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jjfic ^cralD anD (ems. VOL XLV ' NO. 40 . NEWBERRY. S. O.. FRIDAY. JUNE 1!) 1908. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR BALLOTING BEGUN. k Roosevelt Cheered ? Nominating Seeches in Republican Convention Yesterday. Special Ilorald and News. Chicago, 111., June 18.?The names of Fairbanks, Cannon, Hughes aiu lait have been placed in nominatioi before (lie Republican national con \cation. 1 he Secretary's name ha: just been submitted and was the oc casion ot the lirst outburst of genuini enthusiasm, with (he exception of yes ^ terday when leu thousand voice: shouted: "Four years more of Roose x velt.' The names of other favoriti sons were received with only inediocn applause. 1( is expected that th> voting on the nominees will be begin ilate in the afternoon. Names of Foraker and Knox hav< also been placed in nomination (h< cause of the former being seconded b> Emory Speer, member of the CJeor gia delegation, who declared that 2, 000,000 African homes looked on bin as their truest best friend. Foraker name . eoeived with some degree of en thusiasn:. Joke on the Jury. YY hen Ella V an Dross, a young col f'frml girl was tried before Judgi Rosalskv in general ..essions at Ne\ York, the other day on (he cliarg that when Joseph Kayatt, a whit' man from \onkers, asked her in tii hall ol' 240 Second avenue whet lie the Jones lived on the floor abov she stealthily removed a pocketboo! containing $10 from his pocket, th jury deliberated only a few minute and (hen returned willi (heir vei diet. 1 lie yirl much disturbed, was le to the bar. The foK-uian rose. " \V (ind the defendant not guilty,'' h said. As the late prisoner was (urn ing to leave court Judge Rosalsk called out: "One moment, Ella. He careful no to let any more suspicion fall on yoi whether you are innocent this tim or not." <- "Oh, judge," said (he girl, "'A navah done it befoli, an' fo' Lur All never will again." The jury looked amazed. "That's one on you, gentlemen, remarked (he judge, and all the com room laughed. "These Pa(crson anarchists," sai H. K. Adair, the western detectiv< "have about the same ideas of fre< dom and the privileges of a free com try as my little boy Bill has. I he 1 nited Stales is a free lam ain't it, pa?' said Bill the other daj and he looked up from a circus post( full of cuts of somrersaulting aut< mobiles, of balloon races and of eh phants revolving two bv two in tli 'Merry Widow' waltz. " 'Yes, Billy boy, this is a fro country,' said T. " 'Then,' -said Bill, 'why don they let a feller into the circus wifl out payin'?'"?Washington Star. Tough Vara. Playing about one day, n bluejae' et aboard one of our cruisers aecidei tally ripped up the back of his shi| mate's jumper. " 'Ow am T goin' to mend that, an the. bugle goin' for divisions in tint minutes?" demanded the victim. "I'll do it. in two two's. Tui around," said his mate. Without troubling his chum to n move bis jumper, the seamar. quickl sewed up the rent in time f.-.r b< t tr> fall in a* the call. As they were going to bed tin night the far, with I Ik? repairc inmper. after struggling in vain f' imc minutes to get out of it, vellc at h fully: ",r'?u bungling' ass! You've s*we j my skin 1"?London Tatlor, w l?r , RACE FOR SENATE IS BEGUN. All of the Runners Present at the J Opening of the Campaign Except Mr. Grace?Issues of the Day Discussed. News and Courier. ^ Sumter, .Juno 17.?They are off! lliey are a line lot of runners. Toi (lay (lie play was for position. The 1 roal running |ms started. ''Logician," "Cotton," "Again," "Traveller," "Jokes" and "Business" are - (lie entries?you can apply the names. s All of them have been in races before, some in one sort and some in other contests, but all are playing for place 3 in t he greatest race of all. The stake is lots of glory, a place among the thoroughbreds of politics and inci1 dentally a salary of $7,500 for a term of six years, and if Bryan should he elected no telling what. One of (he 3 entries was not at (lie starting this 2 morning, lie may or may not appear ^ upon the track. The report here today, but not authoritative, is that the i seventh entry will not come np to (he .judge s stand for his tag and that hi-, backers arc; inclined In hold him J in reserve. 3 The slart here today was beautiful. Il was clear-cut and is indicative of a spirited and real race. The enlries - are not checked up, but made a fine show. There may be some who suggest that there ought to have been 1 other entries, but certain il is that. s there is abundant excellent material in I he bunch of entries presented here today. I have not known better in mv intimate watching of such races in South Carolina for nearly twenty years. The South Carolinians who wan! lo a he senator from lliis State to fill the .. posl occupied by I lie late Senator Asu bury C. Latimer are: ^ John (iary Kvans, of Sparlanhnr'g. ^ (ieiuire Johnstone, of Newberry. ,. \V. \\\ Lumpkin, of Richland, y O. B. Martin, of (ireenville. [. K. t/oodwin Illicit, of ('harlcstoit. e H. IV Smith, of r.ee. s John I'. (J race, of Charleston. All (lie candidates appeared herr today t i open the campaign seheduled by (lie Democratic party ovepl Mr. John I'. Grace. of ('harleston, who sent a telegram of reirrel. There were excellent speeches; indeed, they were all excellent, on higl planes, evidencing careful study ano t marked familiarity with various national economic questions. There was J no personal dfcbatc. No one caller the other fellow anything; no slurs . no picking at each other, but tin j highest possible order of debate Each of the candidates was allower half an hour, and in that time eacl ,, chose to say just a wee hit about self , and devoted the main portion of tin time to one special topic. The speakers elected to be called ii j alphabetical order. The burden o e Mr. John Gary Evans's argument wa on the tariff. Mr. George Johnstons ^ stressed the importance of tho nntioi getting back to the rock bottom prin j ciples of the Constitution. Col. Lump ' kin made an eloquent. prohibition ar ;i! pument and hitched it to the pendinj ^ campaign by advocating a law tha t would prohibit the shipping of liqno ' into prohibition territory under In ter-State laws. Mr. O. B. Martin ha< ,0 a manuscript address touching on al the vital issues, including immigra I ion. Mayor li. Goodwin lihett wen into the discussion with genuine en thusiasm and earnestness, and devo ed himself mostly to ihc enrrenev is sue: and Mr. E. D. Smith closed b; linking the crusade for organizatior among cotton planters with the larif ^ and other governmental evils. In a running long hand report of i campaign meeting only the briefes outline of the speeches can be given "!id while I his pui'" he quite euouul for the average reader it will give bu small idea of the forcefnlness and of j. ten the eloquence of some of th< [v speakers. Ii ft has been said that there was n< personal element in the speeches. Mr if. O. B. Martin, ever fond of poking tin id |other fellow, digressed from his man >r useript today. Rome seemed to Ihinl irljit was a clever punch at one of tin [other candidates. No names wcr< id ( mentioned and if may not. have beei so intended, but here it is by wa' of interpretation. %Mr. Martin was 1 talking about the tariff when he broke j I away from his manuscript and said: |l "Suppose, for the sake of ar.'rtt- * ment.'we imagine the United States j1 somite almost equally divided upon r some of the tariff schedules, as often happens. Suppose the rates were be- |' ing fixed upon clocks, watches, and j: knives and nutmegs. Suppose the senator, aboul to be elected should 1 have I lie deciding vole. Imagine, il' possible, that a candidate having a 1 Connecticut wife should ho elected. ' Suppose that one side stood for a 7") j1 per cent rate and the other should : sland for a 2"> per cent rate, one for 1 protect ion and the oilier for revenue only. Then I here would be a commil- ' lee from a certain town In Conneeti-.I cut?the mayor, the secretary of I he * chamber of commerce and oilier dis- ( tinguished men. They would be in- 1 I rod need to the senator by his beloved wife.,' Tlyy would make urgent appeals. lie would give most careful i attention. Tie would probably be in ' .doubt. Then would come an appeal ' from liis better half. She would say: ' ' 11 v dear, do you love me? Von ntu*l 1 j not go back on ine.' lie would remember the bridal day and the reply 1 : would be: 'Entreat me not to leave ' j thee,, or to return from following af- ' .tor thee, for whither I lion goosl T ! I will go: and where thou lodgest I ' j will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy Clod my (Jod. Where 1 J thou diest will 1 die, and there will ' |T be buried: the Lord do so to me, ' and more also, if aught but death I! part thee and me.' Of course the tar- ' iff could nol part tliem if death is 1 the only possible cause of separation. ' Tf be should apply I he above quotaIt ion to her she would certainly not 1 osk anvlhing less than a compromise f ; end .">0 per cent would be (he rate. ' jl'nder that schedule a knife f??r I which you now pay one dollar would | cost one dollar and a half, a ten dol- ' jhir clock would cost you fifteen dol- 1 J'rs, and a dime's worth of nutmegs 1 i I bero.i ft or < ?>-( vim fifteen 1 Governor Evans incidentally, it 1 mav be noted, married a charming '.Connecticut ladv. : Tt i^ not the place of a eorrospond(ent to whoop up any one candidate lor indicate, preferences, oven if be . j has one. 1 doubt if any six men could , j bo picked out in this State who would I average better as public speakers. . j There are no "sorter" speakers in .'the lot. Evans, Johnstone, Lumpkin, j Marl in. Khett and Smith are all rat'tling good talkers. They have all , been on the stump before except Mr. Kbetl. and lie surprised and gratified 1 his friends today with the gimrer and ! 'snap with which he started things off. The reception he received may have 3 helped, but lie went right after the prize and talked with that oarnest^ ness and conviction that gratified bis ?: friends. Tt was evident that Mr. siKhetl expects to direct his guns and , I lire to business men. and his appeals 1 ! will bo along these lines. J E. P. Smith is and always has boon . an enthusiast, and how he did talk - today about cotton and what ho and y the other farmers could do! ITe has 3 j t a beautiful flow of language and r, oaints word pictures that almost rival - | the classics. 1 j Now when it comes to word pie1 j Iim'o*! there - re p'mim ev'ol I'm' \\ . - iW. Lumpkin. ITe is really a silver t . fongned orator. Today he chose as - jliis canvass a picture of the evils of j t drink and the blessing of prohibition, j - i lie charms any audience, but whether f the commendation will come in voles i | remains a problem. * .lobn Gary Evans is perhaps the j [best known public man in the race, i & lie has been before the people and j tjthey know his equipment and force-j i, j fulness. Mr. Evans keeps pace with i i i public, issues and is wonderfully well J t posted, lie has gone into this race ; - ! to win, if the people want him, and j o J ho is going right after the pershnj mon. "> | 0. B. Martin is a natural born - slump speaker. He just loves to tell o j jokes, and jokes with point and force. -|Mr. Martin is a vigorous talker and f has a habit of saying unexpected 0 ' things that hit and attract attention. 1 j Col. George Johnstone is. as evcryi one knows, a remarkably equipped y man. He has a wonderful flow of anguage, ami Ins familiarity with listory, politics, law and most other opics makes him a profound speaker. 1 'urious, lint Col. Johnstone took ! mu'h of his time today to relate a ilorv he overheard on a railroad I rain I diout himself and others to indieate | io\v little some folks who talked ! diout him and others really know ! i djont those whom they were eriticls- ! 1 nK- . < (lovernor Dunean C. TTeyward is nissed. lie was expected as one of t he Hiclnnonds, and on every side ' vere heard expressions of real regret > > d the illness that has kept him out ? f the race. jj The meet ins: was hehf in the beauti- 1 'id now court house building and was >resided over by Slate Senator J. IT. I Mifton. There was an opening pray- 1 >r and then Mr. John Oary Evans was I ntrodueed. It Will Meet in Columbia. ' > Columbia, S. ('.?Much interest is i I icing centered on the meeting of the I 'otton Seed Crushers' Association of! ^outli Carolina, which will couvoun ' n Columbia on June 2!l and 21. ii For several years the public lias i lot iced with ever-iitcreasing interest l he progress made by the cotton seed < iil men. For years and years, up to < ibout 2.) years ago, the seed from the i otton was considered so much rub- | )ish, except the little that was used I is seed for planting cotton and ferti- ' li/.ing. Lately the business of the cot-'] on seed crushers h:is progressed to inch an extent that the government i xperts are experimenting with a i i riew of developing a cotton that has 1 | ess lint and more seed. . < At the meeting to he held hero this 1 nonth, some of the most important \ inestions of the day will he discussed l >y men who know the subject. The ? miller of feeding stock, milch cows i ind cattle mi ?*<> 11 <?m seed meal and ; i'dls lias at t racted much attention In t I he last lew years and Judge Henry | I'. Hammond of Augusta, who lias i i troha bly had more experience in I liis , line than any man in the country, will i 'leliver :in address at this meeting i <oine of his fine results. Others who will tell some facts about the- rpiali- j ties of cottoti seed products, are Mr. 1 K. 15. lioykin of the bureau of 1'lant Industry, and I Vol". .1. X. llarper of ( l "lemsou college. Mr. ('. Pit/.simmons of Columbia is president of (lie South Carolina as.su> i.it i.iii, and Mr. It. F. Taylor is secretary. A very pleasant programme lias been arranged, interspersing the business meetings with plenty of entertainment. A big barbecue will be served at noon, Jane 24. The pros- , pects are that there will be a very large attendance at the meeting. Harris Spings. Invitations have been issued for the opening ball at Harris Springs hotel, which occurs the night of July did. and it is hoped a large gathering will l)o present as a most enjoyable lime is promised. A fine or-; chestra will be on hand and everything done to make this the most j memorable ball in the history of liar- i ris Springs hotel. The hotel is under the direct man [ agement of Mr. Henry /. Rees fur-' merlv of the Piedmont in At hint a, ! and the Jefferson in Richmond. It i will be conducted on the most liberal lines. The hotel has been thorough- ' Iv renovated ami everything put ill first class condition. II is the inten- i lion of I lie management to make il I he leading summer resort of the, south. i I '' Peary, said a geographer of) Chicago, "never started on one of j his cvploring expeditions without re-I eeiving by mail and express all sorts of packages from cranks?cowhide underwear, tea tablets, mcdicuv.-d boots and what not. "Peary once told me I hat ("Jeorge Ade, a few days before the start ot his last trip, wired him to expect an important package by express. "The package came. 11 was labeled : " 'To be opened at I he furl hesl point north.' "Peary opened il at once, however. Ii was a small keg inscribed: " 'Axle grease for the pole.' " ? Washington Star. THORNS IN THE PATHWAY. ^ el Chat Lead From the Convention to p the Election in November? Taft'a Weakness Shown. j (l (By John Temple Graves.) p Chicago, June 17.?There was nev- '| r a candidate whose pathway of p oses seems so ripped of political p horns as (hat of William Howard (| I nit. There is nothing to halt him w >n his royal road to the nomination, b I'lie "allies" are gad flies that ding, hut don't, stop. There is only t< me tongue in all the world that can w ivail now to put a quietus upon tn? nil grown boom of Taft, and that tongue is proclaiming through the lips ot >()() henchmen (lie wedding . linns of "William the Legatee'' to the Republican nomination. 1| is afIor the running, when the shouting md the tumult dies, that the flowers ivill lade away and the thorns will ine the rougher road that leads on j lo November. For the thorns in the way of Mr. _ l'a11 arc already evident, a goodly rop, and the convention is planting new ones every hour. If the injunc- , lion plank is inserted under the white house demand, the "allies" de- . hire ii will array every business man * in the country against the lxcpuhlicau ^ |>arlv. So upon one of these two horns ?,|' deadly dilemma Candidate Taft must go forth to battle for the presidency. I 1 he negro vote of Chicago, which is ^ numerous and radical, is leading so mpassioned a campaign against Taft hat tlie- stalwai't Chicago Tribune de- " lares in wrath that the leaders should >e j?ut in padded cells. And the Chicago negroes loading ^ In4 protest, hundreds of negroes, iome delegates and some visitors 'J hroiighout t lie country, who arc here md participating in the |?des with ' hreats oI revolt and an tiidcpcmlcnt j "V I?:irty tor which they claim nearly a 1 million votes. W hen the platform ! oinmilteeiiien come to smooth out the | econl o| their nominee upon the nog- i' io question. they will Ik* again be- I" I ween the "devil of race prejudice I and tli** deep sea ot the South and "will he more than likt'ly to stvaddlo ' a compromise, which will not be ae- j i-eplahle to either. Ii is dirliciilt to I see how ( andidatc Taft can handle i thi< i>-- ,ic lo his political project. The 1 reduction of Southern representa~ ' linn in. the next convent ion has thrown the Southern delegates into i fury and dismay. ?ro issue i is reeking with danger for Candidate!' Tal'l. |f MM 1 I lie visit to the c/.ar and the sub-j s sequent eulogy of that autocrat of!v K ishiiiclt is >.,( intangible and inci- J dent that it is as hard to explain j: away in person as it is to smooth j < away a platform. But there it is, and it menaces the republicans in | November. I II Taft think* he has hoard the I last of the Grant memorial incident, ; he has only to icfor to the campaign ' of 188-1. | And as loyally as the followers of 1 the Republican party have been accustomed |n heal up their breaches and to tall in behind the leader, the I while ..ouse dictation is not lik?iy to < be forgot ten or forgiven in that per- ; I eel way that leads to perfect peace. I Here, in brief, is the convcnf ion's surpv -ii:.! dillicnlties in >)( I inits nominee on tie way to su?*ce>s. And these are liie rcsult> which must lie behind the vigorous minority in its opposition to Tal'l. Am1 these 1 are the results which seem lo indicate 1 thai the Republican party in Ihis 1 campaign, when its success is already ' ' doubtful, is about to nominate, not I ' the strongest, but the weakest candi- i ' date in its ranks. ; The balancing consideration is the!' usually evident fact that the Demo-| 1 crats will doubtless meet them half I ' way in I heir folly. The blundering'' tread of the Republican elephant will Jf be timed with the silly footsteps of C the Democratic donkey. Each parly will prc.cn! its weakest candidate. ' The Republicans, a nominee forced ' upon lliem by a dominant executiv and the Democrats, a nominee forced < up on lliem by himself. The hustling will reek with protest i and personalities; and all things will 1 ] orli together for I ho pood of the Inependence parlv, which loves I ho eople and purifies the ballot. Meanwhile, let it he mentioned as he astonishing feature of the first ay's session of this one man conveuioti, that live eulogistie montl-m* of 'heodore Koosevelt by Senator Burows, and a flaming display of Taft's ieture in the hall did not go deeper linn the throats of the straggling few ho cheered at all. Possibly, il was eeause the multitude was waiting or the psychological moment nearer > the nomination?and possibly it as not. "YEGGMAN" A PARASITE. L Friend Comes to the Rescuc With Some Little Light on a Mooted Term?Wherein Jupiter Nodded. A statement in I lie last issue of the literary Digest (June (ilh) partially \plaining the term ''yeggman," ' alls to mind an editorial recently appearing in I lie Observer. seeking light hi the etymology of lliis curious k'onl. Il is clearly a parasite, for it s unt found in any dictionary, and urely il was not adopted into the a in i 1 y ol words because of its beaux'. Here is what the Lexicographer ays: 'The etymology of yeggiuau is incerlaiii. Some persons assert thaihe term owes its origin to one ' Lii ^ e<jM'. a leader of a gang of liieves. That reminds me, also, of another latter which must have passed the ritical eye of the editor during one f liis off momeuls. The statement: a< made that if the convocation of !"\cnn'i's amounted to nothing else, I would serve to show how inanv tales in the I'nioii, and this was omul to be II. |'m siirpriseil thai ' >n, of all oi Tiers, are allowing liisII ry to I all into such neglect. Hill ven Jupiter himself nods, and w till have lo excuse you if you will gree lo ehampioii a motion to have commission appointed to cmunerle I lie States over which I lie Stars ml Stripes lloat. that tie mI'oriuaion might become more general Iironuhoiil I lie Stales <>i .. ir 1'nioii. S. Winston-Salem, dune !?. llins. Uninhcritcd Forgetfulness. Il was a severe trial to Mr. Ilardug that his only son's memory was iot all I hat could be desired ' \\ here in the world he got such a orgetl'iil streak from is beyond me," aid the exasperated father to his vife on one occasion. ''What has lie forgotten now?'' is Iced Mrs. Harding, with downcast yes ami a demure evpressioii. "The figures of the last return Yom the election on the bulletin mard," and Mr. Harding inserted a 'inger in his collar as if to loosen il, ind shook his head vehemently. 'Looked at 'em as lie came past not i a I f an hour ago, and now can't Icll lie. *''.\s I said to him, 'If you're so tupid you can't keep a few simple I'igures in vour head, why don't you veile 'ein down on a piece of paper, is I do and have done all mv life, ong before I was your age? '? Void h "s ('ompauion. Too Much Risk. At the two big naval ban<|iie|s at lie Kainnoiit and the SI. l''rancis, an \pert, taking the flashlight pictures, iscd a new method bv which all the anoke was instantly collected and disorbed, so that none got loose in he room. "That reminds me.'' said Col. Jeorge Pippy, "of a cook we had lown at fhe dairy. He had an idea le could condense the smoke from he kitchen slove. lie rigged a bag m lop of the chimney. Old barley ;ack. had some kerosene spilled on it. sparks went up, sack ignited, set fire lo the roof: almost burned llie louse down.'' "What did the cook say?" some me asked. "Sh!" warned Col. Pippy, "They aimiId put me out of here."?San Kraneiseo Chronicle.