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FOR GQUNTYMEETINGS CONVENTIONS SOON TO BE! HELD MEET ON APRIL 251 Anderson County People Making] Plana for Having a Say In Democratic Clubs Anderson county politicians are now beginning their plans for holding ii.c various club conventions on April <>:, and varlouB supporters of the dif ieren! factions will make effort to have ih.' .dubs favorable to their particular candidate. Tile constitution of the Democratic party of South Carolina says that Democratic clubs'shall meet on the fourth Saturday in'April, which comes til is year on April 25. However, county executive committees may name any other day in the fourth week in April for the club meetings, provided at least two weeks' notice of the meeting be given by advertise ment in the county papers. The clubs are entitled to elect one delegate to, thc Democratic convention . of their I county for every 25 members and for Un* majority fraction thereof. The j clubs have the right to enlarge or dim inish their representation at the coun ty convention according to circum stances. At the club meetings dele? pales to the county convention and members of the county Democratic executive committee will be elected. Comity Convention May 4. The constitution of the Democratic party ??is i in: nrBi Monaay in May as the date fo rthe meetings of the county conventions. This year the Hrst Monday will fall on May 4. The county conventions will be organized under the supervision Pf the chairmen of the county Democratic executive committees. Each convention will elect from among its own members president, a vice president and a sec retary and treasurer. By a majority vote any county convention may per mit of or recognize the formation of a new club or clubs. The county conventions will elect the delegates to the State Democratic.! convention, which meets this year on May 20 In Columbia. Each county is entttied to double the number of dele gates in the State convention as it. h?B members qf the general assembly. (Jen. M. L. Bonham, chairman of the Anderson pounty Democratic Execurj tive committee, has already issued tnel official call; for the meeting. Civil code, 1912, chapter 13, pages 104-106. contains the statute law of South Carolina in regard to primary elections: ' ..' ' ' Sec. 282. Regulation of Primary; Election-Oath of Managers-Oaths to be Filed-Every political primary election hold by any political party, I organization or association, for the < office of choosing candidates for office or the election of delegates for office vcntlons, shall be presided over and conducted in tho mahner prescribed by the constitution and rules of the political party, organization or asso ciation holding such primary election, by managers selected In the manner prescribed by such constitution and rules. Such managers shall, before entering upon tue discbarge of their duties, each take and subscribe an oath that he will fairly, impartially and honestly conda* I the same accord ing to the provisions of this article | and the constitution and rules of such party, organization or asriciation. Should one or more ot the managers appointed to hold such election . fail to appeal on the day of election, the remaining manager or managers, shall . appoint others iq their stead and ad minister to them the oath herein pre- | scrjbed before a notary public or othes officer authorized to administer oaths; but if no snah' officer can be conyenr I iently had; fn?,'mimtgVr^-iid?iy'gdmln- ' ister the oath to each other. Such oaths shall, after being subscribed by ! the managers, be filed ?ii"the office ofj clerk o? court for thficoupty in Which j such election shall beSheld. within flyeJ days after such election. ' Sec. 283. Duties of Managers-Poll 1 "Mst--Administer Oath-Pealare B/s-r' suit.-Before any ballots afe S-eceived at such election, and Immediately be fore opening the polls, such managers shall open each ballot box to be used ( in such election, and exhibit the same publicly, to show that there are/no ballots in such box. They shsHjB-en close or look or seal up such^Box, . except for the opening to receive the bail?la, and ehalt not again open the same until the close of the election. They shall keep a poll Hst, with the name of each voter voting In such election, and shall before receiving any ballot, administer to the voter an 1 oath that he ls duly qualified to vote, I according to the constitution and rul3s of the party, and tbat he has I tlfy the result of such election, ind ?Jansmlt such cterflnea*?- f Oh the PoO Hst, baUofe*tutd ?0 other papers relating to such ejection, within the time """"-''ni arni inathtir persona designated by th* constitution and rules of the party?- organisation - or association holdlnt such election. ? Sec. 284. Time, Place and Mode of Election-Return ofMansgers.-Every snch primary election shall ba held , at the time and place, and under the, regulatloiiB prescribed by tha ccustitu- j tlon and rules of the party, organisa tion or association holding the same, and ?hi returns shr.ll be made and the result declared as prescribed yr 1 -such ? Oiistituuon and rules, but toe retoros of the man*ser. with the poll lists, shall be flied in the office of the cierk of court ior the county In which election ts held, within four days MRS.DESHA BRECKENRIDGE Prominent Lexington (Ky.) Suffra gist on National Campaign Staff. rr after the final declaration of the rc- j suit thereof, anti -hall remain there i for public inspection. Sec. 285. Appointment of Watchers -Registration, Filling Lists and Fur nishing Copies, Publication of Lists-I Candidates in all counties in which 1 there is a city containing 20,000 in habitants or more shall have the right to appoint a watcher at each polling place to look after the interests of such candidates. And in all cities of 20,000 inhabitants or more there shall be a party registration of vot ers under regulations to be prescribed hy iii" rules uf i'm- respci .m; pat l? , Provided, That Jo counties contain ing a city o' ??0 inhabitants or more the following provisions shall obtain for all primaries, State, county and municipal: Each voter in any pri- ! mary election must be of the age pre scribed by the rules of the party and must have been-a resident of the State for one year and in the county in which he offers to vote for 60 days next preceding such primary: and he must have been duly registered in the 1 party registration of voters, under the' regulations prescribed by the rules of the party at le ?st f>0 day 3 before the holding of such primary election on a club root which shall have been duly filed ps hereinafter provided for. Xo person shall'be. registered.upon a club list or club roll except upon bis written application signe.d^by hirasel and witnessed by arieast one witness ^0-8l^lJ.eubsc>me*lfl8"'naine as such and residence, the said applicant set ting put ^lis residence, hy street, num ber and ward (where these designa tions exist), and the said application : shell-be carefully preserved se Vouch- ! ero for the correctness of . the entries 1 until filf>d In the dulce of the coUhtV | auditor, as hereinafter provided. .4ti" shall bp ?he duty pf, the president and 1 secretar^, and of either or both of thom, of every party, club or similar ' organization in such counties,,as afore.* said. <o file In the office of the county auditor of the county, d? days before the date of every primary eleett?n In such party, the--ciuD list or iclub roll of registered members of such' club or other similar, organization, arranged alphabetically and numbered con secutively, certified under the banda of said officers, giving place of res idence, Indicating street and* number of the street in cities or other locali ties where street, numbering ls gen erally employed, and sucn certified lists or rolls shall remain in said of fice under the care and custody of the county auditor subject to all times during the usual hours when' the* said office may be open to public inspec tion, examination and copying by in terested parties, subject only to mich restrictions as may oe ' necessary to the preservation and safeguarding of the same; and lt.shall.be the duty of the 'county auditor, ou demand, upon payment of bin fees in advance, not exceeding the sum ot one cent for every pame, with its apporpriate date,, to furnish within .Mic space of five days after s?fch demand a copy or conte3 of any one or more of "said certified lists or rolls, and the said original cartlfi-sd Hats or rolls so. filed al aforesaid; shall remain until called for and receipted for by thc proper representative of the county or mu nicipal executive committee, who shalt withdraw the same not sooner than the day before thc said primary, as to lists or rolls of city clubs, or titree days before as to other clubs the club rolls which, shall haye been so filed ?hail constitute the registration lists st the reepoctive precincts in all primary elections. No name shall be added to said lists or rolls after they have been so flied with the auditor, nor shall further registration or reg istration certificate be required as a prerequisite to voting at any primary. At the same time and place the said president audsecrejary, either or both ofithsg},. shaTanTil'logether with the said dub lists or ?rolls, the written applications for niembersulp herein before mentioned; and these spp?tes tions shall be preserved as permanent gbfcbrds in the said auditor's ?office for/the space of one year after diing S??.?w'n?ta l.J.!?S?finW^P*r^ as apply to clv? rails. - The said elub lists or club rolls shall be published by the chairman or the axeoative'com mittee of the respective party-ai least 20 days before the date set for the pri mary ia a daily newspaper publish ed in the county wh?re anch election shall be at the expense of the execu tive committee, county or municipal No person shall be qualified to volo nt said primary unless hts name ap-1 p?ar OS ?M? I?MU C?ii? irais or ciuo rolls so filed es aforesaid, and then onl? st the pollin?, piece appropriate unde? the rules of the party to aald registered residence. I?I?VIIPP lfirill Mi? Democrats and a majority of the KHI AH h V rW Kepublieans." Ullinil U 111*11 Mr. Brynn Bay? that platform p'enk? n_ ?|>nr|. dealing with international questions, ?IL TUL ULULAI must be accepted with the undi r Ul ill l5Lll.nL 8ta-di"? "tl,at w<> ar? Jointly with other nations in international affairs j - that even if the plana had not been (Continued From page 1) contradicted by another plank in the w .--- ~~ platform even if lt had not concealed lief of the Democratic party in the en- u subsidy policy repugnant to Demo couragement of the merchant marine. crat,c Principles and history", that . ? . ". , . , . even ii the conditions had not changed, but states that lt suould be developed a platform plank 8hoilid ^ taken on "without imposing additional burdens international questions "as the .?* upon the people and without, lummy pression ol' a wish rather than as the or subsidies from the public treas- expression of determination, for no ... , . . , . . . nation can afford to purchase a small uries. and a second plank declaring advantaKe in tUe fBre of a universal In favor of the exemption from tolls protest." of American coaetwise ships. *Mr. Bjry- "If a nation," continued the Secre an declares .'that the opposition to tary, "desires to array itself against bounties ls a doctrine'"for whlen the the world, it should be sure that the Democratic party has stood from time thing which lt is to gain, is worth immemorial. He refers to the exemp- what it costs. The President, knowing Hon plank aa a "little plan'*, ano to that every commercial nation except the pronouncement of bounties and {our own, construes the treaty as a subsidies as the "larger plank'' and ?pledge of equal treatment, would have says: been recreant to his trust and he fall Planks Do Not "Dovetail.' ed to point out to ibe American people j "What opiate does the little plank ?that our diplomatic relations distrib contain that it cannot make those who juted by the ?arrying out of the free accept it oblivious of the larger plank? j tolls policy.*' By what rule of construction can the Considering the repeal measure up Lam?li plank be made binding and the ?on its merits. Mr. Bryan said there ?large one ignored? The secret of the, were Junt two (pirations to bo decided: strange power exerted by the little "First-In it desirable for the Dem plank is to be found in the fact th?.t 'ocratic party to abandon its historic it carefully conceals the means by, position and become the advocate of which it 1B to be carried out. Had the I subsidies and bounties? And, second, word 'subsidy' or 'bounty' been insert- ?if it la desirable, what is the Demo ed in the plank, it could not have' se- ?eratic party willing to sacrifice in In cured the endorsement of the conven-jternational prestige and world in tion because the contradiction be-ifluence in order to secure the advan tween this plank and the larger plauk [tage which these subsidies promise to would have been immediately appar- a few people." ent. If the sante care had been used | J-. ? In the drawing of this plank that was ? used in the drawing or the plaiiK on ? O O O O O O O O O O O O O the merchant marine: "We favor the ft exemption from toll of American ships i " engaged In coastwise trade prssing 0 PERSONALS ? O through the Canal but without I in pos- ?-*<WV*I*-M-?^. ? lng additional burdenB upon the peo- I O O ole and withouf^kVnnties 01 subsidie s ' (from the public treasury." OOOOOOOOOOOOO "But even if the platform had not - 'contained within itself a complete re- w. A, Cooper, commercial agent of fute lion of the position taken hy the the Carolina Dispatch, with offices In advocates of free tolls, the President (Greenville, was in Anderson yesterday iwculd have been justified in the io-,on businoss. sil.on that he took on th-? chaugc-1 con- ? _ dillons which confronted him. A plat- _ lT1 . .. , . . form is a pledg- and is as binding up- ^ra',J; 'Hubenstein of Augusta has on an official as the commaim of a mil- !ar'' M ,n th,e ?lty I?r.a 8hort Rtay ilarv officer is upon his subsr-Jinates | wUh Mr- and Mrs- Hemberg, i- he statement cannot he made any I ? * ^ btronger. But the subordinate officer j M. B. Stanton of Williamston was 13 compelled sometimea to act upon among the visitors to spend yesterday his Judgment where a change of which in the city. , thr .commending officer ls n?L aware ' has tnken ;,!ace_in condiM.-."s. lt li ", ,i " ?? " ; not only the right of ?fie subord?nalo Walter Dean of Starr f.waa In the to judge the situation for himself. c,ty yesterday for a few; boura, where'c-'Ut ?Mons have changed since ._ .??<i^'J . ?&i? 1?: ' the ardu -vas piven. but it ie-his du- , \ J- Johnson of Hbne? Path waa ,ty to do LO In the case um?. ?r.conMd- ln the cily, yesterday bn business, er it ii j. ihev tiesident taitas responti- ,? '. Jl-'t ? ?L 1 ? .hflity for an official act whi.h ho ie- Eunice Jones of the, Roberts 'garda as i.eeessary for ?ita courtly s section la. in the city,.the fjuest; pf, ber i welfare." and the people must decide brother, james, Fant streeL, () , , whether or not he is Justified: and _ " ." ,T . " , _ " _ .thoee who refuse to act with him also i Rev- s- J- Hood of Iva W?* W tnefcity assum? responsibility and Tflhey "too? Testerda? returning ?rom the A.' R. .must, abide Cae judgment ot the-peo- Presbytery meeting at Newberry. I pie. Such a change has taken place -?<? since the Baltimore platform wast Mr*? J- Garrison, wife of Dr. D,,A. adopted. Had the Democrats in con- Garrison o? Gastonla, N. C.. is visiting vention assembled been confronted by l?at Rev- *. M- Garrison's on N. HcDuf Jtho condition which now exists and fle st they had known what those now know - who "voted for repeal, no ouch plauk ! 'C. J. DeOamps saw Capt. A. W. An ' would .'ever have been placed in tii2 I derson in Augusta Sunday amt the lat platforni. The convention's attention ter was greatly pleased over the vob> was not even brought to tb* fact that on the proposition with reference to a a majority or the Democrats in the i separate passenger station for the C. House had voted against the frei ? & C. W. road. tolls measure and. that it had In fa-?t Miss Leo Golding of Greenwood has been passed by ? minority report of been spending a few days in th> city UNUSUAL VIEW OF BATTLESHIP TEXAS This remarkable photograph of the battleship Taxas, Uncle Sams newest completed dreadnaught. waa taken from the Brooklyn bridge aa the Teasel was ?bout io pass under that structure on Ita way to the navy yard. Reoularly. "Your 'air's getting thin, slr. Let ma sell you-" "That's all right. I put something on it every rooininc." . "May I ask what you , put on !t. alrr "My bat!" (Operation finished in silence.)-London Opinion. Just Fits. Mr. Upstart-I have been told I am entitled to use a coatAot-arms and I want a motto for tho shield. ??anlsloatst-Certaintyu how W?BH 'Setup*?- Nobllls. OmnialBeatus" do? . Mr. Upstart-Oh. that'i too long. Geaiatot4st~But you c*\ Abbreviate it thus, S. N. O. a v. ill; friends. W. H. Lyon spent Sunday in Belton with friends aud relatives. W. J. Orr of Rock Hill, was among the visitors spending yesterday in the L. S. Cary of Seneca was In the city yesterday for a few hours, a guest at the Chiquola hotel. John Pruitt and family are spend ing a few days in Spartanburg with friends. Rev. T. F. Nelson of Central, mem ber of the general assembly from An derson, was in the city yesterday for a few hours on business. J. L. Locke of Greenville was among the business visitors to the city yester day. A. Feuchtenberger spent Saturday and Sunday in Greenwood with rela tives. A. A. -Dean of Starr, route I, was , among the business visitors in the city ; yesterday. J. A. Cox of Honea Path was In An- ] derson yesterday for a few hours on ] business. E. E. Satterefield, Enoch Benson, MIBS Nina Thornton and Miss Kathleen Thornton of Hartwell, Ga., spent Sun- i day lu the city with friends. L. Blumenthal, u well known busi ness man of Lavonta. Ga., was in the city Sunday. Richard Cheshire, who ls connected J1 with the Gaffney Ledger force, spent]' Sunday In the city with his mother. J1 Miss Sarah McKinney is In Hartwen, 'Ga,, this week wheer she la th? gueBt ?of friends. Lewis Geer and Choke's Daniel spent Sunday in Greenwood with I friends. S. B. Blackwell of Greenville was in j thc city yesterday for a few hours. " W. R. Bradley, United States rev?- J ? nue Inspector, was among the business I ' visitors to spend yesterday In the city. J. George H. Edwards of Greenville IB spending a few days in the city on ? business. W. y iterek of Clemson college i was In tne city yesterday, a guest at ? the Chiquola hotel. i T. B. Curtis, commercial agent of the i C. & >. C. railroad has returned from Charleston where he apent Easter. 1 ANDERSON GOODS SURPASS OTHERS --r- ? Company Could Not Boy Goods ? Abroad Bot Found Them Here At Home Feaster Triable, -vho la connected with the Anderson Petoleum Oil Com- '. pany office said yesterday that be was now convinced of the truth of the say ? lng "It pays to trade at home." For j some time the Anderson company bas been trying to fled an oil can for their ! UBe that would exactly measure five , gallons. They had samples sent here from all parts of the country, some of ' the biggest manufacturers or the Unit- , ed Staten sending samples of cans used , by them, but not a single can would ] exactly meet the requirements of the , 'ocal company. They either held some over Ave gallona or some under that amount and these would not do. Fin ally application was made to W. S. Dlvver & Son, an Anderson Arm of established reputation and this re suited In the Petroleum Co., obtaining lust exactly what was desired The cans made by the Anderson people hold to a gill the amount prescribed by the United States regulations un der the ruling of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Officials of the local com pany were jubilant ' over getting just what they wanted and straightway they ordered 35 of these cans to be sent to the Greenville and Spartanburg offices of the concern. , All of which goes to show that goods as good ss any goods can be pur chased right here at borne and possib ly at a Utile better price. HORTON FOR CONGRESS His Many Friends la Belton Are Urg ing him te Enter Race. Belton. April ll.-John A. Horton, ono of Belton's live and wide-awake businesB men ls being urged to make the race for Congress this summer. Mr. Horton has not made u*> his mind at this time, but his fri- - d i ar?) very anxious to get his concent to make tho race. Mr. Horton ls a you ig man ot abil ity, he ls president of ?be Farmers' Bank of Belton, one of our th living banks. Ho was mayor of the town three terms and Is held In the/hjghent terms in Anderson county as ?oil as In other portions of the district. lu case he decide? to make tho race he will be considered a strong canlldate. Mr. Horton ls a son of J ?. Horton, who ls well known throughout the county, and held the position of post master at Belton for twelve years, sad ls considered one of the hading farmers in^Andegon county ^ F. O. SMITH, et Hew Ter* City KXFERT FIAM?*'???""^ TUNES AND BUILDER. all kinds ef maslen! instruments re paired without geing to the Factory, hfttea years of factory work. Headquarters at WILLIS Ai SPEAR. HAN. MUSIC HOUSE? Bleeklby ?Bldg. Andersen, 8* C. ATliin ARI *r#|i i tn, di AND UN lOLLS WHY HE OPPOSES WILSON ON EXEMPTION REPEAL I SAYS IT'S PLEDGE - Declare? That In Voting Against Sims Bill He Is But Following Principles of Platform lc. Washington, April 13.-Nothing ponding before the congress of the' United States now ts of such absorb ing Interest as the question of the re peal of ennui tolls and overy word said an the subject by the national law-! makers of the country is eagerly read. Today's Congressional Record con-' taineii the speech of Representative Finley of South Carolina on this sub ject, made willie the matter was un der discussion in the house. In tho ?peech Mr. Finley set forth his views In a very lucid manner and makes it' plain where he stands towards the re-1 peal. Mr. Aiken and Mr. Ragsdaic voted with Mr. Finley. In addressing the house, Mr. Finley said in part: "The President has asked the con gress to reverse its action of August 24, 1912, exempting American coast wise vessels from payment of tolls at Panama. , We are asked to reverse Hie policy of this country not only as regards tho canal, but also as regards ! its long-established policy of allowing no foreign Interference with tho regu lation of Its internal affairs. In a matter of such great moment it Is weil to consider carefully the neces sity for such action. The only argu mont nf Ininnrinnrn S*?VS??Ced !>" tllS advocates of the repeal treasure la' that tile President has requested lt. Iiis request is embodied in his address lo tho congress on March D, -, ID 14, which 1B a? follows: Wilson's Appeal? "'Mr. Speaker, Mr. President? gen tlemen of the congresc, I have Come to you upon an errand which can be very briefly performed, but 1 beg that you will not measure ita importance by the number of sentences'In which I state it. No communication I have addressed to the congress carried with it grave** or more far-reaching impli cations as to the interest of the coun try and I come now to speak upon a matter with regard to which I am charged in a peculiar degree, hy the constitution itself, with per.....ml re sponsibility. "I bave come to ask you for the re peal of that provision of the Panama canal act of August 24,1012. which ex empts vessels engaged In the coast wise trade of the United States from payment of tolls, and to urge upon you the justice, the wisdom and the large policy of such a repeal with the? utmost earnestness ot which I am ca pable. ? .'. ? "'In my own judgment, very fully considered and maturely formed, that! exemption-'oonstitutes a mistaken eco nomic policy from every point of view and is, moreover, in plain contraven tion of the treaty with Great Britain concerning the canil concluded on No vember 18, 1211. But I have not come tn urge upon you my person' views I have come to state to you a fact and a situation. Whatever may be our own differences of opinion concerning this much-debated measure, its mean-1 lng ls not debated outside the United States. Everywhere else the lanfluage of the treaty is given but one Inter pretation and that interpolation pre cludes the exemption I speaking of and asking you to repeal. We consented to the frosty; its language we accepted, if we did not originate; and we are too big, too powerful, too self-respecting a nation to Interpret with too strained or refined a reading the words of our own promises just because we have the power enough to give us leave to resd them as we please. The large thing to do la the [inly thing that we csn afford to do, a voluntary withdrawal from a position everywhere questioned sud misunder stood. We ought to reverse our ac tion without raising the question whether we were right or wrong, and io once more deserve our reputation Tor generosity and for tho redemption of every obligation without quibble yr hesitation. " 'I ask this of you in support of the Foreign policy of the administration. I shall not knew how to desi with oth sr matters of even greater delicacy and nearer consequences If you do not grant lt to me In ungrudging meas ure.' Net Satisfied. short, and in ft he gives no reason! which may be considered tangible and it sufficient importance to outweigh the declaration of party principles as enunciated in the platform of )912 by the Democratic national convention it Baltimore. That platform contains lilla provision : " We fsvor the exemption from tolls >f American ships engaged In coast wise trade pssslng through the Pana na canal. We also favor legislation 'orbidding the use of the panama can il by ships owned or controlled by .allroad carriers engaged in transpor aiton competitive with tbe canal.' "Such a statement ls a promise on vblch tho people elected us io power, md I, for one. consider myself hound ty it I am and always have been a ?latform democrat. In South Caro ma, la offering for office, wo an nounce no platform of policies, but igree to merely abide by the platform >f tho democratic party. Particularly !? I consider that promisa binding rhea the party has gone before the ountry on that platform fled, been neerea to power m order to curry rut ts promt ?es. This plank favoring ex - mption of tolls on coastwise vessels rsa Indorsed not only by ?he. general lectors te, nut by a democratic house \t representatives. It had the sup port as it has in the present instance. of tlie democratic floor leader. Mr. Un derwood. It in also supported by the Hon. champ Clark, speaker of the ho'ise. Prior to the election the tolls exemption plank had the indorse ment of President Wilson, who, in speaking to a meeting at Washington Pork, N. J., on August 15, 1912. ap proved of the exemption in no uncer tain terms. What the President's reasons are for changing lila views, I do not know, though I am sure that he ls entirely honest in Ms present be lief and is actuated by patriotic mo tives. Not only was approval given to thlB plank prior to the election by the President, but stress ?-aa luid up on it by other Democratic speakers, particularly those who were catii - i paigning in the far west. Consequent ly the argument first advanced by some of the overzealous proponents of the repeal that the tolls exemption I plank was carelessly incorporated In tho platform must he abandoned in I the light of the facts. The matter was fully considered in tho subcom mittee of the platform comtuittu? at j Baltimore. Of thia sub .committee, I Hon. William Jennings Brynn waa I chairman, and I nm informed that toe credit of placing this plank ?tl the platform waa due to Mr. Bryan. Is lt a Mulishly I "It ls, of course, unnecessary lo ! ?tate that the democratic natiousl ' convention does not malte principies for the Democratic party. On the j contrary, the convention only declarea I what those principles are, and ls, in i effect, the high court of appeal in tile party for the enunciation of UH t iinci I pies. Some of my friends favoring tolls claim that free toils for Ameri can coastwise vessel.* passing through the canal constitute a subsidy, and that tlie Democratic party is opposed I to subsidies. It is true that tlie I Democratic party ls opposed tb subsi dies.. In the 1912 platformtbts plank was Inserted: "'Wo believe In fostering, by con stitutional regulation of commerce, which shall develop und ?trangthen the growth of a merchant mai lue. I which shall develop and strengthen tlie commercial tics which bind us to our S?SHT republics of the south, but without imposing additional bur dens upon the people and without bounties or subsidies from the public treasury.* "It will be disputed nowhere that the Democratic party-and very prop erly, in my opinion-ls opposed to subsidies nut IB lt to be supposed that Mr. Bryan and his sub-committee, as well as the national convention at Bal timore which adopted the platform planks in it, embraced In tho same sub- ' with these two separate and distinct planks in lt, embraced in the same subdivison headed 'Merchant Marine', did not know the difference between a anbsldy and the policy which has been maintained by the United States for more than a hundred years of giving a monopoly to American ship? of the coastwise trade? One object in building tba canal waa to lower the rates of transporta tion between Atlantic and Pacific ' coasts by allowing the coastwise traf I fie through the canal to develop a competition of ratea with the railroads wholesome for both patries and of benefit particularly to the people of thlo country. If we charge a toll on our coastwise vessels much of thia benefit will be lost, and the object of the transcontinental railroads in seeking to nullify the advantages ac cruing from the canal will be accom plished. However, leaving out of ac count nil questfc* of wheth*??* from an economic point of view exemption of tolls will prove of benefit or not, I am unalterably opposed to committing ' this country to the policy ot allowing any outside interference in the con duct of our domestic affaira, and such the regulation of our coastwise traffic assuredly la Tbe . Hay-Pauncefote treaty ls an International treaty, deal ing solely with international que?-i tlons, and can not be construed'- es pecially in the light of later ?vents, to wit, the purchase by the United States of the Panama canal cone-to include coastwise traffic passing through our own territory." HON. J. A. HUNTER IS MAKING RACE Going Alter the Office of Lieuten ant Governor of South Caro lina, to Win (From Sundays Dally) J. Belton Watson, one of Andersons well known citizens and tn close touch with State politics, waa In the city yesterday and said that Hon. .1. A. Hunter of Bamberg bad asked him to notify the people of Anderson county that Mr. Hunter ls in the race for the office of Lieutenant Governor and ls in it to a finish. Mr. Watson said that he had known Mr. Hunter for a long time and that he considered him one of the best politicians in the State. Mr. Hunter has been a member of . the House from Bamberg county; tor some time and waa secretary of the recent asylum Investigating commute". He has numbers of friends In all part? of the State and frlenda of bis say that he will put up a at iff fight for the office1 of Lieutenant Governor. 8ke!et*a af Prehistoric elephant. Los Angeles, Cal.. April H.-The practically complete skeleton of a pre historic elephant which, lt la believed, roamed the earth thousands of years ago, waa found today in La Brea fos sil fields near here. "The animal In life maaaurea more than 16 feet tn length," said Prank S. Daffett. director of the Southwest Museum. "It stood 14 feet high and Ita tusks are 6 feet long." . _ On?y ?ngnt Damage ia ?. Carolina. Greensboro. N. C., April ll.-A ?now and frees? last night threatened to kill the fruit crop of this section, but lt waa injured Only slightly, accord ing to statements ot nurserymafefeere today. A bumper crop la expected.