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T ' SAME OLD WAYS The State Democratic Convection Sticks to the Old Roles. DEFEATS ALL CHANCES Suggested in Them, After Considerable Discussion. Fight on Wilie Jones Full Through. Attorney General Wickersliam Condemned and Senator Smith is Endorsed. Aft- r <1 fig.ht of two hours in committees and nearly tnree hours on the lloor of the house the State Deni ociatic Convention Wednesday nignt killed two important changes suggcF.te ! in the constitution and rul of the party. These changes were: 1. Requiring tiiat the same qualifications obtain in the primary as in the general election. 2. That the convention hereaf'er elect the chairman of the State Democratic executive committee, instead of the committee, as at present. Then* were other matters brought up and discussed, says the State, but it was around these two propositions that members worked for or against and discussed in lobbies an.) on the streets. On the first proposed c.hange t-her was a roll call. Or the second the vote was viva voci. Then there was a resolution condemning the United States Attorney General for his r-cent action in prosecuting certain cotton dealers and also commending United States Senator Smith for his stand in the matter. Everything else was routine and harmonious. In fact it could not have been called anything but barmnnlfiiio W 11 h (Itn itvonnl ian n f some remarks made the night before on the Stevenson resolution there was no feeling. When the report of the committee on constitution mid rules came up an unfavorable report was read on resolutions affecting the qualifications of voters in the Democratic primaries. These were offered by Samuel McCrary, Richland delegation, Sumter and AlKen delegations The committee defeated the propositions by n vote of 27 to 9 after a vigorous defense by Mr. McMahan. The committee reported unfavorably the resolution offered by Mr. Stevenson proposing ro amend the constitution relating to the election of the State chairman. The resolution read as follows: "Resolved. That the party conBtl4* tution be amended in article 8 as follows: Insert in line 4 after the word 'office,' the words 'except the State chairman, who shall be elected by the State convention.' "Add at end of the article the followinir: Provided, if the Stat chairmanship shall become vacant, the committee shall elect a chairman to act till the next State convention. The committee reported favorably in the rrsolution by the Lexington delegation, making the rules more explicit and allowing the county executives committee to fix the dates for county campaigns. , The committee also suggested that the word "president" apply to the presiding officer of the convention. It also suggested that a candidal In the primary must he a Democrat before being allowed to run. By a vole of 17 to 16, the com m it tee decided the rules should b changed, so that should a voter In the previous primady and his name had been accidentally left off th books, the voter be allowed to cast a bollot. The question of qualification of voters upon which majority anr minority reports were nia to by the delegations started the fight. The minority report by Mr. McMahai recommended the amending of the con stitution so that only registered e.o tors be allowed to vote. The names siened to the minority report are: B. B. Caldwell, for Chester; .Ino. .1. MoMahan, Rlehlan l Jno II. Clifton, Sumter; J. C KlMott. Rnncaster; Thos. J. Kirkland Kersham; W. F. Stevenson. Chederfi id; R. F. Smith, Pickens; J U. Moniey, Fairfield. After some discussion, the majority report of the commit* which favored the qualifications .-f voters, in the primary remaining what it 's now was adopted ' y a vote of 2 to to 79. Following the disposition o! the primary matter, the unfavorable report of the committee on the proposed change in the constitution respecting the election of the state chairman was taken op. After some discussion, the previous question was ordered and by a large majority the resolution was voted down and the unfavorable report adopted. ^ There was some discussion on the proposed chan?e in the rules allowing voter to prove that his name was on the club roll. The favorable report was tabled. The following resolution was then adopted on motion or .Mr. Stevenson bv a rising vote: # t "Resolved, by the Democr . vention of South Cniollna e sympathy of this convention r" is hereby extended to our senior sea ; TOOK HER OWN LIFE ARRANGES I1KR OWN FUNERAL PYRE BEFOR Hl'SBAXl). ^ storing to Thrw Different Methods to Tuke Her Life Young Mother Finally Succeeds With Fire. Resorting to three different methods to kill herself, wnile her family was asleep around her, Mrs. J. H. Deal, who lives a little over a mile from Maiden, N. C., committed suicide Thursday morning boforeday by saturating herself with keros ne oil and setting herself on fire. Her husband was awakened by the flames from her dress and ran to her rescue, but too late to save her. A razor and an axe were lying near. She tried first to cut her throat and then to cut her head with the axe. Ill health was the cause. She was 27 years of age and two children survive her. She suffered a great deal from the awful mode she adopted to put an end to her existence. A MYSTKKY SOLVK1). Wife of Ileiitl Asheville Bogus Lord Is Now Known. The body of Sidney Laseelle, alias Lord Beresford, alias Charles J. Asquith, convicted forger and said to have been a bigamist sixteen times over, was Thursday shipped to Washington, D. C., after laying in an undertaker's establishment at Asheville, X. C.. for eight years, to be cremated and the ashes to lie sent to wife No. I, whose identity is kept a profound seer. t. The undertakers, attorneys, and agents are sworn not to divulge her name. That she belonged to a prominent and wealthy New York family is admitted by those who have handled the case. She ran away from her mother, escaping while her mother's attention was occupied at a book | store, and with Lascelle hurried to the "Little Brick Church Around the Coiner" in New York, and was married twenty years ago. The name of Mrs. T. J. Summerfield, Passaic, N. J., is given as the woman, a sister-in-law of wife No. I, who, becoming horrified upon find .iiK that her brother-in-law's remain? have been unburi"d for eight years md were being viewed by thousands of people yearly, took steps to secure Its cremation. KEWAlll) FOR AVANT. lie Sends letters From Atlanta Tlrnt lie Is Running Away. A dispatch from Georgetown says I). W. Avant, uncle of W. B. Avant, who is wanted at the Penitentiary to serve a sentence of three and a half years for the murder of Mrs. Ruth Crisp Bingham, recived a letter from the missing man dated May 17, and postmarked Atlanta, Ga.. reading as follows: "Am in Atlanta, running away." There was also a letter from Avant to his wife, which was at once taken to her, three miles off from the post flicf, at Harper's the contents of which have not yet been ascertained. \vant's bondsmen are his uncle, 1) W, Avant, and L. A. Parsons, his orother-in-law. The amount of the bond is $.1,000. These men are good, thrifty farmers. They .have offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension >f the fugitive. ltlTK OF VYOKTHLKSS CUB. Causes a Height Little Hoy to Die in Croat Agony. Raymond Livingston. th-> six yearold son of James K. Livingston, of Charleston, who was bitten a few week* ago by a mart dog. died Thursday morning in frightful agony. The attending physicans unable to aid the littIt sufferer, w-bo. Is said, barked -is a dog and had to be confined to his hed with great force. The child was dying about two days. Given prompt treatment at the Pasteur institute at Atlanta with indications of recovery upon his recent return home, the little fellow adds another victim to the policy which prevails in Charleston of giving the dogs the rights of taxpayers as far as the run of the streets is concerned. Shot llersclf lleforc Children. Calling alKiut 50 children from the street and neighboring houses in the west end section of Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Clementine Dorenzo, aged Vi il rc Thnru/lo v r \ nrl* -1 killed herself in the pres nee of her juvenile guests. ator. the Hon. Benjamin U. Tillman. In his recent Illness and that this convention wishes him speedy and complete restoration to health and strength, trusting that he may soon be able to resume ills duties in that body where he has so ably represented the Democrats of South Carona for 15 years." Other reports were adopted, and | after the usual resolutions of thanks, the convention adjourned. COSTS MORE MONEY i TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN SOUTH CAROLINA THAN IT I)II>. The Tarty Needs Mere Funds Than it IHd Formerly and the Candidates Must Make It Up. The State Democratic executive | committee decided Tuesday to increase the assessments on candidates entering the race for various Stale offices. The raise was made because i there is very little money now in the treasury. The matter was left with a special subcommittee and after going into the matter thoroughly their report was adopted, nlthough there was some opposition to it at first by Robert Lide. of Orangeburg, who thought that t,he expenses of the cominitt e should be cut down. The old assessments provided t.h*u candidates for governor should pay an entrance fee of 550, other State officers $37.50, solicitors $25 and congressmen $50. The new assessments provide for $125 each for congressional candidates, $50 each for other State officers, $50 for lieutenant governor and $75 for governor. Other suggestions of the subcommittee were adopted. Chairman Jones appointed as members of Uu subcommittee to arrange the itinerary A. \V. Jones r nd D. J. Griffith. The following is the report of the committee: "Your committee appointed to suggest assessments and the date of opening of the campaign and the ltinery, respectfully reports: "That, after mature deliberatiou and investigation, we find that the cost of t.he campaign of 1908 was $2,956, and would therefore suggest that the assessment on congressmen be $125, for governor $75, and other State offices, $50, which from information received would yield $5,075. "Your committee would suggest that the date for the opening of the campaign be fixed for June 22. "We would further suggest that a committee of three, consisting "f the State chairman and two members of the executive committee to he appointed by the chairman, be appointed to make the arrangements for the itinerary and revising of rules of any change or in the constitution. "All of which is respectfully submitted. "D. L. Sinkler, Chairman." 1SH ! ; ORDAIXKl). Solemn Service by the Methodist (*cneral Conference. The ordination of the new bishops elected by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church took place at Ashville on Thursday. The services were very impressive and were largely attended. The new bishops, Revs Collins Denny. John C. Kilgo, William it. Murrah, R. K. Waterhouse. Edwin D. Mouzon and James McCoy, each iccompanied by two of his closest mends, entered the church amid profound silence. The opening hymn was announced by Bishop A. \V. Wilson, the collect was read by Bishop E. E. Boss, prayer was offered by Rev. C. H. Briggs, and epistle was -ead by Bishop H. C. Morrison, Bishop W. A. Chandler, concluding with t.he reading of the gospel. Bishop V. W. Wilson delivered the ordination sermon. Examination of the bishops-elect was conducted by Bishop Hendrix, while Bishop Key recited "Veni Creator Spiritus." Each bishop placed his hands on the heads of the bishops-eltt. each of whom was presented with a Bible, Bishop Chandler presenting each parchment while testifying to the ordination. The benediction was pronounced by BishWilson. Wives of the bishopselect were given seats of honor. SAW M KB SON DIE. Voting Mnn Accidentally Shoots and Kills Himself. Frank Richard, a young whit* man, accidentally shot and killed himself at his home, about one mile south of Edmund's, Lexington county, late Friday afternoon. From information gathered it seems thnt young Kicnrd had finished his worK for the day and had gone to the nnnd. which iu Incntod a fcui h n n ,1 yards from the house, to spend the balance of the afternoon fishing, carrying 4iis shotgun with him. He had not been gone long before his mother was attracted by the sound of a gun. She and a young son wj.u . t once to the scene. Upon arrival at the pond, they found the young man lying flat in the boat, gasping for breath. The entire load of shot had taken effect in the stomach, making a ghastly wound. He lived tint a few moments, dying without making a statement. j Kills Peary's l>ogs. Twelve out of the 14 Rsquimo dogs which Commander Robt. K. Peary brought hack from his trip to the North pole, are dead. They were placed in comfortable quarters at Flag island, Me., but the mild weather caused distemper and death. BLO WN TO ATOMS The Bursting of Seven Boilers- Causes Fearful Loss of Life. MOST HORRIBLE SCENE Between Twenty and Thirty Men Were Killed Outright and About Fifty Injured in Catastrophe at Anieriean Sheet and Tin Plate Co*s. Plant, when Boilers Exploded. With a roar that was hoard three Mi Una n w o i * * ** a u i;ery 01 seven boilers at the plant of the American Tin Plate and Sheet Company at Canton, Ohio, exploded Tuesday afternoon, killing from twenty to thirty men end injuring about fifty. Among the injured are a half dozen men. who. it is said, will probably die before morning. Others, physicians say, cannot recover from their injuries. The cause of the explosion is at present unknown. The fireman and engineer, who were in the boiler room, are dead. No one else about the plant who survived the accident can give any explanation. One workman says that he heard three distinct explosions in quick succession. They came so close, how- j ever, that it was also over In n minute. The force of the concussion wat terrific. The big plant is in such a state of ruin as to be practically a total less. A mere egg shell of th< building is left. Identification of the men was difficult. because many of them were sc mutilated that even the most intimate friends of the dead could not recognize the features. Heads were blown from several bodies. Arms and tegs were tor^ from the trunks. Fragments of bodies were blown several squar's from the scene and bits of human flesh have been picked up on porches and roofs of houses and in trees) There were 100 men at work in the plant at the time of the accident. Out a dozen or so escaped some injury. Thi ee, and others who rushed to the plant as soon as the disister was known, worked heroically ro rescue the injured front the ruins, which noon took fire, but the fire detartmtnt extinguished tne flantes. The superintendent of the plant put foremen and other trusted employes at work trying to make a list if the dead, Injured and missing The task proved difficult, because the injured had been rushed to the three hospitals or the city, and there was nothing which can identify them. Members of the bereaved families rushed frantically to the plant, and then to the hospitals and residences near the ruined shops, in an effort to find a trace of their loved ones It was thought at eight o'clock Tuesday night that all the uead had b'-en removed from the debris. It was then stated that so far as knowp the lead numbered twenty, but this did not include any who had died at their homes after removal from the ruins. The body of one man, unknown, was blown through a nouse over seven hundred feet from the plant. The body entered the house from the mst side, and continued in a straight 'ine through a bed room and out at the other side of the house to Louis ivenue. The torso of another man was found in the garden of a yard about 500 feet west of the scene. Arms, le.-s and parts of bodies were strewn about the neighl>orhood. The bodies of seven men, mutilated beyong recognition, were found ; In the north end or the mill. "For God's sake hit me on tha head and kill me,'" cried one workman to a man who found him. The injured man had an arm torn off and a great hole in .his stde. The plant had five mills. All Mi employees who worked at mill3 one. ! two, three and four were either killed or Injured, whilw the men in mil) No. f>, farthest from tdie boilers, es capea serious injury. A SRItlfiS OF TItA<;i;i)lKS. Kjibb's Mother Dead. Crave l)i gci S<kiii Follows. iAt Columbia while digging (he grave of the mother of John Rahh. the negro, who is -held for the murder of Hilton Smith, the city Jailer, at Potter's field late Thursday, Henry Barber, the aged nesro grave digger, dropped dead. The cause of the death is supposed to be heart trouble. The Inquest over Uie body will be held by Coroner Walker. The aged mother of .JJohn Rabb died while the officers were searching the house for the negro on Wednesday, nig.ht. She did not know that her son was being sought as a murderer. Stupid ItrriKlon. Whiskey can not be legally lent for the use of a sick friend is a ruling; handed down Thursday hy the Alabama supreme court in t.he ease of Presley Clarke against the State. Clarke was convicted of exchanging prohibited liquors and entered the plea that a quart which he transferred was given to a neighbor, members of whose family were ill. I - ^ | PLEADS THEIR CAUSE MR. IjKWIS \V. PAKKKR STANDS VP FOR THK FARMERS. He Vrps >t il 1 Men to Aid in Securing to Cotton IMuntcrs Higher Prices for their Staple. Tho A wuaxvau VUIUJU .Mil till I act U rers' Association, representing sixt> J nor cent, of all American spindles. < has been asked and urged to join the "Hoosters' Ciub." The appeal was made by Lewis W. Parker, the president of the Association, in a speech 1 nt Charlotte on Tuesday. It was a * redhot and eventful speech. Mr. Par- ' ker went to the meeting with a print- 1 ed speech, but he was so impressed ' with the importance of this appeal 1 that he left the text and ma.ie .his 1 real speech impromptu It was a ringing appeal to the manufacturers 1 to jjin the boosters and help the pro- 1 ducer Been re high, and good prices 1 for raw cotton and a logical and 1 j sharp arraignment of t.he outrageous 1 rules of the New York Cotton Ex- ! change. 1 Mr. Parker, himself at the head of ' mills operating over one-third of a ' million spindles and a close student. ' insisted that the cottun manufacturers should quit hacking up the spec- 1 nlator by decrying the value of raw i cotton. The very want of confidence in high cotton on the part of the manufacturers. he urged, bolstered the i speculators and helped the "bears" ( force down the mark t that was never supplied with real cotton, if the same effort has been used in con- J vincing the world that there was u shortage of cotton as was use 1 i? decrying the price, the market would have been maintained and goods would have kept on a parity with 5 cotton. lie, therefore, hogged t.he mann- i I facturers to profit by possible mis j fakes and join hands with thus** un- < 'ertaking to get a fair price for cot- t ton and appreciate changed con li- ' Hons. The farmer is entitled to a fair and honest return and he begged the i t representatives of the cotton mills | * to 6ee that Utey got it. The world i i is going to be bare of cotton next j i September, and next year's crop will I L I 1- ' * " uuiuiy suppiy needs with reasonable c reserve, and there is no use to ex- I peet low price cotton, and then Mr. t Parker frankly showed that his per- t sonal experience was that his mills t made more money with high priced t cotton tnan with low and declining cotton. f Mr. Parker knows what he is talk- i ing about and his intelligent audience t was amazed at the array of facts and a Hgiirt b he gave in an off hand way. Mr. Parker said that the Government h was to blame for much of the mis- r understanding about the crop. It t sent out a report about the ravages c if the boll weevil being exaggerated n and all sorts of stufT. He rapped ' the Government officials for saying j i 'hat the normal price of cotton I ( should be from 8 to 1 0 cenis. When ti the boll weevil fake was sen-t out,!< otton tumbled 1 1-2 cents and the c cloth market went to pieces. T.hen. j t early in January, the Government 11 sent nut a crop estimate and the gam- < biers, hv their manipulation forced i cotton dawn 3 1-4 cents on the Ex- i change. Mr. Parker talks freely and gen- ' erally in conversational tone, but when lie landed on the methods of ' i *.he New York Exchange he rose on I his tip-toes anil grow eloquent. Mr. Parker made it plain that he appreciated the honest ir.cn in the Ex- ' change, and that he knew there were i .honest m n in the Exchange, but < he denounced the methods and went 1 into minute details. The chief trou < ble he pointed out, was that the rules j are framed for the protection of I speculative sellers and not for the 1 legitimate buyer. The rules are for gambling and not fair trade, and .he I insisted that all ho ivanto.i < . fair, square deal for all and rules ( that were f: ir and h<.nost, both to i buyer and seller. I Mr. Parker carried conviction with j his statements, because he knew the' rules and th>. n .he related a personal j experience. He. with other legitimate buyers, was in New York, early | this month to got cotton. On May 2 Mr. Parker bought five thousand bales of cotton in Now York. It was not speculative cotton, for Mr. Parker wanted the accual cotton for the summer. T.hen Mr. Parker related how the New York folks squirmed and twisti led to keep him and oth r buyers; from demanding the real cotton. One! of the party from Georgia wanted to morrow money on the actual cotton. He did not got it tin 1 was told he had better not mix up with Grown and Scales and a lot of "bulls." Th-* mill man told him that .he would get I me money at Home, and he did so, i I but he was offered the money if he i would leave the cotton in New York Mr. Parker did not want nor mod l money. They told him the broker* < had been refused insurance on the ] cotton he had bought and how he had to g t insurance in his own way and then how the effort was made to dissuade him from taking the real cot- j ton hv delaying and playing with the. classification and suggesting that the classification may he indefinitely' : postponed. Mr. Parker and the other ' Southern buyers have paid for the (cotton In New York, and want real 1 WHERE WE STAND I'LlTFOItM A1*02*TKI> BY TI1K STATE l>KMO('UACY. It Mashes the Toes of Some of Oar Ompessinen and Newspapers Who Favor Protection. The following Is the platform idopted by the State Democratic Contention on Wednesday. "The Democrats uf South Caroina. in convention assembled, er>ress their gratificutl n that t.he signs >f the times point to general dissatsfaction with the administration ot :he government by the K pnhlicau nrtv. and congratulate the represeai.tives of our party In congress on he approval given their course in .-it* ri'i* in elections in Massachusetts ind New York. at which Repuolicans vere defeated and Democrats pent o the congress in their place The >eople of all sections are commy, to eali/.e t.hat the R' publican party itande for special privileges at the ost t f the multitude, and th it hrough the favoritism shown to the rusts by tariff legislation the counry is now suffering frcin conditions which make the cost of living so tiigh that even the Republican congress is compelled to institute in :nvi stigation. "The only substantial and lasting relief is to be found in the adoptioJ :>f the historic Democratic doctrine !eni : a (Mug a system of tariff duties uidi ieiit to raise revenues adequate to the ecumenical administration of the iiovernnu nt. Material reductions should be made in the tariff tiiipn the necessities of life. "The protective tariff makes pns ihle t.he ccnililnations which are ea'l d trusts and only by revision of taiff duties downward can the growth if the trusts be checked. The failire of the Republican ad in in 1st raien to enforce the civil and criminal aws against the trusts demonstrates mew the obligations of that parly o the trusts which render it impossible for the country to secure relief rora that source. Favoring publicly of all cam? aign contributions, the Democratic party throughout the ountry enters upon the coming catnniign for congress this fall as t.he inly agency to which the people can urn with the expectation of genuine ariff reform and genuine trust regilation. "The Democratic h rty has long avored the imposition of a tax on ncomes as a just method of taxaion. when fairly levied and collected, tnri w e f- vor sn^h a tex. "Relieving with Jefferson In the iupport oi the state governments in ill their rights as the most compeent administration for our domestic onrerns and surest bulwark against inti-republican tendencies, and in the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vig>r as the sheet anchor of our peace it home and safety at)road,' we are opposed to the centralization poli i< s cf the present national a.lrainisration. We insist tn: t federal remedies for the regulation of interstate erumerce and the pr ventc.tion of rivate monopoly shall he ade'ed to. Kit substituted for State remedies. The sub-committee on platform onsisted of .las. A. oHyt, Geo. S. Mower, itichard I. Manning, J. II. Loses up and S. McQ. Simkius. Eaten by Sharks. The boat in which William Olscn. William Peterson, Albert Thomas tnd R. Zeboski started from Fort Ctalnes on Tuesday night and went o tlieir deat.h was found Wednesday morning by a searching party tl oard the tug Texas. It is feared the bodi s have been carried away by man eat'ng sharks. Tidal Wave Feared. Many of the inhabitants of S..vannah moved fnrtlier into the city [or temporary abode, fearing a tidal nave as the result of Halley's comet. v tton, and will not be satisfied with paper cotton. Mr. Parker's account of the wiles )f the New York Exchange made an repression and he argued that the government should see that its rub's e made fair and honest to buyer and seller and that tho contracts be Jion>st that's all. If thin is not done hen the real cotton manufacturer is it the mercy of the cotton gambW md cotton manufacturing will degenerate Into cotton speculation rather ban manufacturing. If cotton Is to >e inflated or depressed in price by gambling processes, then the mill [ resident has no need of knowing he manufacturing end near so much ts the speculative branch. Cotton aiust hear such relation to tho actnal cotton conditions that any honest man can judge prices. Mr. Parker said that the manufacturers could do much towards remedying these conditions and he outlined very clearly that cotton should respond to supply an:! demand, that mm iiun< at i<tn, mil nit: i/Uiuin Kxrhangos had no right to deal unfairly between t.ho bnj'cr and seller, by its rules and no more convincing evidence of this was needed " show that spots wen s r hree cents ft pound more " - n - York contracts. Mr. Park* r's talk was received with " ** snnlnuse. i