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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
TEACHERS READY
FOR STATE MEETING
Two Thousand are Expected at the
Meeting Which Will be Held IN
Columbia Early in March. :.

The next meeting of the State
Teachers association of South Caro-
lima, will be held in Colur' bia, Marcn
Is, 16, II. "Two thousand for the
Columbia Meeting" has been, adopt
ed as the slogan and a campaign is
now being put on to secure that num-
ber. The attendance last year was
the largest in the history of the as
sociation, nearly 1900.
Teachers are urged to begin now
to plan to go. Boards Of trustees
are asked to allow the teachers holl-
day to attend, as it will be worth a
great deal to them in their work.
Special rates have been granted on
all the railroads. Hotel and board
ing house rates will be most reason
able
President w. C.. Bynum of George
town is arranging an attractive pro-
gram, having already secured several
strong speakers from outside the
State. In addition to the general ses-
sions there will be meetings of the
following departments: Colleges and
Secondary Schools: Superintendents
Rural Teachers; Primary Teachers:
Grammar Grade Teachers: Industrial
Education; School Improvemnt AS
sHciation; Home Economics; Teach
erS Of English; Teachers of Science;
County Superintendents; Language
Teachers; Kindergarten Teachers;
South Carolina Peace League.
Each Of the department presidents
has arranged a good live Yrogram
for his department.
Membership dues. are s1.0O for
men. and so cents for ladies. These
should be sent to w. E. Black, treas
urer, Lexington. Copies of the const;-
tuition may be secured from R. C..
Burts. secretary, Rock Hill, as we'll
as other information about the asso-
citation. -
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TRIBUTE TO DEWEY
kEClTES HIS MERIT
Tiilman, Presenting Res solution, Pays
hlgn Honor to Virtues Of Ad.
miraI.

The State
Washington, Jan Ex-senator B.
r. Tillman, chairman of the senate
committee on naval affairs, yesterday
offered appropriate resolutions on the
death of Admiral George Dewey. In
stating that the senate had learned
with profound grief of the death OF
AAdmiral Dewey. who, he said, had
served his country brilliantly for
more than 62 years, Senator Tillman
paid a glowing tribute to his memory,
saying: Our country has lost an
other great naval hero. George Dew
ey, admiral Of the navy and hero of
Manila bay, died last evening at 5:56
o'clock.
His spirit was the spirit of John
Paul Jones of Stephen Decatur of Jas.
Lawrence Of Oliver Hazard Perry
of David Farragut. He upheld and
illustrated the traditions which these
men and others like them establish
ed. He knew no fear. His first
thought always was the navy and
his duty to it, as was his last thought
John Paul Jones, with his ship sink
ing under him, replied, in answer to
a summons to surrender! Il have not
yet begun to fight Perrys mes
sage, after his famous victory, was
We have met the enemy and they
are ours; James Lawrence, mortal
~ wounded, shouted with his breath,
'Don5t give up the ship; Farragut,
sailing into Mobile bay which Was
said to be filed with torpedoes, said.
Damn the torpedoes, g6-shead'; and
Dewey entering Manila bay, with
mines and torpedoes under him and
shore batteries and enemy ships FIR
ling on him, uttered not a word until
he gave the famous order, clearly and
quietly, as if he were talking OF
another matter: You may fire when
you are ready, Gridley'
admiral Dewey was lineal des-
cendent Of the heroes 1xho~ preceded
him. We can not do him too mucn
honor. l ask immediate considera-
ton of the resolution which I send
to the desk" =
Upon the adoption OF these resolu-
tions the senate Immediately adjourn
ed and a special committee of seven
members Of that body will meet
similar committee from the house
to take further action for the funeral
Saturday.
P H. MCGOWAN.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
Robert E. Lee.
10 NN
Greenville News.

GreenVllle news.
Instead of the usual eulogy of the
man who can never be over elogized
with which We are accustomed tc
celebrate the return of the anniversa-
ry of his birthday We are simply
printing today the text of an order
issn~d by General Lee in the third
year Of the war. This order possesses
an eloquence to which We can add
nothing. It's significance is more
striking as an indication of character
when considered in the light of the
contrast which certain phases of the
present war furnish. The order fol-
lows:
HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN VA.
CHAMBEREBURG, Pa, June 81, 1868
Genl. Order, No. 72.
The commanding general has ob-
served with marked satisfaction the
conduct OF the troops on the march,
and confidently anticipates results
commensurate with the high spirit
they have manifested. No troops
could have displayed greater fortl-
tude or better performed the arduous
marches of the last ten days. Their
conduct in other respects, with few
exceptions, has been in keeping With
their character as soldiers and en-
titles them to appreciation and praise.
There have, however, been instances
of forgetfulness on the part of SOM
that they have in keeping the yet un-
sullied reputation of the army, and
that the duties exacted of us by civil
lization and Christianity are not less
obligatory in the country of the enc
my than in our own The command
ing general considers that no greater
disgrace would befall the army, and
through it our whole people, than the
preparation of the barbarous out
RACES upon the innocent and the d.
fenceless, and the wanton destruc-
tion OF private property, that have
marked the course of the enemy In
Cur own country. Such PROCEEDINGS
not only disgrace the perpetrators
and all connected with them, bu- a'-
subversive of the discipline ard eff
cheney Of the army and obstructive
to the ends of our present movements.
1t must be remembered that VIZ maje
war only on armed men, and that We
cannot take vengeance for the wrongs
that our people have suffered without
lowering ourselves in the eyes Of all
whose adherence has been excited b.
the atrocities of our enemy and Of
Tending against Him to whom ven
geance belongeth, without whose fav-
or and support all our efforts must
all prove in vain.
The commanding general, therefore,
earnestly exhorts the troops to alb
stain with most scrupulous care from
wanton injury to private
property, and he enjoins upon all Off
GERS to arrest and bring to summary
punishment all who shall in any way
offend against the orders on this sub
ject.
R. f. LEE, General
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23

Where cotton and corn are the maia
crops grown, the cultivated fields
should be equally divided, one-half OK
them being planted to corn and peas
Or corn and velvet beans, and the
other half to cotton, crimson clover
being planted in the cotton eniddies
in the fall to be ploWed under for
corn the following spring. Such
simple two-year rotation gives us
legume crop every year on every cul-
tivated acre. and, with the use OF
some phosphoric acid and potash in
certain sections, will mean better
lands and bigger and more profitable
croCS.-The Progressive Farmer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
The Letter,

Abbeville, Jan. 19,1917.
Hon. Richard l. Manning,
Columbia, s.. C.
Dear Sir:
l was not very much SURPRISED to-
day when I Learned that you had or
dered the jury commissioners of Abb
heville county to appear before you
and to show cause why they should
not pack the jury panel at the next
term Of the court of general sessions
tc be held in Abbeville county. You
have been namod, or called. "Actin 2
Governor which is violent s!a"sh-
ter of the Enlish language. cd WILTON
the facts do not substantiate You
have also been called Military Dick, "
and that is not a description of vour
last act of defiance to all known law,
and to all known constitutions of the
last 500 years Of the history of the
Enelish-speaking race. I leave it to
history to find a name for you in
your last display of anarchy. Suffice
it to say, you have displayed all the
gall Of an English king, all the depot
ism of Russian car, all the tyran-
nv of Rome's Nero. and you possibly
think that you can get away with
some more 'tbull" which has mace
you the object Of contempt with al;
s@lf-respecting people
I am one of the defendants in the
so-called lynching case which grew
out of the death of Anthonv Craw-
ford. However, 7 am not afraid OF
either YOU CT your littlo "Jew-Yan-
kee" detective. who no doubt charg-
ed you large Claw and order (?)
fee for working up case which ned
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
News of Excelsior.

Excelsior, Jan. 22-Mr. J. D. Stone
has been on a few days visit to Sa-
luda county.
Mrs. Joe lovelace is at her daugh-
ter's, Mrs. E. G. Counts, cont sd TO
her room sick.
The Rev. J. NJ. White preached a.
good sermon for us here on Sunday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Werts Of
Saluda county have Deen visiting ret
atives in this section.
Misses Frances and Katie Kiblar
have been spending several days
with Mrs. Ernest Addy and family OF
Saluda county.
Don't forget the use of the log drag
on the roads. The best way to keep
the roads in good condition.
Mrs. Carrie Hartman is spending
some time with her brother in BIZ
minghan, Ala.
Miss Lora Mates has returned home
from visit to her sister in Orange
burg.
Mr.. James P. Cook of Mt. Pilgrim
section and Miss Ella Kinard Of Bach
man Chapel section were quietly
married on Sunday evening at the
st. Paul,s Lutheran parsonage by her
pastor, the Rev. S. P. Koon. The
banpy couple was met at the groom g
home near here by few Of thec
friends where they enjoyed nicely
prepared supper. They have the beSe
wishes Of their friends for a long
and prosperous journey through life
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ed no working up, which in iact ia.
crime. IL any, was done uader tue
eyes OF tue law and order Sherif
which you appointed. and with tae
consent of a preacher or two III Co
lumbia Wish to congratulate yes.
that is, if you get away with it, As
you 1a.led TO do with sheriff Ashley.
upon your last act of attending III
other peoples business.
(Signed) SIM ADAMS
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
P. H. MCGOWAN.
DeMey's Record.

New York, Jan. 16-Admiral George
Dewey, 'hero CT Manila Bay" fought
and won the first great american nav
al battle against a foreign foe since
the War of 1912.
His whole life was full of honor
able achievement from the days of
the Civil War down to the time when,
as the head Of the General Board,
he began the last chapter of his work
by laying plans for the defense of
his country in time. of war. His life
was a striking exempliication of the
possibilities of a career based upon
the exact and intelligent performance
of every routine duty, which mClds I.
man on infexible lines of duty and
honor.
One of the curious freaks of for
t"ne in Dowey's case was that for
perhaps the first and only time IN
his naval career he was disposed to
protest against the edict of the Navy
Pepartment. which carried him into
Ehe Far East, where he was destined
10 perform the greatest feat Of his
fe and to win imperishable ranown.
Mat was back in 1898, when the war
Rlouds were pa+Nnr:re and Dewey
felt that he wac hoin~ "shelved,"
that the war with S"Hin VOC to be
fought out in the Gulf OF Nev'oo ana
in the Caribbean SEA aud that he,
distant by half the circumference Of
the globe. would stand no chance OF
winning glory. for at tn: moment no
thoueht whatever had been given to
the PHILIPPINES. But he took us or
ders and like a true sailor obeyed
them.
The result is q -" g history, I'M
der date of May 1, 1898.
Contrary to Spanish eYnectations,
Dewey sailed into Manila Bay on the
night of April 80 and in the morning
of the next day he annihilate1 Ad-
lniral Montojo's squadron. destroying
all other vessels and all the land bat
teries. without the loss of a man on
tho American side.
Upon his triumphant return to the
United States he was feted by the
nation. His admirers presented him
with beautiful home in tho National
Capitol. Congress gave him an en-
sraved sword, and raised him from
the rank of Commodore to Rear-Ad-
miral, and then to the fxll rank OF
the Admiral Of the Navy
& Admiral Dewey was the third
American to reach that pinnacle o.
rank. Farragut was the first
d Porter the second. 1t was under
u arragut that Dewey received his
first baptism in war
d valuable as the training of ANNA
4 polls was it was poor schooling be-
side that of serving under Farragut
in time of war;" Armiral Dewey once
said whenever I have been in q
difficult situation or in the midst Of
such a confusion of details that the
simple and right thing to do seemed
Razy, have often asked myself, what
would Faragut do In the course
Of preparations for Manila Bay,
often asked myself this question and
I confess I was thinking of him the
h very night we entered the bay and
4 With the conviction that l was doing
what he would have done.
George Dewey was born in the shad-
of Vermont's State capitol at Mont
ier, on the day following Christ
& in 1887. At the age Of II, ne
+ he'd the crossroads of his career:
II road led to West Point the other
Annapolis. Young Dewey want
b go to the former, but
Ghere was no vacancy for West
bit from Vermont" explained the
B Bpiral in reviewing his life. 10Th
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
Litterv.

Noticing a pile Of magazines and
papers on the floor, a caller remark
ed to the maid, Major Wye is cutie
literary. isn't he?"
"Yas, ma'am," replied the maid, che
sho' am littery. Why, he jes, littahs
things all over dis yere house >
Puck. III sS
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Charleston American,

Jan. 19, 1917.
Charleston American,
Charleston, S. c.
To the Editor: l am sending you
herewith a copy of a letter just ad-
dressed to Governor Manning. This
letter is written to him to show my
attitude to him on his last act of an
archy. l would be glad if you would
publish the same as want to know
how our people feel toward such a
man, who would have jury packed 10
convict innocent men, white men, for
killing a negro.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) SAM ADAMS.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
onlv One "BRoMo QUINlNE''

60 get the geruine all for fill narrA, Lax
GIVE BROMO OUiNINE. Look for S. 81 hature l
2. '" CE1' =. Cures a Cold in One Day. S.
s.l. ... 49,. .acue. and worH" OF cold -
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23
SAM ADAMS, ESQ,
BOASTS MANNING
Says He Displays Gall of English
King, Depotism of Car, Tyranny OF
Nero, In Letter Written to GOV.
ern0r.

Jan. 19. 1917.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-23

AbbeVille, Jan. 1851.
Hon. Richard l. Manning,
Columbia, s.. C..
Dear Sir:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-20
THE WHITE HOUSE PICKETs

The White House pickets Of the
Congressional Union are still patrol
ling their Intellectual beats. The 9th
er day they are reported to have ex-
pressed themselves as pleased and
encouraged when they. received a
pleasant smile and nod from the Pres
ident as he passed through the gate.
Whatever may have been the nature
of that smile it was probably given
more in pity than in commentator.
The Intelligencer's position with re-
gard to woman suffrage Is not IN
known. 1t supported to the best OF
its ability the amendment voted on in
this State, but 1t cannot endorse the
methods the Congressional Union IS
employing to promote its cause. But
the Congressional Union is operating
independently Of the National Asso-
citation, and those brave women who
are adopting more sensible tactics to
win should not be held responsible for
the behavior Of their militant sisters.
One can admire the calm persever-
ance of the earnest women who come
up smiling from defeat, and resolved
to try again, as the women suftragists
of West Virginia have determined to
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-20
A RELATED EFFORT

Senator Shafroth, of Colorado, call
ed up his proposed amendment to the
constitution in the Senate the other
day, which affects to revise the man.
ner Of electing a President and Vice
President in doing away with the per-
functory but dangerous features of the
electoral college: The amendment
provides that the candidates for
President and Vice President shall
be directly voted for by the quail
flied citizens of each State, and
that whoever receives the high
est number of votes in a State for
such offices shall be entitled to the
electoral vote Of such State. which
electoral vote shall be- equal to one
vote for each Senator and Representa-
tive Of that State, as now provided by
the Constitution. In other words, the
electoral representation is preserved
but the dangerous machinery abol-
ished.
The scheme is good as far as it goes,
but it Is hedged with Democratic pre-
caution. 1t stops at declaring the
election Of a President by popular
vote of the country. 1t is also a belat-
ed attempt to make good the Demo
cratic pledge of 1912 for a single term
of the Presidency of six years dura-
ton, but we don't believe Senator
Shafroth will be successful in his very
commendable endeaYor to redeem the
promise of the Baltimore platform.
There are. several reasons why he
will not. The first is that the man who
was pledged to the single term" prin'
ciple was no sooner elected than he
began to scheme for the suppression
OF any enabling legislation, and was
successful In shelving bill making
good the pledge which was pending in
Congress a few weeks before his in
auguration. The revulsion Of senti'
ment was carried to st. Louis in 1916
when the Democratic platform Of that
year omitted all reference to the Sin
gle term principle" Senator Sha
froth is merely wasting his political
sweetness on the desert air. The
single term plank was nothing more
than a big COB Of molasses that per,
meated the celebrated Baltimore plat
form to catch flies. Having caught
them its work Is done.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-20

of territory which was taken from
that country by her neighbors in 1913;
By two successive treaties (ot 1906
and 1879 which were made the law
of nations at the behest Of Great Brit
ain, all the European powers guaran-
teed the integrity Of Turkey. One
group of nations is now fighting to
maintain that integrity, while the
other formally announces to the world
it's purpose 10 destroy the European
portion of Turkey utterly. =,
The object Of this unprecedented
struggle in the meanwhile IS summon
ing every ounce OF Its remaining
strength TO repel the fate which the
entente has designed for it. The bat
ties for the defence Of Constantinople
the gates Of their capital but hundreds
OF miles away--in Galicia, in the Dob
rudja, in the Bulgarian trenches fac
ing Sarrail's great army at Salonlca;
! The battle Of Constantinople - the
elimination Of five centuries Of strug-
GLE of bloodshed and of tears, Is being
fought in the remnant OF Roumania.
1t is being fought in Belgium and
northern France. 1t is being fought
ON the banks OF the frozen Dvina,
close to the coast OF the Baltic.
1t is being fought among the SHOWS
of the Alps, on the burning sands OF
the Sinai Peninsula, on the border OF
the Holy Land, where the chiyalry Of
Europe flung itself in reckless ardor
against the hordes Of the cousins-geT.
man 10 the Osmanils, the Seljukian
Turks, in the Crusades.
To the demand of the entente for
her expulsion from Europe, Turkey
has replied by repudlating the treaties
of 1856 and 1878, and declaring her
complete sovereignty as an indepen.
dent nation.
Those treaties, designed to protect
the Christian populations of Turkey,
failed utterly Of that purpose at the
hands of a reactionary regime in
Turkey. But they did enable foreign
powers to interfere in the internal
affairs Of Turkey In the pursuit Of
selfish purposes. Designed to secure
the integrity Of Turkey. they did not
prevent successive acknowledgements
of Turkey by her neighbors, by Italy
and by Russia.
In the coming peace conference,
whichever group Of powers may dom
mate it's deliberations, Turkey will
stand as an independent sovereign
country, for the first time since the
decline of her power began three Gen.
turtles ago.
That development in itself will be
remarkable reversal of a verdict OF
history.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-20
BUNCOED BROTHERHOOD

The head Of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen, Mr.. ". G.. Lee, in
the hearing on the Adamson law, now
being conducted by the Interstate
Commerce Committee of the House Of
Representatives gave quite dramat.
ic tinge to the inquiry when he e1-
pressed regret that he had been in
duced for political reasons to prevent
the strike pending last year. II wish
to God had never recalled that strike
order" was his exact expression,
which Is "A virtual confession Of the
deception that was practiced on the
Brotherhood. not so much to save the
country from disastrous tie-up as to
save the political fortunes Of candi'
date whose chances of reelection
were threatened.
The Brotherhoods were told at the
time that they had gotten nothing
more than a pig In poke in the abb
ject surrender Of President Wilson:
and that 1t was they really who
had surrendered the most vital princi-
pie to organized labor in submitting to
the conditions imposed by the supple
mental features Of the Adamson act.
They were told that they were being
buncoed at the time, but they were
carried away by the Mysteries of the
moment in believing that they were
really getting what they asked for. 1t
was simply matter of the politicians
wit befuddling the trust of simplicity.
Hence the mournful refrain Of Mr..
Lee.
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
TIMES CHANGE.

The other day bought hen, which
fowl the butcher tossed me, and was
panied and startled when found out
what it cost me. Just eighty cents it
set me back, that chicken thin and
scrawny; with walls I filed the
butchers shack, and tore my whisk-
ers tawny. when was young"
sternly cried, land lived three miles
from Wooster. one-third that sum,
doggone your hide. would buy hen
or rooster. Then for a dollar one
could buy all kinds of goods and
chattels, a fowl. d parasol. pie, and
divers baby rattles." when you were
young" the butcher said, "a man
would work like thunder, and when
at night he crawled to bed, he'd
earned but little plumber. have no
doubt your father deemed a dollar big
as blazes; too wonderful and great it
seemed for any human phrases. You
take in ten where he drew one, and
yet, when buying chickens, because
your PUNK won't buy ton, you grum-
Bile like the dickens" And then,
because his heart was sore, he wept
a briny river, and with my person
mopped the floor, and smote me with
a liver.