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addressed a Convention a few years
--ago on the subject.
Permanent Organization.
When the report of the credentials
committee was adopted the temporary
< organization was made permanent on
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1 motion 01 mr. mcowain. kj11 asauin:
ing the chair as permanent president,
1 Mr. Thos. P. Cothran expressed his
.. appreciation of the honor and praised
the personnel of the Convention. He
: reviewed the patriotic record of the
Democratic party in years past, and
> turning to the outlook in the nation,
said of the record of the national
Democratic party: "We have kept the
faith." He called attention to the
. Afoloody European war and its terrible
.slaughter and was tumultuously
-jcheered when he said: "You may
. thank him who sits in the White
House to-day for being free from the
? -contamination of that kind." Mr.
Cothran eulogized Fresldent Wilson
?nd the record of the party and termed
him "the greatest President of the
United States in fifty years."
Turning his attention to the record
?of the Democratic State administration
the speaker aroused prolonged
-applaues when he exclaimed: "The
- sentiment for impartial law-enforcement
has never been healthier than
it is to-day." He sounded law enforce,ment
as the keynote and brought
*<nore cheers when he reviewed the
/progressive legislation for education,
eauitable tax assessment and other
records which the recent General Assemblies
have to their credit.
Be said the greatest reason for con..
^grratulations is the progress made in
?he cause of humanitarianism. He
- spoke of the warehouse system in
?. congratulatory terms and said, "Give
.Ait a fair chance. If it falls through
^incompetence or graft then put the
?.-axe to the root of the tree, as has
J*hees done before in South Carolina."
ELe-Raw great possibilities for the peojilein
the warehouse system.
x Night Schools.
fire of education is out in the
-/mountains, and is spreading over
.-.'South Carolina," he said, drawing api
\plaufle when referring to the enrolmeat
of over 1,000 grown white men
in the cotton mills around Greenville
. in the night schools. "South Carolina
Democracy stands for enforcement of
law, for the education and for the
welfare of all the people," declared
~JMr. Cothran in closing. He was given
an ovation.
On motion of Mr. Dominick the
rules of the House were adopted as
< the rules for the Convention in so far
? as they were appliable.
Elections for vice presidents by
1 Congressional districts resulted as
: follows: First, E. J. Dennis, of Berk.ley;
second, D. S. Henderson, of
. Aiken; fourth, J. H. Miller, of Cross
Hill; fifth, J. L. Glenn, of Chester;
. sixth, D. R. Coker, of Hartsville; seventh,
Odam H. Moss, of Orangeburg.
The 3d district was passed over to
allow the delegates to caucus and
jsiake a nomination.
JS. P. McCravy, of Pickens, AlterTnamhorc
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-constitution and rules and on platform
and resolutions were named,
one from each county on each com."..mittee.
All resolutions were sent to
ithe desk without reading and referred
to the committee.
During the afternoon session Dr.
\ <01in Sawyer was the only one of the
*;Geoiafetown delegation on the floor,
itherest having gone home on the afternoon
train. Dr. Sawyer was named
on the committee on rules.
At 6 o'clock the Convention re'
<cessed until 8.30 to allow the comimittees
on platforms and resolutions
-and on rUleeUto frame their reports. !
Nig hi Session.
The Convention reconvened at 9
^o'clock. Mr. Cary, of Oconee, announced
that Dr. W. A. Tripp, of,j
Anderson, had been nominated as
' vice president from the 3d Congres\sional
district, and he was elected.
A correction in the vote for nation.al
executive committeeman was noted
by Mr. Dominick, and was so corrected.
The vote was: Tillman 268,
Browning 64. An effort by Mr. Fred
. H. Dominick to have the delegates at
i ilarge elected while the Convention
\-waf awaiting on the report of the
vinarmittees ^s defeated after a
- : sharp passage between Mr. Dominick
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.and Mr. JtsiaKeney, ui ,
motion by Mr. Mixson to elect the
fourteen district delegates to the National
Democratic Convention was
-adopted.
The dictrict delegates follow:
First District?Delegates, P. H.
<Gadsden, of Charleston; V. C. BadJiam,
of Badham. Alternates, Hugar
Sinkler, of Charleston; A. C. Bradham,
of Manning.
Second?J L Walker, of Johnston;
!T. W. Davies, of Aiken; Alternates,
iieorge W. Beckett, of Beaufort; J.
B. Black, of Bamberg.
Third?G. A. Neufier, of Abbeville;
E. P. McCravy, of Pickens. Alternates,
J. N. Pe^rman, of Anderson;
?-!. B. Derrick, of Newberry.
.Fourth?David D Traxler, of Greenville
; S. T. D. Lancaster, of Spartanburg;
Alternates, J. M. Grier, of
L nior.; J. C. Owings, of Laurens.
i iitn?J M Hemphill, of Chester;
T K. I "tipv. of Chesterfield. Alternates,
V/. W. Dixon, of Fiarfield; W.
i.. tipuifcrd, of Fort Mill.
Sixth?Bright Williamson, of Dar"
on A. r. F'nes, of Kingstree;
Alternates, J. S. Manning, of Dillon;
o. Woods, of Marion.
Seventh?John P. Thomas, of Col..
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Alternates. J. H. Clifton, of Sumter;
' Dr. S. J. Summers, of Calhoun.
Changes in Party Rules.
The committee on amendments to
The rules of the party made many
.^ uggestions as to changes, all of
which were adopted. Most of the
v changes were to make the rules comply
to the State law on primaries,
- and particularly as to enrollment.
Provision was suggested and made
that a committee on credentials be
provided for, and this committee hear
and act upon any contest prior to the
. meeting of the Convention. Each
v county is to elect a member of this
credential committee.
Provision was made that upon pe
it ffiiiaSg is
tition of 15 per cent of the qualified
voters in any town or city petitioning
there shall be a municipal primary.
The petition is to be filed with the
mayor or intendant, and then there
shall be organized a municipal Democratic
club. This club shall hold primary
elections to nominate candidates
for muncipal officers. The club
is to make the rule* and regulations
and what municipal officers shall be
voted upon.
Recall elections in any such city
shall be first determined by a primary
under such rules as the club shall
provide.
The rule is not to apply to any city
with a population of 10,000 or over.
This change in the ruling came
through Mr Christensen. The rules
of 1914 were reaffirmed except as
amended.
Road commissioners were put in
the primary where such candidates
offered. Amendment was made to the
rules to provide for enrolment of men
temporarily non-residerit and were
employed by the State or Government
only, and who came back to the
State to vote.
The Anderson delegation wanted a
rule adopted allowing withdrawal by
card from one club to another within
sixty days before the primary. This
was lost.
The committee report submitted by
Mr John J. McSwain, of Greenville,
w'as adopted without an objection
with the understanding that the
amendments suggested should all* be
adopted as reported, with the exception
of the matter of letting the
warehouse system figure in the primary.
The First Fight.
The first fight came over the majority
and minority report of the credentials
committee on the resolution putting
the warehouse commissioner in
the primary. The majority returned
an unfavorable report and a minority
favorable report was made by John K
Aull, "W. R. Koon, J. R. Dingle and J.
B. Lane. W. S. Hale, of Cherokee,
moved the adoption of the majority
report. W. W. Dixon, of Fairfield,
wanted the warehouse commissioner
put in the primary. Fred H. Dominick,
of Newberry, floor leader of the
Blease forces, joined Mr Dixon, and
in a speech reviewing the warehouse
legislation, supported the minority
report.
Mr. Graydon, of Abbeville, said:
MIf you want to kill the warehouse
put it in the primary and you will
kill it so effectively that even Mr.
McLaurin, with all his plausibility,
won't be able to resurrect it." He"
vigorously assailed the resolution and
belittled the warehouse system.
Senator Banks, of Calhoun, "said
the warehouse was worthy of everyone's
support and reviewed it and the
insurance on cotton.
"If Mr. McLaurin wants to tackle
Andrew Jaokson Bethea let him do
so;J' said D. S. Henderson. "We have
not forgotten that the man who wanted
to put this system in politics in
1902 wanted to introduce commercial
Democx-acy in South Carolina, and
let us not forget the warning voice
of this chief."
, The "previous question" was ordered
and the roll was called by counties,
after nearly two hours of speech
making. The majority report was
adopted, 255 to 74, and the resolution
to put the warehouse commissioner
in the primary overwhelmingly
killed.
How the Vote Stood.
Abbeville 4 against, 2 for; Aiken
7 against, 1 for; Anderson 1 against,
13 for; Bamberg 5 against,. 1 for;
Barnwell 5 against; Beaufort 6
against; Berkeley 6 against; Calhoun
3 against, 1 for; Charleston 18
against; Cherokee 6 against; Chester
6 against; Chesterfield 6 against;
Clarendon 5 against, 5 for; Colleton
4 against, 2 for; Darlington 5 against
1 for; Dillon 5 against, 1 for; Dorchester
3 against, 1 for; Edgefield 6
against; Fairfield 1 against, 5 for;
Florence 8 against; Georgetown 2
orpine* 1 fnr flrr?<?nville 13 aerainst.
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1 for; Greenwood 8 against; Hampton
4 against; Horry 6 against; Jasper
3 against; Kershaw 6 against;
Lancaster 6 against; Laurens 7
against, 1 for; Lee 6 for; Lexington
15 against, 2 for; McCormick 2
(against, 2 for; Marion 6 against;
Marlboro 8 against; Newberry 8 for;
Oconee 5 against, 1 for; Orangeburg
12 against; Pickens 6 against; Richland
9 against, 2 for; Saluda 6
against; Spartanburg 16 against;
Sumter 8 against; Union 6 for; Williamsburg
8 against; York 1 against,
9 for.
An effort by Senator Christensen
to put in a resolution to ask each
county chairman to allow any State
officer to SDeak at the close of the
campaign meeting was lost, the Convention
refusing to allow the motion.
The Convention at 11.35 recessed
to await on the report of the committee
on platform and resolutions.
Wilson Endorsed.
The commitee reported at midnight
through Ex-Governor Ansel.
The first part of the report commends
and epdorses the national Democracy,
and especially President
Wilson and national preparedness.
On State matters the platform
says:
"Fully conscious of the fact that
law and its proper enforcement is the
only basis of our civilization, the Democratic
party of South Carolina
1 kor?lr tirifh nriHo fn tVio llTlPPflcU
ing efforts of the Courts and the
State and county officials to promote
justice in South Carolina and to secure
law and order. It commends
the officials who have aided in this
work.
"The verdicts of juries have been
the bulwark of American liberty, and
should not be lightly set aside, but
should be upheld by all honest and
law-abiding men, in order that the
evil-doers might fear the Courts and
honest men abide by its decrees.
"We pledge the Democratic party
to a continuance of strict law enforcement.
Excellent Laws.
"The Democratic party reviews
with pride and gratification the advances
made in South Carolina in the
matter of social and economic legislation,
with machinery for enforcement.
designed to protect the human
machine and better the condition of
men, women and chijd laborers of
the State, including such statutory
amendments as the Factory Inspec- t
tion Act, the Act for seats for wo- i
men and regulation of hours of labor 1
for women in mercantile establish- I
ments, the Sixty-hour Per Week Act i
in factories, the Weekly Pay Roll 1
Act, the Acts regulating hours of la- ]
bor on street and interurban rail- i
ways, the Act protecting child labor <
and raising the age limit to 14 years, 1
the Act providing for a board of ar- 1
bitration and consiliation of labor i
disputes, the Acts regulating the pay- ]
ment and docking of wages and the
Act protecting messenger boys, pledges
itself to a further programme of
safe and sane legislation.
"We believe that the continued
happiness and prosperity of our people
demand the renomination and re- 1
election of Woodrow Wilson as Presi- 1
dent of the United States and of Tho- I
mas R. Marshall as Vice President, 3
and our delegation to the National
Convention is hereby instructed to ]
vote first, last and all the time for the
accomplishment of this end. j
"We commend to our Legislature
for its earnest consideration the ques- J
tion of equal suffrage for women,
and request that this matter be sub- 1
mitted to people by proper Act of resolution
for the decision." j
The platform was adopted by the J
Convention amid applause. '
Convention Called to Order. ,
State Chairman John Gary Evans, .
called the Convention to order at J
noon. The Rev. William Way, of
Charleston, offered prayer. Candi- 1
dates for temporary president were
called for. Mr. J. J. McSwain, of '
Greenville, nominated Thos. P. Coth- (
ran, of Greenville. This nomination
was seconded by D. S. Henderson, of 1
Aiken. Mr. Fred H. Dominick, of .
Newberry, nominated A. J. A. Per- J
ritt, of Lamar. Senator O'Dell, of 1
Pickens,*and Speaker Hoyt, of Rich- ]
land, seconded the nomination of Mr 1
Cothran.
James A. Hoyt was appointed to !
assist the chairman in calling the roll,
On motion of Ex-Governor W F Ansel
each delegation was called and the 1
chairman of each delegation announced
the Vote of his delegation. The
vote was: Total vote, 335; necessary 1
to a choice, 168, of which Cothran received
262 and Perritt 73, thereupon
Chairman Evans announced the election
of Mr. Cothran as temporary
president, and Mr, Dominick and Mr ,
McSwain were appointed to escort j
Mr. Cothran to the chair. He thanked j
the Convention for the honor and t
called for'nominations for tempor- j
ary secretary. On motion of Sena- j
tor Nicholson, of Edgefield, the Con- ]
vention decided to elect two tempor- |
ary secretaries, J. Wilson Gibbes,. of j
Columbia; John K. Aull, of Newberry i
and A. E. Hutchison, of Rock Hill, j
were nominated. The roll of the i
Convention was called by counites. 1
The result of theb allot was as fol- i
lows: Total number of votes, 331; i
necessary to a choice, 162, of which
Gibbes received 304, Aull 134, Hut- ]
chison 225, whereupon Gibbes and ]
Hutchison were declared elected tem- f
porary secretaries. i
Col. D. S. Henderson, of Aiken, t
moved that the naming of a commit- i
tee on credentials be dispensed with '
and to allow each of the contesting 1
delegations from Beaufort be allowed '
thirty minutes each to state their side s
before the Convention. This was of- <
fered as an amendment to a motion i
by R. M. Mixson, of Barnwell, to ap- 1
point a committee on credentials to i
pass upon the Beaufort contest and i
the lists of delegates to the ConVen- <
tion. Mayor Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown,
suggested that both of the i
Beaufort delegations be seated with j
one-half vote each, as was done in s
the Georgetown case a few years ago. {
W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, wanted to J
know of the Beaufort delegations if
this would be agreeable to them. Mr I
Beckett, of the Christensen delega- <
tion, said the Beaufort fight involved 1
the qusetion of Democratic suprema- 1
cy and he opposed the suggestion to 1
seat both delegations with half a vote i
each. He asked that the contest go ?
before the committee on credentials, a
Mr. McSwain, of Greenville, moved ]
that the roll of delegates from all
counties from which there are no con- s
tests be accepted as the permanent
roll of the Convention, and that the
Beaufort contest j?o before a commit- s
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;ee report back to the Convention at ;|
J.o'clock, and this was adopted. The
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in the delegations. The credentials !;<
committee retired at 1.15 P. M., and !j
the Convention recessed to 4 P. M.
:o await their report. -?W. F. Cald- J
veil, Columbia correspondent of The <!
tfews and Courier. jj
BELLEVUE.
Mrs. Wardlaw Morrah and little
son, David, of Atlanta, have been ;j
arith relatlevs in Bellevue for the ;i
past three weeks. They will leave ;i
in a few days for Greenville. !;!
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Wilson were !i
recent visitors in this community. !|
Rev. R. P. Bradley held communion
services at Long Cane on last Sab- ',\
mth. He was assisted by Rev. H. B. jj
Blakeley. jj
Mr. Joseph Talbert of Sandover, ji
teas in Abbeville Friday on business. !;
Mrs. S. P. Morrah ia at home again j
ifter a pleasant stay with Mr.- and jj
Mrs. M. E. Bradley and little grandlaughter
of Clemson.
Mmwo Wand Ttnhinsnn nf ?
Troy, sDent Monday with friends in |]
Bellevue. ; |
Miss Carrie Cowan is in Due West, ;]
;he guest of Mrs. Ada Kennedy.
The young people of Lethe, Sand- j
>ver, and Bellevue, spent last Satur- ;J
lay fishing on Long Cane Creek.
Misa Bes$ie Morrah is the guest of li
elatives in Grainridge. ti
Mr. David Wardlaw, student of **
Erskine, has been at home for the
last week. He is having trouble
vith his eyes, and will go to Atlanta M
for treatment. r
The school at Lethe will close with
in entertainment on Friday night, |
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FOUR HOLfeS PICNIC I
Lanren* Candidate Makes Fine Ad- S
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School. I
Orangeburg, May 18.?The big an- J
nual picnic held during the com- ft
mencement exercises of the Four [
Soles graded school, was held today 5
ind featured by an address delivered ft
jy Robert A. Cooper of Laurens. The 1
attendance was exceedingly large, ?
people from all sections of Orange- &
>urg and adjoining counties were [
present. The address of Mr. Cooper
was exceptionally fine and an appro- I
priate talk for such an occasion. This ?
ivas the first address delievered in ?
:he Four Holes section of Orange- ft
>urg by Mr. Cooper and he drew a'(
jig crowd. f
Probably no school in South Caro
iina hafe made more progress in the ft
past few years than Four Holes r
ichool has. The people of that com- ?
nunity are wide awake along educa- (
;ional and agricultural lines and mag- f
lificent showings are being made. J;
rhe class day exercises were held E
;his morning and were interesting, gj
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long by the school. C. D. Hydrick 3
jffered a prayer. The salutatorian V
vas Aubrey Shuler. Otis Ulmer read .E
;he class history. The class will was 3
ead by Shuler Hungerpiller. Cor- J
lelius Stroman delivered the vale- ?
lictory address. 3
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nusic was rendered by teachers and |
)upils. An interesting selection was g
liner Kv Anhrpv Shuler. Otis Ulmer. 5
Jhuler Hungerpiller and Cornelius [
Stroman, all of the tenth grade. ?
The exercises were presided over 2
>y M. M. Riddle, a prominent citzen L
>f that section of Orangeburg coun- f
;y,. who introduced R. A. Cooper,
;he orator for the occasion. T. J. E
Bolin of Neeses, candidate for rail- ?
-oad commissioner, was on the pro
gramme for an address, but was un- 1
ivoidably hindered from being J
present. The
usual Four Holes dinner was J
j&rved at this picnic. |
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