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I . * II. ' II. i .? ? I.I - I .11 ?.' . ^ ll.ll. I II HI VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 54. NEWBERRY. S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1929. TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAB ' WHITMIRE TOWN CLEBRATES I FOURTH IN SANE MANNER L?rfe Crowd Present?Good Cheer Prevails?Fine Athletic Sports. v ' > Good Barbecue Dinner Served Free. There never has been and there J never will be another day in the civic j "history *of this country that will be j \ so generally celebrated as the fourth: >oi July. We celebrate it, all of us, I ; ?imnu- sitmifirance of' - VV lie tiiCA nc ivau ? Utv w.e the day or not. The idea of observ-i ing this day is born in us and with 1 the birth is likewise born the spirit' of freedom, and it should inspire the' spirit of patriotism. There was a time when there was not that .sane- j ness in the observance of the day that there should have been, but that; , time fortunately is numbered with; the things that are no more, and.now i we go along in a sane and sensible and have a holiday and enjoy ,^|rts. and games of various kinds, 'Knowing that we are having a holi-l " day and. laying aside dull care whether ..or not we fully realize or! e+rm think rust what the day V T Wa VJl/ v V* ^ I represents. i It would be well to .have the les-1 II j son taught because no people can1 ever be great or truly patriotic who do not have a history "that is strewn | with ruins and with monuments of I valor and sacrifice, and unless the c v children- and succeeding generations . ' artVtaught the significance of these ;ruins and these monuments and sac-rifires thev will have been almost in Uain because we Vill not know just rhat they mean, and the observance f thorn will fail ?f its true and high urpose. | ^Particularly in this age of business and commerce and hurry would it be ^ well to pause for a brief moment and meditate and study the reason and the cause' for the celebration of this day. It has been nearly a cenL tury and a half since the declaration ^ of our forbears which made this day famous for all tiT?ie. . It is not the: r pSrpose of this story to write a his-, tory of the origin of the day, but I would like to suggest to the boys and *!-?>. I I girls at least, that they get tneir ms-; I tory books and study*the story which? i made the day immortal in the annals of this country, and learn something of the sacrifices and hardships which] their forbears suffered that their de- j scendants may be able to enjoy~the: great fourth of July^ in the right and v true spirit. This year the fourth came on Sunday, so there was practically three J days of celebration, some taking Satand others Monday, but all of, ful *"" > them in the spirit of patriotism ana; of good cheer and thankfulness that! they have been permitted to enjoy, the many advantages that were: vouchsafed to them by their forbears! in making this a great day in history. The mill communities took Saturday for their festivities and the,' ^ banks took Monday and they always I Jf^elejujate these days by closing their} resting. I ' v, L By the kind invitation of the au-j W thorities of the Glenn Lowry mill I | spent the forenoon of Saturday in I this gooa town with these good peoK pie. By the courtesy of Sheriff j I Blease 1 was permitted to go early j in the morning and enjoy one of j ft those fine barbecue breakfasts for' which the barbeJfee makers of New-j I berry are^ famous. Hon. H. H. Evans ft also went with the sheriff. We left I Newberry around 6 o'clock and were. in Whitmire about half past seven, i f We drove immediately to the ball. ' KorWue was to be? I, Vncrc LilL- VIU served. And I must stop to say that, they had the best arrangement for. the cooking and serving of a barbecue to a large crowd that I have ever , seen. The enclosure for the meat pit and tor the cutting of the meat and serving was wired in all around. and overhead so that there was no chance for the bugs or the gnats or the flies to enter, and then the dinner was served in paper baskets with the spoon and fork so that you could go off to yourself and eat or go along with your fri^'l or your family and " " """ * i 1 i tnot be disturbed. And l was xoia mat the^e were given out for the barbecue dinner more than 1,800 tickets 'and of course there were many who ate who did not secure tickets. The winner was furnished by the mill company; of cotirse primarily to the help, but there were many there besiues. But I am ahead of my story. The breakfast was, brains and eggs and hash and "hot coffee and it was fine. Kay Shannon cooked the hash and TK^-fc. nunn had charere of the brain (IT .til XV vi.vr.. w cooking and they know their business* Mr. Gilliam cooked (the barbecue zne^ts, and they were fine. In fact everything was well arranged and. done systematically. Tidmarsh and Gilliam had general charge of the outside, arrangements, but President Child and Superintendent W. M. jhosrd and Assistant Superintendent W. F. Howard and J. W. Hipp and the Watson brothers and W. B. Gordon of the Y. M. C. A. and in fact every one gave you such a cordial greeting.and seemed so glad to see you that.you felt really glad that you were there and it was a great day. These folk always do things right. They know how and then do them. I . :-e -t-VniT./j annfhpr mill anv ICOuC-t ix ?? A > where in the country that is doing as J much to help the uplift and benefit the help as this Glenn Lowry is doing. * ( And there is no such ball park in any of the cities of this state as you will find right here at Whitmire. The grandstand seats about 1,000 and the sun parlor about the same number i and then there is the bandstand and 1 all of these were filled to capacity on 1 Saturday. There must have been t more than 3,000 people present dur- < ing the day. And all of them happy t and cheerful and enjoying the rest; 1 and celebrating the glorious fourth < in the right sort of spirit. The Whit-' mire band furnished good music j ? while the ball teams played and the | 1 other athletic sports were going on. j c ??~ ' In the forenoon there was baseball t between Glenn Lowry and the Forty- ( fourth Coast Artillery from Camp ? Jackson. It was rather a slow and i uneventful game and was called after ] the seventh inning to give way for * t.hp other athletic sports, the score j being 16 to 0 in favor of Glenn 1 Lowry. . . ( Then came the 100 yard dash for j boys, prize $2.50, won by Joe ? Bridges. Then the 100 yard dash by 4 girls from 12 to 14, prize $2.50, won ( by Bessie Suber. Sack race by boys ] and girls from""14 to 17, prize $2.50", 1 won by Charles Tjdmarsh. The potato j race for girls only, prize $2.50, won j. by Auctie Robinson. Relay race, ooys ^ only, 14 to 17, 4 to team, prize $4, z won by Giles, captain; Puckett, Smith, Reed. Pie eating contest, boys j and girls, prize $1 each, winners ^ Cary Puckett and Auctie Robinson. ( The tug of war, heavy, weights, j "Tiny" Roberts, captain, vs. J. L. { Rhinehardt, captain, prize $1, ten t men to team, won by Robert's team. J Greasy pig ?chase, a greased pig , turned loose and chase open to all, j prize, the big, won by Collins of j Camp Jackson. And they said he was , going to take the pig home with him.11 t Then came the dinner hour and every one was fed in abundance with onnri barbecue hash and barbecued j ? meats. Athletic contests were con-* tinued in the afternoon and another J ball game between the same teams J and score 7 to 1 in favor of Whit- mire. Fungo hitting, $2 prize, won;' by Morrison, distance throwing, prize j $2, won by Morrison, 100 yard dash, ( prize $2, won by Singleton. Getting J down to first prize $2 tie between j t Morrison and Singletc*ji. Circling ; t base Howard and Seek tied, prize $2. To the player getting the'most hits, $ $5, won by Long. To player for every home run prize $5, won * by ] T-nnp. { ?o?0? e It was a fine day and everything so pleasant and all agree that it was the , most "enjoyable fourth ever had at Whitmire, though there have been J , ^ome mighty fine days here^but there! was system in the handling of the * crowd and all vied with one another to make the day pleasant and they ' " * * nnfnrfaSn. ! ? /w;ere tixea ior lli? X lit? Clib^i voui i ment committee was composed of W.! B. Gordon, John M. Ross and John i W. Hipp. President Child himself assisted in the serving ef the din- i ner. ' ? It is impossible for me to go to Whitmire without calling the atten- | tion of the people of Newberry to < the importance of doing something to improve the roads between the two s towns, and in this way to make the j folk of the two towns the better ac' 1 on fViaf it, ' quamtea witn on^ ov will not seem to some #vhen they go ( from one town to the other that they are going to another county. It is of j j vital importance and if something is i1 not 'lone we may live to regret the! neglect. And*then there is another!* thing to which I have referred be-1 j fore and that is that we have no di-j rect telephone connection between | \ the two towns except by long dis-j] f tance, and there should be a ' line J built from Whitmire to Newberry so i ] > that even if you can not -vel the I ] : road we might be able to talk to one! another without having to call long j ] distance. This is a good job for the;1 new secretary of the chamber of j commerce to begin work on and it * T~k_7 I should be done ngnt now. jueiays. i j are dangerous. E. H. A. MIMNAUGH'S JULY CLEARANCE >' SALE NOW IN FULL SWINGj, j ' 11 j Mimnaugh's July clearance sale is on for another week and just as we said the ladies would understand j what a Mimnaugh clearance sale meant and the store would be crowd| ed from the opening and the goods W0U1Q 'go. liie pcupic UUUVlu?>..u. Some other shipments have been received by express and there are still bargains to be had in t&- big sale. Just one week more and everything will be gone. The people flocked to the store last week and it will be good news to know that there is to be one more week of these matchless bargains. A Mimnaugh sale means money saved and that is what you have the opportunity to do for one more week. I . r iAn able financier of Newberry ^ays he wouldn't undertake to build ? now, at high prices of material and labor; says it cost money to put up even a little chicken coon. I * PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS ! PROSPEROUS PROSPERITY Children's Day Program at Zion Next Sunday?Sudden Death Mr*. j Lucy Boozer?U. D. C. Entertained. Prosperity, July 1.?The commun-; ty was shocked Sunday morning to | earn of the sudden death of Mrs. j L?ucy Boozer of the St. Lukes secion. She was the widow of the late | Dalvin Boozer. She is survived by; ;wo sons, Willie Boozer of Florida,! ?hett Boozer of Newberry and one laughter, Mrs. George H. Morris, j rhe funeral took place laie Sunday, af .Qf T.nVp? Kv Vier nas- ' U V K/V. _? , :or, the Rev. W. H. Roof, which: rhurch she was a consistent member.; Mrs. J. B. Stockman was hostess ;o the William Lester, U. D. C., Fri lay afternoon. Sixteen names an-j ;wered to roll call. After the busi- : less session Miss Gertrude Bobb! ead a most interesting program on i 'Southern Poets." A paper, "Con- j ?ederate Poets/' was read by Miss Willie Mae Wise. Life of William! jilmore Sims was given by Mrs.' A. j ST. Crosson. Sims' poem, "Oh, the I Smith." hv Miss Effie Hawkins.! 'My Maryland," was sung by the' chapter. "What Did the Privates! Do," a poem was read by Mrs. G. j PV. Harmon. Mrs. Addie Hodges and ' VIrs. Olin Bobb were honor guests.1 -tempting salad course fend iced tea 1 vere served by Miss Rurh Stockman ; md' Walter Stockman. j Marion C. Morris of Columbia and Vliss Marie Singley of Prosperity j vere married in JNewberry on murs-' lay afternoon by the Rev. L. P. Boand. Mrs. Morris is the eldest daugh;er of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Singley. VIr. Morris is the only child of Mr. C. Morris. He holds a position vith Burns Motor company of Coumbia. The Ycuing People's society of( jrace church was delightfully enter-1 ;ained on the church lawn Friday jvening. Out doors games were enoyed, after which ices were served. Mrs. Alma Trotter and family of i.eesville, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Derrick >f Batesburg and Dr. T. J. Hunter of rrenton have been visiting at the lome ojf George F. Hunter. The Rev. J. A. McKeown, Missj ^lara Brown and George D.-Brown, j lr., motored to ureenviue Last weeK i ;o attend the Young People's Chris;ian union of the A. R. P. church. William Teal of Columbia spent Sunday at the Wise hotel. Misses Su?an Qu?.t^ehaum, Moss1 tellers and Henry Quattlebaum moored to Rock Hill for the weekend. Rufus Boozer, Jr., of Lake City, Ha., is visiting his aunt, Mrs. J. P. iVheeler. Miss Aubrey Oxner of Coiurooia vas home for the week-en.^. Mrs. Mary Lee Chase of Columbia md Miss Mary Baker of Greenwood ire guests of Mrs. E. W. Wertsr Mrs. Verda Wise of Saluda is visaing her sister, Mrs. W. S Boozer. Mrs. Prank jCgpers and' daughter, Vfiss Ruth, of Washington , arrived rhursday for a visit to Mrs. J. L. SVise. J. P. Wheeler is visiting his d?ughkerr Mrs. Granville Wyche, of J1CCUV11C. Ravmond Caldwell of Columbia jpentf Sunday with his mother* Mrs. Rosa Caldwell. Curtis Pugh, who is at the R. 0. r. C. camp at Camp Jackson, is home >n a short visit. Miss Annie Wheeler of Columbia s visiting her mother, Mrs. Id$ Wheeler. ; Johnnie Langford of Camden is spending a few days with the hojpe "oik. * J W. C. Adams of Greenville is vis iting his wife at the hom^ of Mrs. Harriet Harman. Dr. G. T. Pugh, president of Columbia college, has been visiting! his mother, Mrs. W. P. Pugh. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crosson and i little, daughter of Columbia spent Thursday with Mrs. J. H. Crosson. | Miss Lilla Kibler of Sumter and j Mrs. Mary Rawl of Newberry are quests of Mrs. J. A. Simpson. , | Miss Lydia Dominick of Columbia is spending awhile at home. Miss Caro Wyche of New York, Mr. and Mrs. James Goggans of Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wyche of Spartanburg and Mr. Granville Wvche and children of Greenville are visiting their parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Wyche. Rev. W. W. McMorris of Lexington, Va., preached in the A. R. P. church on Sabbath. While here the Rev. Mr. McMorris was the guest- of J. C. Neel. L. K. Singley of Atlanta arrived Saturday for a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Singley. Miss Edna Fitts of Brunson is the Gi?or1oir guesi* UJ Jiiao uuoiiic I T. B. Brown of Spencer, N. C., is j visiting Mrs. E. 0. Counts. i Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Schumpert of( Columbia s^ent Friday here. After spending several weeks with' her aunt, Mrs. Wilie Kanton, of Ornncrphur?. Miss Nannie Lee Young rDJ # returned home on Friday. Miss Ophelia Connelly is spending the week in LexiVton. Mrs. Thornwell Haynes is spending a few days in Columbia. Mrs. Virgil Kohn and little Mary Virginia left Friday for JErwin, Tenn. Mrs. A.isR. Kohn'of Columbia is visiting: her brother, S. S. Birge, at the Wise* hotel. Mrs. L. L, Davis has returned to Alto Vista, Va., after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Mathis. Winn Blanton of Orangeburg is visiting his grandfather, A. A. Nates. Miss Ethel Counts of Walhalla is home on a short visit. Carroll Mills spent the week-end in Columbia. . Mrs. J. C. Sfhumpert is visiting in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wise left Friday for Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Osborne Schumpert of Atlanta is visiting mother, Mrs. Fannie Schumpert.^ Miss Annette Long is on a visit to Miss Sara Long at Winthr'op college. James A. Ducenberg -of Anderson spent the week-end here. Miss Eula Joiner has gone to Helena, Ga., to spend her vacation. Messrs. Sam and Abney Dominick of Greenwood and William Dominick of Tifton, Ga., were guests Tuesdav of their cowsin, S. S. Birge. Master James Lee and 'Rodney Counts are visiting relatives in Co- ' lumbia. vMiss Carrie Long: has returned frpm Lone Star, where she attended the marriage of her brother, Prof. Joe E. Long, to Miss Emma Mack on June 30. Maj. Allen Lester leTt Wednesday for Washington, D. C., after a month's stay with his mother, Mrs. Rosa Lester. , Mrs. Alma ftance is spending two weeks with Mrs. J. A. Dominick of Kinards. Miss Anmfc Fellers spent Thursday in Columbia. Miss Myra Hunter leaves today for a visit to relatives in Augusta. Mrs. G. Y. Hunter, Misses Ruth Hunter and Sara Haynes are spending a few days in Columbia. Mr. McWaters of Atlanta is visiting his granddaughter, Mrs. Horace Counts. Mrs. C. T. Wyche spent Monday m Columbia with her daughter, Mrs. James Goggans. T. M. Mills is taking the "short course at Clemson college.' ' Miss Era Kibler of Newberry is visiting Miss Mamie Livingston* W. J. Wise was a business visitor to Columbia on Thursday. Maj. Arthur Tolbert of Hendersonvilie, N. C., has been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Jacob S. Wheeler. Miss Helen JKedenbaugh returned home with her cousin, Miss Lee Rhea Counts, of Eau Claire. Mrs. Horace Counts spent Friday in Columbia with her mother, Mrs. Carrie McWaters. . Program Sunday school day at Zion church Sunday, July 11. The Exercises will commence promptly at 10:30 a. m. Song service Nos 110 and 125. Prayer by the pastor. \ Song by the school. Welcome address, Eva Cook. Welcome cradle roll, Louise Stockman. Thanks, Lilly Mae Dominick. "What Can a Little Girl Do?" Eula Ray Bowers. Son g. y.Children's day, 12 little girls. "I Am Small I Know," Virginia Harmon and Lounell Harmon. "Mamma's Sunshine," Ruby Harmon. "We have a Story," Helen Stockman. ' "Hdw -Thankful!" Fannie Harmon. Song No. 82. ' "Little Drops of Rain," Ten little boys. One day for the children, Myra ijlardy. ' "Little Rosebuds,". Mary Ellen Taylor. ' . "Biscuits," Raymond Dominick. "The Story of the Flag," Five girls. "The Blessings of Today," Nancy "Stockman. "My Enemy," Azilee Boozer. Song No. 162. "Christ Loves the Little Children," Pearl Dominick. "The Joy of Doing Good," Annie; T~> i cowers. "Pickled " eacheSj" George Dominick. "Respect," Harvey Boozer. "Whiskey in Its Place/' J. W. Counts. ' *"*Song No. 98: "God Bless You," Annie Belle Harmon. "The Way to Be Brave," Robert Ray. ! Solo. ' "Nobody's Child," Boyd Summers, j "Our Country's Needs," Ray BedI enbaugh. Song No. 123/. . | "Boys, Cigarettes and Tobacco," I Vera Barnes. ' Collection song No. 80. [ Children&^y .-dialogue, several icirls and boys; Dinner at 12:30 p. m. Song service at 2 p. m. Reception of members into the church, Pastor J. D. Griffin. Song. One or two speeches by jnvited speakers. bong. Benediction bv the pastor. T. M. Mills, Superintendent:: NEWBERRY COTTON MILL HAS FINE DAY AT WILLOWBROOK Picnic Dinner: Spread in ^hade of Trees?Athletic Sporti-?Bate* 1 ball Game, ^ ?1 It is admitted by every one who has seen it that Willowbrook park is one of the handsomest and best laid out and most beautiful palrks any-| where in the country. On one oc-j casion I had as a guest a landscape j gardener from Massachusetts with a nationwide reputation and he said it was one of the most perfect and charming parks that he had ever seen. Of course nature, has done much to make this possible, but a great deal: is due to the handiwork of man un-[ der the direction of Presid/ent j Wright and Superintendent Davis of the Newberry mill, and the park is 1 -1 _ J_T_ - ?"-'i XT-.- I mucn improved since me visi^ ox uic landscape gardener. It is a charming place in which to spend an evening and also in which to have any sort of entertainment. On Saturday the mill took holiday and there was entertainment of various kinds at the park for the amusement and benefit of the people who make the spindles and wheels in the mill go round and round from day to day and make '*t possible' for the mill people to provide such a delightful place. The mill authorities have done much for the betterment of the hfelp, and the help has done much for the mill. I doubt if there is' another mill in the count, y that has so many of those who make up the mill village with such a long and continuous residence as the- Newberry mill, and many of them are from our. ownj county of Newberry and the ad-1 joining county of what is now Saluda, and they are good people and good citizens. On Saturday there was a b&nd concert at the park at 9 o'clock by the Newberry Concert band and thenj J-1 1 1- - 11 _ L J-l_ - 1 V ? 11 I mere was uaseuau at me uaocvau i parl$ between West End and Mollohon, both morning and afternoon. The score in the morning was 3 to 2 in favor of West End and in the afternoon the score was 4 to i in favor of West End. Batteries: West End, Boozer and Roland; Mollohon, Long; and Scurry. Umpire W. H. Harde-j man. Mr.j W. H. Hardeman dispensed red lemonade free during the day at the park. There was a fine picnic dinner 1 t >_1 il 1 _ 1. spread unaer ine Deauuiui snaae 01 the trees at the park and every one had plenty and to spare. Then there were athletic sports. 100 yard dash won by Ben Griffin, $4; second prize $2 to George Amnions. 50 yard dash girls, first prize Ruby Lindsay $3; second prize $1.50 to ? Caldwell. Running broad jump, prize $2, won by Lawrence Hardeman. Three legged race won by Glenn Jones and Lawrence . Hardeman, prize ?2. Sack race, prize $2, won by Padgett. Tug of war, prize $6, won by Captain Dave Bouknight's team. Relay race, prize $8, won by Captain Glenn Jones' teaih. It was a fine day and every one enjoyed it to the utmost. The best of good fellowship prevailed . and there was good cheer on all sides. E. H. A. A ' ^ NO NOMINATION REACHED IN TWENTY-TWO BALLOTS . ? . 1 Talk Continues of Dark Horse as Three Leaders Seem Deadlocked With All of Trio Far From Necessary Two-Thirds. Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3.?After 22 fruitless ballots, the Democratic national convention just Kofnro mtrlrnO'hfc CAve UT1 hoD6S of Se A/VAV* W CJ " T *T lecting a presidential nominee within the first week of its session and adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning. Repeated attempts r to adjourn were defeated throughout the early part of the night, but as midnight approached and it was about to become Sunday the tradition that a Democratic national convention never works on a Sunday coupled with the fact that the convention was tired, worn and frazzled had its effect and the final motion to adjourn was un opposed. When the convention stopped Cox was leading with 430. McAdoo came next with 372 U2. Palmer was down to- 166 1-2. ^ The final ballots of the night were full of McAdoo movement, but failed to make much headway. Georgia, his home state pledged to Palmer, swung over with her 28 votes in a block for one ballot to see if it would start her native son toward victory, but it failed to do so and she swung back to the attorney general. No dark horse appeared -during v-n +a /?orrv nfF the Wie melius uaiivwug uv. honors and the convention adjourned as much in need of somebody to rally about as it was when it began the balloting. . r ' * * It was in a deadlock with nobody in sight to break it. Sunday..will be devote*! to efforts to finding aomebody to whom the convention can swing to. ' Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3.?Reconvening after a brief redess ' v ^ tomgni tne uymucrcitic uanuuai V Wi* vention started balloting agajiv and iti tHe" ctfb attempts' 6f tnb new I session no more progress was mad# ' toward selecting a nominee thfiil it had- in the 16 futile ballots which marked the previous sessions. The 17th and 18th ballots were more or less see-saw performances and kite tailing expeditions in which managers tried to find someone upon whom to center. Dark horse talk centering about a whole paddock of mentioned possibilities, characterized the renewal of balloting. After the 118th ballot, when no result had been attained, the convention evidently decided it wanted a little relaxation, for a demonstration started by the Cox people soon became everybody's demonstration, in which a lot of state standards mixed indiscriminately and the usual number of scrimmages took place without very many of the scrimmagers'knowing what they were scrimmaging about. V The Cox band, which had been kept crut of the hall, was in again tonight, whanging its monotonous drone, something about/"Ohio" the 1 ? -J? 1- - -1- J . J woras ox wnicxi were urutvueu uuo m the din when the Cox boomers tried to sing them. Auditorium, July13.?After 16 fu- . tile ballots to find a nominee the Democratic convention found itself in practical deadlock and after being in session eight continuous hojirs, during which it disposed of ballots at the rate of 30 minutes each, recessed for rest and conference to resume again at 8 o'clock this eventing. Recess was taken under protest of the Cox people, wh(f were try -- J li. T?_l 1 _ mg to avoid it. jrmiiici' pcu^/ie anu the McAdoo people welcomed it for it gave them opportunity to confer and strengthen their lines. Senator Harrison of Mississippi, one of the leaders for the Cox candidacy, tried to hold the convention in session but the delegates.were tired, hungry and sick.of balloting and to all practical purposes the convention was in recess before the clerk finished calling the roll to decide the .question. The vote- was 619 to 455 against it. All through the 16 ballots Goternor Cox JiaA made-steady gains til he ha<f taken the lead from Mc- / Adoo.aud was heading toward a majority.. Then on the last ballot of the session?the 16th?John W. Davis, American ambassador to Great , Britain, whose vote from West Vir- ' ginia had been standing steadily all' Ha v. loomed ud with the new strength j,which he drew from all others. He figured in the center of the dark j horse talk. - * . , ( The language of the parleys between McAdoo and Palmer was in effect. "Now that you've stopped McAdoo, help us stop Cox." Admin1 istrafion leaders who saw the Cox j boom growing in the convention made j no secret of their fear of its proportions. Chairman Glass of the resolutions committee, who spoke for President Wilson in the framing of the party platform, declared in talking with friends that "It must not be Cox," and when asked what would happen if Cox got the majority 6f*i:he" con vention,. and, according to custom, the expected two-thirds vote, Glass replied: "Champ Clark had a majority at Baltimore." How Mr. Clark had a majority but failed of nomination is only recent political his- tory. Several things seemed to stand out above the noisje and clamor arid discomfort of the day's balloting. Principal' among them was the fact that; the McAdoo movement had not taken on the "glacial movement* which its boomers had predicted tox, it, and that the Cox people, who were openly very discouraged a day or two ago, picked up and made constant and consistent gains, which amazed their opponents and the convention. L The Palmer vote dwindled away much to the dismay of the Penifsylvanians who loyally stood by Palmare while ostensibly for dinner, . . really gave the opposing forces their much needed opportunity to find some sort of a common meeting ground. Outwardly there was little prospect of a get together movement s be-' tween the leaders and the general indications were that the successful forces would be obliged to concentrate on a dark horse. Davis, in view of his rising vote, VinH tVipr?o'?- fhp dnrV Vir.rsp r>nai tion when the convention reassembled. Chairman Cummings was not entirely out of consideration. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, was being discussed among the New York delegates as a possibility for the presidential nomination. It was reported in convention circles that Mr. Davis .1 i i rrt /"i if. was tne secona cnoice 01 w. vj. mcAdoo. NEWBERRY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY There will be the regular meeting of the Newberry County Medical society in my office Friday afternoon, July 16, at 3 o'clock. Dr.. Roy F. ? Finney, the county health officer, will beT present and will 1$J jns how tha ? medical profession can best coopef} ate with the countjTfiealth unit. All ' of the physiciatf^of the county are * mnrf>{\ to be./xnresent. .^'^John B. Setojer, M. D. - . . Secretary* Thursday we wjll have the "Joyas ?kown by jwi*iam Far num. ; J ! x ' ' ? ' . .. > _