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^^TOLra?. I.v_ SOTBEE 54. NEWBERRY, S. C* FRIDAY, JltLY 5, 19J8. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAK ' Senator B. R. Tilh < at 9 O'clock M L) No Hops Held Out tor R ^ ?Had Served in Se R -five Years. ?i B ton Ti m Congressman Bozninick on AVedL nesday forenoon telegraphed bis " brother Harry W. Dominick, that Senator Tillman died at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. From the re sports in the morning papers the announcement was not unexpected. Senator Tillman had been in'public office continuously for 28 years. The "first office being that of governor M which he held for four years from P 1890 to 1894 when he succeeded Gen. r M. C. Butler in the senate. His is the longest, service in the senate ever rendered by any 'man from iSouth Carolina. And at the time of his death there were only two other Senators who had seen longer servica in the senate. ^ "V3]he funeral will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at his home at rtTrenton. The hour we did not learn |>ut the. funeral party left Washington Wednesday night ard arrived m Trenton Thursday morning. The Rnles of the Race, The death of Senator Tillman ha^ caused wide comment and speculation. Governor Richard I. Manning can L ' probably appoint for part of the un& expired term ending March, 1919, but not for the full term, under tne W rules of the Democratic party of South Carolina adopted May 15, 1918, entries closed June 17, for senator. Under section 26, the death of Senator Tillman leaves the race to former Governor Blease, -N. B. Dial, of r "Laurens, and John F. Rice, of Anderson. The rules provide that if there are only two candidates and one dies the entries can be reopened, 'but if PTOore tnan two. tney are not to oe reopened. It is true that the race is now between Bial with the antiBlease people attempting to center on tEHal and Gov. Blease. The death of Senator Tillman, however, will probably send Governor B^as^ Jo the senate. The rules as to entries jOr pledges reads: Provided, that rin case where there be not more than 'two candidates, for any one office, aifter the time for filing such pledges, and 'before the close of the election, should any (candidate die, or become pnysieaiiv incapacitated or wuuaraw. it shall be the duty of the state or coun^ -committee (as the ease may he) to afford opportunity for the entry of other candidates for the office involved, and should such vacancy occur more than 20 days 'before the first primary then said committee shall make provision for other additional candidates entering "".tie r?ce: but ?f - said vacancy occur after said 20 d^ivs the** the 'baHotiner for said office ;#hall not he at the suc^eedin-e: primary, but ?'t such other times as mayi r he fixed bv said committee, and that tbev shall provide for the filing of pledges/' ' Fnexnired Term. i^noiio-wirior r>><? idontion of the nmen^mant. to the fon.Qtitntwvn of t^e Unit*3** St-n^o? r-or^jn" fOT? the election of'United States "Senators bv the - neo^le Instead of the oM oten of rfHfchavin? them o^e^ted hv thp Leerisla flfcurfM* of tha St.at0<5. fh<a -HarjorJll Asseru<Mv of fonth Carolina in 1^14 enacted. a stat'-te resr'iIatiTtjr th<? election 'Senators and nrovidins: for the filling rf vacancies in anv .SenI atorshi^. The proviso in thnt statute Is n* follows: _ . "Tha>t in -oa?a of a va-cancv from % death. resignation or otherwise, the Governor 3hatl have now'er to fill the place bv appointment. hut not for lonerer than six months from the occurrence of such vacancy, and he j shall order a special election to be ! \ held within ninety days at which a I P^. Senator shall be elected to fill out! 4.X. ^ 41*^ A1aaUmm J iiie uijca icnn, iuc ciwiwu be conducted and the result declared in the same manner and hv the same officers as now orovided by law for j the election of Congressmen." We are f^ank to say that we do i 7H>t Quite understand -the full mean- j nan Passes Away Wednesday Morning ecovery from First Stroke a r f T nate dearly iwemy Burial at Tren'lursday ing of >this provision of the lav,*. The vacancy in the present instance, due to the death of Senator Tillman, is J!or more than six months, being for just about eight months. The first question that arises in our mind is. can G-overor Manning appoint a Senator to fill out any part of Senator Tillman's term? The next question is, If the Governor can make any appointment, then will his appointee hold for six months, beginning with the dare of the death of Senator Tillman, or will his term expire when the new Senator to be elected in a special election, appears to take his seat in the Senate? BLEASE, RICHARDS AN? EEPLES SPEAK AT LITTLE >h,CJTTAIN On Saturday afternoon, July 13.: at 3 o'clock in the grove at the school .house in Little (Mountain* there will be speaking by Former Governor tfiease now a candidate ior me sen;ate and by iMajor Richards and Attorney General tPeepIes both candidates for governor. r The public is invited to come and j hear thes? gentlemen. Little Moun! tain is near the Lexington line. in * Newberry -county and there will bvi a large crowd to hear these gentlemen speak. WHITE REGISTRANTS CALLED FOR JULY 15. I ?I The local hoard has called the folJ lowing white registrants to appear > on July 15th, at 9 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of being sent to camp. Forty-two of these registrants will fce | sent to Camp Wadsworth on July 15, j leaving (Newberry on the Southern railroad at 12:20 p. m. The additional ones summoned are for the purp.ose of filing in, in case of any vacancy: Order No.?(Name I 1208?Nathan Burton Warren 1209?Jacob Earl Livingston 1210?John Olin Leitzsey 133-6?'Virgil Omearle Sbealy 1245?Clarence Oneil Graham t 1310?Cyril iMaloy Wheeler 1321?Henry Wilson Sanders J-335?jVance Elbert Milter 1346?James Paul Sione 1350 Burr Drayton Kinard 1373?James Herbert Wicker 1396?George Ojin Settler 1432?Jacob Alfred Bundrick 1447?Artbvir Baker f. 1448?Martin lames Buzzard i 1475?Jacob Lester Shealy j 1520?Otis Lawton Crooks 1545?Bennie Harmon Maybin 1535?Samtfel A. Cook 167*2?'Forrest McCartha 1574?Walter Calvin Barre 1592?Arthur Wilbur Enlow 1642?J. Tench Hawkins 1643?John Wm. Crooks 1648?Tames Ernest Bundrick 1711?James Franklin Stuck 1721?Ethod'L. Dominick 1738?A^ter Lee Bobb 1745?Carey Stepp Dominick 1763?(Holland Long 1804?Loland Leonard Sease 18,10?Edmund Brirce Baker ' 1847?J. L-. 'Neward Boland L, 1848?James Frederick Long ! 1852?Little Luther Bowers I * 1863?Keister ?. Hair i 1887?Tohn Walter Folk - 1X91?(Robert Carroll Livingston [ 1921?Tohhnie Seibert I 1946?Willie Ewell Cook I' 1956?Ebbie Lawson Berley 1975?Hayne W. Dominick 2-000?'"Richard Lee Sterling 2002?Brady Jacob Boozer \j 20&2?David Colie Cook ! 2087??alias Caldwell N 2.1 *>8?Win. Pinckney Coopton t i 2155?'Arthur Lee Long. ? -mmmrnm - As the rainbcw is a promire in thi skies Jackson's passes are promise, to* the eyes. ; COLORED REGISTRANTS % ! CALLED FOR JULY 19. I j The local board lias summoned the ? following colored registrants to ap' pear on July 18. 191S, at 5 o'colck p ; m., for the purpose of being sent to s' Camp. Seventy-six of these registr nnts will bs sent to Camp Jackson on i J |uly lIHh, leaving Newberry on the I C., N. & L. at 9:53 a. m. The ad| ditional o^ex summoned are for the ! purpose cf filling in any vacancy, in i case there is any: ! Order Xo.?Xame. 10?Eddie Ruff i 1"?27?Hnyrrond ?J.cCants j 1762?Will Baker 1 OAA T\?Tri/^ QlA<ir? jlouv i/a * iu i 1812?Henrv Means. . 1817?Nathaniel Thomas | 1821?GriSSn Gary | 1S22?James 'Hunter j 1834?Robert Carter j is 62?Ollie Robertson j 1852?Sammie McCracken 18S5?Charley Jackson j 1888?Horace 'Foster DeWalt | 1894?Foster Coleman j 1898?Andrew Wheeler { 1902?.Sam Galiman, Jr. j 1905?Jim Jackson * 1905?Robert Golden, Jr., ldll?Warwick Fair j 1950?Tohn Hawkins 1954?-Elliott Stephens 1955?Moorman Counts !1?70?Job Koon 1994?'Albert Rice 2013?(A.) Mootse Hart .. . 2022?Johnnie iBoyd 2043?Jom Glenn 2049?(Milton Caldwell 2051-?George Suber ! 2*)"9?Tames Vance i 2066-4Ben Harris ; 2067?Walter (Miller 2083?Belton Jones ^ 2088?Thorn3 3 Kennerly '2130?Will Kelly 213'8?Brae Toland 2.137?Larkin Dim'bo 2140?Henry Scott 01 TA A ..AX.,, i lot lOJ-LUUr VJUUUBI 2171?'El Copeland 2173?Rush Bird 2195?Julius Gilliam 2197?A. Z. Griffin :2222?John Ooleman 2223?James Stephens i 2235?John Andrew Robertson ! 2233?Ja-cab Mathis J 2274?Claude Kemp j 2283?Modock Anderson 2288?Chester Arthur Eigner 2289?(Andrew Hunter 2293?Henry Wilson 2S04?Murray Thomas 2308?Tames Byrd 2321?David Ray 2339?Walter Rikard 234-6?West Wilson 2363?Benjamin Reed 2367?iMalcolm Floyd c> 2382?Henry .Su'ber n t? ? i j rxi? _"l ; iitii?rvuitt.uu "v^iariv f 2434?Ben Johnson 2^42?John G-allman 2444?Otis Wallace 2446?John Wm. -Adams 2450?Eugene Nance 5>4fo?Caspar .Hawkins 2462?Lee Bird 2477?Eugene iPayne v f24$7?-George Elliott Griffin 2+98?Willie Rutherford 2"09?Silas Tesse Abrams A T J.V 4 U j zoi*?lames ivinnisou Auuey I 2529?'Knox Chalk j 25-42?Jimmie Shelton .2559?John Wiley Henderson | 2561?Lonnie Jefferson 2563?William Simmons 2569?'Pettis Chick j 2573?Robert Duncan j 25S3?Anderson Suber 2597?Van Wallace 2633?I/awson S'iber 264S?'Will .Bowers 2fio4?,Milton DeWalt I 2W-'.?John Williams. The Chnnatiiqiia at Prosperity. The big Chautauqua tent for the entertainment at Prosperity nexi week has arrived and is beng placed on the vacant lot of Mr. W. A. Moseley near the C., >X. & L. depot. The fir3t entertainment will he Monday after noon at J:30 and the next JMondaj evenin? 8:30. Every one is invited to rome. The entertainment will b* nn for three riavs. Mondav. Tuesday I and Wednesday. | LIE PASSED AT t i NEWBERRY 3IEETISG. i ? o? First Excitement of Present Cam- j } paign Comes as Surprise to New- , berrv Audience. i * I News and Courier. I Newberry, July 2.?Newberry, al-j ways iruiuiu in puilll?u sm ynsea, ( heard the direct "iie'" passed today* j ; t'or the first time in a somewhat drab j ' campaign for State offices. John ; IvTadison Deschampes, candidate for1 ; I j governor, was the center of attrac- \ I tion and around him revolved for a ! ; time what looked like an old-time po-1 , lit;c?.l knock-down and drag-out fight, ! with a conntinuous uproar as a back ground. Mr. Deschampes, harking ! back to the 1916 campaign for the j governorship, accused Attorney Gen ! era! Peeples of using the chief legal j office of the state in defense of Dr.1 | E. .C L- Adams whom :Mr. Desj champes called "a common criminal." | Claude X. Sapp, Assistant Attorney i General, now in the race for Attorney j i General, who was acting in the. ca| parity of private attorney for Mr j Adams at the time of the incident j mentioned by (Mr. Deschampes, gave ! the direct lie to the gubernatorial as j pirant and Mr. Descharapes handed < it back with a "damn" attached. The I , two men were separated before they got in striking distance. 'Not satisfied with his attacks on Mr. Peeples, Mr. Deschampes turned on Major John G. Richards, candidate for gov : ernor and tried to get him to declara his preference for the United States senate. This Major Richards refused to do. The dialogue Incident to this caused another uproar and many I cheers and counter cheers. During the 1916 campaign Dr. E. C. L. Adams, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and 'Mr. Deschampes. who I was running for governor at that j time, became engaged in a fisticuff at I UnnninAi i-r? wVlio'n "MV 3TT1 TlftS? | luauuiu^; XAA n?*Avu ~^?x, _ . j was blooded about the face. He pros| ecuted Dr. Adams for assault and tfat! tery and the trial was held at Man| niirg last summer. ; 'During the course of his speech to^ ! day Mr. Deschampes, ridiculing the J speech of Mr. iPeeples relative to the | Governor's office, accused Mr. Peeples of using .the power of his office to help Dr. Adams at the Manning trial,' Mr. iSapp represented :Dr. Adams. The i Assistant Attorney General interrupted the speaker and explained that as was his right he was acting J in his private capacity as attorney ! at the tral and not as an official of I the State. | When Mr. S<app took hs seat Mr. j Peeples, after asking permission to 1 make a statement and gaining the i recognition of the chairman of the [ meeting,s said: "The statutes ofSoutn j Carolina give the Assistant Attorney | General the right to appear in any case where he is not interested on | "behalf of the State, and I have no ! control over Mr. Sapp, the Assistant [ Attorney General, in his private pracj tice and I have never attempted so ! to control his action. As long as I j have 'been Attorney General I nave j never assumed that right nor as long j as I am Attorney General will I ever ! attempt to abridge Iiis rights in his' I private practice.'' ! "You went, outside of your official J ' position in allowing Mr. Sapp to repj resent a common criminal," replied !j vr. Deschampes. "and I have it upon j the authority of Mr. Stoll, the solicit! or who prosecuted the case, who told i i me, and he is a man who don't mako " -L rirti /\f +VIA A ffrvrnDty ! miSLJlKtiS, Lila L i, i/i hjlc ! General's oflfice was unprecedented in j the annals of South Carolina. i j Then iMr. Sapp jumped to his feet, advanced toward Mr. Deschampes and . shouted, "You, or any other man who r I i says I was sent toy the Attorney Gen1 eral's office, or otherwise than in my i private capacity as attorney, lies." ; 1 4 "If you call me a liar you are a damn liar," retorted Mr. Deschampes > j excitedly, pointing his finger to the .! approaching Assistant Attorney Gen- , j J eral. By this time the whole court j room, where the meeting was held, ' j was in an uproar. Chairman Eugene | S. ?lease and Sheriff Cannon G. . j Blease got between the two men: r ! other men in the audience arose and . '.advanced toward them. However, [ there were no blows passed ,as seem; ed inevitable ait first. ' When the time came for the candidates for Attorney General to spealt R. P. Searson, opponent of Mr. Sapp, said he had known Mr. Sapp for a number of years and that, he did not believe him capable of any act unfathful to his office as assistant Attorney general. *'And I do not want any single vote from you people." he continued, "as the result of any sueli rotten aspersion as was cast at him todaj*."' (Mr Sapp prefaced his speech with the following statement: "I wish to i thank ;Mr. Searson for his kind re- i marks. I am sorry that conditions ! made it necessary for me to interrupt a candidate. I have no apologies to ' make, because since being assistant Attorney General, I feel that when the Attorney General is charged wrongully f^r something for which T o rr> racnAnsihlo if ic mv rllltv tr> SJiV that I am responsible. I am not the champion of any candidate or candidates. I am responsible for my own a".ts, and I did represent-Dr.'Adams for giving Mr. Deschampes a whip-: ping. I represented him and he paid me my fee. Dr. Adams is now a. captain in the United States army at Camp Sevier, in Greenville, and I ask you to write him as to the truth of the statement. I will also say that Solicitor Stoll is now a major in the United States army, and if Mr. Dejkchampes can get a statement from Km saying that the Attorney General sent me there to represent Dr. Adams .1 will get out of the race. ' "T o.rr onrrv T hflr? onv miY.iin with L U ili k.Ui X J Jk &IV%Vt i> - v.* Mr. Deschamps, and I take this position, the same position a friend of mine took. My friends know me, and mv friends know that a man who insults me as this man has done would receive from my hands all that any man in South Carolna would/expect me to deliver, but when God -Almighty lavs His hands on a man I take mine off: That is my position. If Dr /dams wsre here today he would not ^ a^e say that he was common crim* ? V t-?n 1 r% -r\ A T A O V* i m In TY10V0 fl1 f l'AO.!? ai' U A MUi ^ una tv/ AUWi\y statement* in Greenville when we go there." f Following the 'Peeples-Sapp incident, which left a tenseness in the a!r. Mr. Deschamps unlimbered his guns on 'Major Richards. ; "I am informed bv a minister of the Gospel," he said, turning to Major Richards, who was sitting near, '.'that when you are interrogated by Mr. Blease's friends they say to you, 'Who are ,you going to vote for for the Sen ate?' your answer is, *it i live i am going to vote for Cole L. Blease.'" Turining to the audience, he continued, "If he feels that way he. ought to have the manhood to stand up and say it now." "There is no man, nor anyone presuming -to be a man," replied 'Major Richards as he arose from Ills chair and faced Mr. Deschamps, "who can question my manhood. If the gentleman wants to propound'the question as to how they are going to vote to all the candidates for 'State office T am willing to state how I stand. I believe every man in the State Knows as to how I am going to vote, and I want to ask (Mr. Deschamns if he is going to propound that question to th? other candidates." ; After some further colloquy "between the two disputants, in which "Major Richards said iMr. Deschamps, in his opinion, knew how Richardwas sroing to vote, and which Descha-ntDs denied, Major Richards was willing to leave it to the audience to decide whether he should declare him self. Amid a continuous uproar Mr Deschamps said: ""Well, I will declare mvself. I will vote* for good old Ben Tillman for the United States Senate." TTJr* daoaratinri TKIS STTeefSd With J UOCUl WV.1WW ? ? ringing" cheers. Major Richards, gesticulating with his index finger at Mr. Des-champs, amid loud applause. said: "T am going to vote for the mai1 "/ho ha? never stabbed a friend m the back and who has never dodged ?an issue." ""He's not answered the question yet." renlied Mr. Deschamps. closing the incident. The only reference to the recent- j political controversy nrecipitated by i John L. McLauriri. candidate for gov- ! i f cnor. in a statement published Sun- I day, was made by John T. Duncan, j ?'so seelcina: ttie governosmp. m , the principals ho said: "The truth of the matter is that every one of these fellows is telling the THE VOTE WAS ALHOST UNAMMOrS FOR THE TXX Some time auo I wrote an article flhnnl nrnsne^t of tbp ronsoliria tion of the Garmanv and the Mt. Bethel and part of McCrary school districts and expressed the hope and rbe belief that the consolidation would take place, and what a great thing it would be for the community. Well, the districts have consolidated and selected a site and now t-hey have voted a 4 mils tax for the' maintenance of the school. The site selected is at the Carter Wilson place and a beautiful site it is, and a handsome school house there will be not only an ornament to the community, but it is an advance step which will mean much for that entire community which can not he estimated in dollars and cents and which even the present generation can not grasp or appreciate. And on Saturday the tax was voted with only one cast against it, and we are satisfied that that one will now come in and work harmoniously with the rest of the community in the building a fine school. We would like to suggest to th9 building committee that the,thing to - 1 ? A- - ? Kwirtl* QO IS CO tJrtfUL it uauuoumc ui :v?. building: and that the cost will not be much greater than to erect a wooden building. The brick can be had and at the present price of lumber we believe that the cost of a brick building will not be so much greater than a wooden one, and then it would hav? so much better influence and make so much better appearance and really be a ?reat deal better. It is worth while looking into. That will not nnst. anything. We feel an interest in this school and would like to see a really modern and up to date 'building erected. In these matters we should have a vision of the future in the work we do and not build for the present alone. E. H. A. Under the new law the district is to have five trustees and the following have been enpointed on the recom. mendation of the patrons of the school: W. , Brown,.chairman: J. T. Oxner, secretary; J. E. Sease, B "B. Leitzsey, S. W. Brown. The following is the iuiidiuc committee: W. C. Brown, chairman J. E H B. Leitzssw 0. H. Ala wine, uM. R. Brooks, L. I. Feagle. The school will have three teachers the next session and Miss Oliva Feagle has been elected as principal and the other two will be elected soon It is the purpose of fie trustees and buiding committee to have the building ready if possible for the opening of the school. The two old sites in the Garmany district have already been sold for about twice the cost of the new lot of seven acre* upon which it is proposed to erect the new building, and then there is the lot of the Bethel district. The McCrary lot was given conditionally and will revert to the donor as soon as the school is discontinued. ? ? ? TWO RECENT DEATHS. Roy Eugene Metz, .son of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Met?:, was born September G. 1915, and died May 27, 1918, a red two years eight months and 21 days. The funeral was conducted in Bachman Chapel church and the interment was in the cemetrey connected with the church. Ellen Frances Kempson Kibler, wife of Jno. F, Kibler, was born July 10, 1816 and died June 22, 1918, aged 71 years, 11 months and 18 days. The funeral was conducted in St. Paul's church and the interment was in the St. Paul's cemetery. truth about the other fellow and js lying about himself." It is understood that Mr. McLaurin will come back into the campaign at Greenwood on Thursday, July 4. The other candidates for governor, Thomas H. Peeples, of Barnwell and A. -T. iBethea. of Columbia, and Robert A. Cooper of Laurens, did not inject any new issues today. The main discission among all the srubernatoria! -?T!7<oa the rmpstfnn nf tax i Ldl'UAUl?/vO mew _ . ,2 trr^K n ci on iccrD n^Vl P anon UliU llic n aa au i next meeting will "be held fit Laurens on Wednesday. W. J. Cormacli. \