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BF I, 1 g. r 8. C. DEMOCRATS~ MEET IN CONCLAVE j BRYAN ENDORSED "FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME" AS THE PRESI DENTIAL NOMINEE. " | The State Democratic convention met in Columbia 011 Wednesday, May 20, at 12 m. The convention was called to order by State Chairman j Wilie Jones, and after pi aver by K G Fiuley of Columbia, the! if roll was called and the order of I Vbnsiness proceeded with. Mr C A Snm^pf Tiuimonsville was elected temporary chairman aud Mr M L Smith of Camden president of the convention. The convention did not finish its i business till after miduight Wednesday. The only real contest was for choice of delegates to Denver, the fight centering about the person of Editor W. b*. Gonzales, of The State, who was beaten first for a place as delegate-at-large and then as alternate delegate at-laige. The four delegates at-large chosen are: Senator R R Tillman, Senator F B Gaiy, both by aeclamation. State Wilia Tahoo nf pAlnmViio VUail Ulau ?T lilt UU?"V3 VI VVIMIU VIWJ H H Watkins of Anderson. These were chosen on the first ballot. Mr Gonzales came ont third and Mr J P Grace of Charleston last. The I faction fighting Mr Gonzales cheerto' ed when this was announced. In the race for four alternate delegates-at-iarge Mr Gonzales was defeated, being last m the race with five. The alternates chosen are: W F Stevenson of Chesterfield, J P Grace of Charleston, R F Smith of Easley, and T B Crews of Lan rens. The convention at its morning session adopted a resolution instructing its delegates to vote solidly for Bryan, "first, last and all the time." The district delegates to Denyer selected by the various districts are: First District?T B Waring, Charleston; S Julian Cairoll, Dor/"chester; alternates, A E McCoy. 1 Berkeley; Dr W A Kirbv, Colleton. ' Second District?J E Harley, Barnwell; LJ Williams, North Augusta; alternate, Niel Christensen. Third District?Keuneth Baker, 1 Greenwood; J B Stribling, Pendleton; alternates, H CTillman, Greenwood; Pope B Mann, Ninety-Six. Fourth District?B F Townsend, Union; Dr W C Black, Greenville; S J Nichols, Spartanburg; Clarence Cunningham, Laurens, FJVt-k Tliofrint T C HiVkutds _Tr 1 llbll X/iOVl JVIT V V* mivuwi uwt v *| Kershaw; J M Cherry, Rock Hill; alternates, W W Dickson, Winns, boro; N W Hardin, Blacksburg. Sixth District?J H Manning, Latta; W J Andrews, Georgetown; D A Spivey, Conway. Seventh District?Thomas F Brantley, Spartanburg; J S Wannamaker, St. Matthews; J H Clifton, Sumter. Permanent vice-presidents were chosen as follows, each going in withEout opposition: First district?C M Wiggins. Second district?D S Henderson. Third district?H A Thompson. Fourth district?Howard B Car? lisle. Fifth district?J Harry Foster. Sixth district?Dr Olin Sawyer Seventh district?R I Manning. The first business of the night session was the reading of a report on I constitution and rules by Chairman F ML Bonham. The two resolutions directing theState executive committee to provide a separate box in the coming primary for expression as between prohibition and the present dispensary system, were reported without recommendation. They were tabled by Jthe convention without debate and a resolution by Senator m r Rlaou f/->V? antra thp /law nf JC/V1C JLJ U1VWOV, wr vumu^v VMV v* thejprimary from Tuesday to Saturday was unfavorably reported. It was championed by him and others in the interest of the cotton mill vote but was finally tabled by the convention. The resolution calling for two campaign meetings throughout the \ counties this summer one for congressional and solicitor candidates and the other for State officers, was I adopted, also without debate, i Dr J C Mace's resolution requir ing voters in the primary to b'j en- j rolled five days befoie the primary was adopted. The resolution of Col U B Watson of Saluda, forbidding members of the county executive comfrom being candidates for co in offices provoked a lengthy debate. The convention finally adopted a substitute bv Mr Ragsdale which forbids ^ executive com mitteenien passing upon the returns of their own elec tioii, this being the point sought to be remedied. In the convention the committee appointed to draft a resolution instructing the delegation for Bryan, reponed the following: "We heartily endorse as the can-*didate of the Democratic party for president of the United States William Jennings Bryan, and hereby insist and direct that the vote of South Carolina in the national convention at Denver be cast as a ^j^X^hia^ nomination until the sai cured." This resolution was adopter. Florence Man still Missing. Florence, May 25:?Nothing further has been heard of the where ' abouts of Mr. R. Lee Brunson, who disappeared last Saturday night. Every one is at a complete loss toaccouut for his actions. The prevaliug idea is, however, that he has become mentally deranged aud wandered off. The statement of the officials of the Bank of Florence that all of his books and his accounts aie perfectly straight removes any idea of defalcation on his part in the bank. He was one of the most popular meu in Florence, both socially and in business. He was not embarrassed in auy way financially, and was surrounded by ail the comforts and the pleasure of a beautiful home and a devoted family. He is prominent in local Pythian circles, having been K. tf IL and S. of Harmony lodge, No. 8, K. of P., for a number of 1 1 aL. AC yean- aim wbs aiso one 01 tue uiuoere of Florence lodge, No. 1020, B.P.O. E. For several years he was captain of the Calhoun Light Infantry of this place, and was highly respected and esteemed by the officers and men of bis command and bis regiment, the Third South Carolina. Mr. Brhnson is a man of very striking appearance, having a very decided military carriage, is about, aix feet in hJght, is clean shaven, has gray hair, is rather bald on the front of bis head, walks very erect and with a firm tread and is heavy set. Mr Brunsou belongs to one of the oldest and most highly respected families in this part of the State,and is widely connected throughout the State. Every effort has been made and his friends are still making effnrfo f a Iaao to Kim Kut qa fui? nrif K. 4.1/1 WO t\J IVA/Ctl^ 111 III j UUt OU 1(11 TU'Uout avail. Late?Since the above was put in type it develops that Mr Brunson was short in his accounts $5,000. Brave South Carolina Boys. Elizabethton, Tenn\, Special?Saturday afternoon about ^o'clock, while two South Carolina lads, W. J. Brockington and Talley Fulmer,were out on a stroll along Doe river, they herd the crying voice of a woman calling "Help! help!" Suddenly looking around them, the boys discovered two little girls,who had fallen from a foot bridge Al. _ 1_ * 1 ? J inio xne wuirung waiers. Off with their coats they plunged into the swift stream,which was rapidly carrying the children to the junction of Doe and Watauga rivers,where the water was deep and strong. The stalwart young men soon reached the children and brought them safely ashore. There is no doubt if the South Carolina lads had not been pres ent, the two children would have been buried in the waters of Watauga river. Mr John Riha. Nining, la., says "I have been selling DeWitt's Kidney and bladder pills for about a year and they give better satisfaction than any pill I ever sold. There are a dozen people here who have nsed them and they give perfect satisfaction in every case. I have used them myself with fine results Sold by W L Wallace. QUITE A VARIETY j OF NEWS MATTER from scranton and winki^our ] correspondent, "m/- t ' coned . -r scijantox, may 25:?' a ( w kc po i' \^les / , W;ia 'iiv 10 ' breat ** 'ig , he dil- ^ bles & wen ? * jus-;.3. the h, was burh ing t\ know tary or -:rbe^ on ses / ohoo: the gradual j liessie E Gruhan. .auton'6 popular aw tctive young ladies. ^ - uu t<? ner our congratulations. Mr D P Wall 0* ^des epent a ! lew nours iu iov rriuay witu . his parents. Dr W Eugene Win % of Lake City section, paid ut call last Friday. Miss Oiive Lavender has turned to her homo at New Zio . after spending several days with . sister, Mrs R Mao Cooper, place. Mr C B DuBose of Marie here on business last week. Mr W B Creel, of the Hannah ' sectiou, passed through town Saturday en route to Florence on business. Misses Faunie and Addie Cannon spent a part of last week with friends and relatives in Lake City. Mrs M 0 Mvers and little daughter went to Kingstree one day last week. ^ i i? 1 I Several uew ouuuiugs nave ueeu erected here in the past few monitis and we see no reason why there can't be tnauy more, as I noticed in the Rutledge County News where we were going to havea court house,also that wedding bells w;re ringing. Mr Editor, your Lake City correspondent seems struck on our school building. Just let him wait a while longer and we will show him an up-to-date electric plant. Several of the Scrantonians attended the commencement exercises of the Lake City graded school : last week. Miss Sarah Anderson, milliner for Mr Winslow Wright, spent Sunday in Florence with friends. 1 Mrs W T Myers and daughter, Miss Annie, were noted in towu shopping one afternoon last week. Mr E W Miller, Salesman for the Charleston Drug M'f'g Co., was noted in town Friday. Mr J M Parker paid friends at Cowards a short visit Sunday. Mr B B Cannou, member of the firm of Lynch&Cannon, also intendant of Scran ton and a dealer in livery business, went over to Beulah one day recently and purchased 50 bales of cotton at 11 cents per pound. Besides all of this Mr Cannon is having some very fine work done on our stieets, which adds much to the looks of Scranton. Mr John M Myers went to Sardis Sunday on some very important 1 business, Mr and Mrs R L Purvis and 1 children of Boardman, N C, are --- 1 f P Korn YlSlblUg u ?J x xanwvu uwv. Messrs Clarence Collins of Lucile and L T Coward of Effingham were visitors here last Friday. Two car-loads of beans were shipped from here to day. Dr W S Lynch attended the Democratic State convention at Columbia last week. MrReddin Wall is quite sick with fever at present, but we hope to see him out again soon. Messrs R H Singletary of Bishop ville and E M Smgletary of Efflngh:?i spent Sunday in town with their falbei, Mr W li ISiuglelary. Dr E Harry Barnwell of Enterprise spent a few days in town this iveek with relatives. Miss Mary T Nance, president of :he Rural School Improvement Association, who is now niakintr a ?' I ;amp.iign through the State for tht oetterment of country schools, lectured at the Scranton school house Tuesday night, May 19. \lecture was a very interesting *?id the house was ciowded with ors from all parts of the counMr J (i McCullough of Ben. county superintendant of educawas also oreseut and made a f out interesting talk 011 the sub of education. Mr Ben Pros6er of Hannah passd thiough town Sunday on the way 0 Aiken to attend the meet ng of .he Grand Lodge K of P, which convenes this week in that city. M. R. M. HARPERS HAPPENINGS. [Received too late for last week's lasoe.) Harpers, May 18.?Misses Oaccia t J n (f rr i n c nt CjUllitC auu JJLOOIl uuggiua v< Johnsonville are visiting relatives and friends in town. "We are glad to say that there was not so much confusion between our intendant and Rev W H Thrower at the meeting of the county dispensary board held at thip place Tuesday morning, May 12, as was repre Med in some of the papers. Mjss Sallie Brockington, who i 'near our town, is very ill, b .. "Nwgh the efforts of our excfc. young Dr G (J Bigham we hop ir a speedy recovery. Mrs Anna Hamlin, of this place, who has been visiting relatives at Sampit, has returned home. Miss Elma t'amlin has returned from Kingstree, where she ? ? r_: ?a as Oeen Visiting lncuuo auu relatives. There will' be a ball game at this place Saturday afternoon between MorrisviHe and Spring Gully. Messrs C J Brockinton and Arthur Cooper of Morrisville were in our town Sunday. Mr Josey Godwin of Rliems was noted here Sunday. Miss Kftie Brockinton of Morrisville is visiting relatives in town. Browx Eyes. Things to Ponder Over. Fortune has a fellow feeling fnr thp man that yets ud earlv in the morning and hustles! A barking dog may never bite, but it is not safe to wait until he does to find out if he really is dangerous. One of the greatest ingredidents of any doctor's prescription is a wish on the part of the patient to be well. The guest who knows how to make himself most acceptable to both host and hostess is doubly welcome. "It you don't like our paper," says a Wyoming editor," tell us so in a letter containing $2, the annual subscriptom price.Otherwise, keep still, as it's none of yonr clamed business." What 1 Should Teach My Child. "Teach him that it is better to die than to lie; that it is better to starve than to steal; that it is better to be a scavenger or a woodchopper than an idler and a dead beat; that it is jast as criminal and reprehensible to waste Monday as to desecrate Sunday; that labor is the price of all honest possession; that no one is exempt from the obligation to labor with bead, heart or hand: that an honest man is the noblest work of God; that knowledge is power; that labor i9 worship, and idleness is sin; that it is better to eat the crust of independent poverty than to luxuriate amid the richest viands as a dependent. Teach him these facts till tbey are woven into bis being and regulate bis life. And we will insure hi3 success though the heaven fall."?Ex. u I j I A strong- Direct Makes I FARMERS & & LAKE C] Dire* J S McClara JC' S B Poston ROME AND THE ROMANS ? Death of Mrs Johnson?Matters 01 Local Interest. Rome, May 25.?We regret very much to announce the death of Mrs Mary Johnson, wife of Dr L B Johnson, which occurred on Saturday, May 25. Dr Johnson moved to this community about two years ago to succeed Dr H L Baker, now of Lake City, as practicing physician in this community. Surely onr heartfelt sympathy goes out to our beloved doctor and his family in their sad hour of affliction. Mrs T , J L .1 ?1!_: U...;UU jonnson nau oeezi in ueuuuiug ixmu fur several years, so her death was not unexpected. The beantifal, patient and Christian spirit of the one we learned to love during the few years she spent in our midst will long be cherished in our hearts. Your correspondent visited at Gordon postoffice on the 24th inst, and learned while over there that Miss Arva Gordon, who has been quite sick for several weeks is somewhat improving under the attentive and skillful treatment of Dr L B Johnson. We hope for her speedy recovery. We had an unusally heavy rainfall heie Saturday,accompanied by a high wind aod some hail. Although the rain was much needed it fell in such a torrent we think it was somewhat damaging to the small plants and the crops. The pupils and putrous of Union graded school are anticipating an enjoyable occasion when their com mencement takes place May 31, June 1 and 2. Mr W J M Thomas, a prominent and efficieut salesman of Messrs W C Hemingway & Co., who has been in declining health for a long time, has discontinued his duties for a few weeks and will go to Glenn Springs for his health. We hope for him a permanent recovery and a pleasant vacation, I have just fiuished reading Capt Coustine'ii remarkably interesting letter and desire to compliment bim by thanking him in advance for another. Well, Mr Editor, the heavy rains r\( flu. nacf fflit (lava havo mmlp the \JL IliC jpCK b iv rr vinj u ?? i v u<?v?v ?MV jolly Black Mingo fishermen look like Jonah might have felt when the whale swallowed him?"down in the month." Can any one tell me what has becouieof poor old "Whippoorwill?" 1 haven't heard his cheerful chirp in 1908. I hope he has not emigrated. Subscriber. Read the Faraers k Merchants B aik's ad. this Issae. Death ot Mrs. Rosa May Johnson. Mrs Rosa May Johnson, wife of Dr L B Johnson, died at her home at Rome Saturday, May, 25, 1908. She had been for several years afflicted with that [ dread malady, consumption, and ' 3 ^ttaii?rr line. despite LiCI UCYUlcu jrvuug uudband's tireless efforts, science and ceaseless attention were overcome by the relentless destroyer. It is known to many that Dr Johnson gave up a lucrative practice in Kingstree and took his wife to fbe dry climate of the Southwest in the hope of restoring her health. For a time i ! ?n j orate >od Bank. MERCHANTS TY, S. C. ctors: C M Kelly Young B W Stewart she seemed better, but it became evident finally that the inroads upon her constitution were too great to be repaired and the young couple sadly returned to their native State, knowing in their hearts that the gallant fight for life had been made in vain. Mrs Johnson was a daughter of Mr J T Kellahan and a granddaughter of Dr W L Wallace, of* our town. She leaves, besides* her husband and two children,, two sisters?Mrs V A Sedgwick of Kingstree and Mrs Singletary of Lake City?and a number of other relatives. The remains were brought here Monday and at 11 o'clock a. -M tn , in the midst of a crowd of sympathizing relatives and friends, laid to rest in the Williamsburg cemetery, tne fun- ' eral services being conducted by Rev J Mabaffey. fob sale. 1 Brick in any quantity to suit purchaf r. The Heat Dry Press Machine-made XBBI GHZ.X 'pedal 8hnpe9 made to order. CorreMUMifiice solicited before placing your rdert., vv. R. FUNK. '?1 1 KILL the COUCH* and CURE thi LUHC8 w,th Dr. King's | New Discovery 1 for ColS!18 JEku 3 AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES, M GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. .5 PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY j Build up Home Enterprises Buy Brick From r 1?.HI- ll-l-l, I1/A.I,A urmyvwe onun irunw. Correspondence SoiicltedE. 0. TAYLOR, Pres. S. V. TAYLOK, Sec. &Treas. 5-21-tf. J W. Leland l>vlorv 1 DENTIST. GREELYVILLE - - S. C. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Weak | Kidneys Oaoso more trouble thaa u; other orfaa tt the body. The funotloa of the kldaeve Is to> operate laornsle salt ul water la the preoeee of drculattoa, sad to remove theaa sa# their sttendaatpolsons from the body throofh the bladder. Tbererore wmi whiv become dlMaeed aid weak they ere neutrally enable to perform their work properly, lei peine ^athe beck, lnflammatioaof tnehladde* , and urinary dleordere are the reeult. It la laperetire that a prompt relief be afforded, , which in taapoeelbf# amleee you remove the cauee. D?Witt*? Kidney ind Bltdder PiUa promptly eliminate poteona from the eytem and at the same time make the kldneya well and atronf, For Weak Kidneys. Baokaohe, ln> flammatton of the bladder ana all urinary troubles De Witt'a Kidney and Bladder Pills are unsurpassed A Week'a Treatment for 25c. Money bask If they fkU. For Sale by W L Wallace. I tfduti/lBF-r I