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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
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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
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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.
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