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A- V v \ ■ k r / * ■ l. -t' 0 VOL. XXX\C WALTERBORO, & C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 27,1914 NO.41 DEHOCRAIIC CLDB ROILS ARE AU. DECLARED VOID ♦ _ ^ ■ • ' State Coorenttea Prarides Entirely New Rules; Applicants Must Appear in Person; Lists to be Kept in DupHeates; Filed With Clerk. TbU tUM r. • * • • • • at S:SS tutloa aad rmlaa for tko of tfeo party had copt tar ■laar tIon aad rule* vara acreed to by the eoBTaatlaa ao they vara reported to by a majority of the committee oo rules. Aad its ehamptoaa had heard in its defense, the 'report •* minority of the committee on constitution aad rales was tabled. The new constitution and rales recommended by the majority of the committee were adopted with amend ments. with only two roll calls, both of which were so overwbelniingly in favor of the mnjority report that.the opposition apparently lost hecrt. The new constitution and rules are « the result of conferences of ad\o- j * cates of primary reform in the con vention and represent many hour:; of * labor on the part of the committee on constitution and rales. In the main the new regulstions of th« , Demdcsatlc party in regard to safe guarding the primary elections fal low what is knwn as the "GreevYille plsn,” drawn up by W. G. Strrine of Greenville and others. The changes , in the regulations of the party are designed to prevent fraud and irreg- ’ ularities in primary- elections. The rules make sweeping new provisions lor « bar(e8ton county. a All Favored Change**. It was notable that not a single speech was made in the convention favor of leaving the rules of the fty to stand as adopted in The- questions raised Were simply ' * wjiat changes should be made to : *. safeguard primary elections effect- ' * ivelv. There was a sharp division lx*-! *. tween the reports of the n; jority * and minority of the committee on * (onsWtution and'rules, the latter in-) * sistir.g on briefer terms of residence . .> in state and county as -onA qualifi- * • atfon for voting apd opiosiug ihe ^ rule presented that voters should x. sign the club rolls in person., 1 * A number of stirring speeehe< * were mad,e on the floor of the «o;i- ‘ * vention on the questions raised by -*■ the two reports of the toniniitt*v on constitution and rules There was some indication that the advocates o f the adoption of the minority report wanted to filibuster but in the face of \er*aiu defeat this soon ended. Task Was Great. T!iV state convention n et a big task manfully in the adoption of the tiew rule^-intended to safeguard th* pr mary ele^fions. There were wide ly diverging opinions to be- reconcil ed as to how M^is should be done } rules ccmmfctee wagecl a bat tle royal from the, time of its ap- pointVnent Wednesdav night until u submitted its report. Tise ba-ic- djf- ferencea between the reports of the . for club than hip and for voting in primary elections are: Applicant to ho tl years of age. n whit# democrat, a dtl- >na of the United Staton and of tho state, mast have re sided la tho state two years, in tho coaaty six months aad la the club district <0 days. If; a negro, applicant must have voted for Hampton in 1S7C. # Applicants for enrollment in a Democratic club shall present themselves in perfcon before the secretary and sign the roll or make their mark.' if they are unable to write, giving their age. occupation and postoffice address, or their street number where such designations exist in the club district where they re side. The county commit tees shall furnish suitable, uniform books of enrollment t 0 the secretaries, such books to be provided by the state committee. Club rolls shall be closed on the second Tuesday in Ju ly of each election year. Sec retaries of the dabs shall file the rolls, properly certified, with with the clerks of e^ts' of the various 1 countiea.'where they shall be open for Inspection. County committees shall purge the rolls, giving due notice by mail to all citixens the legal ity of whose enrollment is questioned. , Special provisions are made for Charleston both as to en rollment in club districts and as to voting. State committee shall* ar range for two separate cam- pagn meetings in each coun ty, one to be addressed by- candidates for state officers and the other by candidates for United States Senator. Chairmen of county com mittees in the same congres sional districts and judicial circuits shall'arrange sep^ •aratr meetings for onnd dates for Congress and solicitor . rolls are to remain open on election day from 8 a m. to 4 p m . except in Charles ton. where they Tftiall remain open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. All existing club rolls are declared null and void, as a *-oe< ial provision for li«14. This will renuire a new e:i- rollmenf of all Democrats for the 1M4 pCitiary on the last Tuesday : .n August. *■*•*■*•**** ■** BIGGEST FAR M QMIflM’S USURY PRONPFXTH ARE BRIGHT FOR A BETTER BROWING TRAN ■* EVER BEFORE. PREMIUM LIST IS m A FAR VAY TO DRAW’ PROTOCOL FOR MEX ICO BOON; WASHINGTON M OPTIMISTIC. VU PKPMATMRS HR M hat la Not Likely l» Avert War Waebjgftea, May 2C—Gahiael ■embers were optimistic today after •a exhaustive review ef all commu nication! that have paaoed between President Wilson and tho American commissioner* to the Niagara Falls Mexican mediation conference. It was declared that negotlationa had progressed ao far that a prelim inary basis for peaceful solution of international difficulties had been reached. This, it eras said, soon would take the form of a protocol, which probably would be signed by agents of General Huerta’s govern ment and the United States. No one would disclose what' wou:d be the terms of such protocol W he^ the Cabinet me; ;ne Vresi dent laid before it developments that have come day by day in exchanges between the. American commissioners and the mediators, and the stipula- t n.; thus far proposed to the South American envovs by the representa tives of General Huerta. Among the messages received from Mif seat of the peace conference was one confirmatory of press dispatches that one of General Huerta's own en voys had declared that the agrarian ouestion would not be -ermitted to disrupt the international effort to avert war between the Vnited States _ _ __ and Mexico and to insure ultimate and lend t heir 'help in* making the l f, f* t 1 t ? r * tl#n of P*** to » n M«rteo: »air a success—not so much for the | . . no . , ! e °f r ab ! net ns^mbers przes offered, as to know the pro- If an early start at aetiva the part of tha oSeare win the anoceee of aay coaaty fair, surely that ef Collstoa ie already sured. The various been holding numerous era and much Interest aad activity la be ing shown. It la the elm of the ease- ciaton to give to the people the very best fair that can be gotten tip. la fact, the best ia file history af the asociatlon. In many ways -re fair here' last year was the beat ever held. In the line of amusement-; it^set r. lecord, and it is believed thnt'thia year will see greater results. Of* course the stand shown in the exhibits wtU. be determined by, th^ interest of the genera! public of all trades and 'in- # JMu8tr1eH throughout the county, ^iwl upon the efforts of the superintend ents of the various departments. The people of Colleton county are the ones upon whom the task of furnishing the material for a good fair devolves. All the officers can do Is to get things together, arrange your exhibits and offer prises that will stimulate the people to take an Interest and exhibit their products. The entire premium list ia being revisedennd prizes are being increas ed in many departments. The prizes for the boys’ corn cluua will be larger this year than previously. Let the people take, an interest gress of Colleton county. Nothing gives more inspiration to progrss than a consciousness of it, and there is no better way of becomtug con scious of this progress than by tak ing a lively interest :n :;ie county fair. It gives the opportunity of see ing not only what Colleton is now. * i but to a great extent w hat t i- «a- * ! pable of becoming. The following are the offlerr ot tho Fair Association: Iv T. 11. Shafter. president. J. G. Padgett, first vice president M. H. Hiott, Round, second * president * J. it. MHey. Lodge, third vice pre> * 1 ident. * ' II. M. Jefferies, secreigry , at. ! i * | treasurer. * j I). (’. L. Hiers, WaRerboro, g* a * | oral superintendent. H. G. i’rice. Walterbqro super!ti- * ! jendent agricultural department. Paul Goodwin. Ritter, superinten dent live stock department. (’. J. Ilenfh. WaPertaT'- superiu tendent poultry department W. J. Taylor, WaRerlmro. sup* intendent mercantile gnd manufac turing department. The supfr’ntenJeniB rf th** • .v o’:< other departments vill o? el later. FOR GAMBLER’S DEAID Convicted for Second thne for InsHgottay the. Murder of Herman Rooenthml fw Which Four Have Already Died. THOMPSON GUILTY; SENTENCED TO DIE would talk of details disclosed con cerning the progress of the mediation 1 all convev/*d the Ix-pre. s:on that nothing had occurred to clpiid the horizon of peace, fecretary Rrayn was i n an unusually optipMsUc frame of niind. Failure thus f;\rthe Mexican Constitutionalists to^lndieate a will ingness to participate formally in the oonfereut • was nga n a subject of discussion in official circles S<*m 1 of the t'urrauxa agents in Wishirp- J to,, were expecting to hear from l iioir t hief during the drty, but up to a late kottr no -message had conn These i-agents regarded it as probable tl.;*' some representativ;* of the re!f*L ! would be sent to Niagara Falls. Of the liclH'U. The purpose of the Corstitutfonal- ; ists. It was made p’.aTn,' was to keep | Grraavilla. May 2S.—H. T Thomp- •on. white, aged 42,' a farmer who lived Jest below Simpaoavtlle !■ the southeastern pert of the coeety. was sentenced by Judge T. J. Mauldin in the Court of General Seeetons Set 1 - urday to be electrocuted on the last Friday in July. Sentence followed his cbnviction by a Jury cf having ravished 1 girl, aged l?vat his home on March 5. - , ' The evidence in this case was pre sented Friday end Saturday after ar guments by attorneys it was given to the jury. At one o'clock the jury returned a verdict of guilty. Attor ney McKnight made a motion for a new- trial. This was refused. The scene following the passing of sentence whs one of the most pa thetic seen in the local c^urt house in many years. Immediately after sentence was passed by the Judge, the brother of the defendant and his daughter and son. who had taken an active part in the prosecution broke down and besought tho Jndge to set aside the verdict. Tho Judge ex pressed his inability to comply with the request. ’ •> Tho death sonlrac* Impo** ujBn H. T. Thompson Tor fncetlf fl as iol- lows: Let the within named defendant II. T. Thompson in the way and man ner provided by statute and at the requisite time before, be ronvey-e.1 fo the state penitentiary at Colum bia South Carolina by the proper authority and that you iUcre in, tic" death chamber provided by law. k if Now York. May 22—Twoivo today daddad for tho oocood that Chartao Becker was tho "i la tho ■ardor ot tha gambler, which two yoare «Ra awoke New Yerk to the reallzatioa of comtptloa In tho po lice deportment and opened a saw era of police reform. _x ^ Becker, once a police lieuteaaat. was found guilty of murder in tho drat degree. Only n pardon or In terference again by tha court of ap peals can save hhn from following to the electric chair the four gun men who shot Herman Rosenthal, tbr gamifler. ^early on the mornng of July It, 1812. The jury today de cided that the gunmen were Recit er's agents. ^ ' ' The fifth ballot decided Decker's fate. It was takeg almost immedi ately afer the Jurors returned from luncheon at an uptown hotel where they went when Supreme Court Jus tice Samuel Seabury had finished hia charge. It was unanimous for con viction. Tears streamed down the foreman's face as be announced t!f* decision and tears stood in the eyes of several other Jurymen. They had agreed that the corroboration which the district attorney failed to present at the first trial to support the sto- ries.of Rose, Vallon and Webber, tho icvotnpltewe writ© Turned In formers. had been furnished by new witnesses at the second. The Verdict. A • Justice Seabury motiufod th* bench to hear the verdict of the jury He glanced quickly at the "faces of the jurors but he learned nqthinrr there Old court attendants who de f**r death by electrocution in and Ly dared lonv practice hnd made-fhem ^ ut of preliminary negotiations wlilcu would in any way check the march of their forces toward the Uapitai They believe iUXvill not be manv weeks before the government a' Mexico City .will be in their hands. ble usually to tel! th« verdcit the juror's looks, admitted that tbi.- n*c;t*.'nn the;, were- a 1 'n ! > 1 | l!«cker in the roojn overhead w.n j ■-til talking to his wife dien .liistlc** Seabury took bheseat. A b! iliff was s-nt for the defendant.Detker kls?- je.l his wife as h*‘ left luf l "-it’s all right.' he told her; --don't worry. They'll free me " w j Re* ker walked bn .kh through the * — / court room to tho rail facing Ju=tic»» Th** people_of the Kdisto section Seahury atul gripped i! with both wav and manner provided by law Oi. Friday . July 21. If! 4. 7 .1 MAULDIN. Presiding Judge. M.ry 2 ’.. l!*14 \\ OI.IB-FASHIONKD FISIl-ITtV. Ftli-to Diver \Ya- the Scene of Very I’.ojoyable 4>c;-askrt». of ColMon gave a very delightful pien'e at the l,isUm t)l*l River ot* last Thursday. It was one of those I nld-fastijoned flsh-frys and* whil.* there was r*rt abundance of other good things to gat it is admissahle banils His fac.* was colorless. H ‘ glanceil hopefulllv at the jury bu* he, did not catch the eve of a sine! - n'an To nil. .nut ward appearance* ♦ he jury did not even kpow jhe de fendan* was in t.h** rooffi ' Th.e clerk When thaVtis accomplished, friends ! to : ay that tho delightful fi!'h were , t | Ui j, irv to rr “Foreman." he said, “liave . v O'i and reached'a verdict' wa- Rlagden a youngish man. blonde COMMENCEMENT BEGINS SUNDAY hour and possibly for an hour On the motion of Sam Rittenberg of Charleston the convention took a re cess until 11:15 o’clock. It was 12:20 o'clock before the convenioin was called to order once more. The long awaited report of majority and the minority of th- J ih- comtniftee 0 n constitution and j WaRerboro High School (Toscs Most committee On consttuton ' and rules ■ rules \^as ready for presentation, solved. 'Printed copies of the report were The convention was a mc&I repr^- distributed after an announcement sentative bod:-', determined from th^ihat there were changes by the com* hvittee that did not appear in the re- pohp as printed. j of Carranza say he will he r<*ady for (the <hief attraction, the good of Mexico to uctid represen- j It was a community affair tatives to the mediation vonference j consequently a goo*l crowd There were no developments in tb* T j present. The day wa* well spent slim, brushed ri:s eyes w ith a military situation today. An Ameri-„ flshlnc and boating The latter was | | ir , 1H jkerchi* f. alresdv damp “We the chief amusement of the young t j havo •* |,o said'softly. • \V - find the set . The editor was pre.-ent j defendant - thankful lhat he had not so far jj p hesitated a moment and con- can from Morelos, who is tc friend ot Sthe revolutionarygeneral Zapata, called on Secretary KrAan to assure the Secretary of StgUe that Zapata is not the guerrilla Warrior and bandit jthat he has been picture*! to be. bill an earnest advocate of governmental j u Saunders, of WaRerboro reform for the welfare of his *oti.^ j present was advanced in’ag- as to prev* n» his b<- ing one of the younger folk* John M. Rlshop. R M Jefferies and \Y try. start to do something to carry out the mandate of th e People that the primary elections should be made above suspicion. Hpeeche** Are Limited. . The constitution and rules com mittee went into session just before the eonvention was called to ord*»r at 10:12 o'cloH* President Hoyt announced that he had been inform ed hat the committee, was'not ready to report. 1 J. J. McSwain 61 Greenville moved that when the report of the copimA- tee was presented that speeches be limited to ten minuees and that no member be allowed to apeak more than once. B. Frank Kelly of L*e moved to table the McSwain motion The convention refused to do so. . L. 1* Rice of Anderaon moved as an amendment to the McSwain motion that speeches be limited to five min utes. On * division vote of 143 to "f> he Rice amendment wa* adopted, and be McSwain motion was aroend- ed/Waa passed after Mr. Kelley made another effort to table it. A number of chances were made in the roll of the convention by sub stituting alternate* for delegates ab- *eo\. At, 10:20 the convention took a fecess subject 46 the call of the chair to await the committee's report- A 10:35 Presldont Hoyt toM the invention that tho committee oa constitution and rules would not be *••• • to report for at loast half an . /''' ' ■ ' ■ I ' TIDWELL GETS 12 YEARS IN PEN of Greenville Jury UonvR-ts Hiin Mail*laughter for th^ Killing of Young Man. X Successful Term * Program is Offered. An Interest in" Greenville. May 2C. -George W. Tidwell. Sr 4t traveling salesman, today was found guilty of man*x slaughter by a jury here as a result of the shooting and killing of R. Emmet Walker, paymaster of a local cotton prill and prominent socially. Temporary insanity, caused by the discovery of alleged improper rela tions between Walker and Tidwell’s dgoghter. was the prisoner’s defense. Immediately after the verdict was returned, counsel for the convicted man hsked for a new trial aqd argu ments will be heard on the motion ip the cir^it court here tomorrow; Walker was shot^ to death at the entrance to hi# office on March 12 ? last. His prominent connections, both socially and in business life, caused unusual interest to be mani fested in the trial of Tidwell. Tidwell was given g. sentence of twelve years in .the penitentiary. Th ecommenoement exerdnes of WaRerboro high cohool will begin next Sunday morning with the Bac calaureate sermon in the school au- dltorium. The 'sermon will b** preached by Dr. M. G. G. Sherer «f 1 Uharleston. All the churches of th** city will unite in these services so *hat everyone will have an opportu nity to attend the service. - All the minister sare invited to take teats on j,he stage. On Thursday evening there will be an entertainment by the graromt- school and primary departments FngiigetiM-iit AniMHificed. Mr. and Mrs G A Harvey an noun*e thu engagement of their daughter. Bertha forqeRa. Mr Wadie Rentz The marriage vill take place in June. Niagara Falls, Out.. May 2*’> Substantial agreement ;n many of the main points involved in tlR* me diation conference has been reached by the American am; Mexican dele gates. The discussion today rove.ed ac tual terms and details of many of tno * r'lLTCDG /~'i|/"vcL'V things deemed necessarv to the pac- j 1 vrlvrrYI-iiN ification .of Mexico- The mediators ;md the opnosing delegates were de cidedly optimistic. An early agree ment is looked for. FOR THE NEW YEAR trill, IS lUUIktTU 1UI . The turn in the proceedings from ' * r '* M * n i** 1 * > in It-* a point whpre it seemed as if the land problem might cause serious embarrassment to an understanding as to the treatment of some of the ^ A .delicate issues involved, cam» after a The regular commencement exer i ( oriferPnce bet wee n 'the mdiatofs and eises will take place on Friday even-1 the AmArU . an (Ie legates. The sltu- L n ^*v T m ,, ® norab ‘ r ‘ Mpnd *“ “ ation was summed up in the follow- SmitVwiil dallvsr the annua liter- ing announcem< . nt b> ", U stice l*amar. ar> .address. Honorable W. 1 • Gru , 1 . M>n t be authority of the mediators: ber. chairntun of the board cf trus- i bg m tees, will bg master of ceremonies and preside sK the exercires. Col J." G. Padgett will introduce th*- speakers. The following program will be carried out by the members of the graduating class: Miss Bessie Saunders—Salutatory. Miss Lucile Beach—Class Histo rian. Morgan de TreviHe—Class Pro phet, Adolphus Jones—Y'alidlctory . Other members of the graduating claaa are Estes Smith. Glover Hub- •ter, Dewey Padgett. ^Bayaayd Ar nett and Irene Pellutn. '/" - * pon the authority ■ a "W’e have begun to discuss the ac tual terms and details of a plan of pacification. On a number of them we Hnd ourselves in substantial agreement. Others are sUil under discussion, and as to them there has been no disagreement. It would, of course, be improper for mg to speci fy the particular points we have dis cussed, or those upon which we have agreed, or those we will consider fur- thfcr." Entirety—Another Teacher Added Fqr Next Term. **• v The Snider gchool 'gill close wit a a picnic Friday. Jun# 5. Exercises begin nt eleven o'clock. Everybody is' cordially invited to come and bring h basket. r„ At a meeting of the board of trus 1 tees of the WaRerboro high school on iWturdsy evening. May 23 the en tire faculty was re-elected to serve for thf next year ’ This^ speaks well for t^Orc who have acted as teachers for the past year, most especially that each one should have reflected such credit upon themselves. It also predicts an advance along the line of progress another yeaV. as nothing is more det rimental to (h school than a continual changing of teachers. WaRerboro baa one ef the most modern and well equipped schools in this gection of the state and it. is de- sirqd that there be a spirit of co-op eration for Us eoninaec growth. It was also decided to add anoth er teacher to the present force and Mias Mary McCants was elected to fill the new petition. tinned in s whivppr: “We fin'! th!-* defeqtlant gulltv ns charced in t»i-‘ indictment euilty of murder in th * first degree ” Becker’s f;i<;c wa* grav ns h<* * gripoed the bar In front of ItMii wfth all bis strength. The bis muscle-* in his neck jumped out In heavv rolls The veins at Iks t*'mple-< swelled. His great frame swayed anti drooped, then with quick con trol he became hhnself again Rig tears welled into the eves o f the littl^ foreman. He wiped their away and then the clerk began to ask the questions required by law The roll was called iUid each indi vidual Juror was asked if guilty wax his verdict, too. Becker stood motionless while these questions were being called out to the junfrs Immediately upon their conclusion the clerk began to take Becker’s pedigree To th> f*-sf questions Becker answered in a steady vofo** that be was 43 years old. wat* hori: in the United States and that bis pa rents both had been bom in Getv manv “Married?” queried the clerk. Becker did not answer immeriiale- lv Almos tin a whisper he replied. X . • • Yes’* Becker said he was a “former po lice officer in the city of New York.’’ a Catholic and of teniperrte habits. Justice Seabury thanked each man of the Jury for his services and they left the room. BRIEF HISTORY OF ROSENTHAL MURDER The second trial of Charles Beck er for the murder of Herman Rosen thal. the New York gambler, is ia 4Continued on page seven) ■SL,