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Colonel'* Followers Did Not Walk Ou'
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?Taft Makes a Statement
Chicago.?With nearly 350 of the
Roosevelt delegates declining to vote
and hustling away at adjournment
time to tender to Col. Theodore
Roosevelt the nomination of a new
party the fifteenth Republican national
convention at the end of a long
and tumultous session Saturday night
Renominated William Tfoward Taft of
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
Ohio for President, and James Schoolcraft
Sherman of New York, for Vice
President.
President Taft receied 561 of the
T.078 votes in the convention, or 21
more than a majority.
The decision of the Roosevelt people,
under direction of their leader,
to refrain from voting, left no other
candidate. The announcement of the
Taft victory was greeted with cheering
from his adherents and groans and
hisses from the opposition.
When it became absolutely certain
early Saturday that Mr. Taft would be
nominated without great difficulty the
iraUt'lD 111 tUUIIVl VI IUV WU?VM%*VM
decided to give bim as a running
mate his companion on t?e ticket in
1908.
All others dropped from the race
and Mr. Sherman was the only can
didate regularly placed before the
convention. A motion from New
Hampshire to make the nomination
by acclamation was declared out of
order. There were many scattering
votes cn the roll call that ensued.
The convention amid much confusion
adjourned sine die.
At no time was there an indication
of a walk-out of the Roosevelt delegates.
They expressed their revolt
by silence.
In the confusion just before the adjournment,
a resolution was adopted
giving the national committee power
to declare vacant the seat of any man
on the committee refusing to support
the nominees of the regular convention
of 1912.
Sherman's vote was f?97.
President Taft made the following
statement:
"The national convention of one of
the great parties is ordinarily important
only as a preliminary to a
national campaign for the election of
a President. The Chicago convention
just ended is much more than this
ana is in useu mp euu ui ? j?iwuhvention
campaign presenting a crisis
more threatening and issues more
Utica Will Celebrate.
Utica. N. Y.?I'tica will celebrate
Vice President Sherman's renomination.
Mr. Sherman sent the following
telegram to President Taft: "My very
sincere congratulations. With the
passing of the storm will come a clear
atmosphere and we may expect with
a calin judgment a just verdict." The
Vice President received the reply:
"Your kind telegram received. We'll
pull together again and with the same
result 1 hope. It will be a pleasure to
work with you. One great victory has
been won."
Happy Over Taft's Victory.
Cincinnati, O.?The news of the victory
of President Taft in the Chicago
Republican national convention created
no little excitement in this his
home city. Early in the evening the
crowds began to gather in front of the
newspaper offices, scanning the bulletins
closely. When the nomination
was announced, bedlam broke loose
in the business section of the town.
Th.^co nf the relatives of President
Tnft, who were in town, were eager
listeners to the bulletins as they came
over the wires.
President Taft is Happy.
Washington.?President Taft went
to church Sunday and spent the remainder
of the day reading and replying
to the deluge of messages received
at the White House congratulating
him on his nomination. They came
from everywhere from political leaders
great and small, plain citizen?,
and tolk in most all walks of life, who
had kind things to say.
On July 3, the home circle at the
White House will be broken and the
President wJJI t^ke bla family to
Beverly.
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IF REPUBLICAN PARTY
ING, THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES
3EVELT, LaFOLLETTE AND
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ERE NOT OVER EXCITING
t of Convention as Was Expected They
it In Their Seats, Preferring to Do
Ith Bolting?Sherman's Vote Wac 597
I important than those of the election
campaign which is to follow between
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til? two greai uttiiuuai tiamco.
question here aB 6take was whether
the Republican party was to change
its attitude as the chief conservator
in the national of constitutional representative
government and was to
weaken the constitutional guarantee
of life, liberty and property and all
other rights declared sacred in the
Bill of Rights, by abandoning the principle
of the absolute independence of
the judiciary* essential to the maintenance
of those rights. The campaign
carried on to seize the Republican
party and make It the instrument of
reckless ambition and the unsettling
of the fundamental principles of our
government was so sudden and unexpected
that time was not given closely
to show to the people and the party
the dangers which confronted them.
It was sought to break the wise and
valuable tradition against giving more
than two terms to any one man in the
presidency and the danger from its
breach could not be measured. The
importance of the great victory which
has been achieved can not be over-estimated.
All over this country patriotic
people tonight are breathing
more freely that a most serious menace
to our Republican institutions has
been averted.
"It is not necessary tonight to
speak of the result in November and
of the IssueB which may arise between
the Republican and Democratic
parties during the presidential cam
paign.
"It will be time enough to do that
after the action of the convention at
Baltimore. It 1b enough now to say
that whatever may happen in Novem
JAMES S. SHERMAN.
bcr. great victory for the Itepublicar
! party and the United States has been
j won. The party remains as a great
powerful organization for carrying out
its patriotic principles as an urgency
1 - * rM.r.?T*/?oo in flovolnnmont
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of the nation along the constitutional
lines upon which it was constructed
and has even been baintained; end
its future opportunity for usefulness
is as great as its achievements in the
past."
Talk of Adjournment.
Chicago.?The rapid progress made
by the convention after the contests
were disposed of in the adoption of
reports of all of the committees up
to that of the committee on resolution-;
materially altered the prospects
as to final adjournment. It was believed
by the leaders that it might be
possible to conclude the nominations
and adjourn by midnight or earlier.
Sherman Appreciates Honor.
Utica. X. Y.?Expressing appreciation
of the honor conferred by the Hepublican
national convention in selecting
him for a second time as nominee
for Vice President, James S. Sherman
declared that although it was his preference
to retire from public life, he
had been honored too greatly by the
party to decline a renomination. "To
appreciate its full significance," he
said, "one must remember that not
for three-quarters of a century, has a
renomination been accorded to any
one for this office."
Hilles May Lead Taft's Campaign.
Chicago.?Charles D. Hilles. secretary
to President Taft, probably will
be chosen chairman of the Republi-j
can national committee No definite j
announcement that his selection was
certain was obtainable at present, but |
it was known that he had been endors-l
ed by President Taft and was gener- |
ally acceptable. Congressman W1I'
Ham It. McKinlev of Illinois, who has
I nnnnfnH tho President's campaign
- and
was mentioned for the chairmanship
refused to have his name considered.
Headquarters Destrted.
Chicago.?The majority of the political
headquarters were deserted Sunday.
LaFollette and Cummins supporters
left soon after the convention
closed. The Taft headquarters were
filled with boxes trunks and suitcases,
preparatory to leaving. Mr. McKlnley
left for Washington. He was in an
optimistic mood. When the nomination
of Roosevelt was mentioned, he
smiled and said: "A man will do
some peculiar things when he is defeated.
The Orchestra hall meeting
did Dot excite men."
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TAFT AND SHERMAN VOTE
Showing How Delegate* Lined Up
After Stormy Session of National
Republican Convention.
Roll call on nomination:
Alabama?Taft 22; not voting 2.
Arizona?Taft 6.
Arkansas?Taft 17; not voting 1.
California?Taft 2; not voting 24.
Colorado?Taft 12.
Connecticut?Taft 14.
Delaware?Taft 6. ,
Florida?Taft 12.
Georgia?Taft 28.
Idaho?Taft 1; Cummins 7.
Iiilinois roll called.
Illinois?Taft 2; Roosevelt 52; absent
2; not voting 2.
Indiana?Taft 20; Roosevelt 3; not
voting 7.
Iowa?Taft 16; Cummins 10.
Kansas?Taft 2; not voting 18.
Kentucky?Taft 24; Roosevelt 2.
Louisiana?Taft 20.
Maine?Not voting 12.
Maryland?Taft 1; Roosevelt 8; absent
1, not voting 5.
Moiiaor.hiifattR?Taft 20: Roosevelt
9; not voting 1.
Minnesota?Not voting 24.
Missouri?Taft 16; not voting 20.
Montana?Taft 8.
Nebraska?Roosevelt 3; not voting
14.
Nevada?Taft 6.
New Hampshire?Taft 8.
New Jersey?Roosevelt 2; not voting
26.
New Mexico?Taft 7; Roosevelt 1.
New York?Taft 76; RooBevelt 8;
not voting 6.
North Carolina?Taft 1; Roosevelt
1; not voting 22.
North Dakota?LaFollette 10.
Ohio?Taft 14; not voting 34.
Oklahoma?Taft 4; Roosevelt 1;
not voting 15.
Oregon?Roosevelt 8; not voting 2.
Pennsylvania?Taft 9; Roosevelt 2;
Hughes 2; not voting 62; absent 1.
Rhode Island?Taft 10.
South Carolina?Taft 16; absent 1;
not voting 1.
South Dakota?Roosevelt 5; LaFollette
5.
Tennessee?Taft 23; Roosevelt 1.
Texas?Taft 31; absent 1; not voting
8.
Utah?Taft 8.
Vermont?Taft 6; not voting 2.
Virginia?Taft 6; not voting 2.
Virginia?Taft 22; one absent, one
not voting.
Washington?Taft 14.
Wisconsin?LaFollette 26. r
Wyoming?Taft 6.
Alaska?Taft 2.
District of Columbia?Taft 2.
Porto Rico?Taft 2.
Hawaii?Taft 6.
Total?Taft 561; Roosevelt 107;
LaFollette 41; Cummins 17; Hughes
2; absent 6; present, but not voting
344.
Roll Call Vice President.
Alabama?Sherman 22; not votlnn 2.
a ri,nno?Sherman 6.
Arkansas?Sherman 18.
California?Sherman 2; not voting
24.
Colorado?Sherman 12.
Connecticut?Sherman 14.
Delaware?Sherman 6.
Florida?Sherman 12.
Georgia?Sherman 28.
Idaho?Hndley 8.
Illinois?Sherman 9; not voting 49;
(vote challenged.)
Illinois?Result of poll of delegation:
Sherman 10; not voting 17; absent
30.
Indiana?Sherman 21; Hadley 2;
not voting 7.
Iowa?Sherman 16: Borah 10.
Kansas?Sherman 2; not voting 18.
Kentucky?Sherman 26.
Louisiana?Sherman 20.
Maine?Absent 12.
Maryland?Sherman 8; not voting
3; absent 5.
Maryland?Sherman 20; Borah 9;
Hadley 1; not voting 6.
Minnesota?Not voting 24.
, Mississippi?Sherman 17; not voting
3.
Missouri?Sherman 20; not voting 16.
Montana?Sherman 8.
Nebraska?Beveridge 2; not voting
14.
Nevada?Sherman 6.
New Hampshire?Sherman 8.
New Jersey?Not voting 28.
New Mexico?Sherman 8.
New York?Sherman 87; not voting 3
North Carolina?Sherman 6; not
voting 1; absent 17.
North Dakota?Not voting 10.
Ohio?Sherman 14; not voting 34.
Oklahoma?Sherman 4;not voting 16.
Oregon?Borah 8; not voting 2.
Pennsylvania?Sherman 12; not
voting 63; absent 1.
Rhode Island?Sherman 10.
South Carolina?Sherman 15; not
voting 3.
South Dakota Not voting 10.
Tennessee?Sherman 23; not voting
1.
Texas?Sherman 31; not voting 8;
ubsent 1.
Utah?Sherman 8.
Vermont?Sherman 6; noting 2.
Virginia?Sherman 22; not voting
1; absent 1.
Washington - Sherman 14.
West Virginia- Not voting 16.
Wisconsin- Charles E. Merriam 20;
not voting 2; absent 4
Wyoming?Sherman 6.
Alaska?Sherman 2.
District of Columbia?Sherman 2.
| Mamali?Sherman 6
Philippines Sherman 2.
Porto Rico?Sherman 2.
Unofficial vote-Sherman 607; Borah
21; Hadley 14; Merriam 20; Beveridge
2; Gillette 1.
Absent 85.
Present, but not voting 338.
Tim. Woodruff Leaves Party.
Chicago.?Ex-Lieut. Gov. Timothy
L. Woodruff announced his resignation
as leader of the Republican organization
in Brooklyn. In his letter to Reuben
L. Haskell Mr. Woodruff says In
part: "The utterly ruthless subsersion
of popular will expressed by our fellow
Republicans, of the great Republican
States, by the national committee,
the committee on credentials and
finally by this fraudulently constituted
convention, whereby the destruction
of the Republican party 1b, In
my political judgment, inevitable.
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FORT MILL, S. C., THU
ROOSEVELT NAMED '
OK PROGRESSIVES
COLONEL'S DELEGATES FROM ,
ALL STATES HOLD INDEPEND- *
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Much Enthusiasm Prevails In Orchestra
Hall, Birthplace of New Party (
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Organization Means Business.
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Chicago?Former President Theodore
Roosevelt was nominated for <
President on an independent ticket
Saturday night in the dying hours '
of the Republican national convention
in which he had met defeat.
The followers of Colonel Roosevelt |
gathered in Orchestra Hall, less than
a mile from the Coliseum and pledged
their support to the former President.
Colonel Roosevelt said: \
Gentlemen: I thank you for your .
nomination and in you I recognize the ^
lawfully elected delegates to the Republican
convention who represent the
overwhelming majority of the voters (
who took part in the Republican primaries
prior to the convention and J
who represent the wiBh of the major- ,
ity of the lawfully elected members ,
of the convention. I accepted the ,
nomination subject to but one condi- (
tion.
This has now become a contest
which cannot be settled merely along
the old party lines. The principles
that are at stake are as broad and as ^
deep as the foundations of our democracy
itself. They are in no sense ,
sectional. They should appeal to all ,
honest citizens, East and West, North ,
and South. They should appeal to all (
right thinking men whether Republicans
or Democrats without regard to ,
their previous party affiliations. I feel
that the time has come when not only
all men who believe in progressive ,
principles but all men who believe in
those elementary maxims of public
and private morality which must underlie
every form of puccessfull free
government should join in one movement.
Therefore I ask you to go to
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. I
your several homes to liml out the
sentiment of the people at home and '
then again come together. I suggest '
by mass convention to nominate for |
tho presidency a progressive candidate
on a Progressive platform, a
candidate and a platform that will en- j
j-t-' - ~ 1 ta Mflrthagaflr ?<l I
UUIt? US IU U|iln-ai iu iiuivuiiuvi ......
Southerner, Easterner and Western- i
er. Republican and Democrat alike, in
the name of our common American
citizenship.
Wherever in any state the Republi- ;
can party is true to the principles of
its founders and is genuinely the party
of justice and progress, 1 expert to
see it come bodily into the new movement
for the convention has just sat i
In this city is in no proper sense of
the word a Republican convention at
all. It does not represent the masses
of the Republican party. It wus organized
in cynical defiance of their '<
wishes and it has served the purpose
only of a group of sinister political
bosses who have not one shadow of 1
sympathy with the spirit and purpose 1
of the Republican party of fifty years
ago and many of whom have used the
party merely as an adjunct to money I
making, either for themselves or for 1
tho grent crooked financial interests
which they serve.
But we are more fortunate in one
respect than our predecessors, for we
who now stand for the Progressive
cause, the Progressive movement,
havo done forever with all sectionalism,
and we make our appeal equally
to the sons of the men who fought
under Grant and to the sons of the
men who fought under Lee for the
cause we champion is as emphatically
the cause of the South as it is the
cause of the North.
I am in this fight for certain principles
and the first and most important
of thepp goes back to Sinai and is
embodied in the commandment "Thou <
Shalt Not Steal.*
Progressive Party Dedicated.
fhicapo.?The "progressive party,
horn Saturday night, was dedicated
Sunday. In the presence of perhops
j f?00 men. soni" of them recognized
leaders of the movement, others mere- 1
1 ly onlookers, the first formal step was
j taken, Govenor Johnson of California 1
was empowered to appoint a commit- 1
tee of seven members to confer with i
Colonel Roosevelt and formulate a
plan of action. i
"The movement is going steadily t
ahead," 6aid James R. Garfield of 1
Ohio.
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RSDAY, JUNE 27, 1912.
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
t Covers All of tho Pending Issues
Between tho Two Organizations?
For Tariff Board.
Chicago , June 27.?The platform
idopted by the Republian national
convention, reaffirms the belief of
he party in the protective tariff and
leclares that the present high cost
)f living is "not due to the protective
lariff system, as evidenced by the
existence of similar conditions in
countries which have a tariff policy
Jifferent from our town."
It declares the party's unchanging j
raith in government of the people,
for the people and by the people, "expressing
its veneration for the name
)f Abraham Lincoln, whose lofty
principles and superb devotion to
his country were an inspiration to
the party he honored."
!?? Knliof In "nur fiplf.
11 expif BBtO un uc IK1 ... -?
controlled representative democracy
which is a government of laws not
cf men, and in which order is the
prerequisite of progress."
"The Republican party," it says, ' is
prepared to go forward with the solution
of those new questions which
social, economical and political develapments
have brought in the forefront
of the nation's interest. It
will strive to enact the necessary legislation
to safeguard the public
health, to limit effectively tho labor
af women and children, to protect
wage earners engaged in dangerous
pccupations, to enact comprehensive
and generous workmen's compensation
laws in place of the present
wasteful and unjust system of employers'
liability and in all possible
ways to satisfy tho just demand of
the people for the study and solution
of complex and constantly
changing problems of social welfare.
Rights of Individual.
"In dealing with these questions,"
says the platform, "It is important
that the rights of every individual
to the freest possible development of
his own powers and resources and to
the control of his own justly acquired
property, as far as those are compatible
with the rights of others, shall
not be interfered with or destroyed."
The authority and Integrity of the
courtB, both state and federal, must
be upheld, the platform adds, but it
declares in favor of "legislation to
prevent long delays and the tedious
and costly appeals which have so often
amounted to a denial of Justice
in civil cases and to a failure to pro
toct the public at large in criminal
cases."
It declares the recall of Judges
"unnecessary and unwise," yet favors
such "action as may be necessary to
simplify the process by which any
judge who Is found to be derelict In
his duty may be removed from office."
It favors the peaceful settlement of
international disputes and the reference
of controversies between naHons
to an international court of
justice.
The Republican party is opposed to
special privileges and monoply, says
the platform, pointing to the enactment
of the interstate commerce act
and of the anti-trust act. It favore
he "enactment of legislation supplementary
to the existing anti-trust act
which will defino as criminal offenses
those specific acts that uniformly
mark attempts to restrain and to monopolize
trade."
Benefits of Tariff.
Th" Republican tariff policy, do
rlar?s the platform, "has been of the
greatest benefit to the country, developing
our resources, diversifying
our industries and protecting our
workmen against competition with
cheaper labor abroad.
"Some of the existing import duties,"
it continues, "are too high and
should bo reduced, to accompnsn
this correct information is indispenable.
This information can best be
obtained by an expert commission,
as the large volume of useful facta
rontained in the recent reports of the
tariff board have demonstrated."
As to the high co.st of living the
platform declared that the party will
support a "prompt scientific inquiry
into the causes which are operative,
both in the United States and elsewhere
to increase the cost of living,"
and that when these facts are known
the necessary steps will he taken to
reduce high prices.
The platform declares for the "progressive
department of our banking
and currency system."
"It is of great importance," It continues,
"to social and economic welfare
of this country that its farmers
have facilities for borrowing easily
and cheaply the money they need to
Increase the productivity of their land.
It is as important that financial machinery
to be provided to supply the
demand of farmers for credit as it is
that the banking and currency systems
be reformed in the interest of
general business. Therefore, wo rec
ommend the passage of state and Federal
laws for tlie establishment and
capable supervision of organizations
having for another purpose the loaning
of funds to farmers."
It favors developing Alaska's resources
and the leasing of the eonl
lands there "on such terms as will invite
development and provide fuel for
the navy and the commerce of tho
Pacific ocean."
L,n\s to give relief from "the constantly
growing evil of induced and
undesirable immigration,
Among Republican accomplishments
mentioned are the Panama Canal, the
bureau of mines, postal savings banks
and the effect to procure greater economy
and increased efficiency in the
conduct of government business.
As To Campaign Funds.
Chicago.?The platform would "pro
Iiihit corporations from contributing
to campaign funds: Invors a continuance
of the present conservation policy,
and the establishment of a parcels
post. It declares for the maintenance
of an adequate navy;" for a
strong American merchant marine;
for a policy for the improvement of
rivers and harbors; for contribution
to the work of preventing further
floods along the Mississippi and for a
continuance of the reclamation poljpy
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LIVELY PASSAGES MARKED THE
CAMPAIGN MEETING AT BEN- 1
NETTSVILLE. 1
INDULGE IN FIGHTING TALK ,
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J. Fraser Lyon Did Not Mince Words f
In Referring to B. B. Evane While
Ira B Jones Spoke of Cole Blease ,
in No Uncertain Terms.
Bennttsville. ? Photographic reports
of the campaign meeting here ,
would fairly crackle with words short (
and ugly. Not merely the almost-but- i
not-qulte euphemisms ordinarily employed
were heard, but the raw fight- 1
ing talk itself was freely indulged in, 1
! and this not by one speaker but '
: two.
The governor of the state, Cole L.
Blease, was directly accused by an op- 1
ponent, Ira B. Jones, of malicious
falsehood, "of making statements deliberately
false," of "telling a lie out
of the whole cloth," and of fathering
accusations which "only a fool and a
liar would make," accusations which
showed him "not worthy the name of 1
man, much less of the right to be
elected to the office of goveronr."
The governor of the state himself
referred to a committee of the general
assembly as "this guttersnipe
i commission that have been crawling
: on their bellies in the filth."
J. Eraser Lyon, attorney general,
was assailed In an ambiguous but
hardly respectful terms by an oppo[
nent, B. B. Evans, and he said after
! enduring this sort of things for two
years he was determined to put a
I stop to it.
He advanced upon his opponent
with hlR fist clenched and arm drawn
back, demanding "Do you mean to
call me a liar?" Apparently nothing
but prompt Intervention by others
prevented him from administering
physical chastisement.
And this meeting, oddly enough,
happened also to be the first of the
campaign thus far to be opened with
an Invocation for Devine guidance. An
I earnest plea for sanity and moderation
was made in the prayer offered at
the beginning of the meeting by Rev.
Welcom Quick of Clio. About 1,500
I people attended the meeting, which
was held in the court house square.
Seigler Appeals for New Trial.
Attorneys of Jas. G. Seigler, charged
with the murder of Policeman
Wade Patterson and convicted of manslaughter
and sentenced to seven
years have served notices upon Solicitor
Gunter and other attorneys for
the state that they will appeal to the
Supreme Court for a new trial. When
the verdlrt of the jury was returned,
counsel for the defendant iminediategave
notice of a motion for new
- trial, but just previous to the
passing of sentence counsel issued a
statement that they had, decided to
j withdraw the motion, and the court
| Imposed its sentence on Seigler. How;
ever, at a more recent conference. It
was decided to file the appoal.
Want Special Bill For Encampment.
Through the adjutant' general's office,
the South Carolina delegation in
Congress in being asked to turn its
attention toward the passage of a
special bill carrying an appropriation
for encampment funds for the National
Guard at Anniston, Ala. The
president's veto on the regular army
appropriation bill cut off the encampment
fund with numerous other items
for the regular army. J. Emile liarley
of Barnwell, captain of Co. E. S.
C. 0., wired James F. Byrnes, member
of congress from his district.
Have not Yet Reached Decision.
The three alientists appointed to determine
the sanity of Samuel Hyde of
Anderson, under sentence of death for
murder, have not yet reached a decision.
Hyde has been brought to the
penitentiary from Anderson ant! his
sentence respited until the installation
of the electric chair.
Politics in Orangeburg County.
Politics In Orangeburg county is
beginning to liven up as tin* primary
election approaches. A number of
candidates are out for the house of
representatives and for county supervisor,
Orangeburg county will elect
five representatives and three supervisors.
The folowing have announced
for the bouse representatives: Joseph
A. Berry, Thomas S. Brantley, T. M.
Dantzler, Edward B. Friday, Jim F.
Hnto, Junius T. Idles, W. Claude
Martin, V. Milligan and Basconi A.
Rchuler.
Kershaw County Masons Meet.
A large gathering of Masons from
Kershaw county and nearby towns
assembled at Camden when the third
degree was conferred upon two candidates
During the night the brethren
retirpd from labor to refreshment. A
delightful feast was served by the
I stewards, who were assisted by E.
J. .McLeod and William Young. Over
100 Masons wore present, >3 of them
being visitors. The local lodge lias
raised 14 candidates and now has 160
members, as well as one of the finest
lodge rooms in this state.
Pellagra Commission in Chester.
The physicians of Chester county
are planning a great educational meeting
on pellogra. the meeting, is to l>e
a public one, and will be held in the
j auditorium of the city hall. The
members of the McFadden-Thompson
Pellegra commission Hf Spartanburg
have been requested to come and
make addresses. This commission is
making a careful study of pellegra
in and around Spartanburg. If. is
composed of one representative of the
army, one from the navy and a bird
from Jhe Post Graduate school.
\ TILT IN HIGHWAY ISSUE j
Campaign Fop Aiken County Officers
Hinges on Bill Passed By Legislature?The
Candidates. I
Afkon.?Heretofore for many years
>ast the dispensary or the liquor quesion
in some form, shape or fashion
ias been the issue of political camjaigns
in Aiken county. Not so this I
ear.
The meeting held here, when the t
Irst gunB of the county campaign
vero fired, developed the fact that initead
of the liquor question the quesion
of the highway commission bill,
ahieh was passed by the last legislate
and which is in operation in this
county, will be the bone of contention.
No other issue was presented nor '
iiscussed by the candidates for the '
senate and the houso of represents- 1
lives, and the people of the county I
ire pretty well divided on the ques- i
tion. j
C. L. Bueler of North Augusta is
leading the fight for the retention of
the system while the other senatorial 1
candidates openly oppose it and would 1
repeal the bill. W. C. R. Trunbull, ]
who was elected to the house of representatives
two yearB ago, was an
11th hour candidate tor the senate. '
There are seven candidates for the 1
houso, E. Foster Brigham of North
Augusta, J. G. Harrigul of Granite?
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having entered the race. Legislative
candidates are about equally split on
the one issue of the campaign. J. It. '
Sorgee and J. W. Murray oppose L.
M. C. Ollveros for master, but aside
from the sheriff's race the other contests
are not particularly interesting
except that of John W. Dunbar, who
stands for re-election as clerk of the
court, opposed by T. J. Southall.
South Carolina New Enterprises.
The Citizen's Bank of Chesterfield
c&unty was chartered by the secretary
of state, with a capital of $50,000. The
petitioners are M. B. Smith, J. A. Watson
and P. A. Murray, Jr., all of Cheraw.
The Pages Mill Leaf Tobacco
Warehouse Company was commissioned
by the secretary of state. The
company will have a capital of $5,000
and buy and sell leaf tobacco. The
petitioners are J. T. Townsend, L. W.
Temple and L. G. Miller, all of Pages
Mill. The Smith Automatic Transfer
Company of Glenn Springs was commissioned.
The company will transfer
passengers and packages between
Spartanburg and Glenn Springs. It
will be capitalized at $700. The petitioners
are Clement F. Smith and
Paul Slmpeon of Glenn Springs. The
Lanes Ginnery Company, of I^anes
was commissioned, with a capital of
$3,500. The company will do a general
cotton buying and ginning business.
The petitioners are Blakely
McCulIough, J. Zigler and E. J. Parker,
all of Lanes.
Man Injured By Passenger Train.
Horace J. McGee, a prominent man
In insurance circles and connected
with the Southeastern Lire insurance
Company, was struck by a passenger
train at Greenville and badly injured.
His left hand and left foot wore mangled,
it being necessary to amputate
two fingers on the hand. Mr. McGee
walked around some cars standing on
one track and stepped directly in
front of Xo. 40. which was coming into
the station. He was immediately
taken to the city hospital and his
wounds dressed. A large gash was
cut in his side. Mr. McGee resides
In Anderson and is connected with
prominent families all over the upper
part of the state. His injuries will
not prove fatal, the physicians say.
Richland County Education Board.
The county board of education will
meet in the office ot the superintend
ent. S. M. Ciarkson, in Columbia, the
first Friday in July to appoint school
trustees for Richland county. The
trustees will bo required for the first
time to take an oath of office, and
will not be permitted to perform the
duties of their office unless the oath
Is taken. Following the appointment
of the trustees the county superin
tendent of education will send to each
a copy of the necessary oath. This!
will have to be sworn to and sub-1
scribed before an authorized person
and returned to the superintendent ;
before the appointee can be commis- J
sioned.
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Dates of Union County Fair.
The dates fixed for the np.xt Union
county fair are Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday, Octoher lfi, 17 and 18. The
dates originally decided upon were
one week later, but it was found necessary
to make the change on account (
of conflict with daf"8 of another fair
The officers of the Union county fair
association are: L. J. Browning.
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president; A. B. Rrannon. vice president;
It. I'. Harry, treasurer, and B
F. Alston, Jr., secretary. The first
fair was held last fall anil was a decided
success.
Claims Attempted Murder.
Complaint has been made by James
Marshal, of Orangeburg, that his wife
and her sons tried to poison him by
placing concentrated lye in his food.
The negro stated that when he had
taken his first mouthful his mouth
was severely burned by a kind of acid
and his suspicion was aroused. He got
some of the food and carried it to a
doctor for examination. The doctor
said the lye had beeu cooked along
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Wltn UIO IOOU. \> tlj idUio nu??- i/r-r ?i
issued for the negro woman and her
sons.
Dental Society Closed Session.
The South Carolina Dental Society
concluded its forty-second annual
meeting at the Isle of Palms, with the
election of the following officers: Dr.
J. L. Stokes, of Orangeburg, president;
Dr. B. F. Bruce, of St. Matthews, and
Dr. P. D. Brooker, of Columbia, vicepresidents;
Dr. B. H. Kibler, of New
berry, coresponding secretary; Dr. G
A. Milner. of Aiken, treasurer; Dr. \V.
Bussey Simmons, of Piedmont, recording
secretary; Dr. B. H. Teague, of
Aiken, editor-in-chief of prctrrdirg*
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$1.25 PER YEAR
WANT KEW COUNTY
N LOWER COLLETON ? MASS
MEETING HELD TO DISCUSS
THE SITUATION.
UNREST AMONG THE CITIZENS
\ Committee Has Been AppointedMajor
A. S. Marvin Was Elected
Cnairman?The Cause For Complaint
Is In Reference to the Road Work.
Walttrboro.?That Colleton countj
b to suffer a further cut for the purpose
of allowing the formation of a
lew, county was the object of a meetng
held at Hendersonvllle. For some
time it has been known that there
iad been some unrest among citizens
jf the lower part of this county and
rumors have been heard that an effort
will be made to cut off and go to
Beaufort county. Recently, however,
this discussion has taken a new turn,
and now the desire seems to be to
form a new county out of the lower
portion of Colleton county. Accordingly
a mass meeting was called at
Hendersonvllle for the purpose of
making plans looking to the formation
of this county. About 50 to 75 citizens
of Hendersonvllle and community assembled
at the high school auditorium
end were presided over in their
deliberations by Rev. G. A. Martin. H.
M. Williams was appointed secretary
It was decided at this meeting to appoint
a committee of 14 to have
charge of working up Bentiment in favor
of the new county. MaJ. A. S.
Marvin, who is and has been the
prime mover in the new county talk,
was chosen chairman of this commit
tee. Other members of the committee
are: Paul Sanders, C. P. Fishburne,
J. B. Dodd, J. N. Wood, J. M.
Speights, E. D. Ravenel and J. S.
Hickman. There are several others
whose names could not be obtained.
The principal cause for complaint
is in reference to road work in the
county. Those who aro disgruntled
claim that they do not get any returns
for their commutation tax, and
that their roads have not received any
attention In several years. They claim
that as they do not have a large voting
population, that it is useless to
appeal to the county authorities for
redresB. As one of the members of
this committee expressed It, "Anything
under the sun for a change."
Bids For Working Richland Roads.
Columbia.?The board of commissioners
for Richland county voted to
advertise for bids for working from
30 to 40 miles of road, in sections of
from ono to five mileB from October
1, 1912, until May 1, 1913. The plan
is this: A contract will be let tc
a person to work a certain section ol
road, the county to furnish a splitlog
drag and all necessary tools, the
person taking the contract to do the
work. The board was of the opinion
that this would be a logical plan for
keeping the roads in good condition,
and are going to give it a trial from
October to May.
Democratic State Convention.
Columbia.?The same day on whicl.
tho National Democratic convention
opens in Raitimore- tho senatorial,
congressional and sollcitorlal races
formally opened with a campaign
meeting in Columbia. The committee
of the state Democratic convention
appointed to map out the Itinerary
of the state campaign decided
that it would be impracticable for all
the candidates for stnte offices to
speak in the same place on the same
day, hence arranged two serfes of
meetings.
Policeman Eubanks Given Hearing.
Chester.?Attorney Wilson of Rock
Hill appeared before Judge George W.
Gage in behalf of bail for his client,
J. E. Eubanks, who in the capacity of
policeman at Rock Hill shot to death
there Henry H. Ruttman, a young
white man about 21 years of age. and
an employe of the Victoria cotton
mill, recently, self-defense being alleged.
Rail was deni'd.
Six Negro Children Burned to Death.
Anderson.?Six negro children,
ranging in age from 4 to 11?. were
burned to death several days ago
when their home in ' ountry near Anderson,
was destroyed by fire. Eliza
Ifunfer, mother of the children was
absent from home attending a church
service. The doors of the house were
left locked but the children could
have escaped through windows If they
had discovered the tire soon enough.
All of tlie bodies were completely
burned. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Found Out What Cows Eat.
Chester.?John T. Peay, a large
dealer in Western beef here, discovered
while slaughtering a cow several
days ago a sight that puzzled him.
From the stomach of the cow he gathered
a double handful of wire nails,
several wire staples,, one brasR watch
chain and a number of screws. The
acid of the bovine's system had practically
eaten some of the wire nails up.
The only conclusion he was able to
reach w-as that the accumulation had
been carried to the stomach through
.lie feed of the animal.
A Primary Election at Aiken.
Aiken?A primary election will be
held at which time three trustees of
Aiken institute will bo nominated.
The nominees will then be appointed
by the county board of eucation. This
will be the first time that the people
will have selected the trustees. This
arrangement has been brought about
by a wide difference of opinion, which
grow out of the action of the Aiken
institute trustees recently in asking
Prof. D. R. Riser, who has been prin
ipal of the school system, for Ms resignation.