. If there are ar.v
t'**o persons in South Carolina who
have more cause to 'be grateful to me
for services than Governor Manning
and Mr. Lever, I do not remember
ft'ho they are. Neither will deny what
I have done for them nor attempt to
belittle its value. If they want m.* to
?r>eoifv I will do so. ;
There is one striking feature abcu:
Governor Manning's open letter to
me. In his egotism anc} ?anity hi
makes no effort to conceal me raw.
that he has tried to use President
Wilson and General Burleson and
create impression that B lease
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a menace. Just hew far the gcod S
people of the State will resent this p
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big difference in re-electing Tillman 1 a
to the senate and re-electing Manning i I
governor. This statement will find i s
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its vindication later on. i a
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' 'Mr. Lever "has stated to me and J s
also to others that he would under | r
no circumstances run against me but | c
would aid me in every way he could i c
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in my re-electicn. After my an- j 1
nouncement I know that General Bur- I f
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leson advised Mr. Lever to declare | c
for my re-election. But in spite of' e
; his protestations of personal and po - J 8
j litical friendship. Mr. Lever has en- j v
<l/vnirni.nil + /-v fVlfl l'mnroooinn in ^
ucavui cu iv xi catc cu^. nu^i iu j
the State that he is the candidate of i a
the administration when he in fact j c
is Governor Manning's candidate [ 11
; brought about 'by a deal that Gov- j *
! err*r Mannin? thought hp h*d made|
but the terms of which could not be 11
complied with. j fc
I am amused at one sentence in.
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"Mv views would have been offered'
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to you with equal frankness had you I 1
l sought them, but I did not feel justi-1
I fied in volunteering advice to you.*'!
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. Yet the gove^or did feel justified in (
I advising Mr. Lever to run asrai~?t mc.1
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I will remind the aovernor that it;
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had been his habit when visiting : '
1 Washington or merely passing
| through to always call th? senate T
committee on naval affairs to pay
| his respects and exchange views i
with me, ibut when he came on the I f
, r[ huntirc: a champion of th^ j 1
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-rrner.c to c! of end. a*"-. exnlgfin |
0" * entering irto the war and the
rr"?~~i?v for its vigorous prosecu- j
tion he never deigned to call at my |
office at all. In this he erred. When j
he came to Washington senator-mak- j
in. T would have listened to all he i
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Viar? tr? cnv with rpsnprffnl a J-tpntirv: i
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and he might have saved his face in i
this conntroversv of his own making j *
as his message to me through Gen- i 1
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ern! Burleson referred to in his let- i :
ter was never delivered. How ex- j r
j alted he considered Ms views to be! j.f
Instead he went about secretlv to r
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pe~suadp President. Wilson and the r
cabinet members t^at Blease would ^
beat me unless some one would de- v
fend the president and meet Blease .?
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i on the stump. T desire to sav nere La
tbat neither the president nor any ^ ^
member of his cabinet have suggested i ?
ro me Ahac T should retire from the t
senatorial race. Thin the people of *
South Carolina can see fo-r them- [ t
j selves how Governor Mannin?r 'has | s
i with a few men in Columbia and j
scattered here and there over the j r
State endeavored to name the office-, h
holders and frame un a slate for the I
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South Carolina the influence and
irestige she enjoys today. I have a
ontempt for that kind of judgment
.nd politics which has taken Mr.
jever from the post where duty
hould have held him. Blease is not
l menace to me and there is not the
lightest danger of his election. Th =
ecent Democratic State Convention
:onsisting of delegates from 44
aunties contained Biease delegations
ro monlv three counties. Seventy,
ive per cent of the delegates to tha*
onvention were and are for my rejection
to the senate and the cordial
;reeting and the interest manifested
rhen I appeared before that con ention
is a sufficient and complete
nswer to those who have studiously
irculated the report that I was physcally
and mentally unfit to discharge
he duties of senator.
There are many other South CaroInians
just as capable as Mr. Lever
r> fill the position of senator, as acceptably
a Mr. Lever could fill it. and
rho have been urged to run, but they
ave decined taking the positios fhai
hey did not want to jeopardize the
hairrr.anship of the committee ou
i3val affairs so valuable fo the State,
nd they did not. think I should re;re
at. this time ^n the ^an'^n's crisis.
Whether it wa? -^Ifisii ambtic**. or
>2triotism that <iietated Govr nor
inning's action "rsii ver
o run for when Mr
had promised to support me,
secure the support
:f President Wilson and his adminstration
in behalf Wr. Lever by
ir.estioning the loyalt* ^atriotm
of the peo^'e of t-^ State, I will
esvo fo the voter- of the St?*e to
lecicle.
B. R. Tillman.
Letter From Her Boy,
Mrs. L. M. Fellers lias received a
etter from her son. Sergeant. John
tellers, who is a member of Co. K
1-Sth regiment in which there are a
lumber of Xewberry boys, and it ia
he first letter we have heard to arive
that was written after the ar
ivai ol uie croups suujuwucib iu
'ranre. Of course he does not say
riiere they are or anything that would
;ive any information further than to
ay that all the boys are well and
appy and in 'fine spirit, and we menion
it merely to give that information
o others who have hoys over there.
V'e are glad to receive the in forma ion
as one who has a boy in the
ame company and from whom we
lave not heard since the troops arivpr?
tha information that, they
ad arrived safe. ?
Miss Mildred Purcell returned la.-?t
??ek from the Sacre?! iReart college,
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\\EWBERRY ELKS WILL
OBSERVE FLAG DAY I
The Newberry lodge of Elks will
observe Flag Day on Thursday even- j
ing with appropriate ceremonies and
a fine musical program and address !
on the flag. Judge Mendel L. Smith j
now at Camp WadsworUi is expected ;
to deliver the address. The exercise- 1
will be held in the court house and
will be public and every one is in- '
vitpil to attend.
j The following program will be ob- j
| served:
i Song. Star Spangled Banner and '
! chorus.
Violin solo. Miss Mary Kibler.
Reading history of the flag.
j Solo. Keep the Home Fires Burn- j
; ing. Rev. E. V. Ba'bb.
Address on the flag^ Major Mendel
L Smith of Camp waaswortn.
Song. America and chorus. j
So:o. God Be .With Our Boys Tonight.
iMiss Goode Burton.
Son<r, Aul Lang Syne.
Chorus: Misses Goode Burton,
Julia Johnstone, Carolyn Caldwell, '
Mary Frances Cromer, Teressa Mavbin.
Elizabeth Salter. Minnie 'Salter
ar.d Rev. E. V Babb, W. G. Houseal,
Jr.. "VV. E. Long.
Violinists: Miss Mary Kibler and
Miss Susie Dawson.
Accompanist: Miss Mazie Dominicfc.
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Second Ko<! Cross War Fund.
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The quota for Xewberry county was
: 512,000. The result of our campaign
is as follows: '
Total subscriptions to date $22,142.00.
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: Total number of subscribers, 4,548.
'I We ask all members of committees. .
all contributors, the newspapers and ;
' every person who in any way aided
! in the second Red Cross war fund :
1 campaign to accept this expression o*
^ our most heartv thanks and apprecia:
ticn. The record of Newberry count/
| in war service is one of which ai'
: j patriotic citizens may be proud. The
| splendid work that we have hitherto
; clone is only a sort ot preparation tor
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j the greater work that lies ahead of
| us. for we have only been walking the
path of service which leads to the
i place of sacrifice. It is of the utmost
importance not only that we continue
, to give freely and librally -but that
! we cultivate the will to sacrifice.
| without which we <;annot win the
war..
Geo. B. Cromer,
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W. H. Hunt,
[ Arthur Kibler,
; Geo. W. Summer,
Z. F. Wright. !
, j C. D. Weeks. j
War Fund Committee. ;
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Seeing the Eclipse
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: The sun's eclipse, which was tota: ;
| on a line from Washington State to
; Florida, was witnessed in iNewberry
, Saturday evening by many interested ,
' j snectators and several casual ob
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! servers. Xewberrv was not in the
' j path of totality but got a uood view i
! of t?ie orb whose face was darkened
over the immense space of about '
j three quarters of its circling rim;!
v? . ? r- 4-V> rannrtor wra c? ohla f-r, j
751^ Ifll (13 llin IV I ?? UO tv J
j judge considering the fact that his ;
! calculations were taken along with j
1 tb? looks of two very 'beautiful young
girls in touching proximity during j
the day-light fading "from the nar-;
j rowing crescent of the disappearing j
' sun." Some people didn't see that.;
neither did they wait to see the re- i
j markable spectacle of the "pearly '
! radiance of the mysterious solar cor- i
ona around the jet hlack hall of the j
| moon hanging in the sky amone tlTe j
I brighter stars." Thev didn't s^ i* r<~- '
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i cause they were too busy looking af-'
: ter other things.
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Card of Thanks.
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! Vvre wish to thank our friends an5 (
; neighbors for their kindness shown j
| u<? in the death of our beloved baby, t!
Bonnie E. Wooley. May God pour j
o :t his richest blessings on them for ;
J their kind deeds.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wooley.
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WRITES INTERESTING LETTER
OF THRILLING EXPERIENCES.
The Herald and News is permitted
to print the following very interesting
letter from Lieutenant James Wallace
to his mother from somewhere over
there. It was written on Mother Day
a very appropriate day for a son to
write his mother though any day i3
ayyi vypi igic lvji ouv/u ct luo'v .
Dear Mother:
As today is Sunday and it is what
is known as Mother Day, or rather
all in the A. E. F. that are able are
going to write home to mother.
As I am now my own censor I will
try to tell you of some of my adventures
while attached to the French
armv rinn'nor thp ihie1 fieht. Was sent
un there to learn French method oJ
fighting.
T livqfl th?*ee v-^ks -T^hr un in the
front line almost, as my dugout wa*
situated about three hundred yard?
behind the frrnt line.
Had two real narrow escapes frcn
making a prolonged visit to St. Peter.
On one occasion I was talking to
two French officers and a shell burst
about 2~> yards from us and when the
dust cleared up there was two of us
and what remained of the third was
a shapeless mass of quivering flesh
and that was all.
In another I had just returned from
?. patrol in No Man's Land and was
standing on our front line paraper
when the Germans suddenly opei^e!
up sweeping our trenches with machine
gun fire. I jumped into our
trench landing right on top of a
French sergeant and had just landed
when bullets clipped the ground
where I had been standing. There is
a lot of grim humor up there as I
saw farmers plowing and the enemy's
shells whizzing over their heads.
T was in one of the villages just',
behind the lines and I c?w ??hccl
turn out and all the litle tots had
gas masks, wooden shoes and little
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DOOK SaCKS III UUtt IUI ill ui a. A.
soldier's pack. ^
Was certainly royally entertained
by the French officers as I think I
had the honor of havirre: dinner with
nearly every officer in the regiment.
I am still at school as you may see
from the letter head, so until you
hear from me agaii; address mail to
here as I don't know when I will be
assigned.
Tell Uncle R. that I would appreciate
a novel or rather a letter from
him. .
Will be writing again soon.
YOV- soldier son.
Lieut. Jim.
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MISS MAYtfE SWITTENBERG
TO GO TO PROSPERITY.
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Miss Mayme Swittenb^rg has been
the efficient principal of the Littl?
Mountain high school for several
years and she has done a fine work
for the educational interest of that
community. Much to the regret of
the pupils and patrons of this school . ,
she has declined the offer to return /
mainly because the pay was more at
Another place. And the Little Mountain
school did not. have the funds to
make the advance in salary necessary
to retain her.
She has accepted the principalship 4
of the Prosperity high school and
will teach there the coming session.
She has been very successful as a
high school-principal and the people
of Prosperity are to <be congratulated t
on securing her services.
*JuIe* Langford Starts Good Thin?.
Just as soon as it was definitely
settled that Prof. S. J.' Derrick wa*
to be tile president of Xewberry col lege
that institution loomed up larger
+v.^ a^t?r>-(Qtirvn nf citizens here
ill LHC7 goviaiu?,4v? _
Per instance Mr. Julius f. Langford
sought Professor Derrick to tell him
that he would be one of a nunVbei*
to give $300 towards the liquidation,
of the college debt. Mr. Geo. C. Hip*)
"seconded the motion." There wa3
one other fellow present at the *ime,
but unfortunately he wasn't in the
class with Langford and Hipp, although
his "heart's right there," likt*
Tipperary. We have known for s^ir.^
time that Julius Langford was one of
t'.ie bsst men in Xewuerry, ana no r
George Hipp comes in. Three cheer>
fir these two. Mr. Langford s'art^cl
this good ball to rolling: we hope th*
balance ""III f a 11 in.