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A gd ( '0 A I ernlb mib tin. / - h) .3 A _ _ '14 - ------.---- -------.----- - - - - - .---------- ----- -.-------. -J I VOL XLIII NO 41 NEWBERRY. S. 0. FRIDAY. MAY 18. 190.3. TWIOE A WEEK. $150 A YEAR A THE CONVENTION WAS HARMONI01J A TRUCE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN DECLARED. No Contests for the Offles-The Ac tion of the Convention Was in Every Way Marked by Moderation. The State, 17th. Tie State democratic conventior was one of the most orderly and mosi hai'monious in i'ecent years. The del egates were apparently interestind ii keeping out anything which wouk stir up feeling and from the begin ning it was evident that the leaders of the two sides on the dispensary is sue had for the time being buried the hatchet, as the convention 'was not the place to wrangle over matters of that kind. The convention fixed a one ring campaign on the state, endorsed the administration of Governor Heyward and the work in the senate by Senator Tillman, though in a mannet muel milder than proposed by his greatest admirers; adopted a platform whicl i without feature, and made a few% amendments in the constitution of th! party to fit such eases as appeak from the decision of the county ex ecutive committees. There was no contest over the elee tion of officers. Col. Robert Aldrich, who first entered politics as a mem ber of the legislature in 1876, wav elected temporary president and Gen J. Walter Gray, of Greenville, who .was a member of the same legisla ture, was elected permaneit clerk The permanent president was Mr. J. Win. Thurmond, of Edgefield, and tli( other officers , in addition to . Mr Thurmond and Gen. Gray were Mr J. T. Parks and Maj.' D. L. Sinkler assistant secretaries, and Col. Toi C Hamer, treasurer. The convention held an after noon session and got through with it business in a very few minutes. Thn delegates decided that they would at tend the reunion exercises that night The convention was called to ,ordei at noon by the chairman of the stat( democratic executive committee, Gen Wilie Jones. The occasion of the op. ening prayer was on'e of the MIost uti usual and most notable occurrencei in the history of the democratic con. ventions. This prayer, by Rev. Sam uel M. Smith, D. D., was not only at eloquent and inspiring appeal to th( patriotism of the convention, but ti( earnestness of his spirit was manifesi in the way in which the conventior took up the Lord's Prayer, with whiel he concluded. The act of reciting thl Lord's Prayer by a political body ol 350.men was an unusual spectacle. After the roll had been called th: nomination, of tempokary officlts Wai called for. Hon. Robert Aldrich o: Bai-nwell was named by Mr. J. W -Ragsdale. This wvas carried by ac -clamation. Upon taking the chail Col. Aldrich addressed the convention 'He appreciated the honor as it hai come as a ieeognition of his servicoe .at a time iNhen he was too young 1 do anything else but fight for her. He commentedi upon the peace in the state. and lie declared that as a niattel for gr ifleation the settlement of is sues would be left to the people them selves. He'opened the convention~ fo *business, .and called for the nomiin Stion for permanent offcers. Permanent Organization. Mr. J. Wmn. Thurmond, of Edge field was. placed in nomination fo permanent chairman of the conven tion. This was seconded by Senato Blease of Saluda and several othere * .and Mr. Thurmond -was elected by.ac ela#iation, as had been agreed upon. Mr. ThIiumond expressed his grat iflcation'at being elected to this posi tion of honor, The virtue of thg whit * men of South Carolina is their lbynl ty to the demiodratic party. The r'c pd~blican party Is a party of ,vust The president of th'e United Sthtd I { put inI the awful and pitiable pligh of having breached a solemn trust an the senior ,senator froni Eduth Carc lina has exposed him completely fo Sviolating that trust. The democrats of the state haii differed on issues bmt they have iji ally done so in moderation, and he urged the convention to 'proceed ir moderation today. The.vice presidents from the respec tive congressional districts were then chosen, the nominations being made from the floor at the suggestion of Mr., W. F. Stevenson. In, the selection of vice presidents there was no hitch and the following were elected by acclamation First district, .Jas. E. * Tindal, of Clarendon; Second district, D. 1-. HenderIon, of Aiken; Thiro di9trict, F. B. Gary, of Abbeville; Fourth dis trict, T. S. Sease, of Spartanburg; Fifth district, J. G. Richards, Jr., of Kershaw; Sixth district, W. E. James of Darlington; Seventh district, Col. R. D. Lee of Sumter. Mr. T. G. McLeod withdrew in favor of Col. Lee and Dr. Geo. B. Cramer withdrew in favor of Mr. Gary rather than involve the tedious necessity of a vote. Gein. J. Walter Gray of Greenville was' unaninously chosen clerk of the convention and J. T. Parks was edect ed assistant. Col. T. C. Hamner of Bennettsville was elected treasurer and J. S. Wilson of Lancaster ser gent-at-arms. The Two Committees. As soon as the convention had tliu been organized, Mr. Geo. 11. Keoster offered resolutions that there be two committees, O1e on constitution and rules and one on platforms and reso lutions; that' each committee be con posed of one from each county. Tie resolution was adopted. It declared that resolftions should be referred without reading. A number of proposed changes in the constitution and a number of reso lutions were sent to the desk and were referred suitably. The convention al 1 o 'clock adjourned until 5 p. -n., and the two committees. jmet at 3 p. m, Col. Robt. -Aldrich of Barnwell wa: made cidirman of the committee or resolutins and Gei. WiliQ Jones ol tile committee on constitution. The following proposed amend inents to the constitution of the dem ocratic party were referred to ' th( committee appointed for that pur pose: By Mr. 1). S. Henderson of Aiken ''And at tile end of section 1: 'Th executive committee of each club i: especially charged to see after the enEorcement. of tile statutory laws ol this State as to primary election. I will be their duty to cause to be ar rested and prosecuted thpsough tll( regular channels all offenders again4 such law; and they are expected to b. in session on the. days of primari elections to receive information an: act as to any violations that may oc cur. The president of each Club foi the purpose is made ex-officio a 1eip ber of the club - executive commit tee.' '' (This was reported unfavorahl; 3 and w'as rejected). And t,he following by Mr. W. a Jaijies of Lee counity: ''Th'e right to levy campaign as sessments on candidates for (Jnitet States senate, congress, State omeecc and circui$ solicitors shall be veste' exclusively in tile State 'executivl committee.'' 'Contests for nom.inations by thl Sprima'y election under thlis conlstitu tion for county offices shIall be hear: - fnd determined .by the county exceni ftive committee of the county in whie. snech "cases' may arise and& ite aetio: shall be final." * ''Article 9: Insert after the word 'State offeers,' 'dircuit- solicitors.'' - Amendment to Article 8: ''Inser rafter tIhe wvords 'iniconsistent w,it.h Iih -constitution,' and may by majorit2 Lvote demand the resignation of an, United States senator or congressmai from this State, State offier or mem her of the generial assembly wvho vio hates the.foregoing requirements. (All of Mr. James' suggestions o: c'ept the third received an unfavorabl. report and the secohad and foui-th sug Sgestions wdre tabled. The third wa adopted enl motion of thle commitlte and the first was' adopted over th .committee's ufavorable report.) The following were referred to tb -committee Oil resolutions. rIResolution by D. A. 0. Ouzts t have '''dispensary' and 'prohibi ion evoted oil in the pr'imary thi Resolution by Dr. Olin Sawyer ei dorsing B. R. Tillman. Resolution- by D. S. Henderson et dorsing B. R. Tilliman. Resolution by W. A. James as t ''denatured alCoho01." Resolution by Pickens delegation a to qualifications for election. Afternoon Session. The convention at the afternoo session heard the reports from tt committet. Upon the adoption of tb unfavorable report of the committe Mr. Outzs' resolution was rejecte Mr. Outzs wanted- to withdraw ti resolution, but the committee prefei red to dispose of it in this manner. The two resolutions commendir Senator. Tillman were rejected and substitute was adopted. The convet tion also -passed resolutions commeni ing Gov. Heyward's administration. The convention adopted the follo% ing, which had been offered by Mi W. A. James of Lee county: "Resolved, That we request ot senators in Washington to suppoi with voice and influence and vote t1i house bill No. 17453, now pending bi fore the United States senate provi( ing that denatured alcohol shall be to The conivention atdopted the jnfi vorable report of' file committee an rejected Jhe fllowin introrlueed b the Pickens delerr: ''Resolved, That it is the sense c this convention that in all electior to be held in this state in the futur be held and conducted in accordam with the constitution and laws of t1i state regulating general elections." The committee hVid not reported o Mr. W. A. James' resolution to amer: the constitution so that the state e: ecutive committee alone should assei candidates for solicitor and for coi Uress. Mr. James demanded that i least a minority report be made. Th Was done, and Mi. Rucker of Ande son made a spirited fight for ti proposition. for it means that cotu ties will pile up the cost so that noi but a favored few could run for coi gress. Dr. T. G. White of Beaufoi and Mir. LaFitte, of Bamberg, oppo ed the resolution. There are car paign costs to be met and counti should have the right to assess cand dates. Managers of elections shol not be expected to work for nothing The resolution was adopted by i overwhelming vote. Gen. Wilie Jones, on behalf of (I committee on constitution and b, laws, reported that several of the pr< posed amendments be tabled. His r port recommended first that the coi stitution be changed so that. the wor. ''including county offcers'' be ad< ed in the sixth section, so that tl sentence affected shall read: "A contests for all nominations, inclui ing county officers, shall be first heai by the county exeutive committee < the county in which such irregulay ties may have occurred, and may 1 reviewed by the state executive cor mittee' whose action shall be final, etc. This was adopted by the conventic without disen~ssion. The coimmittee recomended thme co rection of a typographieal error in a ticle 9 and this, too, was adopted. TI constitution as printed said nothir about forwarding to the state exc utive comittee thie tabulation of ti vote for solicitor--along with ti .vote for 4loter offiials--and I1 amendment corrects this oversight. Amend article 11 by striking o1 the first six lines and substituting p)aragraphl which fixes the one rim camp)aigni on the state this summe The six lines in the constitution wlh were stricken out declared: ''Befo the election in 1902 and each electi< thereafter, excep)t as herein provide the state democratic executive cor m iittee shall appoint and arange f< two camp)aigni meetings to be0 held - each county not less than two w'eel ap)art, one of which meetings shall 1 - addressed by candidates for sflite o I fleers, and the other only by cand dates for United States senator, Ut ted States house tf representativ and circuit solicitors,'' The substitute which wvas adopt< on motion of Cnpt. Richards pr vides: ''Before thme election in 191 andl each election thereafter, except; herejn pr1ovided, the state democrat e xecuti,ve commit,tee shall appoint at nvarangre for one amaign menning THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF LONG AGO HON. J. M. OROSSON WRITES OF s OLD TIMES. His Mind Runs Back to the Newberry t of Fifty Years Ago-Halcyon 0 Gorve and the Old Agri cultural Fair and Fair . Wonmen. e To the old, old boys, just the far off joys, Just the days of their youth and g laughter, a Just the days of old and the days of gold, - And the bird's nests they climbed af ter, And the fruit they hooked and the ,wayr they looked In the trousers wide and baggy r That their ma made over from the ones once worn e A eroning by their daddy. . To the old, old girls, with their gray short curls, The sweet fresh days and olden . When life was filled with a joy that d thrilled, y And dawns were fresh and golden. Oh! the old days fleet and the old f (days sweet, S And the old ways, white oak shaded, ) And the old time streams and the old le time gleams O'er their pink toes, when they waded. n To the boys of now just the rowdy dow Of a youth that knows no tether, Just the trees to climb and the sum mer time, s And the streams they may swim to r- getler. i To the present girls, with their golden crlis 1 The sweetest of childhood's blisses, I And the chance to run when the day t, -is done And to meet their dad with kisses. 1 s Oh! the days of gold to the twelve year old, To the boys and girls together; And the rowdy-dow of their child (hood now And the rainbow kind of weather: e Por these days of gold when they too are old [n the years swift coming after, AWill fill their dreams with their river gleams, And the echo of youth and laughter. ie To the octagenarian in lonesome 11 and unmated grief, looking back I. ward. over the ''Myriad leaves'' of ,d memory, the distance seems but a if step, a ''little month,'' voices, faces, i. scenes and days that are no more, ,e blend in memory like famaliar music. 1- What means this crowd of sturdy 'hearty, generous cheerful rural folk, wvith old fashioned hilarity together n in the village? What means this neighing of horses, lowinig of cattle, r-. bleating of sheep, crowing of cocks, e- etc. What menis this going of car se riages, wagons, bu~ggies and horse ig back riders, going wvhither? To beau e. tiful Halcyon grove where the fair of ic the Newvberry agricultural society is re being held. te IThe fair are at the fair: wvhat would the fair be without the fair: there it fore the fair are at the fair: the fair a illumines the fair, wvith starry eyes, lu xuriant tresses, rosy cheeks, laugh r. jing lips, delicate, refined and pretty: Ih nature's flowers of perfection. Hlaw *'e thiorne says, lie had never seen a wo ,n man whom lie thought quite beaumti r1, ful. Alas ! thme poor1 old Puritan had m. never seen the beauties of Newberry; in be held( in each county, which meet Cs inig 8hall be addrmessed only b)y candi >e (lates for state omees, camididates for f- United States senator' and members I- of the United States house of repre~ I- sentatives and circuit solicitors'' 2s After confirming the list of mem. b)ers of the state democratic execu ad tive commit'tee elected in the county r- conveitions, the state convention ad )) jouirned sine (lie at 5 :30 o 'chock. This 1s was a record breaking consent ion in ithat no campaign spchesiC were work. ded off and no real arguments dVere to 'eninp iad their beauty was enough to melt the heart of a terrapin, much less his. What a world of substantial, good looking, quiet farmers with honest front and friendly manners in the grove, ehanging groups we see, with quiet laughter, familiar talk and in terchange of domestic interrogations.' What a good humored and social crowd. All the village is there from the little ''pop goes the weasel'' kids to the dignifled matrons and the sil ver haired dames and sires. There is Judge O'Neall, the found er and president of the society, prompt to engage in every useful work, all the energies of his vigorous intellect devoted to the moral, intel lectual, physical and religious life of the people. Grand man, Newberry shouild revere his memory. There was Col. John Glenn and his brother, Dr. G. W., lending as usual to every good work for the benefit of Newberry; Samuel Goggans, foreman; J. K. Sehumpert, with his fan and peafowl fly brush ; bere comes that iolid good man, Col. John Hair, taps his vest poeket, and out conies his snuff box; Dr. T. B. Kennerly, genial and pleasant; Col. J. W. Duckett, whose kinsman, Dr. John Davis Duck ett, I lately met. One of the promi nent physicians of the city of Ious ton, a cultured and pleasant gentle man; William Welch, an upright citi zen, loyal friend and rich in saving Comm111on sense. Early memories stir joyfully in me. Voices, faces, names come rolling in on me like a torrent. I cannot now write of all the other good folks, but may of some others hereafter. Fare well, Halcyon Grove, beautiful spot named by Miss Boyd, sister of B. D. Boyd, president of the bank. In my last I left off with Thomas Crosson, who was like a block of hard oak, gnarled and knotted, but sound in all its fibers. le had one son, James N., who was a quiet, intelligent, good surveyor, justice of the peace, and a Christian gentleman. le mar ried Miss Rebecca Halfacre, an ex cellent, pious lady. They had three sons, 11. S. N., a man of good sense, good spirits, good Iumor and jovial. Sam Kennerly and J. G. Mar(in of ten spoke to me pleasantly of him. .1. T. 11. was educated, intelligent, in dustrious and frugal. le married a ebarming lady, Miss Rosa Cook, an amiable lady. Their daughter, Vic toria is an intellectual young lady, and wmrites i beautiful and interest ing letter as I know by a casual cor resbondence. David Allen, na'med for my father, when I last saw him, over fifty years ago, was a promising, in telligent youth. James N's two daughters were quiet, refined, pretty girls. Lizzie married Fred Cromer, and Jane, B. H1. McGraw. Margaret, sister of James N., was an ilitell' rent, energetic, independent woman, with a fund of good common sense. She married Patrick Martin. Their children, J1. I. and Jane were noted for being splendid t eachiers. These people were intelligent, quiet, industrious, wvith a beneficent influ ence upon the community. They were kin to mec. I had a lively incident at. Thomas Hiender'son 's in Texas with an 01(1 Newhery mammy named Edie. David lBoyd had set her free, but she would not accept of it amnd selected D. B's. granddaughter, Miss Harriet Red, as her mistress. Afterwards the Red family moved from Bush River to Abbeville, wvhere Miss Harriet mar ried Thomas Henderson. TIn the early fifties, they moved to Texas and Edie with them. Under thme law a free no gr'o could not remain in TJexas, hence, Edie again selected Mr.s. H1. as her mist ress. Whlenm Edie found out who I w~as, she cane to me with a rush and hugged me, and may 1)e kissed me, 1 (10 not remember. She was happy at meeting an old Newberrian, kin to her mistrmess. She was glad and so was I. She was bent, and told me that Simon, a mani belonging to my father, caused it. She always held on to thle Henderson family and so did lier' daughter, Edie. These old white headed ''mnammys'' are but a memor'y of a civilization that died long ago. As an old ''mammy'' said, ''D)ey amn't no more b)lack mammys now, d1em happy days am gone.' There were fewer hear't aches among the southen n1nona than ever roubled any other race. The ante >ellum negro born and trained under lavery has our respect. None of that lass pelrpetrate the unnameable Tume. In the days of long ago, there lived brce Johns, who were a great moral mid cheerful force in the communi ies in which they lived to wit: John loseboro, of Chester; John Garling on, of Laurens; and young John Har .ington, of Newberry. Each had been lected by the legislature clerk of eurt of common pleas for life. They vere earnest, successful men, people >f shrewdness, energy and good judg nent, with singular activity of char icter and devotion to business. They iad a refining and beautiful influence ponl all with w1hom1 they came in con act. In their old ago they sweetened is they ripened for the city of our lod. O'Neall in the Annals, pays a Just ad loving tribute to Y. J. Hl., saying, 'he was indeed a pattern clerk, wor hy of imitation, kind, attentive, well nformed, intelligent. He was equal ,o- every duty.'' With equal truth lie same may be said of tile two other Folins. Each of thei were clerks for ibout forty-three years. I have been ed into reflections from having en oyed tile past sumnir the society of he families of J. C. Roseboro and \frs. Brownwood, Texas, who lived on h1e block next to my daughter, Mrs. \ieCart ney. They are intelligent, re ine-d people and worthy descendants )f John lioseboro-granch(lildren. J. . . has two daughters, Bessie and lcgina, intelligent beauties, yes, here is a depth of joy and sweetness it their brilliant, sparkling eyes un fled with youth and love. To tile Oarlington and Harrington 1amilics my wife was greatly attach ?d, especially to Miss Jane 0. and Nliss Virginia H., who were attend lmits at ou m111ariage. Miss Jane G. flio named Jolin Yung, was witty Indi aecoiplished. The soft, glance of ier sparkling eyes, tlie erve of her tweet lips was encanlilitilg, beau1tifful. [ier sister, Maria. who miarried Rich Ird Siil)son, was gentle, lovely, :racefuli, miodest and inteligen0,t. 111i"s Vir!"inial 1H.. who >lmarrivd Rob r11lMoorman11 wvas pretty. lively qulick, 111d full] of ..ra11e and1, mlotion. Her ;istvr, Mliss Adelaide,4 for, whom I feel ,-ery Iimldly. for she was ily conl(dent weit'n I was courting my wife, was a .1are lovely soul of sunny11V sWeetlness. Nisses .a1lne. Virg-ilill and Adelaida IscNided before my wifev to tle tity If Light. '('C1a inl light by g4ld(ien gate, (lad in liglt their spirits wiit To em11brace her inl thle sky.'' S. B. Kennierly, whien I last heard ri-on iiii, was sitting as speciil judge th distriet, cour1 of Orange, to wihich place lie hits lately moved. Now by the fading embers, T'hat on Carith's hea rtH list one glow, [low sadlly one remliemlibers 'thie things of long ago. Th'ie wist full tings witlli flame light wings, .J. M~i. Crosson. Furmaa Wins Ohampionship. Greenville, May 15.-By defeating NJewherriy college on the Furman cam pus yesterday afternoon ini the de sid1ing game, the Furman nine won the college baseball championship of othl Carolina for the 1906 season. It was the last game of the season, 11nd upon01 it d1ependled the honors of lie baseball year in the state. While [Purmian and Newberriy broke even on tames, each hiavinig (defeated tihe oth '1r one1 time, Newberry lost to Wof Pord( last week, and as Furiman has proveni her progress over WVofford, Ihere is 11o room1 to dispulte the claim if thle Bapt ists to first place. Had Newberry (defeated Furman yesterdaliy thle Luthle rans would have hlad excel lent grounds for claiming thle hionors, as thle Newberryites have defeated every other team in the state, ex cept Wofford, during thle sea l'enl iy six hundried peCople gathered at the park yesterday afternoon to witns th'5 le championship game, and Ihey had the pleasure of seeing one of the closest contests of the year, thie final eoie. hnavineg heen 3 to 1.