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1 Volume 18 C^ERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., MAYW, 1914 ~ Number 2 * V
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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
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jH; STRONGER THAN ALL OTHER
B i <^1? comP?
^ft ^ W jO- savi
ent Afl
1 the invitat
occasion of
uring monl
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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
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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
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BANKS IN THE COUNTY COMBINED
unded quarterly
ings department
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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
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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.
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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. '
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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
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"A kiss always requires the per- M
mission/ of the person kissed.
Without such permission one may
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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
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\| 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
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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
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: Frank Is Denied - Sew Trial. /
011 ' Atlanta, May 6.?Judge Hen II. Hill rM
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of the Fulton county superior court /
( I today denied the extraordinary motion
for a new trial for Leo M. Frank, Lr^M
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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?' /