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The Abbeville Press and ;. ;1?| ; ' I m tiY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1912. ESTABLISHED 1844 THE SOUTH STATE DE CONVEN Failed to Instruct, But Endorsed Wilson-Dele gates Elected--Platform Adopted - - - John Gary Evans State Chairman. The State Democratic Convention, which met in Columbia hist Wednesday, was in session far into the night. As a result of the deliberations the 18 delegates to the National .Democratic Convention, which meets in Baltimore, will go uninstructed, although the convention adopted a reso- I Jution endorsing the candidacy of Wood-1 row Wilson for president. A warm light was precipitated in the convention over the resolution to instruct, but the Convention | refused to adopt the resolution of instruc tion, ^contenting itse.f with an indorse ment oft the New Jersey governor, by the following resolution: ' Resolved, That this convention in dorse Woodroiv Wilson for President without instruction." The vote upon this resolution was 241 for to 97 against, the Abbeville delegation voting as follows: For endorsement?.Messrs. r. u. itooin son, W. E. Harper, P. 13. Thompson, R. E. Cox. Against endorsement?Messrs. \V\ It. Dunn, W. N. Gravdon, 1). S. Edwards, W. j P. Green. The Convention adopted a resolution binding the delegates to the unit rule, which means that the -18 votes of South Carolina in tlie National Convention will )>? ciikit. for tniLii st'tMmi unon bv a ma jority of the members. Th? convention elected as delegates at large, better known as "The Big Four," the following: United Spates Senators li. It. Tillmau and E. i). Smith, Hun. John Gary Evans, of Spartanburg, and Hon. K. L Manning of Sumter. The following were elected as delegates from the Third Congressional District: H. L. Watson, Greenwood; E. C. Doyle, Oco nee; alternates, li. B. Gossett, Anderson; K. F. Smith, Pickens. A l-esolution w.is adopted endorsing the record of .Senator Tillman. The resolu tion follows: "Whereas. Hon. 15.11. Tillman has for 18 years served the State of South Carolina in the United States senate with lidelity and conspicuous ability, representing the true sentiment of our people on natioual issues, and having by [diligence and long service won a position of commanding in due nee in that body. "lie it resolved, That this convention hereby indorses his record iis senator." IT UVvr* \\T XT U |A/U UiV'UVII VI 11UI1. " . il. UlU./ UVI1, in Abbeville, Senator Tillman was elected as National .executive committeeman from South Curolina. Hon. W. N. Graydon was elected vice president from the Third district. The contest from Charleston was settled by seating the Barnwell delegation, which is opposed to .the present municipal ad ministration of the "City by the Sea." CHALLENGED VOTES. Upon the recommendation of the com mittee on constitution and rules, the fol lowing kresolution was adopted .by the I convention: To amend rule five by adding at the end the following: 4 "At any election when the right of a person to vote is challenged, the managers shall place the vote so challenged in an en velope and indorse thereon the name of the voter and that of the challengers, and the person so challenged shall be allowed to vote, and the challenged votes shall be kept separate and apart and not counted, but turned over ?to the county executive committee, who shall at its lirst meeting thereafter.hear all objections.to such votes, and where 110 person appears to sustain an objection made at the polls the ballot shall be removed from the envelope and mingled with the regular ballots and counted, but where the challengers ap pear, or produce witnesses in support of the challenge, the committee snail pro ceed to hear and determine the question, and in all instances the voter shall have She right of appealing to the State execu tive committee." A similar amendment to article 6 of the COUSUlUllOIl LO IUUKO It COIUOllU U? I UIO |live was passed. IF A CANDIDATE DIE. The other .resolution adopted which changes the constitution and rules of the )emocratic party provides for an amend ment to rule 8 of article t>. It follows: "Provided, That after the time for filing Such pledges, and before the close of elec tion, shuulil any candidate die, it shall be the duty of the State or county executive committee (as the case may be) to afford opportunity to the entry of other candi dates for the office involved, and should fuch death occur more than 20 days before [he first primary, then said committee Ihall make provision for other additional Candidates enteriug the race, but if said |ieaui uccui mure Liuiii tv days ueiore uie ^rst primary, then said committee shall lake provision for other additional can lidatos entering the race, but if said death k'cur after 20 days then the balloting for laid oiliee shall not be at the succeding Irimary but at such other times as may le fixed by said committee, and that they |hftll provide for the filing of pledges." WAREHOUSE INDORSED. Resolutions indorsing the State ware house system and the Farmers' union, of jred by O. P. Goodwin of Laurens were f.issed by the convention. The resolution allows: "Whereas, This lis the most important |top in constructive legislation that has 3n taken in many years, and "Whereas, This is a direct result of the CAROLINA iMOCRATIC TION MEETS Convention in a Nutshell. NO INSTRUCTION. Refused to instruct for Wilson. Endorsed Wilson's candidacy. Adopted unit rule. DELEGATES AT LARGE. B. R. Tillman, E. D. Smith, R. I. Manning, Juo. Gary Evans. PLATFORM. Condemned Republican tariff. Condemned Federal pension laws. Condemned Aldrich currency plan. Declared for conservation of resources. Endorsed farm demonstration work. Commended extension public school system. Guarantees right of all white men to vote in primary. indorsed Warehouse bill. Endorsed Senator Tillman. Provided for re-opening entries in case of death. efforts of the Farmers union to improve market facilities; now, therefore, be it "Resolved, First: That the State Demo ciatic Convention hereby places on record its hearty approval of this measure, con gratulates the Farmers' union upon bring ing it ? forward and securing its enact ment, and commends the legislature for taking this advanced ,step toward emanci pating the producers of the wealth of the State from.the domination of predatory interests that fatteu alike on producers and consumers. "Second: That we commend the Far mers' union for its activities in trying to establish in our institutions of learning departments for the study of 'farm, fi nance and markets' and for its effort to improve the rural schools of the State. We would urge _all farmers to join this great organization and make of it a still more potent force in building up all the interests of our State. "Third: Representing as we do all the great industries of the State, we deem it not only appropriate but of great import ance that we .recede for a few moments from the business that has brought us to gether to give expression to our hearty apDroval of these measures, that mean more to the industrial development of the State than even the most sanguine imagi nation can picture." The portion of the resolution indorsing the.act was amended to make the in dorsement dependent upon its being de ! clared constitutional. At a meeting of the executive comrait ! tee, held after the adjournment of the con vention, Hon. John Gary Evans, of Spar ! tanburg, was elected State Chairman, to ! succeed ..Gen, Wilie Jones, of Columbia, who has served in that capacity for many years. Gen. Jones was ;elected treasurer. The executive committee will meet at an early date to arrange the campaign for State officers. OOVKRVOK "HAPPY'* OVER CONVENTION. Staff Correspondence Atlanta Journal. Columbia, S. C., May 16.?"The action and general course of the convention will strengthen me before the people of South Carolina," said Gov. Cole L. Blease, today, with respect to the state convention, which met here yesterday. The convention was composed of 272 supporters of Judge Ira B. Jones, candi date for governor to 66 supporters of Gov ernor Blease, and defeated the governor for delegate at large to [the national con vention, thus breaking a custom of long standing of including the governor in the delegation at large. "I am satisfied with what they did," con I tlnued the governor. "When they did not I restrict the vote in the primary and didn't abolish the county to county campaign, I went to t>ed happy. Those are the only two things they could have done that would have hurt mo." ' 'And you may say that I am going to bo re-elected governor, notwithstanding the fact that I hear they are boasting of the thousands of dollars they are going to s{>end to defeat me and failing in that, of their hopes of counting me out. Governor Blease sat in his place in the Newberry county delegation thioughout the proceedings of the state convention, but took no part in them and made no speech of any kind. STICK TO TAFT, SAYS CAPERS. Former District Attorney Ad dresses League of Republican Clubs. Washington, May 14,?Special: At a meeting of the League of Republican State Clubs of the District of Columbia, held last night in this city, John G. Capers, Repub lican national committeeman for South Carolina, announced candidate for the seat in Congress now held by Representative Joseph T. Johnson, of the 4th South Caro lina district, was elected president of the League. Mr. Capers made a speech advising all the members of the organization who are In the Government service to remain loyal to President Taft. News Snapshots Of the Week ZZ eruor Foss of Massachusetts refused plate bis crime in the electric chair hearipgn are expected to occupy th NATIONAL CONTEST DRAWS TO CLOSE Choosing Delegates Soon to be Completed. HOW THE CANDIDATES STAND. Republicans to Elect 124 Dele gates?Democrats 320?Re publicans Meet June 28, Democrats 25th. STANDING OF DELEGATES. Mew iorK, May ib.?xne nermu wunj prints this summary. These figures are based on the recordf of delegates instrwcted or pledged, or whc have! expressed preferences, and do not take {Into account rumors advanced bj either side of desertions jand changes Roughly, t175 Taft delegates are unin structed, but are regarded as Taft men The Roosevelt men lay claim to many o! them. Total number of delegates in Republican national conveution, 1,078. Needed to nominate (a majority), 540. Needed to give Taft majority, 56. Needed to give Roosevelt majority, ICO Yet to be chosen, 124. REPUBLICAN. Taft 484 380 36 10 44 954 Roosevelt... La Follette. Cummins... Unclassified Elected to date DEMOCRATIC. Clark 302 107 ?>uauu *?< Underwood 85 Marshall 30 Baldwin 14 Burke 10 Harmon 7 Uninstructed and unclassified 147 Elected to date 792 Total number delegates in Democratic national convention, 1,094. Needed to nominate (two-thirds), 729. Yet to be elected, 302. The business of choosing delegates to the national conventions of the two great political parties will soon be completed. On the republican side 124 delegates are yet to be elected. The democrats have 320 yet to elect. The frepublican convention will meet June 18, and the democratic convention June 25, one week later. nil UI l/11U punuuiauo avtatit *"*>*< ****pva. tance to the meeting of the republican na tional committee in Chicago two weeks from next Thursday. This committee meeting will not only draw to the conven tion city many of the delegates tojthe con vention, but influential representatives of the party from all sections of the country. It may turn out that this meeting of the national committee will determine wheth er the party's nominee shall be Mr. Taft or the third term candidate. So far, noth ing has come up in connection with choice of delegates to the democratic convention which would seem to call for a meeting of the democratic committee so many days in advance of the assembling of the con vention. Only two contests have thus far been reported to the democratic com mittee. REMAINING REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. The 124 delegates yet to be chosen by the republicans are to come from Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, South Dakota, Arizona and a few scattering districts. The two principals in the republican contest are in what may well be called a "life anrl death" struggle for the delegates who are yet to elected. Senator La Follette is also in the midst of the fUrhtinc. Apparently he does not expect to gain any delegates from any of these states, unless it be from South Dakota, but he feels that he is standing for a cause and he does not pro pose to quit lighting until the battle is over. Interest in Jthe Ohio primaries, is, oi course, Intense, not only at the National Capital, where the respective candidates maintain headquarters, but throughout the country. The contest between the President and the former President in the Buckeye state)has overshadowed the fight ing on the democratic side to such an ex tent that many persons have overlooked the fact that Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio, is struggling for the indorsement of his own state. The general run of talk among promi nent democrats is that if the Ohio govern leuci ILIk Till. VI L/cuuiii a TT?w UM *v?v? spitaL His son Christian succeeds him od trial charged with attempting to bribe on aught Texas was launched at the Newpc to grant a stay ip the case of Clarence V. W. B. Brice as special commissioner b e greater part of six months. CLOSING EXERCISES OF HIGH SCHOOL 1 Fourteen Members of Graduat ing Class. ; OPERA HOUSE WILL BE SCENE. i ' '"interesting- Programme Arrang ed?Medal to be Awarded Declaimers. The Abbeville High School will close its session on tomorrow night. The exercises - will be held in the Opera House and will consist of readings, essays, delivery of ) medals and diplomas. > There are fourteen members in the grad ; uating class? r Miss Clara Adams, Miss Mary Lou Bowie, Miss Mary Bradley, . | Miss Lena Ferguson, Miss Buth Barksdale, Miss Lou Ellen McFall, Miss Antoinette Thomson, Miss Lizzie Edmonds, Miss Marguerite Sondley, Miss Mary Hodges, Miss Etta Dorn, James* Coth ran, Arthur Rosenberg, Charles Haigler. 1 Miss Mary Lou Bowie, who holds the honor of highest mark for the year, will make the salutatory address. The second honor falls to Miss Lou Ellen McFall, who ' is class valedictorian. The class history will be read by Miss Clara Adams, while the role of prophet will be played by Miss Mary Bradley. The will of the class will be read and probated by Miss Lena Ferguson. Mr. James Coth ran will deliver an oration entitled, "The Death Bed of Benedict Arnold." Three young ladies of the Senior class will declaim for a medal. Miss Lou Ellen McFall, one of the contestants, has select ed for her subject, "Ben Hur's Chariot Race;" Miss Mary Lou Bowie will speak on "The Ride of Jennie McNeal," and Miss Lizzie Edmonds has announced her subject as "Zingarella." These young women are pleasant and ' forcible speakers, and in these readings ' the audience may expect a treat. ' , Misses Etta Dorn and Marguerite Sond 1 ley will play a duet entitled "Au Vive." 1 "Polish Dance," a beautiful trio, will be rendered by Misses Lou Ellen McFall, 1 Mary Bradley and Antoinette Thomson. Tn/1 T? "R ri? will /lalUrar fKn nnrfL x . xj. uai j miu uvtuoi uiio voi w llcates to the graduating class, W. P. Greene, Esq., will deliver the declalmers' medal. The invocation will be by Rev. Louis Bristow. MISS BELL YOE HAS GIVEN UP THE FIGHT. Greenwood,?Miss Bell Yoe, who was re leased from jail last Friday after serving 30 days for contempt of court, has moved her household goods from the building In which they were placed by the author ties after her home near the waterworks was torn down and taken them to her bro ther's. It Is supposed from this that Miss Yoe has decided^*) oontest no further the court proceedings against her. or does not win his own state delegation he will probably drop out of the race. On , the other hand, these democratic politi . cians say .If he should win a positive vic tory he might become a real factor In the democratic contest. DULIi WEEK OUTSIDE OF OHIO. Outside of the Ohio primaries and a few j scattering district conventions the repub-1 licans will be inactive next week so far as I ^ the actual election of delegates is concern- j ed. The Texas republican state conven tion will Be held May 28 and between now and that date the districts in that state that have net already chose delegates will ' act. - The New Jersey primaries will also take 4 place the 28th of this month, and the 4th j of June will bring the South Dakota pri maries. Both the President and Mr. Roosevelt intend to go into New Jersey as j soon jas they have finished with Ohio. ^ Each is scheduled for speeches in New Jersey next Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 27th. The democrats have what might be called an off week, so far as the actual election of delegates is concerned. Only one state convention, that of Virginia, is scheduled for the week ; ^lliiL with apoplexy In the streets of Hamburj the thronei Clarence Darrow, chief coi e of the Jnrors during the trial of the cas >rt News shipyards. Miss Claudia Lyons . T. Richeson, declaring that the poison* igan taking testimony in the government' BLEASE WITHHOLDS DISPENSARY REPORT Will Turn it Over to Legislature Of 1913. Contents Un a known. I Under a Columbia date, the staff corre spondent of the Atlanta Journal has the following to say: ftmflrnnr Rloncft ArmnmiAAri his intftll tlon today of refusing to turn over to the dispensary (investigating committee the reportlhat has been filed with him by the Blease dispensary commission. "Awaiting the reception of this report, is why the committee has been deferring the prosecution of its investigations for several weeks. "H. r Carlisle, chairman of the commit tee, and J. J. Evans, secretary, were here today in conference over the time for call ing the next meeting of the committee. While they have made no formal demand upon the governor for .the report, Mr. Evans saw F. H. Dominick, a member of thei commission, about it today. "Mr. Evans understands my position on the matter," said Mr. Dominick, 'the act winding up our commission says that our report must be filed with the governor and the legislature and it was so officially filed with the governor about three weeks ago. "I don't know what's in the report, said Governor Blease. It's locked up in. my safe and there it will remain until I turn it over to the legislature in 1913, as I am required to do by law." COMPTROLLER GENERAL PASSES GREEN ACCOUNT Properly Itemized, State Officer Issues Warrant for Amount Claimed. Comptroller General Jones yesterday is sued a warrant for $360 to L. M. Green, lieutenant colonel on the staff of the gov ernor, for 31 days' service as a special de tective of the office of the chief executive. The account was itemized by Col. Green and was accepted by the comptroller gen eral. On April 15 Col. Green filed an ac count with the comptroller general for $205 for one month's services. Of this amount $105 was for expenses and $100 for salary. The account was turned down by the comptroller on the grounds that it was not itemized according to law. Col. Green on May 13 filed a second account for $360 which was accepted because the dates of the services were given. In his first account Col. Green charged the State of South Carolina $30 for inves tigating the Olar lynching. In his second account ne cnargea $ou. According to tne expense account of Col. Green he spent five days in Berkeley county from May 6 to 10, for which he received $100 or $20 per day. In his first account submitted Col. Green charged the State $18.50 for inves tigating the Tolley-Muldrow-Cheshire af fair in Anderson and in the second account this investigation was put down at $20. The report shows that Coi. Green received on an average of $10 a day for his work as a detective. The services were rendered between March 18 and May 10. COTTON DAMAGE WAS LESS Extent of Loss in 1910 Was Not ] So Great as During the Previous Year. Washington,?The extent of the damage to the cotton crop due different causes was less last year than in 1910 or 1909, the de partment of agriculture has determined. During these three years the department ias had its correspondents report on the iamage and its cause. Climatic conditions caused about 61.3 per cent, of the total lamage to 1911 crops compared with 64 ] jer cent, in 1910, and 67.6 per cent, in 1909. 1 Insects were the cause of 24.4 Der cent.of f ;he damage last year, 17.2 per cent, in 1908. Defflclent moisture was the chief cause of damage, while insect damage was second. The department estimates the money oss for 1911 at $315,456,000 compared with 5414,383,000 in 1910 and $458,546,000 in 1909. At The Presbyterian Church. Dr. J. S. Moffatt, president of Erskine college, will deliver the sermon at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. S and died unknown while on tbe way insel for the McNamara brothers, was :e against the labor leaders. The giant i christened the great battleship. Gov er of Avis Linnell would have to ex s Bult to dissolve the sugar trust Tbe HOW THEY STAND FOR THE PRESIDENCY Wilson 273 ; Clark 242; Un derwOod '82. CLARK HAS DEVELOPED STRENGTH. Speaker Appears to be Popular iii West?No Candidate Ap proaches the Goal for First Ballot. The Washington Correspondent of the Atlanta'Journal has sent his paper the following tabulation of standing of the aspirants for the Democratic presidential nomination. As it is practically the only recent statement of this kind we have seen, we present it here for what it may be worth. From this statement it will bo seen that no candidate can possibly go into the convention with anything like the major ity necessary to a choice on the first ballot, and leaves the result in doubt, which will not be dispelled until after the national convention has acted. The tabulation follows: Wilson vote to date: Pennsylvania i.. 76 Oregon * 10 Texas 40 Maine ... 8 Wisconsin i 24 Oklahoma 10 Illinois 2 Porto Rico 6 Florida 2 South Carolina 18 Delaware 6 Utah 6 Michigan 15 New Hamphire 8 Tennessee ; 12 Total ' 243 Clark vote to date: Oklahoma 10 Wisconsin 2 Illinois 56 Colorado 1 11 Nebraska 12 Missouri 36 Maryland :. 16 Washington 14 Kansas 20 jNevaaa o California 26 Wyoming 6 Iowa 26 Total 242 Governor Harmon's vote to date: Nebraska 4 Governor Foss: Massachusetts 36 Governor Baldwin: Connecticut 14 Governor Marshall: Indiana 30 Governor Burke: North Dakota 10 Underwood vote to date Alabama : 24 Mississippi .. 20 Florida 10 Georgia J 29 Total 82 Uninstructed and doubtful: Maine 4 New York 90 Alaska 6 Philippines 6 \Tlf>hlirn.n 15 15 13tt GOV. BLEASE TO SPEAK. At Honea Path Saturday After noon, May 25tli, Ware Skoals at Night. Gov. Cole L. Blease will speak at Honea Path on Saturday afternoon, May 25th, at i o'clock and at Ware Shoals that night at t o'clock. The Governor spent last week in Spartan jurg county, where he was greeted by arge crowds, estimated at from 3,000 to :,000, although the newspapers put the igures at 1,500. That he will bo greeted >y a large number of peoplo at both Honea Path and Ware Shoals goes without say ng. The friends of the Governor in Oconee sounty are makin an oflfort to get him to leliver several speeches In that section ind this he will likely do at an early date. -Anderson Intelligehcer. CARNEGIE LIBRARY IS IN PROSPECT City Council Makes Formal Application. PERMANENT AND ADEQUATE NOME , - f,i '"i Library Now Serving Useful Purpose, But Scope Should Be Enlarged. The city council of Abbeville has made formal request of the Carnegie Corpora tion of New York for an appropriation for a public library building for this town. For several weeks the library association has been in correspondence with the Car ncgie Corporation, and the matter came to head Tuesday.evenlng, when the Eev. Louis Bristow, president of the library as sociation, appeared before council and pre sented the matter at the requestof the as-? sociatlon. _/ " The Abbeville public library is - a' credit to the town as it is; but those most inter ested in its succes^and work have (known for long that it was needful to have a per manent and adequate home for the library directors and officers for a year or more; and as the usefulness and permanency of the institution have been made more manifest, it was finally deemed wise to make an effort to procure a suitable build ing for it. The library has a first-rate board of di rectors and a corps of efficient .officers, as follows: . Directors: Justice Eugene B.Gary,Dr. , F. E. Harrison, Mr. H. G. Smith, Dr. C. C. Gambrell, Rev. Louis Bristow, Mr. Lewis Perrin, Mrs. J. F. Miller, Mrs. J. E. Mo David, Miss , Helen White, Miss Mary Parker. , Officers: Be v. Louis Bristow, president; Mrs. J. F. Miller and Mrs. J. E. McDavid, vice.presidents; Miss Helen White, secre tary; Miss Mary Parker, treasurer; Miss Jennie Allen, librarian. Betweep four and five thousand volumes were read from the library last year, and . its usefulness is growing. If a building is secured it is reasonable to believe the li hrarv will become a do tent factor in the Intellectual life of the county; for it is in tended for the use of the county. Anyone is eligible to membership at the rate of one dollar for a year?little enough surely. The present quarters of the,library, over the fruit store of Parthemos, are attrac tive and well kept. The association has ? received support from a goodly portion of the town; but it deserves much more liber al support. Now is a good time for pub lic spirited persons to manifest their in terest In the library, by sending to the li brarian or treasurer a dollar for the year. ORGANIZING * CITY BOOSTERS. Chamber of Commerce Like Plan of Central Organization. Sumter,?Secretary Snell, of'the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, has received re plies from the secretaries of the com mercial organizations from all parts of the State heartily endorsing the plan to form a central commercial organization in this State and one which the commercial bodies in every city is interested. The plan has been endorsed by the Char leston Chamber of Commerce, the Florence, Columbia, Spartanburg, Bock Hill, Green wood, Union, Orangeburg and Samter as soclallons, and plans have been oflerea oy which representatives of each of these or ganizations may get together and discuss I the proposition and, if it is seen fit to do I so, form a central organization in the State. The State organization, which will be ! something In the nature of a combined board of trade and ad club; wiH take up such matters as several of the municipal commercial bodies aie interested in and which can be handled more offectively by a strong central organization. The good of the organization may be seen readily and as the boosters of the larger cities of the State are in favor of the plan, it is prob able that it6 formation will not be long' deferred. NEWS IN BRIEF. General Conference of Methodist Church refuses to | remove ban from dancing, card playing, etc. Southern Baptist Convention decides to raise $1,000,000 for foreign missions. Presbyterian General Assembly dis cusses divorce question. Decides to raise half million for missions. Mississippi flood situation improving. One hundred and fifty thousand homeless. Great suffering. UnitedStates launches Texas, largest battleship of the world. Train robbers secure $250,000 in Missis sippi. Taft and Roosevelt close warm cam paign in Ohio. Primary held Tuesday. Speaker Cban:p Clark carries many wee tern states. Governor of Massachusetts refused to oAnfrtnnn r\f Honf h in no an lllldltJlO YTlbll OViiWUVV VJt uuavu <u vuov of Rev. C. V. Richeson for murder of Avis Linnell. Executed Monday. Floyd Allen sentenced to death for mur der of court officers at Wytheviile, Va. South Corolina Democratic Convention refuses to Instruct delegates to National Convention, but endorses Woodrow Wilson. Supreme! court ousts Blease appointee in Beaufort. < Comptroller General allows account of L. M. Green, special detective, when item ized. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson invited to Co lumbia for celebration of Jefferson Davis' birthday, June 3. Million-dollar fire in Houston, Tex. Lorimer committee makes majority re port, recommending retention of seat In senate. Samuel Hyde,under sentence of death In Anderson, requests that hebe the first to occupy the electric chair. Viir*