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The Florence Daily Times 26th Year THE LATEST ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES f Florence, S. C. Friday Afternoon, June 11, 1920. $6.00 a year. Wood, Lowden and Johnson Nominated A Republican Convention Will Continue in Session Until Presidenial Nominee is Selected. Wild Scenes Enacted on ¥ Convention Hall Floor Today. « Wood Demonstration Lasts Forty Minutes. CHORAL SOCIETY ON LEAGUE PLANK BUSINESS BASIS PLEASES JOHNSON AND AVOIDS SPLIT At a meeting of the Florence Cho ral Societv, held at Central Metho- ' I 'list Church last night, a permanemt; Working at top speed the Republi-- Governor Lowden’s forces showing can Convention today heard speeches a burse of activity and confidence pro nominating various candidates and dieted that hte governor would wia agreed to continue balloting until a nominee is selected. The indications are that the final ballot will be late, coming possibly at the night session. In the first three hours only Gen eral Wood and Governor Lowden were nominated, the nomination of Senator Johnson following. A leng thy demonstration followed each nom (nation and there were wild scenes. The demonstration for General Wood lasted forty minutes. Two speeches organization was effected by the elec, The Republican Convention Apparently in Harmony On Question. NOMINATION TODA\ Con of a Hoard of Directors compos-1 wl of sixteen persons, eight selected from the membership of the Society, and eight from among the business and professional men of the city out side the membership. This Board will huve entire charge of the busi ness affairs of the Society, and will elect all of the officers. A report last night showed that there is still a deficit of two hun- lied dollars on account of the recent | _ . cantata. A committee was appoint- ( '' loa£ °- "">« H-lescuIng thr d to wait upon several of ths lead P arl >' bv eleventh Hour' eompromisf ing citizens of the city, who woulld from a tiir alened split on the leagut probably be willing to help' in clean- G f nations issue the Republican na ing up the matter The amount to t;onal convention adopt*! a platforrr be asked Irom each person is small, ‘and it is believed that no difficulty ln; an ' 1 l,,en adjourned. , obtaining the necessary amount will Harmony on the leagtio Issue wa; bo experienced. Anyone, however, ivaeln.d after many hotfrs of heated Wood, Johnson a<|d Lowden Are Leading in the Race. BANKERS WILL HOLD CONVENTION HERE ON NEXT TUESDAY OFFICERS ELECTED NEARING END BY STATE EDITORS OF TERM NOTED FOR WORK ACCOMPLISHED JORDAN, OF DILLON, AGAIN r AL-S ASSOCIATION. SYM- . pa:h / fcr *■ /.Esident Members of Group Six of State Association to Gather Here. GOOD PROGRAM Roc'; Iliil June 11—Election of of Docket Almost Cleared. One Prisoner Untried In Jail. KEEL CASE FINISHED conferences with dee Eastern states. Pro j dictions of delegations 1 Lowden after preliminary ballots wrye ! made. GENERAL LEONARD WOOD Major General Leonard Wood, for- ! mer Chief of Staff of the United j j States Army, friend of the late Presi- i dent Roosevelt and author of “Tho Military Objllgatlon of Citizenship.’* seconding him were made. Arkansas!a hook on army training and prepared yielded to Illinois. Lowden and! nes8 written before America^ enti.v rAh-c.. . A .! into the world war. entered the army Johnson were then nominated. At I ie0 A ■ as a surgeon in 1886. the finish a Lowden demonstration j The beginning of the world war began and a procession was started| found him in command of the East headed by Iowa delegates with a ern Department of (he army, with hccd^ua rters New York. “on one of the early balots.’’ Charlei who feels Piclineds to contribute, is re negotiations evolving about sub II Dawes took active charge of the < I'lasted to do so, mailing check committee on resolutions but bring ' , , , eith >r to Mr. A. B. Keiserman, or to ing into consultation first the last Lowden torces yesterday and spent ( ^ } , ynch jv .timlly a I the big men of the party much |ini'3 in conferences with t 'j'he ti-ard elected ?as? nighl is as 1 la the end the inecoiclU.bles anc gates from the; Eastern states- P re | follows: Ercm tiie Soc-if*ly, Messrs: | mild reset vationisls accented a treaty turning to ^ yj jy Waters, T 1) Martin, ••) R Me- plank drafter by Itlihu tRoot before Cown, R J Kirk. J W Hicks, Mrs J his departure for Europ.i several P .McNeill, Mrs E E Howell Mrs N | w< »l<s ago l»ut revisc'd In some details WHicks; from the business and pro- to meet the views of the contending fesskmal men of the city: Messrs elements. V illcox, L S Morrison, J M Isiw j! coinlemns President Wilson’s ton, M 1) Lucas, Charles E. Command league covenant, cpholds the senate or. D W Alderman, Jr., J. B. Aiken, m ns rejection of tae treaty, and in- and Dr. E H McLeod. (dorses thtc principle of an iutemat- lonal peace concede »i liarinony wit : American traditions. before the completion of his term. After impatiently Marking time al Entering the gubgiytoial fight 4 ,) U y f or ^ic resolutions eommittse tc huge banner urging for President." ‘a business man at Governor's Island. Allen Nominates Wood Chicago, June 11—l^ite getting un- When the United States becatrte a participant in (he great world con diet his friends expected that he would he suet to the front in France, second time in 1!H6, he won easily in the primary and ni the fall was elect e:l governor. In addition to Sinnissippi farm at Oregon. Ill, Mr Lowden owns a large cotton plantation in Arkansas fend one of the Thousand Islands in the St 1 awrence where he has built his sum mer home. complete its work iin-. tjiird cojfven ion received with cheers the reading of Hie platform by Senator Watson of Indiana, thj committee chainnui and adopted it was great chorus ol cheers. It nearly drowned out a ml- nority report piesente dby Edwin J Gross, the Wisconsin member of the i committee and signal only by him- This Convention One of Un usual Importance and Interest. More than one hundred hunkers ire expected In Florence for a con tention cf (he members of Group 6 if the South Carolina Bankers Asso elation Tuesday evening. TliA con vention will be held in the Y. M. C. A. beginning at 8:30 o’clock, and sup per will be. served at the A C. L res- *«'iri:iit at tiie conclusion cf the ses sion. Good Program The program is as follows.: R. S. Small, Vice t resTdent, Bank of Charleston, N B A, The American Bankers Institutes and its Advantage A. L. M. Wiggins, Vice President, Bank of Hartsvllle-—"Tiie Trust De partment.” E. L. Montgomery Cashier Farm ers & Merchants Bank, Cowards— “Co-operation and its resu'ts.” P. H. Arrowsmith, attorney, Flor ence,—“A few legal suggestions” Important Meeting Group 6 comprises six or seven of the largest and most important coun ties of this section of South Carolina Because of tho deflation program elected Governor of California. He was nominated in l!tl2 for Vice-Pres id ant on the Progressive ticket head- der way. the convention met at b:&0; but his serhices wer utilized virtml- A. M. under an agreoment to stay in'ly “H the time the United States was session until the presidential candl- “t war. us an organizer and trainer date was nominated. (of troops in America. Prospects point to an all-day and General Wood has been the friend possibly a night session. For theiOf three American presidents—Cleve first time since the convention .began; land. McKinley and Roosevelt. Born candidates for the presidency were'nt Winchester, N. H., on October 9, missing from the floor. Nicholas >1860. Wood studied medicine at Har- Butler, of New York, gave his proxyivard University and was graduated to a woman. Governor Sproul drop-Un 1884. Beginning his career in the ped in a few minutes, saying he'United States army as a surgeon he would return for the balloting. Sena-'won a Congressional Medal of Honor tor 'Johnson’s friends said they did for distinguished conduct as a lieuten not expect him to show himself in ant in Major General H. W. Lawton's the coliseum. General Wood’s peo-l campaign against Geronimo and his pie were claiming a victory by the'Apaches in 1887 In the Southwest. On third or fourth ballot. The predic- 1 April 9. 1891, he was commended in tions of other candidates managers General Orders for gallant and hazard are less definite. | nus service, courage and energy in At 10:06 the secretary began call- commanding a detachment of infan- ing the roll of states for the nomina- try against other hostile Indians in tion. Alabama passed. Arizona yield Arizona and New Mexico. In that ed to Kansas for the nomination of year he was promoted to a captaincy. the'^Proeres’sive' nartv onH (' i »\r_vr*r» Alton a A i _ L ct I I Ugl V C jlcll Lj self. HIRAM W. JOHNSON The substitute provided fiat re'ao Few men in public life made such tion of the league idea, advocated a rapid climb to prominence as Hi- gov.riinient ownership of railroads, ram Warren Johnson. His political and contained other proposals which career began in 1910, when he was the convention voted as “socialist c. The relative chance of the presi dential candidates #ppareutly was little affected by the p atjbiin agree ed by former President Uoos’evelt, ment and on convention ever there re-elected Governor /,i 1914 of Cali- was in evidence no developments General Wood, and Governor Allen, Atter the battles of Las Gausimas placed General Wood In nomination. | and San Juan Hill in Julp, 1898. dur speeches ing the Spanish-Americin war. Wood for ilia, and elected to the United Stat which changed the situation . \v es Senate In 1916. Wood, Johnson and Lowden leading. Born at Sacramento—a "native but without any one of them having son”—on September 2, 1866, his 54th delegates to nominate . So far as year brought Senator Johnson to the the talk of these on the inside re forefront of candidates for the repub- veajed, tli / attainment of harmony lican presidential nomination. 1 over the treaty plank had no reflex Tho national career of Senator on any of the candidates except pos- Jchnson began when he “stood at sibly in the case of Senator Johnson. Armageddon” with Colonel Roosevelt He, will not flow appear on the con- in the 1912 republican convention at ventinn floor and that is a disappoin. Chicago. He was Colonel Roosevelts mint to his supporters who had chief advisor In tiie Republican par- lieved that the appearance of their ty schism which resulted in birth of leader in a treaty fight would help Senator John his fight for the nomination. 1 i fleers, passage o* a resolution syn:- I pathizing w ith President Wilson in hiis il ness and wishing him a spody recovery, the delivery of a number of I woll-prepartid addresses and a musi cal featured the last day’s session of I the South Carolina Press Assocl i- 1 tion * A B Jordan of Dillon, was ree.ect txl preside’:*.: H S Osteen, of Sumter first vice president; J Rion McKis- M fi, of Gfeeuville, second vice pres id<iit; H C Booker, of Columbia, sec ret ary. and August k«>:»i, Jr., of Co luiu*)ia, treasured. The executive committee consists of Mason C. L’runson, of Florence; L. Wigfull Cheatham of Edgefield; |B. H. Pearce, of Greenville; O K Williams, of Rock Hi;:, and W. W. Semak, of Walterboro. The resolution sympathizing with the illness of Preside.>• ■■ 'introduced by William Banks, of Co in ml ed l it is the wisli of the members ‘.hat jthe Executive be soon restored to full health and affirms the l.elief that ho will ni" “numbered a\m/y the im mortals” by the historians of the fu ture. A copy of the rijuiltitfon was wired the President in the name of tiit association. Two Invitations Received . The association received .two invi tations to held its 1921 annua', meet ing, one from Hard Fought Legal Battl Waged By Able Lawyers. ♦ ♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦• ♦ Isaac A. Keels was found gull- ♦ f ♦ ty of assault amS battery of a ♦ ♦ high and aggravated natiire, and ♦ ♦ of carrying concealed weapons. ♦ ♦ He was sentenced to 4 months ♦ ♦ in the penitentiary, or a fine ot* ♦ l.'ii.O, sentence to l.e suspended ♦ + upon payment of $300.00 4 fr+444444444+44*# Immediately on the reconvening of court yesterday, afternoon the jury in the case of George Mason, colored charged with murder, bro/ght in a Ida, ami was unanimously adopt- verdict, guilty of manslaughter. *y vising cote. It declares that attorneys gave notice of motio now in progress throughout the banks ot,,pr f ro,, J ‘ T* 1 ’ an >urg^ lids convention is expected to be one ,l ^" wafl to t 0 exec e of unusual importance«&ud interest. S jveral prominent citizens cf Flor ence have been invited to share the hospitality of tiie bankers for t f • occasion. Officers of the group are as follows Chairman, T. J. Cottlngliam of Lake City. Vice chairman, J S Spivey of Conway. Secretary, W. A. Beaty, Jr of Florence. $3,000 BUDGET FOR THE FLORENCE BAND son’s name’ was virtually the only Before the nomination for Roosevelt’s were made the convention by a ris- y as promoted a Brigadier General. one considered running mate. His Senate career also was mark ed by his opposition to employment of American troops in Russia and his proposals of heavy taxes on war profits and Incomes of the wealthy.!. MRS. F. W. CLARE ing vote and amid uproarious ap-^he following December he was made plause adopted a resolution on the a Major General of volunteers Inexpressible loss in the death of The war over GeneraI Wood ' served Theodore Roosevelt, "loved unutter- as M n itarv - Governor of Cuba from ably now, and to be lovec as long as D«emb9 12, 1899. until the trausfei the nation cherishes ks noble pa- 0? the government to the Republic of for American youths and also, while triots. I Cuba on May 20, 1902. Gov Aden was greeted with cheers A few m0nth8 after heing orde , ed and the waving of Wood penants, to Fc:t R „ ey duri the wo , ld wa hats, and handkerchiefs and Ms, General Wood wa. sent on DEATH OF WELL KNOWN FLOP- , ence womon occurrs in ST. LOUIS. He has advocated universal training Ne ' ,vs was rece,ved in the cit y t0 ' rovitnnrn? Vnlll? 8 ! and al | 0 ’ While ^ y M^'l^ W^Sarc, 'which will put on the campaign. The lu” eonforence were pointed out', fomerly Miss Alice King of Florence campaign organization will be as fol- t6 lhe b( , ys by t iie speakers yester- j Qf court why he had not a pp eare d at day afternoon, and they were also thls (Grm for trla j The case against Julius Purvis was nol pressed upon the payment of $100 Sam Graham, whose case was coiP,*“ tinned in the early part of the week' on the ground that he presented a physician that he ing March and testified before a ^ was educated in ihe Sacramento j. J . M 1 < ; liair “ a:n: D 8 \ 8ul !,' rested yesterday in the swamp by E'lnate committe as to the urgent sschools and later studied law,., T i.® n ^®f a ‘' 8e rj^ ces . wil1 be heI ^ bacI »er, L H Miller, Sam Royal, L B Florence Times Bureau, Wyatt A sheriff Burch and placed in jail. His ne*J of rushing troops overseas. in the University of California. ^ Harp ® r '.„... . , _ _ „ I _ . T V lor * Correspondent. case is rather a peculiar one, and A few week, before the signing of Mr - Johnson was married at Sacra- 1 VI m J B Aiken< chairman; E D Sailing-, Columbia, June ll--Ciders were C ould not be reopened at this term so the armistice he received the French men to to Miss Minnie McNeal, da «g j^r Clare 10 U 1 ° r the lale . er L. Sam Husbands, F H Daniel. today issued by the adjutant genoial he w ni have to stay in jail until i As Miss CAMPAIGN GOES ON TUESDAY TO SECURE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR ENLARGEMENT. Tiie Florence Municipal Band will be continued on a much broader scope during the coming year, than was .un dertaken within the past. The band committee of the Chamber of Com merce met yesterlay afternoon at the office of the secretary, and mapped out \he work for the coming year. They nancing the band. $3,000 Budget A campaign will be put on Tuesday morning throughout the city to raise a $3,000 budget, which will be neces ' sary to maintain the band, and un derUike the enlarged scope of work. For this purpose each of the mem hers of tiie band committee constitut ed himself chairman of a committee motion for a new trial and ju§t before the rscftii hour for difiner to.say this motion wars argued before Judge Shipp and was base:! on the following points: 1st The inability of the defendant to st>oiire a prelimtnary hearing. 2. The effect on the case of the abs'^ice of r.n eye witness, Cooper, U and the reason for his absence. ' 3rd. That the jury was swept off « i bv ,be masterful, eloquent Georgetown ami the and stu< ji ed argument of the council The selec- lor , be p rose( . u t|on i 4th. That the judge had made a , lega 1 error in his charge to the jury*. ' r>ih. T^nt the «-loeeness of the tes timony did not justify the verdict 11 ~ . ed. Judge Shipp overrulled all motions except ,t b e 4th and ordered the offi cial court stenogropher to make a transcript of his charge to the Jury, stating that If he had erred he would certainly grant a re-trial of tbv case. The defendant has not yet been- ions high schools of Florence county sen t enced by lbe court, his sentence wlio have heyn selected to attend the p.-, nd i, 1 g tbe (] na j decision of his mo tion for a new triiA. The case of the tato against Isaac Keels, ehyreed with assault and bat tery with Intent to kill was complet ed and given to the jury Lvfore the dinner hour today. This was one of the hardest fought legal beetles ever waged In the Flor- ROTARY CLUB GIVES BOYS A GOOD TIME Two more fine boys from tiie var- conferenee conducted by the M. ( A. at Blue Ridge this summer, assem bled In Florence yesterday to nmol Dr. Johnston the county secretary and other members cf the state or ganization of the Y. M. C. A. Tiie. boys were enertained vesterdav af ternoon at a dinner at the Blue Bird by Die Rotary (’hil., the regular wcha Pn( . Q count y court house and every’ day luncVeon ol the club being Kiv- j ncb ol - ground j„ t be C ase was hotly en over to this purpose ! contested. , President Aiken presided at the owing to the prominence of the peo dinner. The boys were given a good pj e involved, the case has attracte4 dinner and a good time. Songs were considerable attention and through- sung and stunts put on In which they om ( r j a j j be cour t room been were called upon to participate. p ac j {ed> jt will be remembered that Short talks were made by Dr - J° bn ' last j u i y Mr. Keels shot Mr. Free- -.ue wura io. uio eunixug year. ruey ” t J ° n ’ others Th- 111311 “ l Ule A ' C * L ’ Sh ° PS 0n tb ® also considered the question of fl . Hlck «. Benton Young and others^ Th.. day pr-viouv to tne shooting Mr. occasion was most enjoyable in eve Freeman was alleged to have ad- i respect and the boys old and young dreshed insulting remarks to Mrs entered into it with spirit. Keels about a calf of the Keels’ that Last year there were only five boy.•> was r-a i d to bave eaten corn in thei from this stflte ut the Blue Ridge garden of Freeman, conference. This* year there will be Andrew Snowden pleaded guilty io forty or more with at least a score, b j s absen ce through this attorney to ( of these from Florence county, the t j ie charge of violating the prohibl- first county In the state to organize t j ()n j aw and a S g a ! e d verdict was a county Y. M. C. A. / r f.t lirnPd against him. The advantages of attendance up-| A rule was issued against Golden sneech wa« freoueentlv intersoersed 1 31 '"T' wa < RRnt 0n 3 •' nl8ft,oa speecn was rrequeenuy mtersp.erseu to i. ranc(? by the War Department with applause as Gen Woods achieve Eir . y in January 1018 . wh en ,n lbs ments were recounted. Gen. Wood m'gsjoa be meut ownership of railroads a;^i oth er utilities. He opposed the war es pion&ge act. Senator Johnson traces his ances Mrs Clare h«.d been in failing health lowing: for more than a year. Everything Campaign Organization I 1 • Msinie had been done in the effort T. D. Martin, chairman; N B Ba- pivc n or, insight into Rotary, in which splendid organization boys work v.^ys a prominent part. New Hampshire, and Mrs. Robinson of New York. Douglas Speeches Limited Chicago, June 11—With tho plat form out of the way delegates met today to name the presidential can didate. The nominating speeches will come first and to get them out of the way the convention met at nine o'clock instead of eleven. Further steps toward eliminating useless oratory were taken in con nection with the seconding speeches. try backto colonial and revolution- ^ ^ t hea h U ® bu [ tbe r03(iy ’ J ? row ® 11 : B W C I 0V ‘?*A° n : I was wounded bv the mr.t arv days His familv went to Sac- ° r tj '* tltnu,ibt8 had ou, y the eff ect R E Ccrrin, chairman; J W Hicks, — wa, seconded by Fman K. Knos. of ,„ e 0( , 6 „„ ln p ance . 8eve y ral ^ ynmenw from New York a year .«• « C « Bro»n. , Several Hundred To standing near him heing killed. * lie fore his birth. His father, Grove, L.| .. ,, f s ’ c,ar ®> W M Wateis, chairman, H J Black ■ r^ ’ *|. iwr* Pleasant c er t lficate f rom « physic returned to the Unitel States the fol- Oohnson, still lives. Senator John ! 3 p ^ th ^. fl h ve h ® bi1 ^® 11 A,* b ® d «ceased well,fi Morrison, J C Kendall. | Encamp At Mt. Pleasant vas unable t0 attena c0 lowing March and testified « son was educated in the Sacramento I ’ en tbe end cam< l- J M Lawton, chairma'n; S I Sulz-, - rested vesterdnv In the c-oas of the Legion of Honor. On hter of Archibald McNeil. They have, 4]Jrio Kintr The committee as orglanUy appoint for the annual 15-day Summer camp September unless he'is granted balll January 15, W19, he was appointed two S rown ROns > Hiram W. Johnson,! .-j Major Archibald i.f levtnsriwr l^ 100 ^. eceased ed by the president J M Lynch elected to be held at Mount Pleasant, near u i s understood that the physician is lovingly remembered in Florence. Mr. Aiken as a member. - . - . . _ . commander of the Central 'Denar- Jr " and MaJor Archibald AJcNeol c«,p"''/"r'hT ‘“i III r 1 ,0 . , ® n ®®’ Mr - Aiken as a member. Charleston, June 15-29, of the South j S8U i n g the certificate meant it tor mont with headjuarters at Chicaeo Johnson, who saw active servire at y w kw , .! ate L>r : The comfittee also considered the Carolina National Guard. The com- one day 0 nly, and not for the weeje. 6 ’ the German front. Since 1902 Sena- ; lving wn ., ' V38 J 1 ?, 6 . or i 3 ® most question of providing employment of panics ordered to prepare for the i tor and-Mrs. Oohnson have had their P ? p . l I, 3r 38 w ® 1 * as skilled physicians hmsicians who would come to Flor- Guard encampment are A, of Char- »’ Ol 14 OffSO/b/i 1VI 1T CJ .w «■ V* 1X f o trr. ww vw WW _ * _ • FRANK O. LOWDEN Under" the" rule adopted eaclTcandT- w > T ra ? a . I 0 ' Lowden ’ is a Product of Wi 8 ? v is sister oTtho'late" I date’s nomination be seconded,l^ h ® rniddle « est - Born in Minnesota, b s mL 8 - ” rwlnm’l Cla ' u, ® Kin K- The «vr^ Tuirvi.trx u^! reare( l in Iowa., eduratpH in Towo ^ 03S ‘ Mrs. Johnson accom- M | ,, « in two five minute addresses. He;‘^ 1 , ® u ,n Iowa., educated in Iowa and mM . t,li8 wel1 known may have as many seconders as he w 0rked out hls career P-jr B ®® Brunson. Mrs. Clare had numerous o Korenee in its early days, and a nce f rom other points were they leston; B of Charleston; C of Green- Drs. Lawrence and ab j e dnd Such applications ville; E of Union, and F of Spartan omy survivor of re( . e j ved hereafter will be lamed over burg. likes, bi* if be has more than two, 1 ®* 08 ® to theescenes of his early ii, e . b ® ,n « an 3ln,0St da ‘ ,y v ‘ 8it ° r In / h , e l none whS speak for him may talk H ®, ^ a8 the son of a village black- 8 ®. nate Kallerie8 and at Uie faenators 1 m%e than two minutes. Under this 8mi tn- His father, Lorenzo Lowden, 01 ' te ’ • - »hu hailot Rhonld he rparh- tiwned a shop at Sunrise, Minn, near K ' P " where Frank wno Kn»r. « ’» has family Is Mrs. R. ^ otbe Rotary C j ub and other organ!- The Guirdsmen are ordered toj friends' zations of influential citizens. i leave their homes in time BAND CONCERT FOR . jSUNDAY AFTERNOON hnro „.i,„ *,i ,, . The committee also resolved to ask Mount Pleasant on the afternoon *"* ,«■». 2,h citlbens .r g .» lM Uon s l0 employ «,e l»h. „e„ Monday, plan the tet ballot should be reach- b ^”® d ^_ 8bo , p at Sunrise, Minn., near ed by mlTafternoon. The Balance of power still lay with more than five hundred uninstruct uee. ' hf.r rasaincr with Hoon rco-rot n„j n „ ami uiKttui^auumj m euipiuy . wnt. Senator Johnson is not wealthy, but . , . p, p 7 , g band members whin they had paid equipment will be used and the , F"* was borii on a farm T "’“0““' SSST^SL Z »««• ^ >«“ irrJLSS*.*- »*V.> attend: «» F. to reach! of 4 Full field 1 men SPLENDID PROGRAM I. ARRANGE! ed a primitive school.. Older ed delegates. Despite the days of the village tell stories of the missionary work among the lieuten- rature governor’s studiousness even #unts of leading candidates, they have - at an early age. Beginning the practice of law in Chicafo, he later became a recognized leader of the bar of that city and ac quired a comfortable fortune. For h t me he occupied the chair of fed- er x*J 8 , P / U , dence at Northwestern. When 35 Lowden was married to Miss Florence Pullman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' George to. Pullman and one of the heirs to the great Pull- Washington, ite outdoor Baseball recreation is his favor- and he is a learned little of their state of mfnd It yet remains for the first ballot to reveal any decisive drift of senti ment among rank and tile of the par ty. Up to the timq 1 the convention as sembled there was every indication a triangular deadlock between Wood, Johnson, and Lowden would be shown on the first ballot. For that reason W r . Glare, who later became an official I of the American Tobacco Company, Mrs. Clare lived most of tho time in North Carolina, Virginia and Ken I . It is expected that several hundred', 1 cix’ilian soldiers will take part in this FOR REGULAR WEEKLY CON- * CERT AT CENTRAL SCHOOL moving picture -’enthusiast. His Airdale dog and pipe are companions b^Vien ^me'btck'homelo A ® ha * rt ® r bas been granted the at home, where he does much of his j u reiatives Resides a sister Mrs A ® me Ijand Company, with a capital tb,s encampment, the companies at congressional work. IR Lee Brunson the following^ cill * t0 ® k *-'5.000 and its princial office Hartsvllle and at Walterboro. The Senator Johnson is not tall, only ’ left ' Warren clare> agpd 21; In Forence. S. C.. to engage in a gen- about five feet nine inches, but when Klizabeth Glare, aged 17, and three ® ral . real estate husiness in a gen P half month of intensive military train ——_ Granted Charter Ing. I The Florence Municipal Band will I There are two companies of the have another splendid program for National Guard that will not attend Sunday afternoon as follows: March—The Rainbow—Maurtoti Hartsvllle and at Walterboro. Tiie, Overture—Lustspiel—Keler-Bela men in these units are largely plant intermezzo—La Rose—Asclra/ speaking Iflyes the impression ofj cb ,idren all below the greater height. He speaks in a ring- ,. f , ing, high pitched monotone with staccato inflection and with great! speed and virogous gestures. His | eyes are a clear “inquisitive” blue, age years. NEW FLORENCE FIRM the dark horse promoters iere busy 'man estate. Four children were born nn'd* hu bn*/ h inqu,8lt,v ® , ,, ue tbrnn-h™.# th* nlannine and to them the m.. ! 6 b0 . rn aad his ha!r sbort cropped and ting fire inecrance business. The officers are Messrs P A Willcox, president; F J Grand, vice president and G E Fi‘tz, secretary and treasurer. The above officers and Messrs. C. throughout the night planning working to be prepared to attempt a coup if the opportunity came. 13 tbe13 ’ tbe daugh ter«. Florence. Har ed with gray. , ! rlett and Frances, and one son. Pull- t i t UI1 u I WARREN G. HARDING Following his establishment in law Warren G. Harding has always Columbia, June 9—The Acme Land Ra y Smith, Tinimonsville, L R Tru-. luck. Lake City, and J W Farrell, Co., cf Florence, was today charter ed by the secretary of state, with a capital stock of 825,000. P. A. Will cox is president of the corporation;! F. J. Brand is vied president and G. conslitute the board CABINET RESIGNS Petesburg," Va of directors. . This company will represent the Teachers Organize Atlantic Coast Realty Company, ex clusively in Florence and Darlington ! counties. Mr. L A Httz from Petersburg, school teachers of \ a., who lias bean associated with this have perfected an organization and The Austrian cab auction company for quite a while is have started a campaign of publicity. Selection—Red Mill—Herbert Waltz—Southern Roses—Strauss Selection—Tiie Bohemian Girl from Ralfe’s Opera—Tobanl. March—Rotary—Hahn Star Spangled Banner. As usual the concert will be held June Ijjtli'on the grounds r. the Central school i building, and wi.l bejn at 5 o’clock. As one may Oi.se*ve Ly the program, i Director A. B. Keiserman has under- ty- i o i some unusually heavy numbers For Higher balaries f ()r this Sunday, Including the over- —-—- ture Lustspiel. and the operatic se ll eraldshurg. Cal., June 10—Tiie i P <-tinn “The Bohemian Girl," and oth Ponoma county pr popular numbers. - - ■ ■ ■— l era and the last half of June is a ousy season with tnem. For these j two companies a special training camp at Mount Pleasant will be ar ranged, to come later in tbe summer.! Adjutant General Moore states j that plans are being madje to train j four hundred men at the camp. Convention—Hd & Lead to KUM ..’on a firm footing. Lowden began’~to been "a ren id PT1 1 ‘ nr oh L “wh th ‘ ZV, 1 Chicago. June 11.—At midnight the take an active part in politics he has represented as imuo/i A. Fittz is secretary and treasurer. »• **>• l.ad.ng candidates | MennwbUe Lowden aejutre?. „ rg . Seal!” Xo Stl. “a prXe b,„ PU I lBg °“ la8t minute touches farm near Oregon. 111., 100 miles west ness life he is publisher of the Mar- ^ by flght of today - Managers,of Chicago, where he establlsred his ion, Ohio, Star. oyv onnaon >Wood and Lowden all home. In 1906 he was elected to Con- He was born on a farm near the , u . I. daiimed steady accessions of dele-tkrass fro mthe 13th disrrrcl of JlUnois village of Blooming Grove, Morrow if! »,u lded u Chancellor Re>mer, to manage the Acme’Land Company. In charge of an expert advertising gates and declared confidence in their He'was again elected two years later County, Ohio, November 2 1865 the l cb bas bold offlf;e dost of the He is making Florence his home, and man, to show the people the advant- Fi success. ^ _ | but resJgned pn account of healtb (C^tl^r-SirP^-'aTv’r" I 8 nce the arm,qt,ce - bas r ® 8l K ! '- w111 bav ®. aa °f«ce i» the William ages of paying adequate salaries and change in temperature. 1 « ‘ b l® d ’ son fcuim^ng. ibclteriug school ccudltlous. ^skifiing winds. WEATHER REPORT Fair tonight and Saturday. Little General i At *4.