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MORSES TILLMAN %$RAL OTHER RESOLUTIONS ij. WERE ALSO PASSED. are important i ? JI the Recommondatlon of the I ? Committees on Constiutlon and :'.'V pilules, the Following Resolutions /<y ^ ^ore Adopted by the State Con1 renton Last Week. ^y&JJpon tho recommendation of the 1 eommittoo on constitution and rules. Me followng resolutions were adopted by the convention: i f ' Challenged VTotes. ) To amend rule flvo by adding at 1 the end the following: ''At any election when the right ^f ^person to vote is challenged, the ' ni0h&gers shall place the vote so fj ehajlonged in an evolopo and indorse thereon the name of the voter and . ^th^t of the challengers, and the person bo chollengod shall be allowed 'to vote, and the challenged votes bM shall bo kept separate and apart and 'not counted, but turned over to the / oounty executive committee, who . shall at Is first meeting thereafter .hear all objections to such votes, and VJioro no person appears to sustain an objection made at the polls the ballot shall bo removed from the en\olop and mingled with the regular pilots and counted, but where the '.v^tengers appear, or produce wit.? in support of the challenge, ,\he^!committee shall proceed to hear n<t determine the question, and in all instances the voter shall have the rig'ht of appoaling to the State executive committee. " A similar amendment to article f? , the constitution to make It oon* form to rule five was passed. O If a Candidate Die. The other resolution adopted which changes the constitution and rules of the Democratic party pro. Tides for an amendment to rule 8 of j article 6. It follows: > > "Provided, That after the time for f filing such pledges, and before the i close of the election, should any candidate die, it shall be the duty of ' the State or county executive committee (as the case may bo) to afford opportunity for the entry of other Candidates for the office involved, and should such death occur more than 2 0 days before the first primary then said committee shall make pro 1B1ULI lor ULI1WI UUUlLlUllal CUUUiUcUea entering the race, but If said doath occur aftor 20 days then the balloting for said office shall not be at tho succeeding primary, but at such other times as may bo fixed by aald committee, and that they h shall provide for the filing of pledgt; ?S.M Indorse Tillman's Record. Tho report of the committee on resolutions and platform which was adopted by the convention, recom> mended that tho following resolutions bo passed: "Where as, Hon. B. R. Tillman has for 18 years served the State of South Carolina in tho Unites States aenato with fidelity and conspicuous abHIty, representing the true sentiment of our poople on national Issues., and having by diligence and long service won a position of commanding influence in that body. "Bo It resolved, That this conven lion nereoy muorses ins recoru us senator." Want Hunter's License : "Wo advocate the conservation of I tho natural assets of the State which f are still In tho hands of tho poople '' as a whole, believing that tho lniectiveroiiH birds of the State aro the if only truo check to insect pests, wo advocate the inforcement of tho laws protoctnig them. Realizing fully tho , . great value of tho game birds and animals of the State, from a financial standpoint as well as from tho standpoint of recreation, and those whom the State permits to take theso birds and animals compensate the State in some measuro lor tho use of this asset, wo believe That a hunter's llccnso is tho most efieetive and practical method of realizing something from this asset, as well as a method of raising money for tho purpose of not inly conserving the fish and irame of tho State. but of enforcing the laws with respect to insectivorous birds. "We therefore call upon such Do\ mocrats as aro elected to the next legislature to pass a law provldi tg i for a hunter's license, the protection of insectivorous birds and the in- j .forcemeat of the laws with respect to flsn and gamo." Resolutions indorsing the State warehouse system and tho Farmer's union, offered by O. P. Goodwin of Laurens were passed by the convention. Tho resolution follows: "Whereas, At the last session the legislature enacted what is known as 'ho State warehouse law, and N "Whereas, This is the most imnt step in constructive leglslahas been taken in many * This is a direct result ' \"om the domination tat facilities; now, T'~ I a RACE WAR IN CUBA NO DOUIIT OF WIDESPREAD PDOT AMONG NEGROE& Government Take Prompt Step* to Meet Any Uprising Among Blacks I Dlsaatlfled With Political Status. A cablegram from Havana says there Is no room for doubt of the existence of a negro conspiracy extending to all the provinces of the island with the apparent intention of taking up arms against the government on Tuesday last, which was the tenth anniversary of Cuban Independence. The negroes appear to have become aroused to rebellion by the denial of what seems to them their just political rewards for services rendered in the war of independence, in which they constituted a large part of the Cuban forces. The feeling against the Government has been intensified by a law denying the ne Xl ? t ?X. A. I ? A 1 I i I groos me ngui to urgauuu a political party. The principal trouble now is in the vicinity of Sagua La Grand? in Santa Clara province and Cruese, vjkere two armed parties are operating, and in ID-' ionta province, whore several bands are converging on Guantanamo city with apparent purpose of making a display of force at that place. The rural guard dispersed one small party and captured two others. The situation is considered sufficiently grave for the government to dispatch a column of 1,200 men from Cainp Columbia, composed of cavalry and Infantry, with field and machine guns, bound for.Santa Clara and Orienta provinces. The secretary of the interior, Senor Bruo, said that there was no doubt about the widespread racial conspiracy which the government is determined to deal with drastically, but that up to the present the only danger points are Santa Clara and Orients. There are no symptoms of serious trouble, he added, in other parts of the island. The situation resembles that preceding the last revolution, when the negroes in February, 1906, conspired to make a simultaneous attack on all the rural guard posts, but only attacked that Guanbacoa, the garrison of which was massacred. This was a prelude to the general revolution which broke out in August of that year. ? BLAMED FOK TRAGEDY. Senate Committee Report Condemns Dead Captain. ! The senate commerce committee Friday considered the report on the Titanic disaster, which will be submitted to the senate next Tuosday. It will be a sweeping arraignment of the conditions under whch the Titanic raced along through the iceberg area to her doom. It is understood the report will severoly criticise Captain Smith, of the Titanic, as mainly responsible for the disaster, because of failure to heed the warnings of other vessels; the British board of trade for tax inspection; J. Bruce Ismay, who was a passenger, and will point to the lack of discipline in the time of danger. Captain Lord, of the Californian, will figure in the responsibility because of failure to take necessary steps when near the Titanic, whose rocket signals of distress were seen aboard the Californian. Congress will be asked to reward Cap tain isoBiron, 01 ido resouo buip *jarpathia. Democratic convention hereby places on record its hearty approval of this measure, congratulates the Farmer's union upon bringing it forward and securing its enactment, arid commends tho legislature for taking this advanced step toward emancipating tho producers of the wealth th estate from the domiuaitou of predatory Interests that fatten alike on producers and consumers. "Second: That wo commend tho Farmers' union for ita activities in tryng to establish in our institutions of learning departments for tho study of 'farm, finance and markets' and for its offorts to improve h a ?*nftn1 ooli r? a1 a tho Qt o f o T\fo L11C7 1 in ai DV/ UUUIO U 1 tliu UUilVi IT U would urge all farmers to join tills great organization and rnako of it a still more potent force in building up of all tho interests of our Stato. "Third: Representing as wo do tho great industries of the State, we deem It not only appropriate but of great importance that wo recedo tor a few moments from the business that has brought us together to givo expression to our hearty apI proval of tlieso measures, that mean moro to tho Industrial development of tho Stato than oven tho most sagunine Imagination <Jan picture." "Resolved that we do not approve of the proposition which Is now bofore the country to establish a central bank or national reserve association, commonly known as tho Aldrlch plan." "Resolved that the delegates to the Democratic National convention from this State be, and they are hereby, Instructed to vote as a unit upon all questions. TEDDY BEATS TAFT ? HARMON HAS A SUGHT ADVANTAGE OVER WILSON. IN THE OHIO PRIMARY " Roosevelt Seems Certain to Have Won Twenty Out of the Fortytwo Districts, and Harmon Seems to Have Led Wilson and Will Get Majority of Delegates. On the face of the early returns In Ohio's first Presidential preference primary Tuesday, Col. Theodore Roosevelt led the Republican ticket by 3 to 2 over President Taft, and Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, led Governor Woodrow Wilson on the Democratic ticket, by a somewhat smaller percentage. The returns, however, were given on a basis of complete figures from little more than half the precincts out of a total of 5,192 precincts in the State. President Taft appeared to have carried Cincinnati by a large margin and also Tolodo and Dayton, among the larger cities. This was more man onset by the vote given Col. Roosevelt in Cleveland, Columbus and other cities. The Roosevelt lead in the north end of the State, seemed to give the former President an advantage which Mr. Taft could not overcome by his vote In the south end of the State, including Cincinnati, Ills home, and the rural dstricts. Unrmnn'o r> o m ti 1 rrr? nianncftfB flo. splrte the early figures, declared that their candidate had carried the State. They said they based thlB statement on the heavy vote they expected had been given him In the country dis-! trlcts. Governor Wilson's chief strength, they said, had been In Cleveland, where Mayor Newton D. Baker had waged a strong fight against Harmon, Mayor Baker in a statement declared Governor Wilson had carried Ohio by a vote of 2 to 1. Both Champ Clark and Col. Bryan, although their names were not on the preference ballot and they were not represented by delegates, were given a scattering vote, which when final returns have been received may effect the outcome of the WilsonHarmon race. Out of 21 Congressional districts In the State, totals computed at a time when fewer than half the precincts were counted, indicated that Roosevelt will have 20 of the 42 district delegates and that Taft will have 14, while the returns are so incomplete that 8 delegates at present cannot be counted on either side. Apparently Mr. Taft has the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, and 15th district delegates. Mr. Roosevelt is believed to have won the delegates in the 4th, 5th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th, 19th, 20th, and 21st. The vote in the 3rd is very close and it Is in the 9th and 16th. Friends of President Taft declare he has carried the 18th, but Roosevelt supporters will not concede this. Apparently Governor Harmon has carried 14 out of the 21 districts, giving him 26 out of the 42 delegates to the National Convention. If this proves true, it also will give him the C nt. larcro frnrn th? St.fl.tft. In the call of the Democratic Convention It was stipulated that the winner of the primary should name delegates at largo. Governor Wilson's managers claim the 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 20th, and 21st districts. The Harmon managers declared that beyond doubt they had won the 2nd, 3rd, 7tli, 10th, 11th, 13t.h, 14 th, 15 th, 17 th' 18 th, and 10th districts. The 12th and lGth were not claimed by either side. Scattering Itoturns. First returns in Tuesday's primary from the four largest cities in the State, show: In Columbus: HaPihoh 4 to 1 over Wilson; Roosevelt 2 to 1 over Tuft. In Toledo: Taft 2 to 1 over Roosevelt. In Cincinnati: Taft 50; Roosoveli In Cleveland: Wilson 3 to 2 over Harmon, and one Republican precinct counted gives Taft 33; Roose vclt 11); DaFolletto 6. Complete Democratic returns from 199 precincts out 5,192 in the State, give: Wilson, 3,133; Harmon, 2,554. Complete returns from 31 precincts in Cincinnati, Governor Harmon's homo, give Wilson 491 and r_T ii v* * * ? /\ A O O L J ill 111 UJLI *X tJ O Unofficial roturns from 30 Cleveland precincts show Wilson leading Harmon 3 to 1. First two precincts In Dayton give Wilson 32; Harmon 9. Seventeen precincts out of 457 in Hamilton County, (Cincinnati), give Taft 1,180 and Roosevelt 670. ? ? Money to Noble Charity. Wills of George D. Widener and his son, Harry TClklns Widener, who were victims of the Titanic horror, were filed for probate at Phlladel? phia. P. A. B. Widener, father and grandfather of the deceased, announced the endowment of $4,000,* 000 for the Widener Memorial Home for Crippled Children. IS STILL IN THE RING TAFT CLAIMS THAT HIS NOMINATION IS CERTAIN. Ifltnei ? Statement in Which He Says He Hm More Tlum a Majority of i the Convention. Claiming that 570 delegates to the Chicago convention, or 30 more than enough to assure him the nomination, President Taft Wednesday in a statement declared he was going into New Jersey to "make assurance doubly sure." He left Washington Thursday for Philadelphia at seven o'clock Thursday morning and made his first political speech at Camden Thursday evening. The president's statement was issued after a day of activity at the White House. Political conferences with his managers and appointments with members of the cabinet were followed at four o'clock by a meeting of the full cabinet. It was stated later that this meeting was devoted to "routine business," but members of the cabinet admitted that the political situation had been reviewed in considerable detail. "Our opponents quote from a statement of mine, made in Cleveland, that the fight in Ohio, my home State, much to my gratification, would be the decisive one," said the president in his statement, "and would settle the question of my nomination. I shall have at least 17 votes from Ohio, including the delegates at large, for we have every assurance that we shall control the Stat? convention. This will constitute a clear majority in the national conventions. Indeed, in addition to the votes from Ohio, delegates elected for me from other States, of which I have been advised since my Cleveland statement, give me at the most conservative estimate 570 out of the 1,078 votes in the national convention?30 more than the number necessary to nominate. "I am going to New Jersey to take part in the coming campaign there for the same reason that I went to Ohio, and such delegates as we may receive from New Jersey will thus make assurance doubly sure." Earlior in the day Congressman McKinley, director of the Taft headquarters, claimed "at least f?00" delegates for the president. The president's estimate, while smaller, was declared at the White House to represent "rock bottom figures," which were expected to be materially increased. The claim to the six delegates at largo in Ohio was made by the prosident after reassuring mes sagos from Ms Ohio managers. .FIX)YD AELJEN FOUND GUULTY. Will Go to the Electric Chair for Court Tragedy. Floyd Allen, first of the IIillaville mountaneeers tried for the Carrol county court house murders was adjudged guilty at Wythevlllo, Va., Friday and will pay the penalty of his crime in tho electric chair at Richmond. Tho jury was out all night and it was not until after 10 o'clock next morning that the twelve men had been brought into agreement. Floyd Allen was charged specifically a this time with the murder of Commonwealth's attorney William M. Foster, prosecutor In tho Carrol county court at Ilillsvillo last March when tho trial of Allen culminated in tho killing of five persons ?Presiding Judge Thornton L. Masslo; Prosecutor for Foster, Sheriff L. F. Webb, Miss Elizabeth Ayres and Juror Augustus Fowlor. kills himself in hotel. - ? ? Man Supposed to bo North Carolinian . Ends Life, >??,. The body of the man who registered at the Broadway Central hotei in New York as lingo Neyea, of Castlo Payne, N. C., was found in his room Friday with a bullet wound in tho forehead, self-inflicted. Besides between $1,100 and $1,200 In cash there wore on the body several letters of introduction to prominent persons in this city. One of tho letters wan signed Hugh Mcllao & Co, of Willmington, N. C., and was an Introduction to Arthur Page, of Garden City, L. I. Tho letter spoke oi Neyes as being a civil engineer and Uiwk'nnno orrliifnrit oiiil Ill J I It (JVC* | 'V? Uiv ?? * v^mvi +? + +' Took a Fatal Fall. James Barr, Jr., 20 years old was killed In attempting a parachute drop from a balloon at a height of 100 feet. lie was unable to make the parachute open, although he clawed frantically at the tangled cloth and strings during his rapid descent. Two thousand persons witnessed the accident, among them two sisters of the young man. Young Tramps Are Hurt. Otto Edney, 15, and Ernest Hill, 13, both of Hendersonvllle, N. C., wore fatally Injured In a Southern Railway freight wreck at Naples, four miles from Hendersonvllle Tuesday afternoon. The boys, It la said, were hoboing their way from Ashevilla. THE WAGES OF SIN RICHESON PAYS DEATH PENALTY FOR HIS CRIME. LAYS DOWN YOUNG LIFE The Confessed Poisoner of Miss Avis Linn oil, an Innocent and Trusting Young Woman, Whom lie llud Deeply Wronged Under a Sucred Promise, is Put to Death. Clarence Ylrgil Thompson Richeson, native of Virginia, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church at Cambridge, was electrocuted at 12:10 o'clock Tuesday morning in the death house of the State prison at Charlestown, Mass. The crime for which Richeson paid the penalty Tuesday morning was the murder of his sweethoart, 19-yoar-old Avis Llnnell. Richeson confessed to giving her poison, which caused her death October 14, 1911. The current was turned on at 2:10:02 and the prisoner was declared dead at 12:17, The former clergyman was outwardly calm when ho entered the leath chamber and ho maintained his composuro while the straps and electrades were being adjusted as ho sat in the electric chair. When Richeson Monday afternoon reflected that ho probably had less than 12 hours to live he expressed a desire to see ills brother, Douglas Kicheson of Chicago, who was in the city. Douglas Kicheson decided on Monday afternoon that ho would not go to seo his brother. The condemned man slept soundly four four hours Monday morning, after being awake nearly oJl night He was calm and even cheerful at times during the night, occasionally singing a hymn or repeating his favorite scriptural passages. Kicheson spept much of his time in prayer and in reading his Bible. The list of those appointed to attend the execution of Richeson given out by the warden Included, besides the three physicians who were ofllclal witnesses, the Rev. Herbert S. Johnson, the prisoner's spiritual adviser; Edmund C. Kelley, deputy Sheriff of Suffold county, and one representative for oach of threo press associations. The three medloal witnesses were: Dr. George B. McGarth, Dr. Joseph I. McLaughlin, the prison physician, and Dr. J. P. Butlor, representing the surgeon general of the State. Rev. Herbert W. Stephens, the prison chaplln; the warden, General Bridges and Assistants made up the rest of those granted permission to enter tho death chamber. Richeson had no supper, saying that ho desired none. After eating a little fruit, he lighted a cigar and ho was sitting on tho edge of his cot, apparently enjoying nis smoKO, wnen Deputy Warden Allen entered his cell with the black suit of clothes te be worn during the execution. Richeson nodded calmly to the deputy, but said nothing. Sunday and during the afternoon Monday tho prisoner lay on his cot but Monday afternoon and night he 3at up most of tho time. Attorney Morse, who visited Richeson during tho afternoon, found his client calm and anxious to have the sentence of tho law carried out during tho night. Mr. Morse In an interview later, said: "Richeson has made up his mind to die and ho does not want tiy delay. This has been a long i,fory and the last chapter is bolng written today. "Richeson is going to die without holding a grudge against any one. He had scarcely uttered a harsh word and to mo personally and to thoso who como In contact with him, he has again and agaiu expressed his gratitude." ?. . , Flying to His Death. At Xenia, O., Fred J. Southard, of Minneapolis, an amateur aviator, fell 100 feet at the Wright aviation field and was Instantly killed. Southard, who was forty years old, had just obtained tho aeroplano from the Wright brothers. Ho obtained keys to tho hangar after ho had been refused permission to fly without further experience. Ho fell just six mln- 1 utes after he had begun tho first flight alone. Negro Fireman Saves Child. 'Soap" Lockwood, a negro fireman on tho Georgia Midland road, saw a baby on tho tract In front of his train, at Jefferson, last week. Realizing that the train was too close to stop, ho ran out on tho running hoard, dove from the boam and rolled from tho tract with tho child in liis arnia. ? ? Many Thrown Info Water. Two persona aro known to have been drowned and forty or more wero injured when tho adjustable end of a tempopary passenger gang plank at the Colman dock at Seattle dropped, precipitating sixty passengers into the water as they were preI paring to board the sound steamer Flyer for Tacoma. WILL WRECK PARTY PRESIDENT TAFT BAYS THAT IS WHAT TEDDY WILL DO. If the Republicans Do Hoi Give Hte ' the Nomination For thi Pi fiililm cy. At Cincinnati in a most bitter &n<? scathing denunciation of Col. Theodore Roosevelt,, President Taft Sabj urday night declared that the "cer! tainty of his defeat for the Republic *' can nomination must be a source of profound congratulations to all patriotic citizens;" declared that his predecessor in the White House would wreck the Republicaa party if he lo not chosen by the Republican national convention , and oompared Mr. Roosevelt to Louis XIV, of France, who said "the State; I am it." The attack was in the form of a statement in which the President said in part: "Mr. Roosevelt says that ha is the Republican party and that if ho Republican national committee, la passing on the credentials of delegates for tho preliminary roll in the convention, shall hold to bo unfounded Ms many flimsy contests, he will decline to abide the judgment of tnoeo having authority. "Tho inference from this is that ha will bolt tho convention because a. duly constituted Republican national committee, in passing on the credentials of delegates for the prolimary roll in tho convention, shall hold to be unfounded his many flimsy con tests, ho will decline to abldo tha judgment of thoso having authority,. "The inference from this is that he will bolt the convention because a duly constituted Republican national committee shall, after a judicial Investigation, refuse to seat his contesting delegates. If this edict is to bo heeded, then tho holding of any convention at all is perfunctory and superfluous. "The arrogance of this statement, that ho is the Republican party, finds no parallel In history, save in the fomouB words of Louis XIV, 'The State* I am It'. "With clearly traceable promedftatlon, ho projected contests without tho slightest reason therefor* in many cases weeks after tho regular conventions had been held, merely to make a basis for a camipaign of bluff and buster. Now h0 threatens that unless his campaign thus carried on is to be recognized as successful, and unless honestly elected delegates shall be thrown out in sufllcient numbers to give him a majority, ho will break from the party and try to ruin that which ho can not rule. "I appeal to all Republicans to say whothor a man who assumes this attitude does not forfeit hla claim to any right to become a candidate in a Republican convention. It can not bo that Republicans will countenance such a breach of party fealty, such treason to tho party's properly constituted government and such defiance of tho will of Its majority". "Mr. Roosevelt has not soon fit to answer tho question whether, if he is nominated and elected, he will discontinue the Steel suit and tho Harvester Trust suit, nor has he answered tho question whether he will aocept a fourth term." ? * TELLS OF HIS AIMS. HnvaM Cn?Mi 11A la in T>?. .b liv JLO III Jft. UUUtO UU4 Not as a Candidate. W. J. Bryan, In a speech before tho Motliodlst General Conference at Minneapolis on Wednesday roiteraled his recent statement that he la a candidate for no olllco and did not expect to be. "I hope that no unfriendly newspaper," ho said, "will He urged all church members to get in politics for tho benefit of public morality and good government. I got into politics when young and expect to stay until I die," he declared, "but 1 don't want you to believe that I am or ever expect to be a candidate. I can do moro by remaining in politics as a private citizen." ? ? ? Prefers Man to Money. Mrs. Carrie Garland, of Boston, decided to sacrifice the income on $10,-[000,000, which came to her through ! tho will of her husband in order that | she may wed, next Saturday, Frank j Cushlng Green. Upon her marriage, the income of tho estate will go to her throe sons. When the trust cxplros tho fortune will bo turned over to Harvard collogo to aid struggling students. Wife Slay or Killed. When Policeman John C. Addison, of Charleston, S. C., broko down tho cellar door of tho home of Joseph Addison, a negro ho found him chop i pins tho head of his dead wife wltn an axo. Tho negro madman turned on him with tho bloody weapon. Tho officer drew hie revolver und kill?d him. ? ? .. i "Ho Will Be Mo." Roosevelt served notice he would' resist any compromise at the Republican national convention. "There I can be no compromise," he said. "Some of our opponent* are saying* 1 neither Taft nor I thould bo noml* j nated. I'll name the compromise oanr I did&to. He will be me." I