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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03
u. B. COKER AND G. B. CROMER
DENOUNCE UTTERANCES
State Council of Defense Plans to
Arouse Patriotism in South
Carolina.
News and Courier.

| News and Courier.
Columbia, July 31-Loyalty to the
government to the point of personal
sacrifice of a high order will be
preached in every hamlet and school
district of the State. The State Coun-
Gil of Defense at meeting held here
today decided that the first step IN
putting South Carolina on war basis
was a thorough campaign to arouse
the latent patriotism of the people,
TO educate them to the danger OF q
sluggish interest in the war and the
disastrous results to the country OF
failure tc give 4 full measure OF sup
mort to all government measures.
By the same token the eradication
of sedition and treason in their IN
cipient stages, the estpppel--by the
kid glove method, if possible, and II
not. by the iron hand-of the utterlng
or fostering of sentiment designed ana
and calculated to hamper the nation
in the prosecution of the war; this IS
ono of the dual lines, which the cam
paisn will pursue.
Coker Scvres Blease.
Cole L. Blease, Esq, recognized as
the most conspicuous example OF the
latter group by virtue of his conduct
since the war, which characterizatlgn
Of him has been accentuated by MS
recent speech at Pomaria, was hela
un to the scorn of the 300 or more
men and women who filled the bali
room of the Jefferson Hotel, Chairman
David r. Coker read short clipping
from the account Of the speech Oh
Mr. Blease and blistered its author IN
phrases which smote with the power
of. truth. "I understand that even
more REASONABLE things than these
were said" said Mr.. Coker. "We
must not allow such treason to gro"
up unchecked"
Mr.. Coker put the former governor
IN the class with Tom Watson OF
Georgia, and the "long haired Varda-
man of Mississippi" as a trio who
are deluding themselves into thinking
thev can ride into Office over the oy
ing patriotism of the South"
ITntruth, Says Gro o9er.
DR. George B. Cromer of Newberry
roused his hearers to a high degree
of enthusiasm as he challenged some
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03
Gov. Blease's Ponoria Speech
Discussed by State Council Defense
Dauid r. Coker Says People Must be Educated-Dr.
Geo. B. Croner Severe in His Characterization of
the Speech-Blease viii AnsuOer at Filbert

| have been selected, were among those
| who were invited and who attended
the meeting.
Chairman Coker consumed the firs1
hour in his address. Democracy was
at war. he said, and it was the duty
of the State council thoroughly tc
arouse the people as to the truth OF
the situation He felt that the great
work of the State council was to in
augurate a preliminary campaign OF
education He attacked the sources
Of news on which the people rely, he
said, but that they have not the pro-
per confidence in, but he went on 10
say, in his address, that Germany has
gone so far as to conscript her entire
womanhood to rehabilitate her popG-
lation. He gave the source of his in
formation. These were horrible things
to stand UP and tell, in this audience,
he said, "but you have got to know
the truth and carry that truth to the
people
eve are calling upon the entire peo-
pie to volunteer their services" he
said. "Active efforts in support OF
government measures now along all
lines means a shortening of the war.
eve want you to go back home and
organize your counties thoroughly, if
you have not already done So" he said.
eve ought to have meetings all over
every county within the next few
days"
He said that he mad read an edi-
torial in the Columbia State this morn
ing, from which it was only neces-
sary, in his opinion, to read one par
agraph This was the editorial re-
ferring to Mr.. Blease.
He did not doubt the accuracy Of
The Charleston Americans report, he
said-but he failed to read that re-
port to his audience eve do not want
to get any political activity into this
organization" he said, "but we cannot
allow treason to grow I'D and go uH-
checked in this State. In Georgia,
Thomas. E. watson is trying to do
much the same thing, and 0in South
Carolina we must call a halt. There
are some people in South Carolina
who are deluding themselves by try
ing to convince themselves that they
will ride into office over the deluded
people of some of the counties Of this
State. We must first treat them kind
ly, and then if harsher measures are
necessary we must take those steps.
It is into these counties that we ought
now to carry. our first and most Wig
orous campaign, and we should here
plan personally to go into those coun-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03

ties where It seems ia. or |oE.. =
most needed
The meeting was N progress for
>Tc" !: .ojrs
Following Chairman ~oke:'s al
dress. Governor Manning, Of Colum-
bia. and Dr.. George B. Cromer, OF
Newberry also spoke.
Mr.. Blease said this afternoon that
he would answer all criticisms Of his
Pomaria speech in his speech at Fill
bert On Thursday, August 2, to which
everybody is invited and waere free
speech will not be abridged.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03
Charleston American.

Charleston American.
Columbia, July 31.-Even as was
expected, it has come-tEough it has
come little earlier than had bee;l
anticipated.
Chairman D. r. Coker of the State
council of defense, appointed by Gov:
sernor Manning, today placed that
Body. which, above all others. should
be non-partisan, in squarely parti-
san attitude in petty State politics,
and, to that extent at least, hurt the
usefulness of the organization over
which he was chosen to preside. He
went out of his way IN an address
to the State council at it's meeting
today, to make political attack upon
former Governor Blease, based upon
an editorial which appeared in the
Columbia State of this morning, criti-
cising an address of Mr.. Blease
which the Columbia State had not ev-
en- quoted. Mr.. Coker followed the
tactics of the Columbia State. He read
that newspapers editorial, but he DID
not read the report Of the Blease
speech which appeared in The
Charleston American of Sunday morn
ing, and upon which the editorial
criticism in the Columbia State OF
this morning is based.
I1\has been currently rumored over
South Carolina for some time that MI
Cocker was being groomed as cand1-
date either for governor or for the
United States senate. There has been
no expression from Mr. Coker and in
his Craftsmanship of the civic prepar-
~edness commission, appointed by Co..
.esnor Manning and of the State coun-
-cil of defense, appointed by the gov
,ernor. he has kept out of State poll
tics until today His remarks were
apolauded by most of the State coun-
Gil who were present, all of whom
are appointees of Governor Mannins'
and but few of whom are other than
political partisans. The few who. hap
pen to belong to the Reform party
REGARDED the unwarranted attack as
SIMPLY an unpatriotic mistake in an
essemblag in which patriotism should
have been supreme, and passe1 it up
5Sn that spirit.
The meeting of the State council
was called to be held here today by
chairman Coker for the purpose OF
soutnning campaign of education
which should inform the people OF
south Carolina of the danger OF Ger
man ideals and of German dom1na-
aion. The ladies' organization OF the
council, as we'll as the county chair
man and the. various speakers VINO
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03
Be Careful What You Take.
\ Philadelphlna woman is in

A Philadelphia woman is IN a
t.--::c... oarlit..uiI 1-,u..se she mistoolI
a bottle OF white shoe polish for a
i.ct,.e 81 ni.h. Persons Tho keep
.heir tan shoe polish on the same
shelf with the mayonnaise and the
maple syrup should need no furthe'
warming
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03

OF the utterances made by Mr.. Blease
in his Pomaria speech, though he did
not mention the name of their author.
81 hear that some men say that con-
gress and the president plunged this
nation into war;" said DR.. CrOmer.
THAT is an untruth. Congress and the
president were forced by the acts of
the Imperial German government to
recognize that state of war existed.
When our property was ruthlessly de-
stroyed and when our men, women
and children were ruthlessly drown
ed on the high seas without, warning
being given, congress and the presi-
dent were without alternative in rec
ognizing that steps must be taken to
protect the rights of a sovereign peo'
pie
sit is Lie"
Some men tell US that We are fight
ing the battles of France~and Eng
land" continued Mr. Cromer. "It IS
lie. Let us tell our people that
France and Englanl> for fhree years
have been fghtingour battles France
until she has been bled white and
ENGLAND until she is exhausted
Speaking further with reference 20
that class which has opposed the draft
and which is seeking to Illustrate 9th
er measures for the prosecution Of the
war, Mr.. Cromer said: "The man
who is trying now to shackle this gov
ernment and render it's efforts futile
by preaching the doctrine of No cause
for our going into war is in effect
attempting to shoot my hoy and your
bov in the back as he marches to the
front"
Mr.. Cromer's speech was followed
by an ovation which lasted for many
minutes.
Manning Would Curb DisleyaL
Governor. Manning in short ad-
dress struck the same note which
Mr.. Coker sounded in opening the
meeting and which later was to be re-
heated in the striking utterance OF
DIR. Cromer. "The hour has struck
in South Carolina when there can be
no divided alleg' lnce-no difference
NJ opinion. There is no time for dis
loyal words and deeds" The COVER
nor urged that men or women. having
knowledge of quasitreasonable acts
report same to agents of the depart
ment of justice and swear out war
rants for the offenders.
The governor also appealed for the
SUPPORT of all classes OF people IN
carrying the war to successful con-
clusion. and said, amid applause: we
must give to the negro who Will sheo
his blood for our flag a guarantee that
his rights shall be respected.
Ry Personal Incidents.
Mr.. Coker in oDening the mee1lns
stated that he thought the proper way
n hiring the war home to the people
was not by an array OF figures snow
ing its cost in money or lives-not Dy
ricturing OF the barbarity OF Ger
manv in the mass but by the pre-
sen+ation of brief human interest sto:
ries of unuuestioned authenticity that
set forth the war methods of the I'M
Derial government He then reia1ea
several gathered from his own expert
ence
The conscription OF all German "o-
men by the government for the pur-
pose Of restoring the poulation' en-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-03

ION, was declared to be one Of the
W9r policies OF the powers that rule
a. Berlin.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
TheAd-Mirror
" The Times Prints II, The Times Believes Il

TINS purpose dragging
his assertions arc
Of welcomes letters relating
the dollar fails TO
advertisers who be
applicable
preserving advertising protecting the advertising
writer's
withheld preferreo
Ad Mirror Detroit Mich
brand Of especial
publishers and for whose application the
Pomerene. Is designated
evidence OF
advertising significance
protect established re-
building for the exhibition
and
introduced in upper bill applicable
OF
a a Legislature
that
the merchants Of the
O a o
now before the provides that
shall bankrupt
administrators
Of
authorities advance Information subantang all his claims
advertised This
goods
and fully Identify the merchandise
$50 than so
unlicensed his
The falls
times as the crookedest itnerant would attempt
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Pointed Paragraphs

Bruises should be Judged solely BY
tho vay they were obtained.
Silent contempt II responsible for
MANI an undellvered blow
81 nf a man has lost lots %
money fhu The hole in the top Of
hi %.
emsu intuition is admirable
r-.a does nor bark up The
nrH. trae
Insomnia Be- responsible for much
~ fs. uagination and ignorance in
't. Elid
a nnn "a q man discovers he has
wa.. mistake he begins 20 look
around Tor some one 90 blame u on.
McneJ talks. and b. is also the
cnlv hing that understands the Ian
guaRn Of The flowers on an Easter
bonnet
We would get more enjoyment out
~ dollar n " took az long TO spend
30 as 10 does 20 earn a..
a Young man keeps company with
a Girl before marriage. bur after the
ceremony shc IL lucky " he does
Dr. o. better 20 BE- slow 10 anger
than 20 be- handy with a six.shooter.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Interesting Experiment
In COlOniZing Foreigners

ITO raise useful men and women
az well as good vegetables IS tho
object OF colonization plan cper-
sicd in eastern North Carolina.
says 9 writer In Farm and Fire
side. The plan was started ~
years ago by Hugh McRae. who in
herited 200 acres Of truck land
rom his father. Now Tho coloniza
ton plan Is operated on several
thousand acres.
Within the reach 81 all ths famr
lies OF ST. Helena. ono OF the settle
ments. an amusement pavilion. 90
feet vide and 90 feet long. vas built
a. cost q 800. The Interior OF
he pavilion g. one room with a
'OOr suitable for dancing
The pavilion IS a common meet
Ue place for The colanisfs Thc
eungers ogia'y. chartered q
Ganizau0n Of Italian farmers. 1old
1 mrrUrg In the pavilion Ms
msetings are reid lhcrc too. and i-
b. the gathering point on fesIyal
Gays.
seven families Of Italians-cou-
ing from northern Italy-cony t.ufcd
IAe original colony They settled
% miles from Wilmington. and nam
ID their colony ST. Helena in honor
% the italian queen
The combination OF land capable
OF high production and nearness 20
market contributed 10 the welfare
~ The colony Carloads Of straw
berries were whipped. from one ha!f
acre 81 500 worth ~ lettuce va
marketed. and Immense vineyards
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
From Another Point OF VieD
Bu C. 7. S.

Kissed by a taxicab driver, Highland
Falls young lady is suing the company
for $4,000 Maybe she had meter on il.
A minister in Louisiana hanged him
self. The only motive given is the fact
that he was a close reader Of New York
newspapers.
Lots Of people have great faith in bur
dock The British are taking Bagdad.
Now Mrs. Paul Damitz comes to bat
and AYERS that she did not leave his bed
and board. We feel compelled to print
Mrs. Damitz' side. inasmueh as we have
printed Damitz side. despite the fact that
it compels the use of considerable pro-
family
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Secret of Influence
nv "a. ADDINGToN BRUCE
Author OF The Riddle OF Person
ality." Psychology and
Parenthood." etc.

The secret Of influence r. not
money, as most OF us imagine.
Money. TO be sure. does confer some
influence on It's possessor. Hut as
an influence producer Il Is weak
compared with personality.
Get this truth Armly nKed in your
mind.
You are young and ambitious. You
rightly desire 10 become a man OF
real consequence. TO win success and
happiness. and 20 he OF influence In
your generation.
To this end YOU mistakenly think
that the one essential IN to make
money. lots OF money. The more
money you can get. you argue. the
more influential you are sure TO be.
But reflect for moment.
Recall the lessons In history you
learned when a boy in school Sum.
mon back in memory the names OF
the men recorded I'm your history
hooks as having been most infuen-
tial in their time and country. Few
of them. you VIII find. were men OF
great wealth.
Look about YOU In the world OF
your own dan Again YOU viii ind
few millionaires among the recog.
niEed leaders and shapcrs OF public
thought and action.
This certainly IL a fact worth pom.
dering Certainly Il indicates that
the possession 81 great wealth IS no
guarantee OF great influence.
That must come from something
else. What IL does come from Is
personality.
In his Just published Religion for
To-day" John Haynes Holmes de.
fines personality as that peculiar
spiritual power which leaps like
fame from soul 20 soul. and makes
leader OF his kind" lie further
enumerAtes rs the distinctive marks
Of personality. thought. feeling. and
unity.
This means that personality f.
something which can be cultivated
For. obviously. tho unity admits OF
no division into more or less.
thought and feeling do A man can
think much or think little. feel much
or feel little.
And In proportion az he thinks
and feels he Is a man OF strong or
weak personality
II follows that 70 cultivate per
sonality a man must make himself
an active. vigorous thinker. Tie
must also make himself an enthu.
siast
Whatever task he undertakes. he
must throw himself into IL enthusi-
asticAlly. lie must likewise be sin
cerely ardent in his dealings with
other men. Wherefore ne needs to
develop a high degree OF human sym
patty.
Thinking only OF himself. feeling
only for himself. he may win wealth
but he cannot grow In personality.
lie will merely be a self-centered.
cold. spiritually deficient individual
repelling instead Of attracting other
people. hence quite incapable OF
truly influencing and leading other
people
And. would add incidentally. he
likewise Is certain to be an unhappy
individual. For he cannot escape
the consciousness that he stands
really alone In life. friendless and
uninhuential because he has deveL
oped no capacity for sympathy with
/ his fellows
Let your main endeavoT. accord
ingly. be effort 20 enlarge your per
sonality. not effort TO amass gold
II you happen 20 amsss gold, well
and good. But don't make material
wealth your goal In life Aim rather
az gain OF mental and spiritual
/ riches.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Still, Our Secretary of
War Has a Reputation
For Unhappy Speeches

Newton ID. Baker, secretary of war,
said in a speech before the National
Woman Suffrage association in Wash
ington recently, that women would no
longer be restricted 10 merely offering
their tears on the altar Of their country
in time of war; that they could give
their services in ammunition factories
(making shells TO Kill other mothers
sons) and in all the industries in town
and country, left idle by the men.
And the women, those women who
have come to be looked upon as the trail
blazers Of American womanhood in all
progressive measures, fell for it like any
romantic chit of n girl.
As a body they passed a resolution
offering their entire organization TO the
government, TO DO with as it sees nj, in
the event Of war.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is the
head Of the organization and largely re-
sponSible for this stand
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw made an i'm
passioned speech deploring any move
which might commit the suffrage move
ment in the least degree to sympa-
thetic attitude toward war. She had
lived thru the Civil war and knew
whereof she spoke
Secretary Bakers offer Of job TO the
suffragists was looked upon as a token
Of appreciation.
But, let US ask, when has the govern
ment shown any appreciation Of suf-
frage or failed to block in every way
possible the enfranchisement of the Am
erican women?
Tears, is it, that the women have
furnished in American and all other
wars?
Let us put aside the tears and re-
member what they have contributed.
Husbands. fathers and sons, in the
first place.
The extra work made necessary in the
home, the Office, the farm have been
theirs.
The hardships imposed by a depleted
income has been theirs.
The wretched existence eked out while
they kept the children fed and the fires
burning on the hearth has been theirs.
A life of toll and loneliness with the
bread winner dead in an unknown grave
has been theirs.
Tears-forsoothi
Are the sufFragists turning lingo as
political move, bidding for a better deal
from the government
Or are they forgetting their sacred
duty as the conservers of life, and grow
ing maudlin thru much war talk?
In al justice We must say that the
new Woman's Party refused to discuss
war, declaring that it stood solely and
only for the passage thru congress of
the woman suffrage amendment.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

looking very dsconsolate and not very veil
nourished.
Haven't you ans home, little boy 2" a
"Yessum" -
Father and motherF
"'Course havei"
DO your parents look after you property
Dad does"
wei. look here. little man. you bring your
mother along 10 the Central hall tomorrow 20
hear my lecture the upbringing OF chiidreu.
will vou7 BY the way, what is your namer
oh shut up talking nonsense. mother"
claimed the boy. Surely, you Know -
child7'
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12

o. Concord grapes brought rich re-
turns 10 the italians.
Win the clustering OF families or
the same nationality into a colony.
there cauis an awakening OF the so
,ial spirit Their inclination for
play and recreation was quite as in
tense az had been their ambition 10
acquire a nome They found satis-
tIne expression in The organization
~ brass hand Approximately 500
Italians are now happily aud pros.
porous ly situated there"
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Bits Of Information

important decisions arc looked
for from the supreme court OF the
United States today which II the
first decision day following the four
weeks recess.
Il IL one month today since the
disappearance Of 17-yearold Rntb
Cruger, which has furnished New
York with It's most mysterious die.
appearance case since that Of Dor.
othy Arnold.
The Detroit times., 1917-03-12
Anniversaries

fsst-OeorRe Berkeley. the ceis-
brated Irish preiate and philosopher,
horn In Kilkenny. ireland. Died at
oxford. England. Jan. ~. 1888.
lss0-The people ~ New Hanp-
shire Effected a governmental union
with MaEsRch uBettH
1G10-Dr Thomas A. Arnc who
wrote Rule Britannia" born In Lon
don. Died there March 8. lIiS
179C-Thomas Reynolds. governor
% Missouri. born IN Bracken county.
KY Committed suicide al Jefferson
city. Feb ?. isit
lsi7-John l. Worden. who COM
manded the Monitor in the famous
battle with the Merrimac, born IN
WeStchester county. y. Y. Died IN
Washington. oct Is 1897
is54-Aiiaucc between England.
France and Turkey signed.
ss2-JackSonvlile. FIa. surren-
dered 20 the Federals.
is6T-Amerlcan bark Rover wreck
Cd on coast ~ the island ~ T0rmosa
and her captain and crew massacred
by the natives
isss-Attemrt on Duke % Edin-
hurEh. son % queen Victoria. In New
South wales. by - Farrell. a Fcninn.
is7i-The German troops quit Yer
saiiiss
is7s-FIood destroyed 1000 lives
and eoo0 houses In town of SEewe-
din. Hungary
tao7-Mrs Russell Sage created
the SAGE Foundation with $4,000. 600
for philan'hropic work
t9i2--Ths Federal government be-
gan a suit against the sugar trust
ONE YEAR AGO TO-DAY IN THE
WAR.
@ rnnuu rcpuIaad counter attacks
fY the French az Nerdun.
Italians began tf-houf BON ha rd
msrIt of tho Austrian town of Core
itz
British mercantile feet auxiliary
Fnuvet'e Junk by striking mine. 10
losts
ToDAY's BIRTHDAYS.
Joseph S FfrlInEhurven. tho new
Tulf,t states raUatur from View 1er-
Fcy born et R1r.fan. s. fS years
sEc TODAY
Hillary a. Herbert ,sho VAS Score
tary ~ Tho navy under President
Cleveland. born 40 faurenHvliIc. 81
O.. 50 years ago today
Daniel " Hoan. the Socialist may
or % Milwaukee. born at Waukesha,
Wiz. 36 years ago today
Rt Rev Joseph Schrembs Catholic
bishop % Toledo. Ohio. born In Ba-
varih. ~ years axe today
Adolph Drhs. publisher Of the
New York Times. born In Cincinnati
- YeaN ago today
Joseph " EnEal pitcher 81 the
Boston American league baseball
team. horn In Warrington, ID. C..
- years ago tOday.