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I list ut delegates inul making up t temporary roll of the- v invention. When Chairman Dens rapped wi liis heavy walking stick for order a the eonvunlion assumed (|uiet t t eliaiisum presented the Hev/Vj. Dart, ot Charleston, to make the ope | ing prayer. l)r. Dart made an i pressive prayer, thanking God for t ; great Republican party and what had done for the country and for h inanity. Dens then announced that the ct vent ion had been called to elect fo delegates at large and four alternat to the National Republican convc lion to be held in Chicago on Ju 1(5 to nominate a candidate for pre dent and vice-president, and he th called on the secretary, W. l<\ Mye to read the official calls by the natio al and the State committee, whi was done. The election of temporary office being in order, T. I,. Gr' \,f r;? /eston, promptly secured the flo an<T nominated for temporary cha man K. II. Deas, and there were 1<> seconds from all parts of the h;i /Secretary Myers promptly put I motion and Dens was v?liM*lcn storm, as it were, of ayes. In t same way llyers, who is a lawyer < olumhia, was elected temporary s< k retary. There were several efforts on t part, of delegates to otrain recogi tion, but I)eas and Myers ran t thing through without any interef. ence, and it did not appear that the was any objection to their election temporary officers of the conventi( ^ In a brief speech Deas thanked t convention for the expression of cc i fidenee in him. At. this point a delegate arose a stated that the Hon. Judson W. I oils, of Augusta, was in the hall a moved that he b0 escorted to the pli form, which motion .tms carried wi enthusiasm. As thy committee ?i pointed to escort Lyons to the pi; form Deas appointed Capers a Grant, and Capt. Capers presented" t well-known negro leader in a sin speech, in which he referred to I fact that Lyons is the only mcml H of his race on the national Repul; can committee, just as Deas. said C pei*s, is the only member of his r,i r holding the position of State cha man. Deas also introduced Lyo saying that they had gone to h school together in Washington tw< Cv years ago, but that he, Deas, qu and Lyons kept 011. * I Lyons thanked the convention i *. its reception, referring to South Cai ) liim as the mother of Georgia. "II( / from over home," remarked Dr. Cru with a laugh. Lyons referred in co plimentary terms to Deas as a man convictions, not afraid' to fight I \ what, he believes, cren if he has i fight with his fists or a stick. He al referred to the distinguished servi< rendered the party by Capers. will nominate a Republican, a r. Republican," Jie said, "and no mat I who lie is, lie will <oni>inue to car on the prosperity of the country ji as all the Republican admiuistratie have done." Declaring that the c< vention had come to york and not hear speeches, Lyons took his s( on the platform. He is a large, ti looking mulatto, and well educated. f talker, lie was formerly reg I trar of the treasury. Committees Appointed. At the eoiiclnsiow or Lyon's marks ('apt. Capers was recogniz bv the chairman, and he moved tl] the chair appoint I wo committe one on credentiab, and another on i solutions, platf'?rm mid nominatio There were' numerous seconds ami 1 Ik motion was carried. Deas had" I g?^ committees ready and at once re them out. As chairman of me credenti; committee lie named L. W. C. B lock, of Laurens county, with Gra and others on the committee. As chairman of the committee I platform he named Capt. Capers, wi the Rev. J. E. Wilson, the Florci negro postaster; C. M. English, Lathrop and others. Another commit lee was appoint L with J. I*). \\ ilson as chairman, Gra i Ilendrix and others, to frame suital ^ resolutions of condolence with Cap< j on the death of his father. ( When Deas announced the ered< tials commit tec I hew was vr r?Ia brother, who had evidently been ( tertaincd by his friends, that tried i protest, saying that it was not regul or lawful to appoint members of tli committee from a delegation wlu right to a scat, was contested. Dc would not recognize him, but later again insisted on his point and D; kept on banging thv fable with 1 slick and not paying any attention the protesting delegate. TTe was C. Jenkins from Berkeley, and insi: ed to thy Reporlor thai he was Pre Berkeley, and no( from "Buckley ./ While lie was si ill protesting some o made a motion lo lake a recess un 3 o'clock, pending t-ne report of | / i t i beautiful medusa, the Sarsia, mirab- : illis, is 1 lie earlies of our jelly fishes to appear in spring. Hv its pleasing ami graceful form, by its eager and I tireless movements, it seems to visit' our shores at this season almot like } an Ariel of the deep, voiceless, it is ) tine, but throbbing with its message j that the ocean's submerege<r shores and its dark abysmal chasms are all alike awakening to the spirit that \ transforms the upper world. Oue is at a loss to comprehend these creatures, so different in form from any ! that we are wont to Associate with animal life, for, although without a , bead, they are yet capable of sensing tin? light and auditory vibrations. , Without hands, arms or antennae they are yet responsive to tactile im- ! pressions and although of such fragile and gossamer texture, are yet the vehicle of vivid and intensive life. The movements of the body and the contained impulses that prompt them seem one and indivisible. The desires of its being seem themselves to urge it. forward. Like a thought it seems momentarily '{embodied or an . emotion precipitated into the visible as it impulsively mounts upward in eager quest or in apparent disap- | pointmcnt relaxes its efforts and subsides will) ;i 11 its drilling appendages n a-stream, only after a moment to pal- I ] pitate again with retreshed intention , and slowly pulse on its softly insistent j , way.?II. J. Shannon in Harpers Mairazine. TRY THE "RIBBON WINNER," J Best, pencil perforated tablet on ! the market, for 5c. Broaddus & Ruff. Mileage Books. f>00 Mile State Family Tickets $11.. | 25.?Good over the Atlantic Coast Line in each State for the head or dependent members of a family. Limited to one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Interchangeable Individual Ticket $20.00.?flood over the Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 110,000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $-J0.00.?- ; Good over the Atlantic Coast Line 1 and 30 other lines in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 miles; for a man- 1 ager or head of firm and employes lilines in the Southeast aggregating 41,mited to five, but good for only one of such persons at a time. Limited to one year from date of sale. 1000 Mile Southern Interchangeable. Individual Ticket $25.00.?Good over the Atlantic Coast Line and 75 other 000 miles. Limited to one year from date of sale. All mileage tickets sold on and after April 1st, 1908, will not be honored for passage on trains, nor in checking baggage (except from nonagencv stations and stations not open for the sal eof tickets) but must be presented at ticket offices and there exchanged for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage fare by purchasing local ticket from our age n t-s. Atlantic Coast Line. T. C. White, General Passenger Agent. W. J. Craig, Pasenger Traffic Manager, Wilmington, N. C. TF T< Buy H We provide easy term We enable borrowers in Monthly Installments allowed to meet obligati It is cheaper than payi i to save money to buy a Contract. If you want to save m< take a Security Contraci Call on A. J. Gibson, / Treasurer, at office, cor streets, next door to Go ho I credent ials comitiilicc, and tliis prevailed Itv a loud majority, and the tli convention immediately broke up. to ml meet again at :{ o ciock this afterhe noon. L. J he vast majority of the (Telesales 11- were, ot course, negroes and mul?.tm toes, but there was a large sprinkling' he of whites, among the wnife men presit ent being Capers, L. \V. C. Blaloek, of u- Laurens; A. Lathrop, of Orangeburgi L. 13. Melton, of Columbia; C. J. ,n. Purcell, of Newberry; K. H. Tolbert, nr Abbeville, and J. T\r. Tolbert, of es Greenwood; J. R. Cochran, postmas>n tor at Anderson; John Scott, ot' Newue berry; J. 1). Adams, United States si- marshal; A. C. Merrick, of Oconee, en deputy collector; J. P. Scruggs, of rs, Greenville; W. A. Hendrix, of Piekn George McCravey, postmaster at cli Laurens: L, \V. Screven, of Columbia, in the revenue service; S. J. Leaphari, postmaster at Lexington; A. I). Wcbu7 stor. postmaster at Orangeburg; l'resor ^'on, postmasto, r.r Winnsboro, if- and otiiors. Xot all of these were dead b'gates, but some were present as specin. ,n,"r?be "* Capers Uses Fist. a The lb hi between Capers and the ho negro I hompsou occurred before the of convention had been called to order ?c- after dinner. Thompson was on the I stand and there were calls for Caphe ers to make a speech. Capers arose to ill- do so, and Thompson, with the big I he stick of Dens in his hand, introduced I ?.r- Capers as a good Democrat, brandishre ing the stick at the smne time. Capas ers struck him squarely on the chest, >n. knocking him from the platform. Imhe mediately there was an uproar, and it m- seemed that a general fight would ensue. "When quiet nad been restornd od Capers again took tl .. stand and <v- gave his sid? of the affair. lie said nd that lie struck Thompson only because it- tant "drunken fellow"' was about to th strike him with a slick, and' he would ip- not lake that from either a white man it- or a colored man. and th:it his friends nd could not blame him for resenting tire lie insult, lie >nid he had been told that >rt he cursed Thompson for a "damned he nigger" and he wanted to sr.y -.'.at the >er report was a "damned lie." That >li- threw the meeting into disorder again a- and it was *o?iio time before the couice vent ion got down to business, as above ir- staled. I1S' 11 should he understood t'mr tYic 1UV convention today had authority :o ?n_ elect on the delegate at large while the district delegates are elected by the district conventions, some of or which have not yet been held. It was 1 ?" not possible today to ohtadn a com s ])lete list of all tlie district delegates nb from this State to the Republic conm" vention at Chicago, of or Sunshine. "Pass It On." The true idea and spirit of Sun'so shine is admirably set forth by this* little incident related by Rev. F. B. ^ e Meyer, the noted English pastor and ?a' author: 'l "At a railway station a benevolent 1 ^ man found a school boy crying, bc,s' cause he had not quite enough to pay ,ns his fare; and he remembered, sud>n~ denly, how, years before, he had been 1? in the same plight, but had been lrelp?at C(] by an unknown friend, and had ne been enjoined that some day lie 't a should pass that kindness on. Now lie ,s_ saw that the long-expected moment had come. ITe took the weeping hoy aside, told him liis story, paid his re" fare, and asked him. in his turn, to efl j pass the kindness on. And as the iat j train moved from the station, the lad cried clroerilv: '1T will pass it on l*e-|sir:" so the act of though fill love is ns* | being passed on through our world. ,lt'j nor will ii stay (ill its rippels have bp j belted the globe and met ng(ain.M a" Sunshine says "CJo thou and do likewise : and if ills "You've had a kindness shown In- Pass it on! 'Twas not given for you alone, Pass it on. pass it on! 011 Let it travel down (lie years, ''b Let it wipe another's tears, ice 'Pill in heaven the deed appears, A- Pass it on!" Carter Riser. ed "Whitmire, April 2M. nt. '?lc Jelly Fish. -i's Upon the sand at the water's edge there lies a particle of jellvtish subin stances, inconspicuous and almost inf"k visible. Rut in early spring one moves in such a world of wonders, the mervsle atoms of tissue are seen to he in'ar formed with such varied and vivid >at life,. Mint I lift the particle carefully >sc upon a shell and drop it into a jar of "as water to see strange unfolded, a he beautiful transformation. The cen'ns h-al mass expands into a double chamns bered bell of pure and transparent to vesture, and these gossamber globes R begin to contract with regular rhvst tlimic motion, lifting the creature upun ward ami softly urging il forward by j their quickly repealed pulsation?. ? | w hile from below four gradually .til j lengthening tentacles trail backward Ihe'wilh graceful undulations. This <TATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, ' (COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. By Frank M. Sehumpert, Esquire, Probate ?I lulgo. Whereas, W. T. Pitts hath made mil to nie, to grant him letters of administration of the estate of and effects of Abby Pitts. T1IESE Ali.E THEREFOR? to cite and admonish all and singular the vindred and creditors of the said Abl>y Pitts, deceased, that, they be and ippear before me, in the court of prolate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on the sixth day of May next after publication thereof, at. .11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they ! Iiave, wh/ the said administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, this twentieth day ol April, Anno Domini, 100S. Frank M. Sehumpert, J. P. N. C. Headacho Helps. A\ lion 1 fool a headacho coming on, <ays a writer in the April Designer, t look around lor the cause. Usually I looson my hair. It .is not generally known that lia.ir done up tightly and pinned eloso to I ho head will cause lioadacho. Try lotting the hair fall loose, or braid or pin it loosely in a :i different style. Sometimes it is my collar which is too tight, and when I take it off my headache disappears. Again it is caused by tight or uncomfortable shoes, or by highlieelcd shoes, which may feel comfortsable but which will cause the trouble. EXCURSION RATES. Via Southern Railway for Special Occasions. Baltimore, Md., and return, account general eont'orenoo M. 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