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:* 11 \ ' ; . ? 8 STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION OPENS (Continued from Page One.) at 8 o'clock caused much laughter. It was stated, however, that this is done by consent of both the alleged. factions. I> r.Kina nn.l Ine W M-irn well were the principal actors at the hearing yesterday. W. Turner Logan ass-"; ted Mr. Grace. A. It. Young appeared as counsel for Mr. llamwell. Aflidavits and tlie testimony of the witnesses developed a muddled condition In politics in Cnarieston. lief ore the hearing was completed a complex situation had bet 11 exposed. All of the witnesses were closely (tuestioned by members ol the credentials committee. TWO t'ONVKXTIONS. Out ot the general mass of t?^y t i inony the folowing situation was developed: All of the delegates frotu the va rious clubs in Charleston gathered in Hibernian hall to attend the county convention. The convention was never formally organized. Just before the organization the faction headed by Mayor Grace took exeep tion to the action of the county execu live conmiiiiee in accepting uie no legates from the country districts who had failed to make report to th<' committee within three days so that a temporary roll might be made up. This rule, it was contended, was adopted by the committee hmt year. The Grace faction did not vnnt these delegates to lie seated because they claimed that they hud not been properly enrolled. The Grace faction also contended that "pretensive" protests had been tiled by the Itarnwell delegation to cut down an alleged majority for Grace. Just before the convention was organized and before any official action had been taken, the Grace delegates left the convention and organized a separate convention in the same hall and proceeded to elect delegates to the st ite convention. The credential committee yesterday found itself confronted with an unusual proposition The committee finally decided to go fully into tin* charges made by boti sides and to determine whether the pretests filed by th? I'.anmeil d-de gation were "pretensive" or legal. The hearing of the Charleston contest was begun yesterday afternoon at 3:80 o'clock. There were a large number of persons in the hall. There wis some discussion as to the time to be allowed each side for the prg^eritatlon of its case. Thirty nmutes was first suggested by a member of the committee. Jos. \V. Barnwell spoke for several minutes ari l discussed the entire situation, lie said that it was for the committee to decide whether there would he a full investigation into all of the charges. He said that he was prepared to substantiate his position with affidavits MAYOR GRACE SPEAKS Mayor Grace, speaking next, said that it was hard to approach the "distracted condition in Charleston." He said that the contest was a big question and should be gone into thoroughly. During the course of his preliminary statement Mayor Grace began to road a long statement which is given in another column. "What's the matter with Charleston? I want to try to answer." said Mayor Grace. In the main the paper of Mayor Grace dealt with the career and the mental attitude of Mr. Barnwell. "I don't think Mr Barnwell's r<>putatlon is being tried here." said 1( J. Haynsworth of Greenville. fir. Barnwell said that lie was willing f ir Mr. Grace to discuss his character. "It is only a waste of time," said Mr Barnwell. Mayor Grace replied that he was not saying anything "derogatory" to Mr. Barnwell's character. Upon motion of several members of the committee Mayor Grace was re quesiea 10 desist in his attack upon Mr. Rarnwell and to confine his remarks to "facts." Mayor Grace told the coin nit tee that in 1912, after he had been thrown out of the State convention, he had taken his life in his hands for the people who threw him out "If there is a citizen from Spartanburg here he can vouch for that." said the speaker. Mayor Grace charged that the rule adopted In 1912 to require that a certified copy of the club delegation! be filed with the executive committee had been disregarded in Charleston. Discussing bis own club, Club 2, Ward 2, Mayor Grace told of his majorities there in past elections He slaimed that Woodrow Wilson could noi neat mm in that ward. "Yet they slip In a protest to cut down our majority." said Mayor Grace. He charged that the protest was "fictitious.' He said that he had been approached and asked to bring a fictitious protesl but that he had refused. "They have taken both clubs nwa> from us and we havo not a. look-lr on election day," said Mr OrAce. dis cussing other chubs in Charleston. Mayor Grace charged th&l then was a "fictitious protest system" ant mui ii jiiiu ueeu wperaieu i?y ini Hum well faction. . (jiving his reasons for withdrawing from the county convention, he s;.;< that there was "no justice, no rea son and no argument.'' He said tha he knew that the committee on ere detitials that would have b^vMi ap pointed by Mr. Harnwell would tub against his delegates. "t-Ml take my medicine. Hun th< steam roller over me.'I will be gov erned by the prayer of the chaplain It ain't enough to steal. If vou do the State is going to know it fron every stump. It will hurt you. I you are ready to go into facts, w< have got the testimony," said Ma>oi CI race, as he conduced his prelimi nary statement. (MIAKO.MS A KM I'KOHMI). My a unanimous vote the commit tee, following the addresses by Mayo race and Mr. Harnwell, decided tgo fully into all of the charges. Mad charge was carefully investigated b; the committee and more than threhours was consumed in the readini of affidavits and the taking of ora testimony. Replying to the statements o Mayor Grace. Mr. Rarnwell said tha when Mayor Grace bolted the con vent ion no business had been accorn plished and the roll had just bee; railed, lie said that it was the dut; of the county executive committee t< prepare the temporary roll. He de dared that the men in t'harlestoi county did not know of the rule t< require that the delegates be tlle< three days after the club meeting. H< declared that under the ctrcumstan ces it woud not have been rtgnt to ex elude them front the convention. "The statements of Mayor Grace,' .-aid Mr. Rarnwell. "arise not t'rim farts but from the hallucinations ?>l his brain wl.on he is on ins lees." Christie lionet, member of the .oil mittee, protested vigorously agai'ts personalities. Mr Hariiwoll said tha in* regretted much that ho ha i hooi forced hy Mayor Grace to engage ii I? rsonalities and that lie \va*. raereli stating liis position. Mr Tiarnw *1 also stated that even if the delegate, from the country districts had beer excluded, his sidt still had a majority of the delegates in the convention lie said that Mayor Grace had holtm and had refused to enter the convcu lion and file a protest, lie though that the latter course would hue been better. in mil* m mi' warns, u wa charged "ay Mr. Ham well, the Graci taction haul changed the mcet'ng plan from Hibernian hall and the nuv i?i -eting plan e had not been properl; advertised. Mayor Grac? subniittoi affidavits and contended hat th< meeting had been properly advertis ed. This was Ward 1, Club 1. Then w<r? many counter charRe--- in con nectlon with this meeting. The charg es Ir connection with all of the othe wards were reviewed by th ? com mittee. NO PROTK8T PILF.n. "Ours was the real convention. Hi did not give us opportunity to lica his protest," said Mr. Harnwell. re ferring to the claims of Mayor Grace "Our convention had no protest be fore it," Mr Harnwell continue 1. "They prejudged that we were go lug to unseat their clubs and sea ours," said Mr. Young, attorney fo Mr. Barnwell. Mr. Young said that the Grace far tion had no appeal to the State con \ent'on because Hie members ha< tailed to await a ruling in the t har l< ston county convention on the pro tests. "They bolted right out or th box," said Mr. Young. "You have had a very dreadful pit tore of these ward meeting; in ('liar leston,' said Mr. Harnwell, In con eluding his address to the corn mittee. "Tell us what we did wronv, said the speaker. He charged tha Mayor Grace had come to Colun;*d to "wash dirty political linen." 11 told the committee that if Mayo Grace had remained in the conventio he would have appointed a 'good eoi mittee," one that would have acte fairly and honestly in considering th protest of the Grace faction. Summing up his position Mayc Orare .said that he represented a fa! and honest majority. "The way to d it is to judge what those protests ar said Mayor Grace. "We had no wa ot knowing the future. We reached point when we could get no squar dealing. You have got to decide wh carried those clubs that night an you have got to decide it on the ev dence." In one of the affidavits it wi charged by the Grace faction thi i they carried a ward in Charleston t 142 to 32 and that when the Ban well faction found that they wei outnumbered they left the hall. 1 reply it was charged that the ha ' was packed with United States sal I ors r.nd non-residents of the ward, t "How do you know that 32 left tl hall?" a witness wan asked. r 'We counted the chairs after th< i went out," the witness replied. According to the testimony, thei were near-riots at several mcetlaj r. v; TITfi LANCASTER NEWS, M J y^?{ " V /y The greatest ; ' \i GOODNESS ev i j tobacco. f ] Stag isn't just < t tion. ? You can't smo ing this. Try it and Convenient Pa Tin, the Full-Size 10-Ccnt j, and the Pound Glass Hums i fit > | For i i , and general disorder at practically Src.OKSTS COMIMIOMISK. ' ' I'. J. Urew, member of the com( mitlee from Harnwoll. said that he re I united tlie situation in Charleston KSSIl**' and thai there was no other pla< in C^W. I the foiled States just like it south of It ""TTr New York city. He said the itua1 tmn there reminded him of a piece? 1 1 ot sausage. "No man can pick out rY (Z C tlie meats," he said, lie said that rfMMS both sides were to Maine for the sit- 1 Offer nation, lie moved that both delega- for this a lions he seated after thoy had picked n>fv','n 1,1 I* _.i.. _. - .. No nn ....... .inn earn. have?nc L. I>. Jennings of Sumter move'l slight er ' that the Barnwell delegations be seat eczeina.j R ed. This motion was carried. Pns* _ Kx-Zei p Closing Kxercises of Heath Springs {[quid. J ... it s as cl School. j. ^ The following is the program of W)|,j ,,j n r the closing exercises of Heath has alwn Springs school, which takes place guanmte May 24-26: "coiue-b Sunday, May 24. 11 o'clock?Bacp culaurete sermon. Dr. Henry Harms, everythii r 8 O'clock, Address to school, Dr. bavc been .. sad other J. Henry Harms, 11iat -K ! 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