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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
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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
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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where in the country that is doing as J
much to help the uplift and benefit
the help as this Glenn Lowry is doing.
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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
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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. {
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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 '
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/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
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should be done ngnt now. jueiays. i j
are dangerous.
E. H. A.
MIMNAUGH'S JULY CLEARANCE >'
SALE NOW IN FULL SWINGj,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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"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
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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
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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
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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.
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NO NOMINATION REACHED
IN TWENTY-TWO BALLOTS
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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