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| ?t)c Ctjeratu Cln'ontclc ^ " ' "Tla Not la Mortal* to Ooamand Succom, but Well do Mora, ^Eunpronl ous. W r '11 Deserr* It." J 1 Volume 18 C^ERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., MAYW, 1914 ~ Number 2 * V = ' ' 'i-- -iV ? ' ~^= 1 fresid< | acceptec Mjlfeidd ( afiiRVOF 1 : THE CONVENTIONS: J THROUGHOUT THE STATE t I v i Appears the Aati-Bleane Forces 1 \ Seem to Controll by a Very J" Lnrge Majority. antl-Blease delegations were \ ^^L.?".Xrom Charleston, Richland, V^Li^CoUeton, Beaufort, Green"l pr-berry, Cheater, Orange J^gain." j?n_ _ f?? | \ f wltMun this J of one's setr I \ thi? Pl#tion wa8 intensified . Li- j /burg, , Anderson, Aiken, Abbeville, ' ,^""^|'?Himpton, Darlington, Bamberg, Wil/ 1 tlamsburg, Calhoun, Cherokee. GreenA ville, Pickens, Marion, Saluda, Lan/master, Florence, Horry, Oconee, (Edgefield, Sumter, Yorkville and > Spartanburg. B X ' ahe conventions in the following KB | junties passed resolutions in favoi | ,'<>f primary" reform: Richland, Clar ' endon, Colleton, Beaufor' GreenI ? _wood, Fairfield, Orangey.'^r, Aiken R Abbeville, Darlington,, Eamberg, Cal k uuuii, ureuuviiie, ,i-iCKens, saiuua Florence, Horry, C^conee, Sumter. President Wilpjn was unanimously endorsed' .by the conventions a; BarnwqlL^gJ^shopville, Camden, Man -'y'TeenWoodt CliestcV-,' Orange I Arg, Anderson, Aiken, Abbeville ^/Darlington, Calhoun, Pickens, Salu da, Lancaster, Florence,' Horry. Oco nee, Sumter, York, Spartanburg. In Newberry ; county, neither th< governor nor any supporter of hii were offered as delegates to th( State convention. Fred Dominick Deposit y Kl nz=z== i ft The Bank H| Chvardw jH; STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER B i <^1? comP? ^ft ^ W jO- savi ent Afl 1 the invitat occasion of uring monl i tie county chairman was replaced B y Dr. George B. Cromer, and Senaor 'Allan Johnson as a member of the it ilate executive committe. In Charleston the Grace-Bleasc a action bolted the regular convenlnn onrt sent a contesting delegation d .o the State convention. At Barnwell, Senator E. D. Smith c was / endorsed by acclamation There I was a fight on the endorsement of ? Carroll Slmms for governor and Thos. H. Peeples for attorney general. | but the resolutions were passed. Nei- 1 ther Slmms nor Peeples were sent as i delegates to the convention. Seven ? *\ i R E: wm me 84 Maynard-ItV , anti-BIease and one Blease delegate were elected. At Camden, neitheK J. O. Richards nor M. L. Smith were candidates to , go to the State convention. I i Senator E. D. Smith was elected by acclamation as a delegate from Lee county. Five anti-Blease and one Blease man were sent to the State convention. There were two Blease and two anti-Blease delegates elected from I Dorchester, and -anti-Blease members ; of the State executive committee elected. From Laurens, two Blease and six anti-Blease delegates were elected. From Georgetown, an anti-Blease and a Blease delegation were sent, each to have half a vote. Senator Smith was endorsed at Bamberg. Jasper county was the only countj i which elected a solid Blease delega3 tion. The baby county also opposed j any change in the primary rules. , No factional lines were drawn in r\n ? mrvnnxr W U1 lilWljt J in; =: N of Cheraw w. S. C. BANKS IN THE COUNTY COMBINED unded quarterly ings department yr, * > * A . . ? ?r ? f oodr< :ion to delr* Cheraw's " :h of July. * erkeley. There were no lines drawn at Lex- I lgton, and the delegation is mixed. t Dillon sent two Blease and four 1 nti-Blease delegates. s C. A. Snil'h and J. W. Itagsdale are ? elegates from Florence. . L. J. Browning, for governor, was ' indorsed at I'nion, and four anti31ease anit two I^le&se men weie jlected delegates. R. I. Manning was elected a dele- ! ?ate from Sumter, and his candidacy J for governor was endorsed by t_o convention. At YorkvUle the Blease forces elecI N S U R ey Realty & Trus ted the chairman by one majority but a solid antl-Blease delegation was elected. The Blease forces were in the ma jority at Chesterfield, and succeedei in electing four delegates. Two antl Blease men were elected. W. F. Ste venson was not-sent as a delegate t( the State contention, but was re elected a member of the State execu i tive committee. Laurens sent both of its candidate for governor, It. A. Cooper and W. C > Irby, as delegates to the State con ventioti. Cooper received 1S4 out o 185 east. Giving the anti-Blease forces mos ! of the doubtful delegates the New , and Courier estimates that there wil be 25)1 opponents and 47 suppoite; of the governor in the S?ato conven tion. THE W A It IN MEXICO ! _ Orders Uo to Funston to Extend Hi , Lines as Far as "In His ,ludg> ment. it is Necessary." ; Washington, May ?>.?Orders hav I gone from the War department t | (Jon. Funston, it was learned tod a) | authorizing him to extend Ills line about Vera Cruz as far as "in hi judgment it is necessary." Hhis. i was explained, gives the America commander virtually a free hand i dealing with the situation at Ver / Cruz, and it was said that the Ameri - cans' lines would at once be extende and heavy fort ideations thrown uj (Jen. Funston at Vera Cruz reporte to the war department todfly tha he had no definite information regard ing movements of Mexican troop and said he thought it probable tha such concentration as the' Mexica forces had made was only for the pui pose of defeating the lines of hot railroads in case the United State I troops should advance. Mexican m lives reported Tbut the track of th r inter-Oceanic is being torn up. Gei Funston adds that wi^ile food is nt l coming in from the west, it is beln L brought In from along the beach ttoi south. . / r ' \ % \ r 1 N>' . rS * < )w; 1 /er aa addr HomevCon Full mrti< After a short session Avitli secretary I Jryan one of the mediators er? nounced 1 hat they had detlnltely decjjcj to >roceed without Carranza. 1 k(, pos- I ilbili'y that the attitude of th\ jf the Constitutionalists was n.,.reiy temporary was considered do'.'?,??ui by the mediators. When a Kiss Is Legal. \* What is a kiss? When is it offru,. sive and when inoffensive? HeY* are the answers laid down by thf. 1 Supreme court of the German Empire: "A kiss is a reaction upon the body of another. ' AN CE t he aTin ui -a* smart, dark-haired low in that sort of suit that is a< tised as "a foiiterilollar suit for ] - teen ^j^ft|y.'^)|_t^l)^bowed to mo 7irl of Lucy's taste! l\ At !eaat I hoped , nave shown a little *n her choice of a i selecting or being sc Jnrc dummy! I wrote . Fine Progress*'06 [?*an appointi n .. a ?on at three o clock, i Koad from Cl? . . . v _ Tlit of torture. I pa ~ 'king up and dowc The Charlotte o'clock I wi i Fine progress is being muqided n - so-called Uonsal road, whit - finished will extend fro m C! I havf o to Andrews on through Florerllentfii - lington, Harisville, MoRee, haP8 lo - and on to Monroe where cfe llo will be made with the Seai ft s Charlotte and Rostic, accord OR1*? r" !. ports that have been receiv f in tf - city from the lower dtvisklpof tt f new system. The line is no->dn ope atlon between Jefferson an J Florera t and between Poston and Andrews ar s the gap is being constructs betwef ! Andrews and Charleston *nd at a s early date work will be stirted on tl - 25 mile stretch between J if? rson ar Monroe. The new road ' hacked 1 the Seaboard system an' when cot pleted and in operation will doubtle lie merged with it. The Clinchfleld at s the Seaboard are v? r> closely affilia ed and it is highly probable that t! immense coal trains will be opera'i e over the new syst'in to deep-wat () just as soon as iw 5s tinished. '' The following!* from the Ne\ s and Courier about the new system: s "I'pon the completion of the cn 11 terminus on the Cooper River of t 11 Caroline, Olinehfieid & Ohio Railroji 11 in the event that this coporatk a does noi construct a railroad of 1 i- own "iem to Clinrlestc (' it is e:4i?re^<?,i ina* the coal will ' hauled heJl over the lines of the Cl (' olina. Atty itie & Western. Aceordi lt to unofficial versions, ti e Clinchfh I* ears will be taken over at Rostie ? H brought, through Charlotte. MeR llartsvilie, Darlington, Florence, IN 11 ton. and Andrews Into Chariest) Charlotte and other newspapers n? h been V'iblishing articles to the off< 'a that the Seaboard Air Line and ( i- Carolina. Atlantic & Western woi e jointly haul the the heavy coal tra i- of ,the Clinchflcld system into Charl tofii and there has been no offic 8 statement to the contrary. It is < rtected here that the Clinehfleld v its huge terminals befi \ ' ' f' v s \ ' ' V. Wilson ' H ess in Cheling" week \ culars later L 1 "A kiss always requires the per- M mission/ of the person kissed. Without such permission one may I kiss only if one is sure of the other's tacit consent, as in the cases of parents, children and lovers. | "If the kissee is not only, coy but gravely objects, it is to be assumed that the kiss Is considered an illegal I interference with his or her personal freedom and a violation of his or her honor. ** I "Any one who inflicts a kiss In such circumstances is guilty of assault and battery." v ??? ?1 \| We are eager iver'- riage. or ^ )?, vCypu * ~? issnp nf thf? Rnirf rwruw him' to be held lit trust for thojS ^ vVt <jr. ' I youf1 business \ nL^^.mmmt??___ v le^ / n^ong, and the belief is that trackage for similar arrangements will be made 7 with the Seaboard Air Une and the I tX'Carolina, Atlantic & Western. \ J The section traversed by the Bon11 sal line is wonderful in it spoossibibilin jtie&, and it is evident that Mr. Uonr-isal and his associates are confident >n ! of developing an enormous business m ;in the territory their trains will serve. j >r The Carolina, AtlanticWestern is / e- spending generously for the purpose le of getting the best, and it is reliably le eported that every thing about the r- new system will be top grade. In ?e anticipation of the handling of long " 1 id and very heavy freight trains, the J in managtoftnent fs having veiiy lheavy /' m in steel rails laid hud the roadbed thro- M io oughly ballasted. It' is evident that j id every precaution looking to dependa>y ble service will be taken. Mr. Bonsai fl n- and his associates have carefully j ifl ss 'studied every phase ol the situation / |fl id 'and their decision to building inthe / AflH it-'territory they have chosen means that j tie Mthey are convinced that the territory ml jwill develop wonderfully with proper / er transportation facilities. Business I men believe that in bripf period the vsjltonsal lines will build tip a highly Iprofitable business into and out of ?al [Charleston. I he 1 JHB : Frank Is Denied - Sew Trial. / 011 ' Atlanta, May 6.?Judge Hen II. Hill rM .if of the Fulton county superior court / ( I today denied the extraordinary motion for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, Lr^M i r- i the young factory superintendent tin- I 11 der sentence of death here for the , iiit^^^H | murder in April of last year of Mary I n( 1'hagan, a factory girl, in denying' ' the motion Judge Hill announced tha he would sign a hill of exception [' in' thus allowing the ruling to tie a t1 JL** pealed to the state supreme court. f the I. ? ! ,1,1 More Dignified. J ins "My dear Reginald, now tha? yo / left College, you rnuBt really V* /y|(^HH ial looking for some sort of employer, ex- "But don't you think, moth H trill would be more dignified to wn / ore the offers begin coining In?' /