The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 17, 1916, Image 1
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"VOLUME XXX.
* GARRISON OUT OF
WILSON'S CABINET
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secretary ot war wanted
4 President to Fight For
Continental Army
PHILLIPINE BILL
ON ABANDONMENT
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Difference of View Between
Garrison and His Chief
* Irreconcilable.
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Washington, Feb. It.?Secretary
f Garrison has resigned from the cabinet
because President Wilson declined
to insist without compromise upon
the adoption of the continental army
plan by Congress. The resignation
was tendered and accepted yesterday
I'fternoon, and with Mr. Garrison the
assistant Secretary of War Henry C.
P reckon ridge" also loft the service of
w -the government.
Today the President finds himself
personally in charge of the administration's
plans for strengthening the
army and wv. "*ing out a definite military
policy. He has not selected a suec03301*
to Mr. Garrison.
Seretary Garrison's resignation
Took official Washington by complete
^. surprise. Even cabinet members
were unaware of the secretary's contemplated
action.
The fir3t intimation that anything
Xinusual had happened carae when Sec
retary Garrison let it hfc known late
yesterday that ho was leaving the
(city "for an indefinite stay" and
would not make the promised speech
^?bcfore the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
S4.0.;cs in defense of his continental
army pirn. The secretary left for
>5'.vv York, accompanied hy Mrs. Garansrvn,
without making any personal
^7-plaaation.
rhiMipine Issue, Told.
The rou??K f'h' Garrison's j
i\ .signation and its byithej
President are disclosed in lengthy cor
respondencc between them which was'
made public. The correspondence revealed
that while the secretary left
the cabinet principally because the
President would not "irrevocably"
support the continental army plan, his^
opposition to the administration's pro
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Eillipinio independence, as outlined in
Senator Clark's anifittdment to the
Piiiilipines bill, was an important factor.
The secretary characterised the
amendment as an ''abandonment of
the duty of this nation and a breach
Xot' trust to the Filipinos."
Secretary Garrison contended that
bnfy a federal continental army, instead
of a recognized national guard,
could be the main military dependence
of the Country, while the President
contended that tto one plan could
ibe enforced upon Congress. It was
i-pon these two contentions that the
it break came. Mr. Garrison considered
reliance upon the militia for national
defense an "unjustifiable imperiling
of the nation's safety."
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge
- vVjho shared Secretary Garrison's
vi^.vs resigned because of loyalty to
'hisnhief. His resignation also was
accepted.
Ma>ur General Scott, chief of staff
m/' of the army, automatically became
.'Secretary of War ad interim.
Seeking a Successor.
^ There was considerable speculation
' here today, over a possible successor
' to Secretary Garrison. Those talked
of most prominently in that connection
included y Representative Shirley,
" Kentucky, chairman of the House
^fortifications 'subcommittee; Secretary
Lane, of the Interior Depart.
ment, and Assistant Secretary Roose
velt, of the Navy Department.
v It is expected that the President
Will appoint a successor immediately.
It- is understood that he wants a man
already familiar with the general de<nils
of the military situation of the'
country so that plans for the national
defense may be carried forward without
delay.
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SENATE REFUSES TO
GUT OFF THE BOOZE
Effort to Reduce Amount to
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uiiu uuan raiis cy
Vote
Columbia.?By a vote of 21 to 23
tlit Senate refused to reduce the
amount of whiskey which may be imported
each month from one gallon to
one quart.
Numerous amcnder.itns were proposed,
among these being two to allow
the alternative of shipment of
beer. Proposals are also pending 10
reduce the gallon to two quarts.
A bill was introduced creating McCormick
County. A delegation of (>b
residents of tha tscction appeared hefore
proper committees to plead for
passage of the bill.
Senator Vomer's bill to prohibit
lending of money at a higher rate of
interest than provided by law rcceiv
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oM uuru reading and was sent to the
House.
Work of the House.
Columbia.?The House passed a
resolution offered by Mr. J. T. Idles
to extend the use of the Hall of the
House for the State Democratic
Party in Columbia in May.
The House objected to immediate
consideration of a Senate concurrent
resolution to provide for the appointment
of a legislative commission to
make investigations into the over
crowded conditions of State offices
outside of the State House.
The House passed a bill by Mr.
Searson to prohibit the desecration,
mutilation and improper use of the
flag of the United States. The author
said that the bill is similar to
one drawn up by the Daughters of
the American Revolution and adopted
in 37 States.
On a yea and nay yotc of 59 to 37 j
the House refused to continue tn? |
bill by Mr. Searson to provide for
the election of the State game war-'
cbn by the General Assembly. This
officer is now appointed by the Governor,
on recommendation of the Audubon
secretary. The House on a yea
and nay vote of Gil to 80 also refused
to strike out the enacting words of
the b*'1 which was given a second
reading.
NOTICE OF BIDS
J, E. FRINGE STOCK
THP: undersigned assignee of J. E.
Princt* open for bills on the stock
of J. E. fVmee, now located in the J.
E Prince slot's house at Loris, S. C.,
to' be made in Writing and addressed
to the undersigned at Conway. S. C.,
between this date and the first day of
March A. I). 1016. The right is reserved
to reject any and all bids, but
a fair bid on good terms of payment
either ail cash, or partly in cash with
good Security will be considered and
likely closed as soon as made. The
said stock inventories at first cost,
with the store fixtures the sum of
$1,818.08, the fixtures being put down
at what they are considered worth
second hand, and the stock at first
cost from the wholesale houses. This
inventory is on file in the office of H.
H. Woodward at Conway, S. C., and
can be looked over by any person or
firm who may be interested in purchasing
this stock.
Address all bids or other enquiries
to H. H. Woodward, attorney at law,
assignee of J. E. Prince, Conway, S.
C.?Adv. 4ti.
BOOSTER CHAUTAUQUA
HELD LAST WEEK
Tlie three-day booster chautauqua
began last Wednesday as planned by
the club and opened with every promise
of a successful run. The members
of the club and the special committee
appointed spared no time or effort
in their work. The attractions offeren
more than met the expectations
and the promises of the management
were made good.
Good crowds greeted the entertainers
from the beginning of the programme
and the whole undertaking
was a success.
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IORUY COUNTY AND HEtt PEOPLE
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY,
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UNIVERSITY YOUTH
THOUGHT POISONER
Wisconsin Student Admits Being
With Former Sweetheart
When She Dies. . J
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Chicago, Feb. 12.?Wm. H. Orpet,
a your.g University of Wisconsin student;
in jail charged with the murder
of lS-ycav-old Marion Lambert, his
jilted sweetheart, found dead at th*
scene of their secret tryst in the
woods near her Lake Forest home,
tpnight confessed that she was dead
when he left. The confession, piled
mi top of the day's list of developments,
started him on the way to the
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ii hviiw <i murtier suspect,
and started the police on the trail of
further evidence on what they
thought might be a trick suicide pact
-n* suicide by false pvetenSOs. Here
h the way the case developed today:
After i! v*'"sit to the seen 6f the
tragedy upon arrival at Lake Forest
tj'om Madison. Wis., today, Orpet
broke down and confessed to States
Attorney Dady that he saw Miss
Lambert swallow poison and thai she
was dead when he left.
From his cell in the jail he admitted
that the Lambert girl had the
right to appeal to him for protection,
which he did not deem it advisable to
give, but protested that he was innocent
of murder.
His clothes, taking up the story
where he left off, yielded stray
grains of sugar, which the police seized
as a clue in the direction of the
trick suicide pact.
"I am not yet ready to start a murder
prosecution, but it is possible that
a sack of prussic acid and a sack of
sugar figured in this/ said States Attorney
Dady in conference with Mayor
Lewis, of Lake Forest, and Jas.
King, foreman of the coroner's jury. I
And backing up a lot of their theories,
a letter was produced witli its
telltale story of the plans for the fatal
meeting. In that letter "Hill" told
"Marion" that "if everything is no'j
a'l 7'ight by that time, it will be then;!
leave it to me."
"No," cried Orpct, in his cell. "She
wanted me to love her and I told her
that I couldn't do it."
"1 do not believe we will be justi-i
fied in going ahead and prosecuitng
this boy without further evidence,"
stated the prosecutor in the same
conference.
"Was any evidence of poison found
on the boy ?"inquired Mayor Lewis.
"No, there was not, and we made
a thorough investigation tonight.
"It might have been a suicide -pact.
Though I hardly think it is prohablc.
We must remember that this young
man is a shrewd college student. It
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, FIRST, LAST, NOW AND FOREVER
FEBRUARY 17, 191C.
HOW IT IS.
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THEN
ARISES
WlTHi"llkYolJ
1 ?Bartholomew in St. Paul Press.
WILSON SAYS WAR
MAY SPREAD TO U. S.
Trouble Held Only at Arm's
Length, He Tells Busi...
ness Men
Washington, Feb. 11.?Delegate?
to the annual convention of the Cham
ber of Commerce of the United States
left for their homes today, carry'ng
with them a message from President
Wilson, the outstanding feature
of which was his determination to
keep the United States out of the European
conflict, although he declared
that the nation merely had that
trouble at arm's length.
l he President was speaking on
neutrality at the annual banquet of
the Chamber last night. He also
spoke of the need of a real scientific
tariff board and a merchant marine.
"It is a cruel thing," said the President,
"to have it supposed, as it is in
many quarters that we have kept out
of this war simply because we wanted
to keep out of trouble and simply because
we want to profit by the trouble
of others, and yet misunderstandings
for the time being are not to be
reckoned as against the consciousness
that we must ourselves have that we
have pursued thp right and only serviceable
course. I believe that we are
justified in exercising every degree
of patience in making it clear what
our position is.
"1 have only this to say, though.
We hold this trouble at arm's length
and keep or attempt to keep our own
judgments cool, but the rest of the
world is hot and it may be that any
time without our cooperation and
without our nhilstv
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flame may extend to us.
"!f only we can keep this great nation
at peace?there is an infinite
prospect of happy prosperity before
the United States; not because the
United States is ready to serve trie
i est of the world with her resources.
I believe that she will serve the rest
o* the world in handsome and gallant
fashion only, taking advantage of the
legitimate opportunities which the
circumstances have created."
The President praised the Federal
reserve law as having placed the United
States in position to escape pos-)
sible financial disaster when the war
started. \
Scientific Control,
The President told of the necessity
of a scientific tariff board and said
he thought the nation would get it.
He said that before the war changed
the economic condition of the world
he did not favor a tariff board, "be
cause the purpose of it then apparent
ly was to keep alive an unprofitable.
controversy." |
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COST IS HIGHER '
THAN SHOULD BE
Expenses of Chautauqua Ran
Higher Than Was Needed
it Appears.
Editor Tiio Herald:
I was glad that l>r. Bible called attention
so pointedly to the fact that
the expenses of the recent Chautauqua
were altogether too much in
every respect, much higher than any
meeting of which he had been director,
and he lias been in such all over
the United States and in Mexico and
Canada, and especially questioned the
propriety an'd good taste of charging
for the use of the School building for
a community affair for the direct
benefit of Comvdy and surrounding
I'fi'lntw -CiVl* flwv - 1* -
...v.., iw. me uuv-v i jjrmiT, 01 no one
person or persons. We know that the]
school building is a public one, paid
for by the people and presumably for
the use of the people, and in some
communities, probably more advanced j
than are others, is used as the center j
of community life, and all kinds of J
gatherings held therein and the meeting
and commingling of the people of
that community encouraged and tinpeople
direclty benefitted. For onlyi
by such comminglying can people get
to understand each other and learn
that "all for one and one for all" is|
the only way for a community to
grow and develop. j
We understand that the people
make a mess, and that the trustees
arc deeply in debt, and that some people
think that all such worldly tr;i*d\
as ehautauquas and lyceums a
waste of time, or even ai\d
people had better sU\y ^ borne and
read their Bible and HWi bqt?why
'3 a jnnltuvt and didn't tho trustees; j
know beforehand how much money j
a year th^y cpuld expect wh?M Ihoy
T'clv a?>d sonu* people I
ever realize that their only duty is to
make themselves good and others
happy? And above all, that the
children anyway have a moral right
to some such form of entertainment
as the chautauqua affords at least as
often as they get it in this town ?
Why not get together and have
more of such recreation, education
and boosting? The good Lord knows
wc need it, and if the town grows any
more will have to have it, even if wo
do have to pay for something that
really belongs to us. We certainly
owe that much back to the town if
only for what nourishment we individually
have sucked out of it for|
ourselves. It's the hog that is always j
taking and never giving, but after
awhile he's butchered for the good
ol* humanity, and people exclaim,
?vii.v, ni'vit (ihi any good till after
he died.
What is your relation to your1
town ?
?J. A. Norton.
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MR. AND MRS. NISSEN
LEAVE CONWAY
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George F. Nissen, who has been!
connected with the Nisscn-Todd Co.,
here for the past several years, recently
decided to sever his connection j
with that business; and he will move
to Spartanburg where he will run a
department store. The largo store on
the corner known as the Nissen- Todd i
Co., for a number of years past, it is;
understood, will continue business in!
the hands of Fred Todd, who is well!
known to the buying public of Horry
County.
Examination Withdrawn.
Horry Herald. Conway, S. C.
The examination announced to bej
hold for tho position of postmaster at
Doris, South Carolina has boon cancelled,
the Post Office Department
having withdrawn its request for certification.
Please make public announcement
of this cancellation.
By direction of the commission:
Very respectfully,
JOHN A. McILHENRY,
President.
The President expressed the confident
hope that legislation creating a
merchant marine would be passed as
scon as possible.
NO. 44.
| BOYS ARE WANTED
FOR TAKING BRASS
Quantity Missed From the
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Plant of Burroughs Lumber
Company
ANOTHER INCIDENT
BEING INVESTIGATED
Two of the Boys Charged Disappeared
When Charges
Are Brought.
From fifty to one hu'nrirod pounds
of brass fittings were missed recently
from the Uimber plant of the A. M.
Burroughs Lumber Co., across the
| lake, the plant not having been in use
for some time but left open. This
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uruss nau necn sold as old metal by
Harry Oliver and Evan Howell to a
man named Grecnberg, a dealer in
junk and when found by the officer
was stored by Greenberg in one of
the stores on 3rd Avenue. Grecnberg
I grve up the stuff without trouble as
I it was shown not to belong to the
persons from whom he had purchased
it. Warrants were sworn out for the
two boys and at last accounts they
were not to be found in the town, and
it was support they had learned of
the pending proceedings and had run
away, In the lot of old metal recovered
was some copper piping taken
from the plant of the Southern Wood
Products Co., which is also idle an
this time,
Another sale was made to Greenj
berg by two other boys, this item conI
sisting of an arm from a turpentine
still. The officers are trying to find
one rue ownership of this before
hv'llainir 1 r?nrn 1 "
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boys who sold this claim that thfcy
took tho arm out of the lake. The
names of these two boys are not as it
may turn out differently from what
the authorities think.
At this time when the price of all
hardware and materials is advancing
so rapidly there is a ready market for
old brass and copper and it brings a
fair price on the market.
ANOTHER MIX-UP^
ON THE HILLSIDE
The colored residents of the hill
managed to got up another row,
which is no unusual thing in that section,
one day last week, when Lutch
the waiter-boy arou/d the street for
one of the firms hero throw o voolr -if
the ticket-taker, at the colored hall.
This overt act on his part caused injury
to an innocent person, for the
rock took up against the skull of a
negro woman who had come over to
enjoy the festival and her injury
came near being a serious one.
She was one the street that morning
showing bloody signs of the conflict.
IMPORTATION or
BOTTLED BEER
Every resident of South Carolina
may order two quarts of whiskey or
five dozen bottles of beer each month
for personal use, according to the
terms of a bill which passed the senate
last night and was sent to the
house. The senate yesterday morning
had cut the allowance of whiskey
from one gallon to one-half gallon a
month, and last night, despite strenuous
objection from the prohibition
leaders, adopted an amendment, by
Senator Hughes permitting the alternative
of five dozen bottles of beer
per month. The first effort of the
prohibitionists was made on a motion
to table the Hughes amendment,
which motion was lost by a vote of
19 to 21. The prohibitionists forced
another roll call on the adop.tioa of
this amendment, which passed by a
vote of 23 to 19.
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M. N. Blanton was in the city recently
on business.