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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17
E0R ALLIES
HAS SOME, IL RER9RT
Critic Of 9vergeae Agency Claims
French sR6 British Lost Gors
Than KQlioa Hen in Gaining
GFeala on Western Fsant.

Berlin, Oct. 14-British aud French
divisions. with a. total Of more than
100000 men, have been virtually
annihilated in the Somme battle, says
the military eri:.e OF the Overseas
News agency.
According to figures from Swiss
sources. as given by the news agency,
the Russian losses from June to 0c-
tober were about 100000 men. The
news agencys military critic writes:
"The heavy sacrifices made by the
British and French for the recapture
Of each square yard on the Somme
is proved by the fact that in three and
one-half months about 90 fresh diyf-
sions were virtually anninla.ed, so
that it was necessary to Withdraw
them forever. Ninety divisions rep
resents a total of considerably more
than 100000 men. There are aoout
$4,000 men in IL French division and
10000 in a British division.
These divisions disappeared COM
pletely from battle. Fifty-fve divisions
in consequence of their great losses
were able to engage in combat only
twice, Is divisions three times and
only one was able to engage in conlDaL
four times. Four divisions had suffered
so severely after the second engage
ment that it was necessary to send
them to quiet sectors, but on critical
days they. were again thrown in
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17

themselves along national alignments
if ever. Neither side is going to DO
ANYTHING of the kind, because both
sides realize how foolish such thing
would be under existing conditions.
There is plenty of dissatis-
faction with political conditions, beth
state and national, and that dissatls-
faction is not confeded to either OF the
so-cslled Conservative Or Reform
factions-Manningits or Bleasites-
but there will be no bolt for the SIM
ple reason that there Is too general a
realization OF how foolish such 8 thing
would be"
Good, sound, common ssnss:' II
hoth factions in this State ahona
adopt the attitude Of The EnaniEeE'
there would be Ear less partisan Bit
,ePasss and prejudice in South Caro-
lima. No faction can aFrogate to IT
self all the incorrupttbility. all the VIZ
tue, all the right. In its own eyes,
each faction is impeccable, sposless as
the~driven snow, but that is mere mar
rowness of vision and blindness to the
truth Let US not forget that, as there
is q fraud which purchases a vote
outright, there is another fraud which
deceives honest men into wrong think
ing by Misrepresentation of the facts
-Greenville News.
Except for the fact that for the
purpose of giving additional force to
the political dope it would inject into
it's readers, the News has designated
US as partisan, we would feel tre-
mendously complimented by the
above, and as we shall point out, there
is a certain amount of satisfaction in
it anyway.
Ever since it has been newspare,
it has been the policy of The Enqul-
rer to treat politics as news, and 50
far as lay within the ability of its ed
itorial management, with judicial
fairness. Whether it was a question
of giving publicity to current facts, or
of commenting thereon, our first aim
has been truth, and wherever we have
fallen short in either field, it has been
either because of incorrect sources OF
information of defective judgment.
We have always been aware of the
fact that this was the most d1mcult
and exacting policy that newspaper
could pursue; that at the same time
we have always believed and still be-
lieve, it is the only policy that can ana
will stand the test Of time, because
politicians and political issues come
and go. while truth goes on forever.
There has never been an era OF
greater political bitterness In South
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17
Carolina than that beginning with the

Carolina than that beginning with the
establishment OF the Columbia Stats
in 1891, shortly after the writer hereof
first assumed the responsibilities OF
editorshfp. Talk about pitchforks and
the like, the late n G. Gonzales was
the original artist along that line, and
he has never had an equal since. He
lamhasted Ben Tilln.an, the Reform
Movement" and everybody and eT-
erything that refused to obey and fol-
low him. There was not even q coun-
try newspaper Of that day that es-
capped the lash of his whip, and not .
few Of them yielded their most docile
submission to his every Whim. He in
troduced the custom OF designating
his contemporaries es "Tillmanite," "
Tillmanite," CONSERVATIVE, u
Reform" "Refawm," and the like
A. 3. Williams Of she Greenville
News, coined the word "Refawm," bus
Gonzales appropriated it. Often ecun-
try newspapers were quoted in the
Columbia State for apparently no 9TH
er reasan than to designate them in
accordance with the editors whims,
and The Enquirer was sometimes rep
resented as Reform" sometimes as
"Tillmanite,'' sometimes as Con
servative," sometimes as "anti-Til-
mantle and sometimes as "Refawm," u"
and again as neutral" AS shallow
as this method of tantalizatiOn ap-
pears to have been, this editor, then
quite young man, was goaded almost
beyond endurance and often consider
ed retort in kind; but was restrained
by the far wiser and better balanced
judgment of the late L. NJ. Grist, who
advised: "Let him alone. You are
printing a non-partisan paper for both
sides. He wants to smoke you out into
partisanship. If you deny that you
are Conservative then he will call
you 'Tillmanite,' and if yon deny that
you are 'Tillmanite,' he will call you
Conservative and if you say you are
neither he will taunt you with being
on the fence. AS soon as you commit
yourself to partisanship, your reputa-
ton for impartial fairness will suffer
with both sides. Don't let him place
you anywhere. Leave it to your read
ers to place you by your conduct, by
what you say and do"
We have no authority to act as
spokesman for Mr.. Blease, nor so far
as We know, has The Newberry Herald
and News, and in representing the
contrary, The Greenville News is doing
Mr.. Blease an injustice. Mr.. Blease
does not and never has regarded this
paper as his spokesman, and is in no
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17

him heavily involved in Wall street
and with his fortune crushes him. Tenn
pie, his former employer, sends Helen
to Jim begging for money. Jim insists
on full revenge, until he learns that
the daughter born to Helen is his
own child. How the daughter and
Jim's foster son accidently meet and
fall in love, and how after their un-
ion Jim leaves for the North, alone,
gives e romantic touch to the climax
Of snprame appeal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17

sense committed by anything that this
paper says. His attitude to The Enqui-
per as expressed by him the first time
he ever met the editor is like this,
"You may be a little surprised to hear
il but l have been keeping up with
your paper a long time. You have
not been friendly to me and at times
you have misrepresented me; but do
not believe you have ever done it in
tentionally. 1 believe you always try
10 be fair, and that is all that ask Of
any man."
It was little more than four years
ago Ehen Mr.. Blease said that. What
Gr. Blssse said Was strictly true. At
that time this editor knew absolutely
nohing abont Ar. Blease except whas
he had gathered through newspapers.
mainly the Columbia State, and mutual
acquaintance who in ali cases were
enemies of MIR. Blease and friends or
rather ON more or less friendly terms
with the editor. Since then the editor
has seen a great deal more OF Ar.
Blease, and has been convinced that in
many particulars that gentleman had
been grossly misrepresented. His
faults to say the least, are no worse
than the faults Of the individuals who
would have made his foults appear
greater, and he has as many virtues
both private and public as these partl-
cular gentlemen, who have made it ap-
pear that he had none And if we have
been more kind toward Mr.. Blease
since the beginning of the personal ac-
quaintance referred to than before, it
has only been because we have been in
position to deal more intelligently
with his sayings and doings.
But to be perfectly fair with the
News we desire to point out and ac-
knowledge that in the beginning of it's
closing paragraph it bears testimony
that removes all the sting that would
be implied in it's opening paragraph.
We are not objecting to being designat-
ed as "pro-Blease." We would certain
ly as lief be designated as "pro-Blease"
as "pro- Manning But that is not
the point. We do not like to be classi-
fed as partisan, and the News bears
truthful testimony of our real feeling
when it says, "If both factions in this
state should adopt the attitude If The
Enquirer, there would be far less
partisan bitterness and prejudice in
South Carolina" Also we are willing
to say that if this is what the News
means when it designates US as pro
Blease," We withdraw all objection
to occupying the position in which it
would place US.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17
Newspaper Partisanship.
The YorkVille ENQUIRER.

The Yorkville Enquirer.
Will the supporters Of former Gov
ernor Cole L. Blease bolt the Demo
cratic primary?
Gn emphatic negative reply to that
query is made this week BY the New
berry Herald and News, and by The
Yorkville Eenquirer. two pro-Blease
newspapers, which usually represent
the deliberate judgment and the sound
opinion Of the Bleases party. Ths edf-
tor OF The Herald and News, Col. Rl-
bert H. Aull, is said to be crosa to the
former governor. and, il view o2 this
and Of the further considsrattoa that
his paper belongs to Nr. BleSssts
home county, much weight is to be a&-
taehed to what he says,
The Herald and News declares, that
"we are in no notion OF 6olting and
will support the nominees We al
ways stick and take our medicine like
3 little man. I'VE firmly believe in the
rule and dominion Of just and
righteous God who rules the universe
and that sooner or later the right will
prevail and justice will be done and
the one VINO wins by unfair means
will suffer more than We will. if your
cause and our means be just and
right, and we always try that they
shall be- Victory gained by fraud and
prejudice and double dealing will
prove a boomerang to the man who
gains il * There will be no
independent ticket. If there should
be. it will not have our support"
The Yorkville Enquirer, which in
the recent campaign was always fair
and conservative in its support for Mr..
Blease, says: ''Of course, there is 60
ing to be no bolt this year. There
were irregularities. There was lndl-
rect vote buying and there was intim-
idation and fraud. 1t is quite possible
that there was more or less Of it on
both sides; but there is not going to be
any bolt" The News calls attention to
the fairness and frankness of that
statement. "Just as Mr.. Blease had
the appointment of commissioners OF
election four years ago, Mr.. Manning
Ias had that appointment this year,
and Just as Mr.. Blease endeavored to
put none but Bleaseits on guard four
years ago, Mr.. Manning has put none
but Meaningless on guard this year.
The Enquirer continues, not believing
that there will be a split among the
white Democrats of South Carolina
for "it is going to be a long time be-
fore these two parties (the tWo fac
tions existing) ar going to ad1us'
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@THE SPELL OF THE YUKON.n

Edmund Breese, recognized as one
Of Americas foremost dramatic actors,
arranges to find time away from the
speaking stage long enough to make a
Metro wonderplay occasionally, and his
next offering will be "The Spell OF the
Yukon" Mr.. Breese is probably
best known to theatre goers for his
remarkable performance in 1.-THE Lion
and the Mouse" the sensational play
in which he played the leading part for
three years in this country and in
England. It was in that play that Ro-
bert W. Service. the author Of THE
Spell of the Yukon" and other versea
dealing With the Alaskan life, and
often called The Kipling OF the
North" saw Nr. Breese for the arst
time. They met and strong friend
ship resulted. When he came to mo-
ton pictures, Mr. Breese suggested
that the Service poems offered un-
bounded opportunities for stories OF
action and color in the Alaskan coun.
try, which had never before been used
in the silent drama. AS result Metro
made 1.-The Shooting of Dan McGrew," !"
1.-The Song of the Wage Slave" and
1.-THE, Lure of Hearts Desire" which
were wonderful picturizations Of the
poems of the same name by Mr.. Ser
vice.
THE Spell Of the Yukon" is perhaps
Mr.. Services best known work. It
is the poem that he selected above all
others to put in first place in his col
lection, and which also carried the
title of his famous book poems. The
pictured story deals with Jim Carson,
the foreman Of. "a sweat shop in New
York. in love with Helen the steno-
grapher, who returns his love. Jim
has had several quarrels with the su-
perintendent and when they carry
their alteration to the owners office
Jim finds Helen apparently in the en-
braces of his employer. Jim mis-
judges her and later when his employ
er arranges to have it seem that ne
has falsifed his accounts, in order TO
get him out of the way, Jim answers
the call Of the north. Arrived in the
Yukon he seeks a friend, who has pre-
ceeded him there and finds that he has
Just been killed by half breed, leaV-
ing a baby boy behind him. Jim adopts
the boy and they become deeply at
tached to each other, while jim is
amassing a fortune in the gold fields.
Jim's one idea is t. square accounth
with his former employer, who has
since married Helen, and he comes to
New York for that purpose. Jim finds
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-10-17
Nhenevee You Need a 0eneraI Tons:
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains ths
we'll known tonic properties of QUlNINE
arl IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
pat Malaria, Enriches the Blood ana
Builds up the w ole System. oG cents.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-14
GERMANY'S CASE
SUSSEX INCIDENT
GROWS COMPLEX

Berlin. April 13.-(By Wireless to
The Associated Press).-From Staff
Correspondence Germany case in
the Sussex incident rests upon the ut
ter dissimMarity between the Sussex
and the only steamship torpedoed by
a German submarine on the day and
in the vicinity Of the Sussex explosion.
The sketch of the torpedoed steamship,
made by the commander Of the subna-
rine. shows silhouette with the
smokestack forward, about third of
the ships length from the bow and
Immediately behind a high bridge.
which has no counterpart on the Sus-
sex.
The sketch shows low superstruc-
ture extending from the smokestack
a third of the length Of the ship astern
and two masts stepped forward and
aft.
The newspaper photograph of the
Sussex which accompanies the note
shows the smokestack abaft of amid
ships. The single mast is about where
the smokestack is on the silhouette.
The submarines commander, accord
ing to the note, concluded that this
Tong black craft without flag, with
a gray smokestack, and low gray SUI
perstructure," was naval mine layer
Of the new class Of the Arabs, which
was sunk by German torpedo boats on
the Dogger Bank Feb. II.
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OAKLAND
Much Interest Manifested over
Possibility Of Athletic AssO-
ciation-Freight Breaks
DraW-BarS

A movement is under way to form an
athletic association in this town. This
movement is receiving the encouragement
and backing of all the business men and
also all others who have in mind the ne
eessity of place where the young peo-
pie can play in a centrally located place
off the streets: The purpose stated is to
encourage athletic sports in town, to
lease or purchase a suitable tract of land
for an athletic field, to construct base
ball field, tennis courts, Fairgrounds,
buildings and equipment necessary for
the enjoyment Of such athletic sports as
the association may from time to time
determine to promote. No other move
n1ent is so vitality connected with the
welfare and interests of our young people
and it should receive the hearty support
OF everyone. A meeting is called fol
Wednesday evening at the Port rooms
and all who are interested are cordially
invited to attend. A tentative constitu-
ton for the formation of an athletic as
ISOLATION will be presented and 1t is hoped
the movement will receive the hearty en-.
dorsement of our citizens.
About $40 Thursday afternoon an extra
freight which was passing the station
at slow rate Of speed broke apart In
two places. The pin in the drawbar OF
one car was broken and the drawbars
pulled out on both ends in another car
Both were set of on the siding for re.
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1000 WORkMEN
RESUME DUTIES
after s RIkE
At vINAL HAVEN

, 81 y
6. .vinalhaven. Me-, April 13.-over 1000
workmen employed in local granite
quarries resumed work today after six
weeks idleness growing out6bf q strike
Of 800 quarrymen, engineers and 9TH
er artisans. A Compromise agreement,
effected after two-days conference
between Fred w. Sutton. secretary OF
the International Union Of Quarry
Workers and representatives. OF the
sBodwell Granite Co., the Joseph Leo
p6ld Co.. and William Booth & Co..
provides a five-year contract based
on q sliding scale, under which the
quarrymen and derrick hands will re-
ceive from $2.10 to $225 a day and the
engineers from $2.35 to $2.75 day, the
advance uRnging from 10 to Is cents a
day. AThe cutters were not on strike
but We're forced to remain idle during
the strike period.
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Philadelphia, PA started the Change of 1ifa
five years ago. always had headache and back.
heat flashes very bad at times with dizzy spells and
nervous feelings After taking Lydia E. Pinkhamss
Vegetable Compound feel like a new person and
am in better health and no more troubled with
the aches and pains had before took your won
derful remedy recommend it to my friends forI
cannot praise it enough" MARGARET GRASS
MAN, 75s N. Ringgold st., Philadelphia, Pa.
ound, for nervousness and dyspepsia, when | was
le Change of Life. I found it very helpful and |
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A SENSATIONAL
DROP THURSDAY
FRENCH EXCHANGE

New York, April 13.-French ex-
change fell to the greatest discount in
this market today within a generation
and probably for a longer period. The
Paris check broke to S.07 12- with ca
bles at 6.07. The normal rate for this
remittance before the war was 5181-2.
which represented an equivalent of a
little more than five francs to the Am
erican dollar. Today's quotation fixed
the value of the dollar at well over six
francs.
Free offerings Of Paris bills, togeth-
er with rumors of further delay in the
completion of negotiations for another
French loan here were the immediate
causes Of the decline which bankers
Regarded as little less than sensational.
Concurrent with the break in French
exchange was the decline in rates on
Petrograd, demand rubles selling at 30.
or within fraction of their minimum
of last December.
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IN CANADA MAY
BE NECESSARY

Ottawa, Ont, April 13.-In the belief
that some form of prescription is nee
essary in Canada to provide more
troops for overseas service, delegates
from AZ recruiting leagues throughout
the dominion met here today to form
ulate compulsory service plan for
presentation to Premier Borden and
his cabinet tomorrow. 1t was pointed
out at the meeting that there are L.
274,697 men between the ages of IS
and IS in Canada, who could be COM
PEELED to enlist and it was urged that
the government adopt some plan to
bring these men into service.
Chief Justice Mather of Winnipeg
declared in favor Of immediate com
pulsory service and the employment of
women for much of the work now be-
ing done by men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-14
ARM0RY THIEVES
TO Be TRIED BY
UNITED. STATES

Lewiston, Me-. April ls-under a reg
ulation promulgated by the war depart
ment three days ago, Philip st. Louis and
Edward Cloutier. privates in the Sth Co.
c. A. c., Of the Maine National Guard
under arrest here charged with the theft
Of an automatic pistol from the company
armory. will be taken to Portland fol-
prosecution by the United States attor-
ney's department. In the municipal court
today they were held for the grand jury's
action. They pleaded guilty.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-04-14

The Sheepscot, Echo says: Pendle-
toms boat shop is very busy place
nowadays. There is under construc-
ton at the present time q small
cruiser for c. w. Clifford, Jr., Of
Bath, which is the largest boat ever
built at this noted shop. This is the
sixth boat which Mr.. Clifford has
had built ana is to be called Topaz
vi. It will cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000 and will be ready to be
launched about June /. Five men
are employed in its construction. II
Is equipped with cylinder Homer
20 horsepower motor, electric lights.
hot and cold water. bath tub and
set bowls. There are two large
double staterooms. ranelled and an
iahed In mahogany. located att, En-
CINE room. main saloon ana crews
quarters forward. Dimensions are
g follows: Length, 81 IT,; beam. 1s
It.; draft. It. She win be one Of
tho nnest boats ever built Ia this mart
Of the country. veritably q fioatin9
pelace. Mr.. Psndleton's reputation ~
2 boat builder and his me woalkman-
snip are known ar ana wide.
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pa,r.. The cause Of the accident was
break in the rubber part Of the air brake.
The accident delayed the train about 2
half hour.
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COOKE
ADDRESSES THE
N. {. CONFERENCE

Rumford, Me-. April 13.--The mem
bers Of the Maine Methodist Confer
ence at the opening Of today's session
listened. to an address by Bishop R. J.
Cooke on Incarnation" Rev. j. M
Frost reported as superintendent Of the
Portland district. He emphasized the
position of the rural church in the COM
munity and conditions of evangelist1c
work. Fraternal delegates brought
greetings to the conference from other
denominations in the State. ana Bishop
Cooke responded to each.
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Nrs. j.. NJ Penney has returned from
Bangor. where she has been visiting reia-
tives.
Williams Ritali
Tony williams and Miss Lura Hit-
tan of wiscasset were united in mar
ria4e at Waterville by Rev. Frank
Steadman Wednesday evening. Iney
were unattended. The groom is employ
ed at the Somerset shops by the Maine
Central r. r.. while the bride has
been employed here for several months.
They are residing at present at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. George Russell.
Constable B. o. York committed 10
the insane hospital at Augusta Thurs
day morning Riley Cochrane, IS years
of are, who was Ia this time an in
mate Of the town farm and who had
been at various times since he was
four years Of age. A hearing was held
in the morning before theSboard Of Sc
lectmen and they considered. after the
testimony was given, that he should
be committed.
C. A. Dusty was in Augusta on bus
mess Thursday.
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SECOND AUTOPSY
UPON THE BIO D Y
OF GRACE LASKEY

Houlton. Me. April ia second au-
topsy was performed today upon the
body of Grace Laskey, which was found
in house here on Sunday. At it's con-
clusion none of the three physicians who
conducted 1t would say what was found.
The contents Of the stomach were sent
to Bowdoin Medical school for analysis.