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The Camden Chronicle -J ? I.J J? J4.-.U , , ' ? . . J ? -JSUU ! ? L .11. J . . J. ..J., .. , I ) p.. L.I.J... i . . i i i .. . .... , _u, \om mi: xxv. < \ m i?i: v soi rif CAHOIJNA ritii>.\v \ i * i c 1 1 . ?o, iihi iiiikiikntt nil JOHN HOICill ^ ? ' 'Why < '?f>c Wfl? A|?|??'ulw| Ut Tl??* * SujMt MM- Coui l. Wednesday's Columbia State. The State, respondent, vh John Hough, appellant. Criminal law. Kucharging Jury ?rter they had returned Into court ;iikI stated that their difficulty wan matter of evidence and not of ;,,w. An instruction in the follow mj.' .language: "in contemplating the question whether or not you >oii are satisfied beyond a reason able doubt, and 1 have chained you Hat yini must be satisfied beyond] j reas(jn/ble doubt before you can write :< verdict of guilty, the ques ioii arisen, what do you believe whe-n you eoniemplutc a reasonable wu'nl* ; what do you believe htiH been ?pron'ii beyond a reasonable doubt, :;ni| mm to that point and on that ?iiMKiJon, if you will stand on ML OlyiTipns, as it were, and look in ! h?- preeefteei pf your own personali ty, you will come to the conclusion That belief is something over which | you luive no control. You may de- : .?ire (o believe this Or 7 "-^but >n gt .hi n g deep down in o i y;^Ur>TX $ l Wf i \ "*fol Ik you what you >ii?l'iev? does not confuse "belief"! ?.itii I isfact ion beyond ?y reasoji^ able doubt" and does not reduce rea -enable doubt" to a mere matter ft' ti< li( r, nor is it calculated to. mis- j had a jury into acting upon be lief, only in writing a verdict. There was no error in giving thin addi tional instruction nor was .there er ror in not restating all the law of :)ic cause. Hej'ore Judge Thomas S. fcJeape, Kershaw. AffiVmed. .Jolui K. Hough, dofon dant-appel .aiK, was put on trial for murder, la a very clear and impartial charge the"*trial judge instructed the . jury that, under their oaths, they were compelled to find a verdict of not guilty unless the Sta-te had .proven the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, ? and that they must give him tpe bene fit of every reasonable doubt that might arise in the case. The same instruction, in substance, Was ' repeated - several times. The//rea-j I .-'ottabie doubt was defined or ex plained in a manner which has been ; approu'd by this court, and', to] which no exception was ?taken. After the jurjOiad been out 11 ; hours, the judge had" them brought in and asked it' they had agreed on ;t verdict. On being told they had not, he asked if they wanted any further instruction as to -the law. The .foreman stated that the charge was very Clear and he thought they understood it, that their differences were as to matters of evidence. Thereupon, after stating that he vouhl give them no aid upon that matter, the court advised them of the desirablity and importance of reconciling their differences and reaching a verdict. If they could reasonably and conscientiously do *o; that they should put aside pre conceived opinions, pride of opin ?orr; bias and prejudice, and reason together and settle their differences, if they could reasonably do so. Af ter telling tlie'm that they should look within and see if there was anything standing in the way of an honest, conscientious performance of heir duty, he concluded his re marks in the language cited above. Defendant was convicted and gen enoed. Appeals. The opinion of the supreme court was delivered by D. E. Hydrlck, A. I AppeHant Imputes error to the ?ouit in the language quoted, al , ''KinK that it, confused "belief" -with satisfaction beyond a reasonable <Joubt," and reduced a reasonable ; doubt to a mere matter of belief, f ?Pon which the jury may have act | ? d in reaching a verdict. The object of evidence is to pro , du?-e belief, which is defined in the standard dictionary: 1. "A oonvic ion of assurance of the truth o?* actuality of anything on other grounds than personal observation "r experience, i. e. on other than ficmonatrative evidence." 2. "Men assent to or acceptance of any 'hiiiK as fact or truth on ground of ?<*stimony or authority." Deaides ?h?* instruction in the previous /?barge and immediate connection *'Uh these remarks, that they must satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt, the question, "What do you believe has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt," shows clearly 'hat the jujy could'not have been | confused as suggested. Nor does the fact thnt they agreed upon a v<*r<J ict in half an hour after they w<ro sent back to their room war ?ran* such a conclusion. When they Wpre brought into the court the ATTACKED WITH KNII'T). I Mi . Airrt'd 8r verily Cwt lly A. I'J. Salley Saturday An unfortunate affair occurred hi Kiik i IhIi 'h barber shop last Sat urday night in which Mr. Alfred Mcleod, a salesman in the store of Kemp tit Del/asa, Buffered several uevore, but not serious woundn on the face and arms, frok>> a knife In the hands o f A. K, Ha I ley, a soda dispenser, employed by Mr, (1. W. Crosby. From what coujd be gathered from witnesses to t lie affair, Salley, who hud been drinking for several ! days, entered the barber shop and [finding Mr. MeLeod in 'the bath I rooiu, started a quarrel with him without any provocation. The! iUon came to Ii1<iwh and the proprie tor of <he shop put Bailey out of the front door, and went In search of . an officer. in the meantime Sul ley slipped around and entered the rear door of the building, re newed i lit? quarrel, and began his savage attack upon Mr. Mcl<eod be fore anyone could separate them, inflicting the wouilds as above sta ted. Medical aTd was summoned J and Mr. McLeod was carried to hospital and his wounds dreaa- . cd. Salley made his eacape from] the rear door and was arreated Sunday morning upon a warrant I charging him with assault and bat tery with attempt, to kill, and was; Placed in jail. i ills father, who la said to be a prominent physician of Augusta, Ga., was notified and came to Camden Monday to arrange ball for his son. Bond way furnished in the rium of $f>00 by . Messrs. G. W. Crosby and T, J. A^rants, and young Halite caught the first train out of town. Mr. McLeod is held in high es teem by everyone, and 1b known to be a" sober, upright and manly young man, while Salley has figur ed in more than one' police scrape since his residence here, and it is to be hoped that he will be brought back to Camden for trial and made to suffer for his dastardly crime. II is said, to the credit of the I colored men employed In the shop, | that they exerted every effort to| ''prevent the difficulty. ? Deaths. Mr. John T. Blackwoll, who for some time resided at the Hermi tage Cotton Mill, died on Tuesday morning after an illness of a few days. Miss Sarah Brazil, daughter of Uev. M. E. Brazil, who formerly liv ed in Kershaw, died Tuesday of last week, March 31st, at the home of her father in Camden aft?r an illness lasting only nine days, and was buried in the Kershaw ceme tery Wednesday morning. Miss Brazil was sixteen years- of age and is survived by her father, four sisters and one brother. Children's Day Programs. A splendid "Children's Day Pro gram" is being ?published by <the American Sunday School Union. [These are free to all Sunday schools which will take up a collection on Children's Day for Missionary and bible work. Anply to Rev. It. Thos. Blackmon, Cassatt, S. C. i Mrr. D. L. Shatenstein left this I morning for Charlotte in tho interr est of his new moving picture the atre. He expects to mako improve ments upon his return. Mr. C. P. W. Sullivan and daugh ter, Miss Minnie, are spending the week with friends in Greenville. foreman stated to the court that they were rapidly coming to a con clusion when they were sent for and they were sorry that they had kept the court waiting. The other exceptions assign er ror in giving any additional instruc tion at all and having done so, in not restating all. the law applicable to tho case. There was no error in giving the additional instructions. Dover vs Lockhart, 86 S. C., 331; j Caldwell vs Duncan, 87 S. C., 331; State vs Jones, 86 S. C., 17. Nor was there error in not restating all the law of the case. It had been Clearly stated and tlie jury said they understood it. Tho additional charge was appropriate to the ground of the jury's difference. v . Affirmed. ( 1 Eugone B. Gary, C. J., K. C. , ! Watts, A. J., concur. j ? I dissent. See State vs Angol,] 93 S. C., "156. "It is not what thei Jury thinks or what may be their impression unless they are convlnc fed." This was the last statement and at the most effective time and sub stituted belief for eonvicttion. T. B. Prase r A J. Geo. W. flago, A. J., did not sit. IS. D. Blakeney, Kirkland and Kirkland, for nppellant; Solicitor W. H. Cobb, for State, respondent. t'lvir hK.Ui't'JK N'OTKH R< Xrar I'niiic Sliowcil N?N'd of \ v m Thtutrc liullding. i' Nothing succeeds like success. In i?piie of J. IMuviutt, t(ie League scor ed h huccobs in "The Talk of t|i? Town" an the following items will show : dross receipts . . ..... .1230.76 ICxp. opera house . . 30.00 Moving piano.. ..,7.00 Autos and hacks , .6.60 Window cards and rubbers ..3.10 1'rlnting 8.00 1'lanist (Miss Williams) . ; 6.00 Not receipts 170.66 League's share., 60 per cent 102.30 Out of this wo paid MIbb Rob erts $6. for railroad fare and her board which Mr*. Cain kindly made at t ht? low figure of $8.76 for nine days. The League wishes to thank all those who helped make the^ per formance a success, and the oBpeeiai (hanks are duo to Mr. Melton for tho generous loan of a good piano. 1 1 all the citlzeHB had been aB gen7 vouk the League would have clear ed a handsome sum. Ah will be seen also from the above Items the town profits more -than the League itself vyhen an entertainment of such magnitude iB given. In addi tion to the $60.10 we gave the dif ferent dealers, the merchants made the following sales: 10 pairs white trousers at $6 per pair . . . . , ... $60.00 12 pairs green box at 50c . . 6.00 90 yards ribbon at 26c . . . . 22.60 Handkerchiefs and miscellany 6.00 Total . ..$93.60 It itf safe to say over $100 wan spent in this way and yet these same merchants, or rather most of them, nevor help the League even by giving a paltry $3 a year to the Kcst Room. Rally to our stan dard, merchants, and send in your pledges or checks. We help you, now help us, and in helping us, help yourselves. Since writing the above several gifts have been made the League and we return due thanks: Mrs, Mary Kirklaiul, $2; the Misses Leffingwell, who were not able to holp with program on account of ilinesH in family, $7.60; which enables us to put $100 in the savings department for pur Carne gie Library Fund. Our pledge to tho incoming mayor and council of depositing $100 at once for Libra ry this year is accomplished and as the $100 from subscriptions is also in sight, it is up to the city fathers to bring forward the $300; $100 now being given the Library, and only $200 extra asked for to obtain a $5,000 building and glory to tho town. Now or never! Please send in coupons from the State for the Library competition. Every coupon counts. All who have bought the catalog aud listing book have 8,000 votes to cast. Get your certificates and cast your votes for the Civic League. The Rest Room needs tho bookB and Kershaw County ought to give it to the Rest Room if every one would send in coupons. 1 An important meeting of the Civ ic League will be held at the gram mar school Monday at 4:30 p. m. ?peijAuj XnBjpjoo BJ auoXjdAg Recent/ contributors to the llest Room are: I>r. S. F. lirasington, $5; Mrs. A. E. * Kennedy, $1.50; Mrs. T. R. Team, $1.60. Two lessons were brought home to the citizens of Camden on Wed nesday night, April 1, at the opera house, when a panic was so narrow ly averted. First and foremost ? that the old building should never again be used for such an enter tainment, when 150 children are taking part, as long as one exit has to be covered with a platform to make the stage large enough and the other side exit is in such a dangerous condition that no one can go down the steps, and the front doors open inward, and the second floor is used for the theatre. Secondly, that we need a new City ! Hall ? the theatre to be on ground floor, the stage large enough to' handle scenery (not have to nail the scenery to the -floor and take half hour to make a change) and decent dressinig rooms arranged for participants. The present building Is a menace to life and limb and muRt pass away with the old order of things. (Mean up week Ik here. These should be familiar words by this time, for Camden has heard , the cry three times in two years. It is : to bo hoped the people aro even looking forward to it and will re quire less urging than hitherto to get the rubbish out and ready for the carts. This opportunity is real ly a favor to the citizens, -not the MAIM-: AT ItO.MK, Camdc,, l inn Itulld* l?r??4.?j ikliv oi > Wkkoii for Itnttling Plant. Tin* t \t in (I <mi ('oca Cola Mottling j Co. ifc now lilting a handsome now jdeliveiy Wilson, and lo add to Itn | beauty it is "( nmden Made." tvuneiiiiii- ago, Mr. iluuiii, the proprietor or1 the hot ling plant, saw the need of a now vohtclO, ami In w-t?ad ol placing the order with ait out of town concern, lie decided to have a homo mad** wagon. <lrad dick & (iraddhk, wheel wrights and blacksmiths, were consulted and they assured- ?Vir. Itauni ihey could I build a Wilson thai would g've hlin equal nervier in look ft and quality, at a lighter weight and at the name ttwo Rive longer wear and as good n?:l\/\iiid wagon an could be ob v ntPed any whore. The n< w wagon wub built com plete In Mr. Graddlck'H entablinh uient on Went DoKalb nt reet inado <>f native wood. While thin Bhop Ih a small one, still thoy have the necenwiry equipment for mi ning out I he Very highest class of work. The elder Mr. (Jraddick nerved a num ber of yearn in some' of the South'n largest buggy fadorlon and known the buBiuctyft In all of its different linen. Thin Is the third wagon to be built by this concern since com ing here, and all are giving entire natlnfactlon. Many Hinail enterprise* of dike kind could thrive in Camden if the proper effort were put forwad to make them a go and many a dollar could be kept in circulation where it now goen to foreign man ufacturers. WIXNKKK AT SUMTKK. Camth'n Home* l^ooked (J<mhI to Sumter Judge*. Geo. T. Little exhibited at thO j Sumter Horse Show Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday of this week I the following horses: Lord Neville, ' Lula Marlon, Star Shooter, and La- j dy Chester; for Mr. P. L. West' ho showed Cinderella C, and for! Mr. W. H.Pearce, Blaek Beauty. 1 All of these horses were prominent whfmjrs. Lord Neville, a two year I old stallion was a constant winner in a number of closely contested classes; boing exhibited along with fully matured horses and stallions. The following Camden horses were winners:. Model class, Lord Neville, Geo. ! T. Little, second; colt class, Lord Neville, first; heavy harness horse. Star Shoot, Little, second ; three- i galted horse, Lula Marion, first; pair fine horses, Lady Nell Hamil ton and Dan S., Mills and Little, first; pair fine horses, Black Prince and Black Beauty, Heller and Pearce, third; fine harness horse, Cinderella C., third; stallions, Lord Neville, second; pair fine horses, Cinderella C. and Tidal Wave, Lit tle and Klrven, first; combination horse, three gaits. Lula Marion, sec ond; Cinderella C., third; ladies pair fine horses, Wellington and Star, Mills and ^Little, first; fine harness horse, Roan Mary, first. Quite a number of Camden peo ple were In attendance upon the Sumter show. Sumter, like Cam-; don, suffered from rain on the first dny, but the show was well attend ed and it is said to be a fixture in South Carolina events. Kastcr at Grace Church. At Grace Church Sunday morn ing at 7:30. Celebration of Holy Communion. lOaster Day service with sermon and second celebration of Holy Com munion at 11:15 a. m. Children's Carol Service at 5 p. in. There will ' be special music at these services. All are cordially In vited to attend. members of the League. Clean up week will begin Monday April 13th and the Inspections under supervis ion of Health Officer Wilson will be made from April ;13 to 27th. Prizes will be awarded as hereto fore. "The Whirlwind Campaign" seems to he the approved method nowaday for getting things done. This is not the beBt method? In fact, only a makeshift ? to be made use of only until communities are alive to their civic duties and do them all the year round. Clean up week Is one of these things, but it is bet ter to have one week of spotless municipal house keeping than none at all. ? Make the clean up this year the greatest in our history ! Let our stores, premises and the streets be immaculate for once and thus destroy the breeding places of flies and mosquitos. An empty to mato can, or bottle, or. gutter is the ideal nursery for young mosqui tos. Stables are the cradles of fliew and screen doors at the back of stores do not keep flies within the limits of back premises and lots. Cover the compost heap and swat the fly. Mrs. K. C. vonTresckow ? ? " President. < Ol \T\ 1. tilt IK ni:\t, i '? >ll4l)it(4M>i \ |?| lOiilt 4 4l ill .?% 1 1 Kec? lion* t?? Work for i'* Nwccchh. i Preparations an' already- under way for Hie Kershaw County Fair to lit held again t |i Ik fall. At a re cent meeting of the Paii/C omiuit tee October 21, 22. 2.1 and 2 4 was ??*t an the dates for the 1 9.1 4 fair, and a (><?<> program in amuse ments and premiums will he offer-: ed. The following directors wore! elected for the coining year: J<jhn r. .Mackcy, chairman, 'I*, j !,eo Lit.Ic, secretary and treasurer;) 1.. I. Union, |i. .<}, ('arrlson, Jr., It.' U. 'I raih, II. \.. Watkius. In ar^litlon to the above directory! X v w iiiJulllt e ol four in each of the four auction* oi the county was named. It is the purpose of the fair management to -get these i>eo t?ie interested in the getting up of e.s li i hit h in their section and they in lurn endeavor to. got at leant I'.-ur exhibitors each. I: is hoped that each one ol' the below named u ill tjet've and make a diligent ef fort to gel their neighbors to begin, now or at the earliost date possible* j to prepare exljibltu for tin. pouting i fair. Heretofore it baa been the cuBtom of exhibitors to wait until the fall crops have been gathered j before making tin effort to get to- | get her tin 'exhibit, and by beginning' at once to prepare something for; exhibition In the way of agricul- ' tural' products it will insure- the best lair ever Held In Camtjen. In regard to fancy work the coin- ; mitteo has decided to have only articles that have been completed since January _1. 191IL In .doing this they hope to -eliminate many of the older pieces of handiwork , that has been exhibited from year! ?to year, and .thereby have an entire ly now display. Of course this will not affect articles of groat age that ! nre sent in for exhibition. Another matter the couunltte was j compelled to take steps in was "In j regard to cattle that tire infested i with tick.. Such cattle will be; barred as there are a number of breeders in the county and it would not bo ri^lit to have j them subjected to cattle that are - now infested. In this *way it is al so hoped that breeders will bo in-j duced to make an ext ra effort to j have their cattle dipped and Ker shaw county can then soon bo re- ! leased from the Federal quarantine caused by the presence of the tick. The committee will have well known cattle men from Clemson College on | hand 'to examine all animals before being admitted to the fair grounds. The premium lists will soon be j J put in the hands of the printers! I and be ready for distribution nt an j eliminated the pest from early date. The directors appoinited the fol lowing committees from each sec Hon of the couutv that they might assist in getting their section of the county represented at the fair: CMty of Camden1? Mr?. S. C. Zemp, Mrs. B. P. DeLoache, Mrs. Joseph Shebeen, Mrs. Guh Hirsch. Mrs. E. C. vonTresckow. West Watoree- -Uobt. T. Mlckle,' 13. W. Gettys, C. VV. Ilunn, Mrs. J . . 11 Nelson. Southern Kershaw. ? L. W. Hoy kin, E. A. Brown, A, H. Boykin, Mrs. W. K, Gardner. Eastern Kershaw ? L. O. Funder hurk, D. T. Yarborough, G. A. de Kay, Mrs. Paul Brown. Northern Kershnw ? J. C. Hilton, John Ingram, D. G. Fletcher, Mrs. M. H. Reese. The dates of the Fair was made earlier that the farmers mi&hfc have more and better exhibits, coming at an earlier date than heretofore. It 1b expected that the Fair -this fall will oclipse anything over a much desired that each of th ly elected committee "will iuterest themselves and their neighbors. All pulling together will make the Kershaw County Fair this fall one of the best in the South. Mr. T. Lee Little is again the live wire Becretar" It wau he who was largely instrumental in mak ing the fair auch a decided success last year, and also tho horse show just closed. Ho says that if wo do not have a succesBful fair this year it wiH not be because he did not do his duty, and he asks that each and everyone lend the Association their asHiBtance, if they do nothing but boost. Mr. Earlo Branham and Miss Mat tio Bass, both of DcKalb, were mar ried yesterday morning at the court house by Probate Judge W. L. Mc ? Dowell. ed by the Association. It Married. rMVKItHITY NfcWH NOXKH. ? . ? ' ~ 7 >? Happ* uing* Toll) h> Our IU?K">"i ('(im'sjMiiiili'iH. < olumbia, S. April 7. The i herwityy of rtonlh Carolina will have \ arauclew in the Normal Hchol .irtdvipw in the following counties foi ! llw we*wion ?f 1914-15; Abbeville, Anderson, Hum well. Hoaufort, Herk ley, Charleston, ('howler. Darling ion, Dorchester, Florence, George town, (Irwnwood, Jasper, Lex lug foil, .Marlboro, Newberry, HUMtei and I'niou. These scholarships will bp awarded upon a competitive bit hIh, the young man from ua<^ couu ly who makes the best marks on the examinations receiving the a ward. This presentH a fine ppoV mnlt) for some young man in each of the i pen counties lo obtain f good education, with little coat.. The i til \ fi'slt v bflga bull team luiH been showing up in good form and haw retrieved ltwolf from the 'first defeats' Buffered by winning two straights over Went Virginia Weufeyan. Prospects were never brighter for a winning team t h a a at present.. All HtudentH are planning for the greatest of ICttBtcr Weeks. bVoni prone nt indications and plana the.' e.jiuing JOaster Week celebration is going io'be Hit* event of the ses sion. Wednesday night in LeConte col lege Mr. Sullivan, who Ik In charge of the Weather Bureau at Colum bia, spoke to the students on tin' "Workings of the BureaU." H? emphasized the importance of se t > thf .co-operation of all the pi opie and. i i? newspapers for the -"t+^^-f^ef-t+Tr^vrnrk: * Tin4 Moot < *t?\? i ! 1-eld its regular in . ?.*M t . j r last Wednesday vtighi, at which time a.n interesting poison ing cane wan tried, with Professor Uucker Bitting uh Judge and J. D. llamer aw Associate Justice. The wt udentw have been colebrat: |ln*< the baseball victories and get | ting up "pep," iib they call it, for ? he camt a yet lo be jplayed. oin.il] parades ami several bon , tires have coni riJiUltd to thf gen jeral spirit or good will that pervade* ! the atmosphere of 'he cumntis. On | Wednesday night in Fllnn Hall in? students had thq privilege and op portunity of hearing Mr. August Kohn, one of the prominent, news paper men of South Carolina, and a member Of the Hoard of Trustee* of the University, delivor an ad dress oii "The Powerful Influence of a Journalist in Our Day." The ad dress was of deep intereBt and of great value to all of those present. A considerable number of the stu dents are entering ? the field of Journalism. C. L. S. ; IN MEMORIAM. i On Sunday night, .March 22nd, a pall of sorrow fell upon the Ro^ Iftiul neighborhood when Mr. Prank Bradley, one of the moat highly re Bp cted citizens of the county, tell as eep in Jesus. lie was about 67 yeais old and had won the esteem and confidence of all with whom he had come in contact. Mr. Bradley had boen a consistent member trf the Baptist church for nearly half a century. He Is survived by his wife ? Elizabeth; six sons ? David, and Burrell, of the Buffalo section, and Samuel, Lemuel, Perry and Henry of Roland; and three daugh ters, Mrs. Charlie Munn and Mrs. Frank Morgan of Mount Plsgab, and Mrs. I^omuel Robinson, of Cas sact. Mr. Bradley, for nearly thirty years, tenderly and patiently watch ed over his Invalid wife, never leav ing his homo except when urgent business called him away. He wau always ready and' glad to lend his ass s ance to all who needed his neighborly kindness. Funeral ser vices were held at his home. Mrs. B . adley not being ablo "to go to the churi.h. The serylces were conduct ed t y Rev. R. Thos. Blackmon, who was assisted by Rev. S. B. Hatfield, the text used being "Set thine house In order: for thou shalt die, and not live." ? Kings 20:1. There was a large congregation of friends and re a'.lves present. At the conclusion of the services Mr. Bradley's favor 1 e hymn: "I am going home to die no more" was sung at4 his wife's request, after which the remains were laid to rest at Providence Bap tist church, of which ho was a mem ber. As we turned away from the grivo our hearts kept re-echoing th<* sweet thought that wo had not sali farewell forever, but had only said' goodbye for a little while. Among Mr. Bradley's last oxpressod t oughts was the wish that his family without the Iobb of any might be unttod around the throne of God. So may it be. .a R. T. B. ANNOUNCEMENTS, j For Tli? Senate. Mr. Editor: The many friend* j of Mr. W. It. Hough take ploasure ! In anrounclng him as a candidate to succeed himself as Senator from ? v.? bu<?vt County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. Many Friends.