The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-22

pie tlCket. NO IlChetS are peIIIllIIeu
to be taken away. The laws are
very strict | noticed in the papers
that one man was arrested for voting
twice or attempting to do so, and he
was tried and sentenced to serve
term, and all in less than taree days.
Oakland C. Curtis, the Democratic
nominee, was elected by small plur-
ality. He may owe mis- election to
the presence of so many Red Men IN
his home town, the>most of whom are
Democrats, but the split in the Repub-
lican ranks, no doubt, accounts for his
success. He is plain business man.
Maine is a prohibition State and has
been so for half century or more,
and if there was any Tiolation of the
law in Portland you couldn't prove it
by me. TIE lid was down tight,
tough on the day of election there
was some evidence that some persons,
at least, had been able to find where
there was something that would in
toXicate.
Portland is beautiful city of some
10000 people practically all white as !
saw only one or two negroes during
the four days that | was there Gov.
Blease said that a negro nailed him
on the street and said he was from
Newberry, a son of Dennis Notes, the
old shoe maker. He is the pastor Of
some church in the city and he told
the governor that he was going that
afternoon down to Boston to deliver
lecture. l do not know whether his
congregation is composed Of negroes
or not, but if it is they must have been
very close during our stay or tine con-
gregation is small. At any rate q
policeman told Gov. Blease that Notes
was doing well and was well thought
, of in Portland
All this New England country
through which we went is almost one
continuous town from New York. And
it tas the appearance Of prosperity.
What is in the rural district, If there is
any, l do not know. Portland is To-
Gated on Casco bay and has one Of the
finest harbors on the Atlantic coast.
! In this bay there are 365 islands and
| it looks that all of them are dotted
with summer homes. 1t is a delightful
place in which to spend the summer,
but most too far away for the peo-
pie down South, except t1ose who
have plenty of leisure. Yet every is
land that l saw seemed to be sum-
mer resort. The Great Council of
! New Hampshire gave the Great Coun-
Gil sail through the bay on Wednes-
day afternoon and wound up with a
clam bake at Long Island. We were
out about four hours and passed the
J home OF Commodore Peary who oc-
cupies an entire island. There seem
ed to be nothing on it butSSlis mag
nifcent home The clam bake was a
great event for tie land-lubber. To
look down the tables at which were
seated some four hundred guests and
see there in front of each big red
lobster was a sight to behold. And
this was not all that was on the table.
We all enjoyed it. My guardian, Otto,
and Sam Clarkson, could not stand the
music and the night following were
two very sick men, but by morning
they were all right again. 1t takes
man like DR.. Carlisle to stand such a
feast. After the return he went the
same night to another feast at the
Elks home and did not turn in until
! the we sma hours of the morning. but
when breakfast came ne was McGre-
gor on his native health.
There was no legislation by the
Great Council of special moment. A
number of changes were proposed but
it wound up with very few changes in
| THE law. An effort was made to
change the time of meeting but that
was finally killed. 1t was decided
to hold the next convention in Cali
fornia. Representative We, present
from nearly every State in ine anioa
The session cost about $4,000 and it
is estimated that the next meeting will
cost about $4,000 The So%tn Caro-