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V3ie Lven LIevier VOUM~XX LURN, OTH AOIA WI NSAMY 6,11.NUMBER 41 OUNTY CONV[NTION IN S[SSION MONDAY Anti-Administration Forces Show in Majority. RE-ELECTS CANNON COUNTY CHAIRMAN Convention Officers Elected Without a D)i ision, but on issue of Represen. tation in State Convention Lines are Drawn 'ight Showing Administra tion Forces in Minority. * The Laurens County IDemocratic convention met in the court house Monday morning at eleven o'clock, full representation from every club in the county being present. Although there were several duly elected dele r tes absent, alternates in all but sei cases had been sent and when the con vention got down to work only three or four votes- were lacking to make a full convention. The several ballots called for in the convention demon strated that the anti-administration forces had a majority. The accomplishments of the conven tion were the organization on non factional lines, the election of an ex ecutive committeeman and six out of eight anti-administration delegates to the state convention, the ,refusal of the convention to endorse..the admin istration of (ov. Cole L. Blease, in sti'tction to delegates to the state convention to oppose any change in the primary rules of the party, and a recommendation that the delegates to the state convention bring before that body a resolution favoring bien nial sessions of the legislature. Though it was evident from-the very beginning of the convention that fac tional lines would be drawn rather tightly on the real issues of the con vention, the meeting was largely de void of unpleasant incidents. The convention was called to order by John M. Cannon, who called for nominations for temporary chairman of the convention. W. L. Gray nom inated Mr. Cannon and the nomination was seconded. Mr. Cannon declined to serve and further nominations were in order. O. P. Goodwin was nominated from the floor and the nom ination seconded. No further nom inations being made, Mr. Goodwin was unanimously elected. For temporary secretary of the convention W. L. Gray placed it nomination Alison Lee and IT. S. Blackwell the name of C. A. Power. The vote being taken by acclamation and the result being in decisive, -It was moved, seconded and passed that. they serve jointly. The delegates to the convention were thereupon enrolled. With a .temporary organization and the delegates enrolled, permanent or ganization was gone into. John M. Cannon was re-elected county chair man withlout opposition. Upon a me tion from the floor the temporary or ganization was then made permanent and the convention was ready for the election of state executive committee man. On tis election the relative strength of the two forces of the con vention was tested. N. B. Dial was nominated by the anti-administration forces and W. TP. Crews by the admin istrationl forces. N. B. Dial was elect ed by a vote of 112 to 84, demonstrat ing a majority for the anti-adminis tration forces. Refuses to Endorse DBease. By a vote of 111 to 79 the conven tion refused to endorse the adminis tration of 0ov. Cole L. DBease. TIs came about indirectly through ' tihe substitution of, one resolution for an other. 'Gee. A. Browning, Jr., of Goldville, offered a resolution endors ing the administration of Gov. Biease, opposing any restrictions in the pri mary and .deplloring "the efforts now making towards the curtailing of speech on the hulstings". R. A. Cooper introduced a resolution omitting any reference to theO administration but containing substantially tile satlne stip ulations as to tihe primary and cou~n ty-to-county campaign as did the BrownityJt resolution. The anti-ad *ministration forces werse thrown into a dilemma, there being considerable sentisment for such reasonable chang -es inl the4 primary rules as wold not restrict in the literal sense of the word but would guarantee every white democrat "one and only one vote in the primary elections". The sunjti.. tute resolution placed them in the po sition where they would either have to risk the dangerous move of a mo tion to table it or endorse the admin istration. Rather than do either they supported the substitute resolution an,[ went on record as being opposed to any changes in the primary, but re fusing to endorse the administration of Gov. Blease. The resolutions endorsing Gov. i3lcase were as follows: Resolved, I. That this convention go on record as endorsing the admin istration of Gov. Cole L. iliease, and that we express our confidence in his wisdom, integrity of character and his determined fight for the political liberties and independence of the masses. Resolved, If. That we hold respon sible the forces against the admiun tration for whatever changes are made in our primary law tending to dis franchise the most illiterate or hum ble white democrat in South Carolina, and that the delegates elected to the state convention be so instructed to oppose any change in our present pri mary system. Resolved 111. That we deplore the efforts now making towards the ':ur tailing of full speech on the hustings, or any interference in our present primary election law providing for county to county campaign meetings; and that the delegates elected to the state convention be so , tructed. The substitute resol ei was as fol lows: Resolved that the deleggtteQ to the state convention be instructed to op> pose any further restrictions of the right to vote in the primary and that we approve the county to county cam paign meetings. Election of Delegates. Following the disposition of these two resolutions election of delegates to the county convention was gone into. Mr. Fate Crawford, who was understqod to be a supporter of the governor, nominated a ticket of eight as follows: W. C. Irby, Jr., R. A. Coop er, Geo. A. Drowning. Jr., John M. Cannon, J. M. Moore, John W. Kellett, Austin Abercrombie and J.. Y. Bryson. Mr. R. P. Adair nominated an op posing ticket, as follows: Dr. J. H. Miller, E. R. Aycock, P. M. Pitts, W. L. Gray, J. E. Johnson, R. A. Cooper, W.. H. Drummond, J. 11. Wharton. No further nominations were made and the election by ballot was gone into. 19esrs. Cooper, Miller, Wharton, Drummond, Gray, Irby and Johnson were elected on the first ballot, a tie being declared between Messrs. Can non and Aycock. To decide the tie, an open ballot was called for resulting in the election of Mr. Cannon. While the tellers were counting the votes for delegats a resolution was introduced and passed allowing all precincts with fifty or more members to form clubs of their own. In all probability now clubs will be formed at Ora and Waterloo. Favors Biennial Sessions. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Dial and passed without discussion instructing the delegates to th~e state convention to bring the matter of bi ennial sessions of the legislature be fore the convention, asking it to take wvhatever steps arc necessary to bring about this reform. LNo other business being before the convention it adjourned, it then be ing about 3:30 o'clock. Prospect Picnic Called Off. On account of the dheath of one of the ipatrons and also on account of several eases of sickness in the'New Prospect section, the sehool picnic, which was announced to be held at that place this week, has been called off. Three other schools, Oakville, Mount Pleasant and Lisbon had ac cepted invitations to attend and make this a joint picnic but these schools will be notified today of the unavaid able circumstances whic~h caused this late decision. Selling Studebakers. 'D. C. McLaurin, the Stukebaker agent of this city, has been "shelling out" cars with clock-like precision during the past week, closing con tracts foi' one six cylinider and thi'ee four cylinder cars. D~r. J. II. Teague was the purchaser of a Studebaker "Six" and Messrs. Rlph Terry, J. Jl. Pluss and L. E. Burns were purchas cirs of "Fours". Mr. McTaurin states that lie still has several good pros pets on his string, TPhe Studebaker is making a strong place for itself in the heoarts of Laurens autoitsta NURSES CONVENE THIS MORNING Annual Meeting of the Graduate Nurs. es Association to be Held in Knights of Pythias 1a11. The seventh annual session of the Graluate Nurses' asociation will con vene this morning at 10 o'clock, in the Knights of Pythias hall. The meet ing will be open and the public is in vited to attend. The following is the program of this morning: invocation-Rev. ('has. F. Rankin. Address of Welcome on Behalf of the City-Dr. It. K. Aiken. Address of Welcome on Behalf of the 'hysic ians-l)r. IR. 1. 1 Hughes. R iesponse-Miss McKenna, R. N. President.'s Address-.\liss .\l. A. ''ren holm, R. N. Aldress: "The Doctor and the Nurse" -Dr. J. 11. Teague. Address: "1 lospital Disinfectants and 'Deodorants"-)r. ICdyth ' Welhorn. Other sessions will be of a business and professional nature and of little interest to the public. However, sev eral social affairs have been arrang ed for the nurses which will be wide ly attended. Among these are a re ception tonight at the Julia Irby San itorium, a 'lunch at the same place tomorrow and an automobile ride to morrow afternoon. Deat hi of 11. Lee Madden. 'Mr. H. Leo Madden, a well known citizen of the Madden section, died at his home Monday-morning after a lin v:J JhllnegIof several months. He was . buried at ' o tim-ert-elrcm , yes terday morning at 11 o'clock, il large number of sorrowing friends and rel atives following the body to its last resting place. Mr. Madden was a com paratively young man and was great ly liked by all who knew him. He is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Cunningham, and six children. He was a good citizen and his death was greatly lamented in his neighborhood and wherever lie was known. Sailes Made Monday. The only piece- of property put on sale Monday morning, legal sales day, was that of S. R. Todd, located on West Main street. The sale was made by Clerk of "Court Power and was bought by M. J. Owings for $3,600. The property consisted of a large house and several acres of land. Barbecue at Mountklle. The ladies of the Mountville Metho dist church are arranging to have a large barbecue on the Fourth of July for the purpos;e of raising a sum of money with which to finish their church. An attractive program will be arranged. Among other things, a number of candidates are expected to be present to make addresses. Coluimbia, May 4-Practically complete returns indicate tut the anti-administration forces will have fumil control of time state demnocratle convention. In .many of the counties resolutions were adopted endorsing primary reform, while In Rhluand, by a vote of 199 to 97, thme conven tion, after a stilt fight, passed a resolution Instructing the dele -gation of 12 to vote in the state convention to have the rules of thme general election placed about the primary system. Two delegations were elected In Charleston and thmere will be a contest. The Barnwell convention elect .ed an anti-administration dele gation and endorsed E. D. Smith for re-election to the United States senate. Jasper is tihe only county re ported having gone solidly for time governor. Four of six delegates from Chesterfield are for the gover nor. -However, W. F. Steven son. was re-elected as a miembor of the state execumtive commit. - ee. Leee county, the hmome county of Senator Smith, went against time governor. Other counties reported as hay gone against time governmor ares York, Saluda, Pickens, Flor ence, Colleton, Edgefld anmd imany others. Ira II. Jones heads the delega tion from Lancaster, hmis honme county. MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED i'rogrttm a Arranged for Suniday After noon wh1en OIrnies of Confederate Dead ii ill be Decorated. As i>, customary Memorial Day, serve lin this city. As Memorial Day lalls on Ilunday this year, the annual dinner which is given the old veterans by the ladies of the city will be given the day before. The exercises or Memorial inay will be held Sunday afternoon at the cemetery whene a prayer and song ser vice will be carried out followed by decoration of the gai yen by the wo men and children. The exercises will begin at 5:30 o'clock, when1 the citizens will gather it the cemetery. The children of the graded school will gather at the school building a short time before this and march to the cemetery in time to reach there at the beginning of the services. 1Rev. J. 11. T. Major will open the exercises with prayer after which the Honor 1oll of vet erans will be called by Rev. C. F. lankin and a tribute paid to those of the veterans who have departed life during the past year. Rev. M. L. Lawson will pronounce the benedic tion, after which the graves of the heroes will be decorated by the lov ing hands of the women and children. Interspersed in the program will be several songs by the school children. The Annual Dinner. The annual dinner given by the J. B. Kershaw chapter, U. D. C., will be spread in t:! armory at noon Satur day, preceding the ib --- .ut before the dinner. the veteran are exedI to accept the .ilvibtto)- of the gradled' school sulterintendent. and teachers to be their guests for a short while. The veterans will gather at the school building to listen to patriotic songs and witness a folk dance by the chil dren of the primary grades. They will be the guests of the school from 11 to 12 o'clock after which they will march to the armory for dinner. It is not expected that the U. D. C. chapter alone will furnish the dinner on this occasion but that the chapter will be assisted by other ladies of the city. Contributions of picnic baskets from ladies who have not joined the chapter will be expected. The ladies of Laurens look forward with a great deal of pleasure to this occasion when .they can show in a substantial way their loyalty to the cause for wlich the old heroes fought and the presence of all veterans who can possibly reach the city is expect ed. The following are the committees for the dinner: Mrs. C. M. Clark, chairman, Mesdames H. K. Aiken, R. E. Babb, J. F. Bolt, J. S. Bennett, B. W. Ball, L. M. Boyd, W. D. Byrd, M. L. Copeland, T. D. Darlington, W. II. Dial, W. D. Ferguson, Y. C. Ilellams, J. R. Little, W. R. Richey, W. R. Richey, Jr., Arrah Sullivan, J. HI. Sul livan, Jonas P. Gray, Casper' Smithl, W. E,. Barre, G. C. Albright; Misses Beulah Balie, Mayme Fergulson, Ella Roland, Blessie Roland, Laurla Barks dale, Minnie Babb. Coffee committee: Mr's. Jesse H. Teague, chairmanl, Mesdamles Brooks Swygert anld (G. Warren Bolt. Makes Todd a Flag Station. Acor'ding to informationl receivedl by Mr'. B. 1R. Todd, whio has1 interestedl himself conlsiderably in the matter', tho railroad commlnisslonl has ordlered that Trodd, S. C., 011 time C. & WV. C. r'ailroad betwveenl Laurtens and~ Barlks dale Station, lhe made a flag stop for' passenger trains. It is undierstood thlat thle railroad will compily withl tile order ot tile comrmission Imlmediately. Todd is .11-2 miles fr'om Laurens, just above tile Woodr'ow Wilson schlool. Tile stretchl of track fronl Laur'ens to Barksdale, hlither'to without passen gel' stops, was tile longest stretchl be tweenl Laurenls and Greenlville withl out a passenger station. Tis ne0w sta tion will be a great conlvenience tom' People0 lIving iln thlat localIty. JBarksdale Schlool Picnie. The closing of theO Barlksdale schIool will be celebr'ated Frim'day whlen a basket pienic will ;bo hold on1 tile sechool gr'ounds. Tn addition to tile attr'actions to be fuI'\liShedI by the hlousewvives iln tile shaph of fr'ied chlick en, iles, cakes. etc., a liter'ary prlO gram has1 been arrlangedl. Suplt. JT. 11. Sullivan is explected to b~\ presenlt to (louver ann ntdl'0n . 1EVIV1'11'.1L Sl:ltvlvlES (?PEN. Large Aiidlences AttIendin the 5cr vices beliig (ondu'eted by R1ev. Ray mond Broinigt. at the lFirst Metho dist Church. lRevivaI services, conducted by Rev. lRaymond Browning of Coliimbia, be gan in the First Methodist church Sunday night. A large congregation, made tup of members of all denom1ina tions of the city, gathered to hear hiiin the first night when he preached a very impressive and floreeful sermon) Monday night, because of the rain, the congregation was not so large, but last night a lirge congregation listen ed attentively to a strong sermon. The singing Conducted by Rev. Iollo Kim1sey is .proving a very attractive feature of the services. Mr. Kimsey himself has a trained and well modu lated voice besides producing effectual results as a director. Two services are held daily, one at ten o'clock in the morning and the other at 7:45. TO 31IEET IiERE NEXT. Kings Daughters of the Staie to Meet In Laurens Next Year. The 1915 convention of the South Carolina Daughters of the Confeder acy will be held in Laurent;. This year's convention was held in Sumter last week and was attended by Mrs. Ii. K. Aiken, of this city, who extended an Invitation to hold next year's meet ing here.. The invitation was unani mously accepted A Warner Feature. 'A Wrecker of Lives" is the title of a ieig W-rner feature film, which will be shown at the city opera house Monday night, the 11th. This will be an intensely dramatic story of'ircum stantial evidence and Is said to be featured by thrills from beginning to end. The picture is in three parts. It is the tragic story of an innocent man's punishment for the crime of another. The usual prices will pre vail. Col. T. C. Duncan in Town. Col. T. C. Duncan, of Union, candi date for congress from this district, spent several days In the city last week renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. 'Col. Duncan stat ed that he will be In the race until the finish and that lie feels very much en couraged over his prospects. Parcel Post Increasing. Postmaster C. H. Hicks states that the parcel post business of the Lau rens otlice is steadily on the increase. During the first fifteen days of April a count of incoming and outgoing pack ages was made. The count developed that there were nearly three times as many incoming as outgoing packages, there being 1,461 of the former and 562 of the latter. Parcel post receipts for that space of time amounted to $46.06. Mr. Hickcs thinks that the efflicency of the parcel post service will be greatly increased as experi ence is gained from operation. (Churchi Street Won. In a game of high class horse-hide flingIng in Garlington's Meadow Moni dlay evening, featured by long Jilts and rank errors, the Church street aggre gation of "young 'uns" put a ring in the nose of the Gilkerson Hlouse board ers andl snap~ped victory whIle in the very jaws of defeat. The game started off with a batting carnival by the Gilkerson boys, but ended0( up with a scorIng match by the Church street spheIroid artists. -The game'wvas pllay ed in a dIrizzling ralin and this in large measure is blanied by the Gil kersons for their defeat. "Crip" Crisp pitched a steady game for the Church streeters, recovering himself after what appJearedl would be0 a landslide for the oppJoslig nie. The game was pllayed until almost dark when the umpire refused to work longer. The score wvas In the neihborhood of eleven to four. Another game by the same teams will lbe played Friday af ternoon when the (illkerson gang will wvallop the Church streeters. Rletuirns to FIrst Love. Mr. Carl Lee Roper, who wvas em ployed for a number of years at the store of J. C. flurns & Company, re turned several (days ago from Mullias to I eke up his (1uties here with his former emiloyers. lie has al ready l'eoin workc 11nd will be glad to greet V' n1d1 frest again. NOW PROGR[SSING Gen. Carranza Will Not Agree to Truce. CONSTITUTIONALISTS PUSH CAMPAIGN Develom aieInts In Coniection with Med iation Plans lug~gest that Rlesults witIll haive no llearing on Contest he ing Waged betineen lluerta and Car \Vashington, May 3.-'rhe itdiation plans of the South American envoys who aro trying to straighten out tho troubled . ffairs of Mexico went stead ily forward today, and while thero were no formal seesions the mediators conferred during the afternoon and evening on what hi:I been done and the next step in their procedure. The United States, tho I luerta gov ernment. and Con. C'aranza lre ex peted to nrle their delegates as re quested by the mediators last night within'the next day or Iwo. The dele gate for the United ftates has not yet been selected but it became known today that it would not be one of the oflieials closely Identified with the government. As tho three South ern envoys are accredited to the United States this government does not, wish to name a government otli cial to deal with them but to have an outsider who would deal with them without reference to their relations to the United. Lansing is Out, This has eliminated Robert Lansing, counselor of the state department, and in general all other government officials: The names of John Bas sett Moore, John Lind and Henry White, already mentioned. are now added to those of Richard (lney, for mer secretary of state; Dr. David Jayne 11111, former ambassador to Ger many, and lHannis 'liylor, former min ister to Spain. The Iluorta delegate is expected to be Francisco de la Harra, now Mexican minister at Paris, but nothing definito has been heard from Mexico City. Rafael Zubaran, personal representative of Gen. Car ranza, arrived here yesterday and is available as the Carranza delegate, al though his particular mission in com ing from Crrmnza is still to be an nounced and it is not yet definite that Carranza will go to the extent of nam ing a delegate to deal with the media tors. When the delegates of the three parties arrive it is expected the medi ators will be ready to tako up the crucial Issues bet ween the United States and Iluerta at least, and if pos sible between Hluerta and Carranza, Whether a plan of adjustment can be worked out le still an open question, even in thto minds of the mediators. They expect the dlelegates from the three parties to assist them to get to gether on some middlo ground. The mtediators will continue to be the main body formulating a plan of settle ment, as the delegates from the three parties willI have no plenipotentiary power andl will net merely as advis ers. Carrainza WIill Fight. it became detintitely established to-. (day that Gen. Ca rranv4~ would not agree to the request of the neiclators that. Ito suspendt military operations against IHuerta pending the mediatiotn proceedings, and the envoys have beetn adlvisedl of tis decision, It has beeni apptarent for several days that Car-. ranza intended to push his 'army southward, butt it was not until the last 24 hours that this was communi cated as finality. It is saidI that will havo no effect on checking the geni oral plans -of mediation, which will go steadlily forward. Close associates of Carranza who have nowv arrived here say that no mediation between the and Huerta is possiblo andl that any move otn the part of the throe medlia totrs to include in their Drogrammte a schemo for tho general adjustnment oft Mexicatn affairs' will be regarded a-s being outside the scope of their laborn: Meanwvhile the campaign againt the Huierta forces in the north is pro ceeding ith full force, tho mediat ion wvork riot bling considered by the ('ir ranzistas as having any bean g on lhe relations bet wcen1 uer ta antl (C'ontinuedI on Pa ge Ten.) /