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CONVENTION
COMMIT7
In Refusing Seat to Re
- From Georgia Win PI
Vote" of Great Gat
Chairman Keeps
With His E
G. O. P.4
San Francisco, June 29.?In its
second days' session the Democratic
national convention perfected its ornoni7otinn
onH rPflHv fnr business j
It will assemble again tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock with the plans
laid for beginning the nominating
speeches for candidates.
The convention affirmed the action
of the credentials committee in denying
a seat to Senator Reed, of Mis\
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N \?ouri, and in seating the Palmer delegates
from Georgia in the contest ot
I the Smith-Watson faction.
Then it affirmed the plan to hear
hominating speeches delivered whi;?
the platform committee is working on
the party declaration of principles,
but providing that balloting ror a nom
inee can not begin until after the
platform has been presented and
adopted.
v The convention, after some delay
because of a misunderstanding of
.terms finally adopted the national
committee's resolution to couble the
membership of the committee and
give the additional places to women,
one from each State. The resolution
had gotten into the tortuous ways of
parliamentary practice which was
sending it back to a committee when
National Chairman Cummings saved
it by an explanation of its terms.
Cummings Calls for Action.
"If the Democratic par;y is in
earnest abput this business or taking
women into its party councils," said
Cummings, "let it adopt this resolution
and ad<?pt it now."
The resolution then went through.
Senator Robinson's speech as permanent
chairman was devoted almost
entirely to an arraignment or the Republican
platform and a defense of
the administration's conciuct of government
affairs, particularly President
Wilson's course in negotiating
the peace treaty and the league of
nations.
One of the surprises of the day's
proceedings was the adoption of a
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xcauiuiavu wiuv;ii pciiima wie mean.ing
of the unit rule in New York
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without any protest from the delegation
from that State. It passed without
a dissenting vote on recommenda-|
tion of the rules committee.
Today's session, largely perfunc-j
tory and one of the neessary steps in,
getting a national convention under,
way, was the last of the "play days",
for the delegate!.
Tomorrow they will begin hearing
candidate's placed in nomination
and may possibly have some night
sessions "when the balloting starts. 1
Opposition from South.
With some opposition from the
Southern States and on motion of
Governor Smith, of New York, it
sent a congratulatory telegram to
n ? T* _! L_ _ m
vrwemur xvuuerts, 01 xennessee, ior
his action in calling a special session
of the Legislature to act on tne woman
suffrage amendment to the con;
stitution; It recognized the women
-of the party by giving many places in
the list of officials, including Mrs.
V-.v Martin H. Glynn, wife of the former
governor of New York.
rS'<; t The working committee which had
been in session all morning adjourned
in time to take part in the COnVPnt.ion
Wl'tJinnt Imvinw nnrri
pleted the platform.
Senator Robinson was escorted to
the platform by a committee headed
by Governor Brough, of Arkansas,
and began his speech about half past
two.
Senator Robinson departed considx
v crnbly from his prepared address and
launched into an attack, on Senator
Hording, the Republican Presidential
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APPROVES
EE'S ACTION
ed?Palmer Delegates
laces By " Unanimous
hering?Permanent
Crowd in Uproar
Hows At The
'Failure"
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J. A. SMITH J1ERE
Rev. John A. Smith, who is to conduct
revival services at Hopewell
church beginning today arrived
in Abbe^lle Wednesday, and spent
the day in the city. During the day
the called on numbers of friends,
among them his old classmate and
college friend,;the editor of The Presi>
and Banner.
Rey. Mr. Smith is a Presbyterian
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J minister who has establlsnea a reputation
as an evangelist. He was educated
at Erskine College, tnough being
a member of the Southern Presbyterian
church. He accepted work
for a time With the Seceaers, nut Anally
returned to his own church, in
which for a number^of years he filled
the place of traveling evangelist.
Some years ago he was stricken with
paralysis, resulting he thlnKs from
overwork. This compelled him to give
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Lately he has been pastor of two
or three country churches near his
home in Statesville, N. C., but his
health has so much improved that he
has given up this work to go into the
former field, but this time on his own
account. He comes to Hopewell to
preach for three days, morning and
evening. At the close of this service
he will preach for a wees at Lebanon.
Mr. Smith conducted two revivals
at Willington some years ago and
foe has a great number of friends on
I the Western side of the county who
' will be glad to/know that tney are
to have the chance to hear him again.
He is a preacher o^ great power and
, a man whose whole souf is in the
' work in which he is engaged.
city schools buy
PALM GARDEN PROPERTY
At a meeting of the board of trus|
tees of the city schools held Tuesday
evening a motion prevailed to purchase
the property in Harrisburg
known as Palm Garden. It consists of
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a fair sized lot and a large one-room
building, which was ereeied for a
dance hall by a colored syndicate.
The board of trustees secured an
option on this property some weeks
ego and will at once begin work on
the building remodelling it so that it
can be used as a school ror tne colored
children of the Harrisburg section
this fall. Plans have been secured
of model two-room school
buildings which have been approved
by the State board of" education and
one of these plans will be followed in
remodelling Palm Garden. Both State
and County aid can be secured for
assistance in building as the plans
will be submitted to the State board
before work is commenced.
W. M. Barnwell was reelected
[chairman of the board for another
year and J. C. Thomson was elected
! secretary in place of J. S Morse
' whose -term expired yesterday. . !
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LEAVING FOR MINNESOTA
Mrs. W. E. Cason and daughter,
Cassandra, of Anderson, and Mrs. C.
S. McColl and children, of Bennettsville,
passed through the city yesteri
day en route to Duruth, Minnesota,
j where they will visit their brother-fh;
law, Mr. W. G. Zimmerman, and his
j children.
nominee, who, he said, had referred
I to Hiram Johnson as a faker and
j Theodore Roosevelt as a Benedict Arj
nold. California audiences likerd the
j reference to Johnson and applauded
roundly.
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County Hospital1
Opens Tomorrow
| Afternoon With Appropriate Exer{
cises Followed by Reception To
Which the Public ia Invited?
Mayor Mar* Will Make
Address.
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| The formal opening of the Counjty
Hospital will take place tomorrow
(Thursday) afternoon with
appropriate exercises followed by a j
{general reception to which the pub|
lie is inivited and urged to attend,
i This invitation is extended to every
citizen of the County as the hospijtal
is not for the city alone by any
I means and the people from every
section of the County should feel
.that it belongs to them as well as to
jthe residents of the Court House.
{ The furniture has already been
placed In the hospital and everything
made spick and span under
the energetic supervision 01
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Miss Reep, head nurse. Miss Adkins,
who has charge of the surgical department,
says that, she will be;
ready Thursday afternoolT to re-j'
ceive patients who have been!
awaiting the opportunity of being '
first served in the brand new hosp'i-j
tal.
From four until six o'clock'
Thursday afternoon is the time set'
apart for inspection of the hospital
and the nurses will take pleasure in '
showing visitors through every de-1
partment and explaining to them1
just how a modern hospital is fitted!
up and how everything is conduoted 1
on strictly sanitary lines. ' ;
At six o'clock the opening exer-'
cises proper will take place after a1
prayer is offered beseeching the!
guidance of Divine Providence in'
the good work which the institu-'
tion is to do. An address will be delivered
by Hon. J. Moore Mars,,
mayor of the city, followed by a '
response delivered by Dr. J. C. j
Hill, president of the board of directors
of the hospital.
I Refreshments will be served by
the faithful women whose untiring
zeal and sacrificing work have!
made possible he Abbeville County
Memorial Hospital. Music will be
furnished by* local talent during the
intermissions.
I Mrs. Otto Bristow stopped in The i
Press and Banner office yesterday.
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aiteniuvii auu ouvvrcu uo ? ?tav % *
the contributtens~from the merchants
of the city for the refreshments
to be served at the close of
the exercises. Judging from the immense
quantity of various good
(things which the merchants and 8th]
er friends gave -. :fai the refreshments
it appears to us. more like a
ibanquet menu which we lave to
look forward to, than a simple
hand-around.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFER.
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T. M. Miller today sold to J. Kay(
Garwile a 46 acre tract of land just
out of the incorporate limits of the
city on the road leading to the County
Home for $175 per acre.
It is the intention of Mr. Carwile
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to make his home on this tract and
devote his time to dairying and truck J
j farming. The tract being close in
is quite suitable for truck farming.
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lorial Hospital Opens
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Would Increase
Railroad Fares
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Action Urged Before Commerce
Commission ?Representatives of
Shippers and Chairman of
Electric Railways Association
Makes Plea
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Washington, June 29.?Increase
of passenger fares as well as
freight rates to , permit railroads
and electric lines to operate both
branches of their service at a profit
was urged today before the interstate
commerce commission by., Clifford
Thorne of Chicago, representing
shippers, and Charles L. Henry
of Inidanapolis, chairman of the American
Electric Railway associa^
tion. Their pleas for higher passenger
rates brought that phase of
the revenue question to the fore for
the first time since the rate hearings
began. , ,
; Mr. Thorne..advised a 5 per cent
increase in passenger fares for the
railroads, while Mr. Henry contended
that traction lines, with freight,
making up only a small portion of
wicu uusiueas, tuuiu itvu auovi u
passenger losses if an. increase is
allowed in freight rates only.
"If electric lines are to live," |
Mr. Henry added, "they must have
a profitable passenger business.'
Sixty per cent ' of the electric
lines in the country, he asserted, derive
from 60 per cent, to 85 per
cent, of their revenues from passenger
business. The commission
should construe the transportation
act so that one class of transportation
is not benefitted to the injury
of another, Mr. Henry said in commenting
on the carriers request
that the rate advance asked to provide
the standard return Dermitted
by the act be confined to freight.
IN A GOOD TOWN AGAIN
Bob and Perrin, Dargan of Spartanburg,
the City of Success, are
once again roaming in the pleasant
avenues of hospitality about the city(
of Abbeville. Somehow or other Bob
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r.nd Perrin manage 'to eke out their
existence in Spartanburg during the1
winter months, when they can't get
out of doors much anyway, but as'
soon as the birds begin to sing, the!
old swimmin' hole to call, and the
peaches to drip nectar you will find |
these dyed-in-the-wool Abberilliana
wending their way to Uncle Jenner's'
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wnere iney mane neaaquaners iruinj
which they go out visiting among
their other rich kin in the city.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES ELECTED
A meeting of the citizens of Abbeville
school district was held yes
terday evening at 7 o'clock in the'
County Court House for the purposej
of electing three trustees for the city j
schools. Mr. Amos B. Morse was
elected chairman of the meeting andj
W .F. Nicljles was made secretary.;
After hearing the financial report of.
the board of trustees for the past'
year those present entered into the
election of the trustees. Those elect-!
ed to serve for three years were E.|
R. Thomson, W. A. Calvert and R. S.
Link.
Its Doors Tomorrow
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Elberton Officer
Kills Two Negroes
Will Pelot and "Skeet" Harris Disorderly
on Seaboard Train No.
12 Shoot Elberton Policeman
Who in Turn Opens Fire
Killing Both Negroes
'WilkPelot. a norter in the employ
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of the Seaboard Air Line on the'
North Carolina division, and Will
Harris, better known as "Skeet"|
Harris, a discharged brakeman of the
Abbeville division, met their death
at the hands of Policeman L. Jones,
of Elberton, Ga., early yesterday
morning.Pelot
and Harris were Doth riding
!n a dead-head coach on the nqrthbound
Seaboard vestibule, known as'
No. 12, which is due to arrive In
Abbeville at 2:00 a. m. For some distance
below Elberton ' the negroes
had raised considerable disturbance
in the dead-head coach wnich tftey
occupied alone. |
w nne tne tram was standing at tne
station in Elberton Pelot stuck his
head out of a window of the coach
and began cursing Policeman Lefton
Jones who was on duty at the statioH.
The officer told J:he negro to shut up.
J Pelot continuing to curse invited
the officer to make him shut up. Policeman
Jcnes then entered the
I coach to arrest the disorderly negro.
* When Policeman 1 Jones entered
the coach he was immediate- !
ly fired upon by Pelot^and struck in
the shoulder. The officer cefending
himself, opened fire and with deadly
aim killing both Pelot and Harris.
Some witnesses state that Harris was
endeavorine to dodere the cross fire J
between the officer and Pelot when
he was struck in the spinal cord. !
"Skeet" Harris was a familiar figure
about the city and for some time
had been in the employ of the Seaboard
as brakeman but recently was
discharged.
Pelot was 29 years old and has a
family living in Monroe. Harris was
35 years old and has a wife and son
living in Abbeville.
Policeman Jones regrets ihe killing
of Harris very much as his death
was accidental in that the officer was
not firing at him. The officer, whose
wound was not serious was out yesterday
afternoon and says that he
considers himself extremely lucky in
not having been killed by Pelot. |
Special agent Blackwell of the
Seaboard went to Elberton yesterday
to investigate the affair. It is stated ^
that the special agent once was fore- ^
ed to hit Pelot in the head with a J
hammer. Pelot had the reputation of ^
being a dangerous character, especi- *
ally when under , the influence of 1
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drink. A bottle of Beef,- Iron and
Wine was found on his person after '
he was shot by Policeman Jones.
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LEAVES FOR HENDERSONVILLE. 1
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Mrs. Ellen Norwood leaves tomorrow
for her annual visit to Henderson
ville. While she is away Miss Maryj
DuPre will be in charge of the Li-1
brary. Mrs. Norwood h^s oeen an en-j
ergetic librarian and on her return
she will again take up her work.
Mrs. S. E. Moragne and Miss Cora J
Moragne of Bordeaux spent Tues- j
[day in the city. i
FIRE ATTRACTS MORE 3
THAN CAND1DATESDO
SPEAKING TO A SMALL CROWI>
OF..... LANCASTER . CIT*ZJ^^^|||
AND LOT OF EMPTY BENCHES
SENATORIAL ' ASPIRANTS "
1 FAIL TO HOLD AUDIENCE >3
WHEN FIRE^ ENGINE GOES j'J
3Y?ON TO YORK TODAY
J. Iiby Koon, Staff Corses-' ^
pondent of The State, reports the " .:.r'3
Lancaster meeting yesterday as ' .
follows:
Candidates for the United States ^f|
senate made a poor showing in >|g
drawing a crotfd, when attempting \
to compete with a fire engine, when
the fire bell sounded here today.
Barbers left their patrons alone ||
temporarily to . inhale suds, customers
in stores waited for^ their
change, and their was a general ''M
outpouring of the populace into the',
streets to See the fire apparatus go ' ^
by with boys on bicycles and old and
young scurrying Along in the wake.
'ihis was in sharp contrast to the
scene at the court house ;when W.
Williams, who was presiding in the : -'M
absence of R. S. Stewart, county yip
chairman, called the meeting to . ^
order. He haid little more than the ,
empty benches, to address. The "
speaking-began with about 20 m
voters present. This number was S?8|
steadily augumented by late ar- -^fa
rivals until approximately 50 wer^ \ ||a
in attendance. The Rev. R. E.
Mason, Methodist divine, ' who ,.|J
served overseas as chaplin in the
Thirtieth division, offered prayer.
Meeting Last Night
Tonight the candidates addressed,
other voters at the Lancaster mills. iM
Tomorrow morning they go to
York, where the next scheduled ' ^Jg
meeting is held. Representative'
Stevenson was present again ^:oday
and made another forceful talk on '.
the necessity of the Democrats /:#?
rallying in full strength to the
standard bearer of their^party. Mr.
Stevenson was. the only" speaker who,
got a sharp bolt of applause. ^
W. C. Irby of Laurens was the y : ' ;Jjj
first speaker today and gave his |
full tiqie to a discussion of what he .'
tsrms financial despptism in con- '{ %
trol of the railroads, the banking '
system and the packing houses. He ,
?ave figures today whl^h he said
tvere taken from reports of the
congressional investigation of the
high cost of commodities. Some of
the figures given were that the
packing houses had last year a
profit of 4,200 per cent, or $42 for
svery dollar invested. Furniture
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iealers were said to have made
raore than 3,200 per cent, aad
Nothing manufacturers 9,826 p?r ' v; ^
:ent. or $89 for every dollar invested.
His plan is to build a ays- -
;em of packing houses with the
:redit of the . federal government *.
aehind them. Failure thus to create
i market for the farmers has
jtarved 10,000,000 farmers' off the
farms, he says; which if continued
means the ruination of the coun'
:ryW.
P. Pollock followed the
Laurens candidate and ' spoke
lengthily on the liquor issue. Mr.
Pollock says he is not willing either
k>y compromise or by sham to beiome
a party in. helping to lift the;.
flood'gates to liquor in soutn uro- >
lina. He wants to keep the 18th .
amendment in the federal constitu- '
tion and wants to see it enforced.
He would be honor bouncl to withdraw
from the race were a plank inserted
in the national Democratic
platform calling for its repeal.
COTTON MARKET
January 31.25
March 30.65
May 37.90
July 33.20
October 31.90
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