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tenil aaL 1te. VOL. XL. NO. 91. NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY, MAY 20. 1904 TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR THE SESSION OF THE STITE CONVENTION DELEGATES CHOSEN WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS. A Strong And Creditable Body-The Delegates and ThL Conserva tive Platform. The democratic st'te convention met in Columbia on"Weanesday. It was a strong and rdpresentative body. The sentiment of the conv-ntion wab largely in favor of Parker for the presidential -nomination and the dele gates chosen are, without exceptiota, Parker men with the present lights before them, but there were no in structions and the delegates will go to St. Louis to act as they see best for the interests of the party. The unit rule was adopted. which means that, unless there is a ver. materiil change in the situation. Sorili Carolina's vote in the conveit will be cast sodily for Parker. Senator Tillman. Governor Hey ward. Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett and General Wilie Jones were chosen delegates at large. The convention w s called to order in the house of representatives at xz. o'ceck by State Chairman Wilie Joine;.. Hon. E. M. Rucker. Jr.. or Anders.n. was- chosen :temporary chairman. Messrs. T. C. Hamer and T. T. Parks were choscn secretaries. Hon. D. S. Hendei'on. of Aiken. was chosen permanent president of the convention. defeating Former Governor McSweeney by a vote 4i 210 t.o ii1. It had been expected that Governor McSweeney would not have opposition but it came and Mr. Hen derson was chosen. Newberry's vote was 7 for McSweeney and T for Hen derson. The convention did very little dur ing the morning session except to appoint the various commttees and to prepare for the actual work which was to come later in the day. Mr. W. H. Hunt was appointed from the Newberry delegation on the commit tee on platform and resolitions ana Hon J.'A. Sligh -on the committee on constitution and rules. The Night Session. At the night sesion of'the conven tion, as stated, the actual work was performed, matters having been pt in poper shipe to come before the convention by the committees in ses sion that afternoon. The convention which assembled at that time, as viewed by a representa tive of The Herald and News was in some respects the most remarkable political body which has asembled in this state during several years past. It was a strong and creditable body of South Carolina's representative! citizens and democrats. A general good feeling prevaded the whole at mosphere and there was nothing to mar the harmony with which the con vention opened and which prevailed throughout. As stated in the general summary of the work as given above the four delegates-atlarge chosen were: Senator B. R. Tillman. Governor D. C. Heyward. Mayor R. Goodwyn Rhett, of Char leston. General Wilie Jones, of Columbia. In addition to these four gentlemen who were chosen Senator Latimer and Col. J. C. Haskell. of Columbia, were nominated. Mr. Haskell with-' drew his name. and Senator Latimer was defeated. Senator Tillman and Governor Hey ward were chosen by acclamation without dissenting vote. 'The vote was then taken on the two remaining; places to be filled, with Senator Lat mer. General Jones. and Mayor Rhett in the race. The ballot resulted as follows: Jones. 235: Rhett. 269: Lat imer. 145. Tt was a matter of surprise to some Sof senator Latimer's friends that hej wa n.-t elected. Senator Latimer was not present at the convention, and this fact prpbably accounts for the overwhelming defeat which he suffered. There were no instructions given the delegates. but the nnit rule was adopt ed. and, in accordance with a resolu tion adopted by the convention. the delegates gave expression to their views as to the national campaign this summer. These expressions were requested more especially for the rea son that the convention had defeated two resolutions endorsing the candi dacy of Judge Parker. of New York. While it was not desired to instruct the delegates. the Parker sentiment largely prevailed in the convention and it was not desired that the impres sion should get out that the democra cy of South Carolina was opposed to Parker. The four delegates at large and the district delegates declared that at L.A present time they regarded Mr. Par ker as the most available democratic candidate. but they thought the prime matter to be considered was the suc cess of the party. Senator B. R. Tillman was reelecteu national committeeman. The platform which was adoptedl, renewed the pledge of fidelity of the deinocrats of South Carolina to the fundamental principles of Jeffer sonian democracy: commended the administration of the state govern-' ment as wise. conservative. and pat riotic: and commended the services of South Carolina's senators and re-! presentatives in the congress of the United States as faithful and efficient.; "We especially commend the conduct of our senators in their determined and so far successful protest against the persistent and -pernicious purpose of the president to inflict upon on. state a collector of customs at Char leston, who is not only unacceptable to the patrons of the office, but is un fitted by training and experience to perform its important duties. . . . W7e affirm that our treatment of our colored fellow citizens does not jus tify the purpose and endeavor of the president to produce friction between them and ourselves." National is sues were touched upon very briefly. the policy of the state in the past along these lines being strongly re iterated. A number of resolutions were pro posed and reported unfavorably by the committee, and in nearly every in stance, in fact almost without excep tion, the unfavorable report was adopted. The convention met at 9 o'clock and adjourned at about i. Adjourn ment would have been reached a great deal earlier but for the discussion as to' whether or not the delegate" should be requested to express their views on the candidates for the pres idential nomination. Following is the list of the district delegates chosen:. First District Delegates.--St. Clair Walker, of Pinopolis: J. E. Tindal, of Felder. Alternates, R. S. Whaley. or Charfeston: J. D. Bivens. of St. George. Second District.-John C. Shep pard. of Edgefield: Claude E. Sawyer. of Aiken. Third District.-Dr. R. F. Smith. of Easley: S. H. McGhee, of Green wood. Alternates. E. H. Aull, of Newberry: L. C. Baker, of Lowndes ville. Fourth District.-J. A. Hoyt, ot Greenville: J. J. Gentry of Spartan burg. Fifth District.-A. M. Aiken, ot Chester: Leroy Springs. of Lancab er. Alternates. T. B. Butler. of Gaff ney, and J. H. Stevenson. of Fair-I ield. Sixth District-D. D. McColl, of~ Bennettsville: David Coker, of Harts ville. Alternates. James Stackhouse. of Marion: D. H. Traxler. of Tim monsville. Seenth Tistrict.-Altamont Moses. of Sumter: T. B. McLeod. of Lee. Sidelights On The Convention. There were very few exciting mo inents during the convention. When Senator Tillman and Governor Hey ward had been chosen by acclamation it was immediately moved that Sena or Latimer be elected by acclamation. Immediately half the members were -)n their feet. each trying to secure the recognition of the chair. The thing had narrowed down very closely and the friends of Mayor Rhett and Chair man Jones wanted the ballot to be taken in the regular manner for the remaining two places. Pandemonium reigned for a few moments but Presi dent Henderson got the convention ir order again and the balloting pro ceeded. Col. Cole. L. Blease addressed the convention' last night on a resolu ion which he had introduced that it was the sense of the convention that no man be endorsed for the presi dency who had not always been a be liever in the orthodox principles of Jeffersonian democracy. Mr. Blease said he could not understand why a convention of South Carolina demo :rats should vote down a resolu ti an of this kind. The unfavorable re port of the committee was adopted and the resolution was killed. Col. George Johnstone strongly al vocated an expression of views by those who had been chosen delegates. and several times addressed the con vention along this line. He became ngaged in an animated colloquy witn N1r. Pollock. at the conclusioly 01 which the convention cheered John tone. Senator Tillman was the first f the delegates to express his views. He made one of his haracteristic address. "As I see it now." he said. "I think that probably Parker is the best man. but by tomorrow night he might give forth some public utte'rance which would make him unacceptable. We will not only do what we ought to do at the convention. but we will do what you want us to do. Therefore. i tell you I don't know." concludea Senator Tillman. pounding the presi ents desk with his cienched fist and turning around and walking off the rostrum. It may be interesting to note the vote of the Newberry delegation on delegates at large. Senator Tillman nd Governor Heyward being elected by acclamation. of course received the vote of each member of the delega tion. The vote for the remaining two places was as follows: For Genei'al Wilie Jones: Aill. Blease. Sligh. Dominick. Evans. ano Johnstone.. For Senator Latimer: Aull. Blease, Hunt, Sligh. Dominick. and Mower. For Mayor Rhett: .Evans. Hunt. rohnstone, and Mower. It is always interesting to watch a state convention in session, and the galleries of the house were filled last night with spectators. a great numbei af whom were ladies. The crowd re mained until the adjournment of the :onvention. Mr. Hearst's representative in South Carolina was in the convention and was well pleased that the conven ion had not emphatically declared rgainst his chief. Senator Tillman several times brief Iv addressed the convention on the luestions being considered. as did also Former Governor Sheppard. Taken all in all, it was a very >leasant and a very harmonious state :o!nvention. and very creditable to the lemocracv of South Carolina. ACROSS THE BORDER. An Interesting Letter From Laurens a -The Old Soldiers- h Politics. it Laurens. S. C.. May 19.-At lastit Newberry has a daily. and nearly r everybody ought to be glad. Nearlyir everybody. It could hardly be ex- j pected that every married or singlele individual would be glad. Every townit in the world has two or three persons I who wouldn't be glad if their nexti door neighbor discovered a goldis mine on his property. Your corre spondent is "exceedingly glad." It!; is better to have the glad heart and glad eve. and look for the glad days; so right gladly do we welcome The Evening Telegram. It starts well: had a good beginning. with indica-. tions that it will not make a poor 1 ending. Some people have long r wished for a Newberry daily news- c paper. And now that it has conie let! it stay. There is nothing to a town or city like a good daily. It will paylI Newberry to keep it up. Laurens county held Sergeant L.amb in high esteem. They made much over the old hero. You a heard of his death the night of Me- r morial day. He attended the service. Ic and. at the sugestion of Col. Crews, waved.his flag once more. That night he died. The Laurensville Herala' "As an evidence of the cWihies, and bravery of Sergeant Lamb under se vere fire, we give a brief extract from Dickert's History of Kershaw's Rri gade. Speaking of the battle of f Gettysburg Dickert says: 'When the brigade was near the woodland in it advance. a mostlp deadly nre was directed towards the e center of the Third. both by the bat- s tery to our left and sharpshootingj in our front. It was thought by some that it was our flag that was draw-lb ing the fire. four colbr guards havingip gone down. and some one called out h 'Lower the colors. down- with the flag.' Sergeant Lamb. color bearer. waved the flag aloft. and moving to s !the front where all could see, called p out in loud tones. 'This flag never goes down until I'm down.' " There was no Carnegie fund for e the brave soldiers of the Confeder- d acy. but the words and deeds of our p old heroes are imperishable. The touch of such to the heart is more tender than the touch of marble and gold. The Winkler Artificial Limb com- i1 pany either had a job put upon them and a joke on a "man up here." or names and places have been mixed. i: The company sent the "man up here" t, a post card to fill in his answer to t, their questions. This is how it read when ready ior the return mail: Is your amputation above or below IP the knee? n Neither. I How long is your stump? d No stump at all. t When was it amputated? t Never. About when do you expect to getI an artificial leg? Don't need it. Do you wear an artificial leg? 9 No. both legs good. . The Winkler company will think a d trick has been played or a mistake a made. But it's all right either way. The Laurens*delegation of veterans i and many others went to Charleston.t One of the party spoke of liking to go to. the Isle of Pan. That might g be a joke or it might not. Some b folks like it so well they would joke e about a Newberry or Laurens mst~ sionary collection for the heathen IP away from home-of course they have all gone. Your correspondent intended going to the reunion, or was going, or wanted to go. or something P like that: hut something preventing: didn't h. ld good this time--it got in the way as usual, just as it did aboutt the late anniversary at Clinton, when this delegate to the country wanted l to see that big crowd from Newherrv tl -just to see how it looked. The .aurensites say it looked all right, nd that it had been that far from ome before. You know Mr. Evans used to run he town of Laurens as he did the own of Newberry through the iayor's office, and as he is now run ing a big territory through the dis ensary and keeps up, his constitu ncy in this part of the country want o know what he will run next when e grows too big to sit in the chair vhich now holds him. He'll run omethink. unless the apostrophy rops out and then "it" will be to ay. R. H. G. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. London. May rg.-An official dis atch received in London this aftei oon announces that the Japanese ruiser Youkine and the Japenese attieship Nautauni have been sunk. New Chwang. May ig.-The Japa ese fleet was sighted ten miles north f Kayhow today. The Japanese troops have marched everal miles inland from Kayhow nd have destroyed four miles or ailroad and are capturing Russian oinmissarv trains. A POLITICAL PRIMER. Vhat Certain Phrases in The Great American Game Means. What is meant by being on the ance? It is the position of politicians who re too dull to realize how much the eople hate a coward., and who are ertain to get down on the wrong ide. What is a slate? It is something that should always e smashed by the people to whose rejudice it is arranged by the "pie" rokers. What is meant by nailing a lie? It is the depial of a charge or accu ation in such a way as to make the eople believe the charge. What is a roorback? It is a discovery on the eve of the lection which is damaging in a high egree to the party or candidates who ronounce it a canard. What is a mare's nest? Any sort of corruption or scandal nearthed to the prejudice of the arty responsible for it is called a iare's nest by the defendants. What is a machine? It is a piece of organism whose life determined by the igno.ance or >leration of the people who submit. its capabilities for harm. What is the last ditch? It is, specifically speaking. , the oint toward which the democratic iachine in Missouri is rapidly tend ig. It has, of course, a more genera( efinition, but no other description tat comes to mind 'so aptly illus rates its meaning. A Chinmin's Way. The following remarkable story ap ears in MI'. Whigham's "Manchuria nd Corea:" "A Cossack, in a fit of: runkedness, had shot a Chinamaru, nd it was necessary to bring severaf f the men to the bedside of the dying ictim for the purpose of identifica on of the culprit. The Chinaman, owever, refused to single out the uilty man..saying: 'Why should he e killed, since I must die in any ase?' Then they explained to him tat the man would only be severely unished. to which the Chinaman re ponded that since he had forgave alprit there was no reason why he iould suffer. Then the theory of Luishmnent was adduced as an argu tent-the Cossack must be punished 4order that he would not repeat ic offense. 'But.' said the China ian. 'he will never do it again when e knows that I forgave him.' and lere the matter ended."