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The People. Barnwell vol. xxv WONJSJNBORSED RESOLUTION IS PASSED BY OVER' WHELMING VOTE. BARNWELL. S. C., THURSDAY. MAY 28.1912 BOUND TO* VOTE AS UNIT This JVVUl Give the Delegates to Wil son, as a Large Majority of Its Members Are For Him, and Under the Unit Rule Will Vote It for Him. The South Carolina Democratic convention, after a long and inter rupted session, late Wednesday night adopted a resolution Indorsing the candidacy of Gov. Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey for president, elected vice-presidents and then turned to the election of delegates. The princi pal fight on the floor of the conven tion was on the question of Instruct ing delegates. WILSON MEN PLEASED DELEGATION PRACTICALLY IN STRUCTED FOR HIM. Mr. Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville, Who Wants Underwood, Considers Himself Hound to Vote for Wilson. Mr. Francis H. Weston, senator from Richland County and one of the most prominent advocates of Woodrow Wilson for president in South Carolina, who was elected an alternate delegate' at large to the national Democratic convention, said Wednesday night that he was pleas ed with the results of the State Dem ocratic convention. "Of the 18 delegates to the Balti more convention elected by South Carolina, 14 are Wilson men of the first water," said Senator Weston. "The convention expressed Rs pre ference for Wilson by an overwhelm ing'individual vote and adopted a resohijtipn requiring the delegates to the national convention to vote i as a unit. This to all Intents and The sentiment of the convention ■ , )Ur p 03e8 amoun t 8 to sending a dele- was very largely In favor of Gov. jKlt ^ )n to Baltimore Instructed to Wilson, as evidenced In the vote on votP for \ V oodrw Wlson. the resolution of Indorsement, but "j imend to Introduce In the next the V> ilson force were unable to mus-1 S (. R i;i 0n 0 f th P general assembly a ter a majority when It came to a >,j]| w hlch will give the people of question of Instructing the delegates c ou th Carolina the right to express lacking only sixteen votes. Long and th,.j r preference for president of the warmly the contest was waged, j c n i t ed states much more definitely with speeches and points of order the | ;han thpy have b€>en able t0 do for ammunition, and wfh frequent jt b e last several years,” declared Sen- bursts of applause puncturing deliberations. the ator Weston. Mr. Lewis W. Parker, of Green- Meeting at noon Wednesday the p]f. r ted a district delegate to convention organized by the appoint- tbe national convention, who first ment of the credentials, with "endel Iir pf Prre( ] o srar Lnderwood for pree- L. Smith of KeKrshaw In the chair.: jdent, declared Thursday morning The credentials committee appoint- > ba t bp considered the Indorsement ed, the convention took a recess to 0 f \vi] SO n by individual vote of the allow (he committee to proceed with state convention and the passage of Its work, the most Important feature . bp resolution requiring the dele- WAS A JONES BODY they made rich haul STATE CONTENTION CONTROLLED BY HIS FRIENDS. REMARKABLE GATHERING The Blease Faction Waa Completely Overwhelmed at the Meeting, the Governor Having About One-Sixth of the Delegates With Him on a T ote for Delegate. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier says the State Democratic Convention was one of the most remarkable gatherings that has been held In this State In many z year. It was conspicuous because of the unusual evidence of Interest in the political situation and the high character, of the delegates. Men who have not for years taken any art In political affairs made the sac rifice of attending the Convention and the personnel of the Convention was decldeuly above the average. It appeared that people throughout the State realized that assertive action Diould be taken and on that account The conspicuous features of the Con vention weie. tdpt. It Is believed the men boarded The absolute and entire control, | a freight train at this Junction. Four in every essential, by the friends of men are reported to have been seen if former Chief Justice Ira B. Jones, ■ leavIng the freight train when It in his candidacy for Governor. arrived at Hattiesburg a few hours The overwhelming sentiment In | after th.. holdup, but the authorities 1 favor of Governor Woodrow Wilson have been ujiablo to locate the sus- 'nr the residential nomination ofipeeted quarteije. the Democratic ticket. | The ^old-up of the train was af- 1 he sympathy for United Ftates fected in a true wild Western man-; -cnator Benjamin R. Tillman and the ner, but notwithstanding a generous^ MASKED BANDITS HOLD UP AND ROB EXPRESS TRAIN. Saltl to Have Gotten As Much as Two Hundred Thousand Dollars from the Company's Safe. A rich haul, variously estimated at from 135,000 to |^ao,0t)0, was made by two masked bandits, who early Wednesday morning held up the Queen and Crescent New York Limited train No. 2. near Oklahoma, a flag station eight miles south of Hattiesburg, -Miss., and blew open the safe of the Southern Express car. . . Express company officials deny that the sum obtained aggregated anything like the latter figure, but declined to make any estimate of the loss. The bandits, who are believ ed to bb the pair who held up the Mobile and Ohio train, at Corinth, Mise., In February, made their es cape and are still at large. When Sheriff Bennett, of Perry County, reached the scene of the hold up with bloodhounds about day light, the trail of the robbers was taken up by the dogs. This led them to the Junction of the New Orleans and Von h. ‘ i« , crn Railroad and a tap line road, where the trail was BARNWELL DELE5A1 CHARLESTON SEATEB GRACE FACTION OUST! of which was the decision of the con tests’ from Charleston and George town. In the former case the Barnwell delegation, proponents of J Elmore Martin for aherlfT of Charlesron county, was seated hy a vote of 5 0 to 0. In the Georgetown case the HalMn'or.- Mr. "court house club," representing th** lbp '•clincher " forces of old Georgetown. was j Hagsdale, although he said | seated by a vote of 36 to 4 The bp wag not )n f avor 0 f instruction, 1 convention reconvened at 8 o clock (,fr,>red a resolu'ion indorsing the' and Thos G. McLeod, tenant governor, was manent presldml. M M Mann and gates to vote as a unit equivalent to instruction for Wilson, Mr Barker said he considered himself bound to vote for Wilson. s'Bute resolution, thereby refusing' •o send an Instructed delegation to ■ Henderson put on G&Vernor ^Voodrobu tOiljon Indorsed Overwhelming 1>> the State Democratic Convention Wednesday. CHARGE OF ARSON UJ.FNDAU (iOSNF.I.I. MMK.ED IN JAIL AT I.ANDKl M. DELEGATES ELECTED Till.MAN AND SMITH NAMED' WIT MO l T OPPOSITION. James A. Hoyt, temporary secretar 1m, were made permanent oTcers. Then, with the convening of the regular session of the convention came the open’ng fight The first clash on Instruction came on the floor. It having been decided that the presidential fight should be made In open convention, without reference to com m 1 1 tecs John P Thomas, acting for the Richland delegation, precipitated the fight, offering a res olution Instructing for Woodrow Wllsoa D S Henderson for the Aiken del egation, o*.*rcd a resolution against instruction for anv can Mda'e. This resolution wa« finally adopted. Be fore either the Henderson or Thomas resoltfons cv e un for adopMnn H D Ca'houn of Barnwell, offered a substiMi'e for Instruction This was beaten, 218 to 13 2 Then the )!• t b rsnn resolution was * bade ilOt' tel, ITS Ins’ruc'lon Wilson fore, s, through J. W Rags dale, offered a resolution of Indorse ment T’ Is was adopted, 211 i'> !'T Cheer. ; gt ee*ed the .an:'.o'inr«>ment of the v •tv Then. w!*h ’he tno«t ser ious Uber.aMve functions of the conven'mn d' fi po?ed o,f. the conven tion proceeded to the election of del- ega'es at large. i John T*. Thomas, of ColuT.hta, op ened D'o figM offortng resolutions Indurs-!"g Wilson and instituting the delegation for him. D. S. Henderson, on behalf of the Aiken delegation, oterod resolution favorl"g an unlnstru'fed delegation He said that he vv's an advoca’e of Woo’row Wilson, bn* tha* the party was above the candlda'e. He said Demo rats shou'd reserve their de cision on a cand : date unMl the Ro-^ publicans had put their nominee In [ the field. M. L. Smith, of Kershaw, said that he was In favor neither of In struction nor Indorsement for any candidate at this time Tie, too, said Woodrow Wilson was his first choice for pres! 'ent. He discussed the probable Democratic nominees. "If you have confidence In the loy- formcr lieu- candidacy of Woodrow Wilson for' electel per- , bp Democratic nomination for presi dent and Instructing the delegation to vote for him as a unit. M. L. Smith, of Kershaw, moved to indefinitely postpone the Ragsdale indorsement resolution He said It would accomplish Indirectly what the convention had Just declared against directly by rejecting the Cal houn resolution M L Smith made a point of order against the Ragsdale resolution Mr Ragsdale said he was willing to change the wording of the Indorse ment r''«o'uton If It savored too HTongly of Instruction Mr Clifton said that 'he Ragsdale resolution was entirely dl^e-ent from 'he Calhoun resolution, sure It sim ply Indorsed and adopted the unit vo'lng rule Mr. Bollock male the point of or- der that the Ragsdale resolution wag eontrndle'nry to the Henderson reso- lu'ion whbh had been adopted. Mr Clifton sail the fight on the Kai.-dib* resolution was an attack on :ho right of the people of South Car- ■ dlr.a to express their preference for president President Mr! end ruled that the Kcsdale n suin':on was In effect the same us that of tin Follows Investigation of Burning of It. I. Manning ami Jno. Gary Evans W .J. Gibson's Home When Ills Four Children Lost Their I.Ives. x- Following an Investigation by B A Wharton, Inspe. tor of the S'a’e insurance department, on the burn ing of the home of W J Gibson, when his four cht.dreti los’ t!n:r lives, January s, Allendur Cosne.l Other Two Big l our and the DU-j Dirt Delegates. The S-a* The Credentials Committee and Decides an Important jj Incidentally Straightening Important Contett from the t of Charleston. Thirty-six of & possible forty-tw4 members of the credentials commit' tee of the State Democratic Conven* * lion, In session Wednesday in Colom* bia, voted to seat the delegation from Charleston, headed by the Hon. Jo»- ej h W. Barnwell, and none Toted to seat .what became known as the wink. ler delegation, that one headed I»y Major Daniel L. Slnkler. Two mom* bers of tho committee voted to Mat neither delegation and four memborg did not vote. After hearing teatlrlfeny and jurgg^/-' merits for two hours, the credentials ! committee refused to go Into exeett* * , 'He session or to even debate among ’• « the ncri s of the con i'esting claims, but im Haftauir eau- j ed fur a vote by roll-ca^^lgOl tha j result that the committee’s reco»« mendatlon to the Convention Is that , 'he delegation from Charleston head* cd by the Hon. Joseph W. Barnwell, together with the various ofBcera sl eeted by the Convention presided OT- er by Mr. Barnwell, are the legally elected delegates and officers, and that the "Barnwell” delegates be seated as members of the State DeaK* oerstfe Convention. This recommendation waa adopt- ’ cd unanimously by the ConeeaMo* • nd the Barnwell delegation was -eated. The vo'e on the recomtnen- lution to seat one or the other Of Hie Charleston deb gatioae was SB follows: Those voting to seat the Barnwell deleg 'tion W !’. Greene, Abbeville; Boa- jam, Anderson; W. L. RUey, Bap- the he,K: " A A11 ' Barnwell; R R. La- or . I>»rly h„. , M ,„ .r»l» hod ,«r„. d .h. our.. voing" their way to keep them "go- lv *<ahol:i, the engineer was given the . r p| ‘ ig ' and that there Is no political romnian ! to stop and compiled T ery! wae^ ■nee in giving quarter In a fight promptly ■vidences of the continued hold that l ’o has on tbe affections of the peo ple. The utter demoralization of the flourishing of weapons, not a shot was firel. The passengers were not molested. When the train was passing the Hienils) and supporters of Governor ^ae s'atPin. Okaholn, the two masked t'.mdits climbed over the tender, and 1 lb use at the Cun v ention. 1 lie auggesHon has been made with drawn revolvers, called out to Hi at there was a "steam roller" at engineer Maher and his fireman, v. rk during the process of the Con- "Dhey orders.” The engineer Imme- venrlon. and that this ' steam-roller" diatelv threw on his brakes, snytng, was marked "Ira B Jones,” and that l ! l right now " . T . . ' was In charge of "Engineer" J. "No," said one of the bandits,\e i ' nu__ Miani Thurmond "Steam-rollers” "PtiH on around the curve and stop ire not new things In politics and "hen I tell you to stop " After f a el.. : r K has b«'< ii arrt-6 :• M an 1 lo v I'j In j.».l o'. < ’ ’le I. Blease at Lan Iruai ( ! larioM wi ll ar .-on i t-ir ■! i !' 6:i’e at lart-’e Tho liihurau l’t* i 11 S jM ' t t'*r h, ti n '... . . h..' u as cl. :C. coiiihi. t i:; K an a Wt* \i.\ L "f i a 6ti Vil*' s o.it of into t he b in: i>f v r i ’■.-''•I s (* * 11 horn,- three n i ■ s fro: : (' r. i ,.ih»:: > ... ! , .' . o • i, 11 . .:, .. ■ u' | at one oVlo. k i n the m orn i i n « o’ 1.1 .- M. F \t!M !. F 11. uuy 2 v. an.! lias uni' a r * h i.l sti ! cl- 'I'.son an 1 H. G I'tit ev dence t o t'a t* su* t h*» a: : rest of j e ('''•on of del ronventlon Wednesday Senator B R Tillman, ] Smch. R I Manning uii.u-r and .lotm Gary Evans oil a !■' vn l.ii ’-g a-< delegates at large to] i. i'iuu.i. 1 >etiio. ratic convention was nominated by H I tom ate j, r. ceiv iug 3'• 6 The fol alternates O C Srirboraugh, Claraa- . , , w , don; H. A Willis, Colleton; D. R. n "'huh there is hut one ambition,. With guns pointed at tbelr heads, Darlington- E R Hamer .nd that Is to Win. H.e engineer and fireman were then j A mert> Dorche.Ur; iL There Is no question whatever hut mar.du d b«< k to the baggage car ■v hat the Jones forces had the Con- '’‘t 1 '! !' ,f> former was ordered to call ."ition In con'ro) in the minutest de- 'f'e extir.ss tnesseuger. When Met- til un such subjects or public issues nger D A. Gray, of Chattanooga, is they cared to exert their Infiu- uB'PP<'d to the door of his car he nee In other words, there were looked nto the muzzle of a pistol and did not hesitate to obey the orders to get du* n. to 162 This for- rniaun'ed, the Gosnell Ttie burning of the homo n r, d 'ea'h uf Hu' four (lii'.dr. n vv.i« uue of the most shocking tra ■ dl« a in tl .* history of this cotiununit'- Mr t:;n- son is a pruminetit f.trn . r, a fornief' menibur of the house of r. pr. :r.i- p tives, and one of the tunst widely | Viiuwn residents of this secHoti of State. j chuico by acclama- "U i. •' on of Mr. Thurmond . n tints i;, u Tillman and E. D h. an I ' ti a ballot v ote, In the ■ ■■ of do 1 " G irv Evans of Spar •"•i: g and Bil liard I. Manning, of '■ r. Gu.iriuir Blease was plae- iu ■r'aln questions that the managers t th,- Jones forees did not think It as prudent for them to make any utitentlon about, but wherever it ad been determined to act It was * tu i iceonipl ished, and this was from the F.>s» Refuses to Enterfere With m: : noruent that Mr. Thurmond nomlna- Wegton, \V. F 1 d Fp< aker Mendel 1. Sml'h, as tem- J’olk. uurary chairman of the Convention egates at large i ' B‘ -r . v official and every delegate and very issue in which the Jones peo- ■de were Involved had to have the mprini.ntur of Tones, and there was •'o middle ground Those who w**re .ot outspoken for the candidacy of Mr Jones wore not given the rewards .f the occasion. EAST HOI K IS GONE. Death Sentence. V. T RLheson's The children who los: Hudr li .n the fire were Huch t !,-;>n. Thomas resolu- years of age. Annie Tho mas Gibs 14 years of age; Laura Gibson, tion and ruled It out of order. Pandemonium reigned for a few’years of age; James Gibson, eight minutes. J years of age. Mr. Ragsdale announced that he. Walter J Gibson had gone to had another resolution. | Greenville to attend the furo r.i 1 of a "Resolved, That this convention ' kinsman leav iug the four ehil,Iren at Indorse Woo 1 row- Wilson for presl- home. Thfir taoHo-r had died severe the seven congressional dls- Whaley, of Ins'ructlon,” shouted "They can't quibble .’ent wl'hout Mr. Ragsd Be, over that"’, "I move to table the motion," said M. L. Smith. "I move that the convention vote aye and no as Individuals," said G. W. Sullivan. al years before and Hudr s', pmoiher the previous winter. The children spent the Fab' r.h with their sis’ t. who lived a mile from their home, but hal returned home at ten o'clock Sunday evening. Neighbors were aroused by the roar of the flames In the early morn- Mr. Sullivan's motion was carried, png and when the first to reach the ; Mr. Smith withdrew his motion to' srene fl arrived at 1 o’clock the larg- table the Raesdale resolution and 1 two story building was a mass ot moved the previous question. | flames. The screams of the children I be roll was called and each mem- were heard by those first on the her of the convention voted aye or geeas. no. The Ragsdale resolution was | Belton Reid dashed in amid the passed by a vote of 241 to 9,. Mr. ] f] am es In an effort to save the chil- Ragsdale put on the ‘‘clincher. | dren. As he entered the house James i John G. Sellers, of 'Marion, made Gibson, the youngest child, fell from . t-. ... tho point of order t.hcit no vice-presi- the second storv to the floor henenth altv of those vou send to Baltimore, . . . . . . 1T uie Hlur > 10 lIie Iloor DPneain I __ 4 m t 9 * * a a \r-A <4 Vf »• Q VW l f ^ dents had been chosen. He was sub- where Mr. Reid grasped him and oar- fa,nP( ^' i ried him out. The child *died that The following vice-presidents were n ig bt f iiomiii.r.on and rectived 6 6 Twenty years ago, when the great Th,* result of the balloting reform movement was at Its zenith. '> .ii:’Tn:*, 2" 7; Evans, ls\; M Hie cry was that measures had to In* ■ I. s':. 1, ,J. Browning, 68; c "onsid«T*'d above no n, and If a man o", '.6, F. H Weston, 62. The i Ld not aiLvocato the reform measur- ug d''legat"S were elected s - no matter who he n^y have been liere was no demand for his services. Later on, when the Alliance was In I ir<t district-R. S. Whaley, of * t8 Klor - v ' the A l iia nre 'yardstick" 'hrirb ston, Carleton Durant, of *’ a8 an, l ^ candidates did not present. Ytamnii'g. Alterna'es: A G Rad-! mras,ir( * «!' ,0 the Alliance "yard- J ■<M. of Walter boro; II. H. Gross, ofi ^ "''' k ' , tlu '>' wore rea,1 >' for ,he Junk I orilH's;,'!' ] 'die. And so, oji Wednesday, the] password was "Jones" and If that ■mild not be given with perfect will ingness there was someone In wait ing who was ready to give It. The. art of the matter Is that there was no desire to coerce anyone, because the great majority of the mem Clare'Ke V. T RLheson's last hope of escuping the death chair next w, ek for the murder of Avis 1.inn'll, of ID.nulla, expired Thurs- lay nuht, when Governor Foss, at Boston annourue.i that he would not refer Kb heson's pennon for com- inutiicai ion of st iitenci* to the exe cutive council. Th,* statement from Hu, Governor followed closely the tiling of the reports of the special nsanity commission, which declar- ''Nation E. Padgett, Edgefield; J E. McDoa- ull, Fairfield; A. H. Wllllama, Hoa- ence; H J. Haynegworfh. Gre^nvllla; W. H Nlrholson, Greenwood; J. W. Manuel. Hampton; J. O. Norton, llorrv, W It Hough, Kershaw; D. R Williams, Lancaster; D. 54. Cro»> son. Letingion; George R. Reerna, Marion, ft D. McColl, Marlboro; C. M. Walker, Oconee; Jas. L. Sima, Of-' :>ngeburg; E P. McCravy, Plckeaa; W. W. itay, Ri bland; J. M. Fo Saluda; S T D. l-ancaster, SpartSS- burg; Richard D Lee, Sumter; L. 1. Browning. Fnlon; URoy Lee, WU-, iiarrsburg. Those voHng that neither t!el' 'on be seated were: IL Frank Kellaf of Lee, and C E. Spencer of York. Those not voting a' all were: H. C. Paulling, Calhoun; E. F. HammonA* lasper, John M. Cannon, Laurens, and A. H Hawkins, of Newberry. The credentials committee, conetl- tuted by a member of each uncoa- tested delegation, named by that del- took un the contest from Second district—W. W. Williams,': •f Allen; B. W. Crouch, of Saluda. \!'o: nn'i's: B. E Nicholson, of LL: ‘'"Id; Neils Christensen, of, ' 'e mfort. Third district—-H. I*. Watson, of Doyle, of Easley. ] . Smith, of Plck- , of Anderson. Lewis W, Park- m. of Gre-nville; S. T. D. Lancas-i or, of S; arianburg. Alternates: W. j Mills Mornly, of Greenville; Ben Hill «'d the condemned man sane, al-; County at three o'clock •hough subject to fits of hysterical md at five o’clock the vote waa tak- .nsini'y. The commlssislon found en, the Convention proper taking a that Rieheson was sane at tho time recess twice in order to give time for of the murder and that he-is sanc’hc argtitm*ms hy re presen tatlree of each side. Consequently, the greater | part of the day's session wac coa- ! sumed by the Charleston contest. It was the absorbing feature of tha d day’s aesslon, and tho climax of tka whole proceedings came just a few minutes before the vote was takpn, when Mr. M. Rutledge Rivers, attor ney for the Barnwell delegation, read •i letter from Senator Benjamin Ryaa, Approves Conventions Course. Senator Tillman said Thursday, In reply to an Inquiry as to his opinion of tho action of th,* South Carolina Democratic Convention: "I have not seen the full report of the proceed ings of the Convention In the State 1 r< ■ tiwood 1; E . • C . \ 1 * * ■mates R. F. ‘ 1, s : B. B Gossett I- 'o..: th dl strict — i papers, but from what I we In the f ,, . , r . Washington papers I regard the Tillman, assuring him of is support of the convention came first, last and nf fhn rnTlvpnflnn nq Bntiafap . In the present Convention and da- all the time for Jones. why l^rst^uct , ” asked Mr. Smith. H. D. Calhoun, of Barnwell, said that the convention should go on rec ord in some shape or form for Wood- row Wilson. He offered a substitute for both the Thomas and Henderson resolutions. Stevenson, of Chesterfield, M'.iwn, of Spartanburg. dock Hill; J. W. Glenn, of Chester. VBernates: W. P. Pollock, of Che- raw; J. J. O'Bear, of Winnsboro. Thdre were 240 delegates In tbel Convention and the only test of th" j strength of Governor Blease was on i his vote as a delegate to the National Convention, when he received 66 course of the Convention as satisfac tory. Chinese Roasted To Death. Victoria, B. C., May 11. — Many nou nclng the tactics of the opposlnf faction in Charleston. Appeal had been made by Mayor Grace. In his argument before the Chinese In Lassa,’ capital of Thibet,! t0 the attitud J 0 [ Sen *- elerted from the congressional dig' trlcts: / Fir Berk lauf The only origin of the fire that could be volunteered at the time was district: T. W. Williams, tbe possibility of a coal from a grate Second District, J. W. De- having started the blaze. Council , (-.v ... , ter: Third district, W. N. Gray- wag a f ormer tenent of Mr Gibson’s . . evenson, o ^ es r , Fourth district, M. F. Ansel; p] an t a (] on Is a young man a- read an amendment to the Calhoun p/ fth d t 8trlct> C . E. Spencer; Sixth bout 25 years of ag0 . resolution providing that the South ^t 8tr t cti j. b. Green; Seventh dis- Carollna delegation might change to^trlet, B. H. Mobs. some other candidate than WoodroV p p Tillman was elected a mem- Wllson by a two-thirds vote. By a vote of 218 to 122, the con ventlon rejected the Calhoun a^bstl- Q ray( j on . tute resolution Indorsing Wilson* and allowed the South Carolina delega tion to decide by a majority vote on another candidate should they find It expedient The qneetlon recurred npon the Henderaon aubetltute reeolntlon, which declared against Instructing the delegation to vote tor any candi date. By • wot# of ITS to 1S3, the con- Tfatlec agreed to the Henderson sub- r^v- * I ber of the national executive com mittee. He was nominated by W. N. Elected State Chairman. Thursday morning the State Dem ocratic executive committee elected John Gary Evans of Spartanburg chairman; Col. D. J. Griffith, of Col umbia, wlo* chairman. Tha chairman elect waa ampowered to select a sec retary at a aalary ot 91 BO each elec tion year. Gen. Wllie Jonee waa alaetod trasanrer. Three Killed in Wreck. Engineer E. P. Smith and an un- ] known negro girl were killed, and three others In’ured, when Southern Railway passenger train No. 11, run ning between Salisbury and Aahe- Hlle waa wrecked near Connally Springs shortly after noon Wednes day. votes, and of this number 11 came' w, ‘ rR /" astf ‘ d a,ive an ! Von "koIiiRz, a* member oTihe w L ifth district- . M. Dunlay, of from Orangeburg, where the Conven-. ° n 1 e ^ a '!. v W ere' ent n arnwell faction, conveyed In • tion had adopted a resolution that* “ fl - 8 f (!cs thp rio’lng grew!' p tter dated July, 1902. Reserving the delegation cast its vote tor "Gov-> kil ' 5 oa . . . e . .L t Senator Tillman’s letter to Sharif ernor of the State” es delegate to the: out of thp declaration by the Llama. Sixth district—W. T. Bethea, of! National Convention. The slgnifi-; * ho Ba,d thft Ch,nPSe were destined ! - - - -- - 1 for divine punishment. i Mi ion*; UtArTOt President Bar Association. The Hon. D. S. Henderson, of Martin, of Charleston, written a fnw days after the recent Gouty Convention, Mr. Rivera lutrodunag R at what was regarded by all k^ observers as the psychological ment, and Its reading called to tes: T. B. Gibson, of Marl-' emphasized when, early In the roll oro; R. B. Scarborough, of Con- call Colletpn was called upon for way. | its vote atid the spokesman for that Seventh district—W. A. Starkey,' delegation announced “Colleton 1 Aiken, was on Wednesday mornln S; prolonged. cb€er9 from both the f Bishop vllle; A. B. Wingard, of casts Its vote for the Governor of! elected president of the State nar ;i er | eg and members of the 7 Lexington. Alternates: J. P. Thom- South Qarollna.” It will he Interesting Association, to succeed the ^ on> t *on who were present In the ha as, of Columbia; B. II. Moss, of Or- to not* where the strength of Cover-: Knox Livingston, of Bennettjsvllle, j time, and It majr be stated angeburg. nor please came from. Out of 340 deceased. This action was taken at i {be Ha jj 0 f tbe House of Reprei||K delegates, 66 voted for him, and, ! a meeting of the vice president of the tatlvea waB crowded I-.-'., This Is Political Year. Aiken 1, Bamberg 1, Barnwell 1, State Assocatlon. This Is political year the country Bpaufort 1, Berkeley 2, Calhoun 2, Cba over, as well as In this state and Charleston 2, Colleton 4, Dorchester county. This Is not the first polltl-/h Fairfield 1, Jasper 4, Kershaw 6, Tusalp Ends In Tragedy. H. H. Glbaon, aged 19. waa ahot and instantly killed . In Atlanta on Thursday by his brother, aged 19, In what la said to have been a friend ly rustle for the poeMMlon of a rifle. cal year we have had, and will hard ly be the last. Let us therefore, bff careful not to say anything that will cause coolness between friends, or that will be regretted after th* ex citement has died away and every day existence ts gone back Into. Be firm, be candid, be enthusiastic, If needs be, but do not let Anything lead to vituperation and wild and unwarranted charges of a personal nature. Abev* all, keep bool. L Laurens 8, Lee 5, Lexington p, New berry 8, Orangeburg 11, Plckena 1, Richland 1, Saluda 1. Total 69. In this same ballot Mr. Richard I. Manning received 207 votes and Mr. John Gary Evana 188 votes. One noticeable feature of tbe Con vention waa tha absolute wide-open- ness of everything. Thera waa no disposition to do anything.under ©ov er. The contacts were all made tn public and tha hearings ny the eem- r. MS Observers of contests of kinds pronounced the conduct of- mlttee on credentials wal about aatpase at this particular point A largely attended as the Convention ( stroke on the part of Mr. Itself, and even the voting on the lone of tbe very neatest 0#]j seating of the contesting Charleston | to any argument Th* ; and Beaufort delegations was open and direct and the record of thl* Convention is a* open at,that of any political gathering can be. Tbe overwhelming sentiment of the Convention, as has been said, was in favor of th* nomination ot Woodrow Wilson. The Convention exproseed Itself to that effect hy ovor- whelmtngly endorsing his Mr. River*. U reply, to that had been mad* to the Attitude of was read only boons tho name of Sonoti Martin waa avorfaT loiter and for pnbllentkn. , vr*, .7