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VOLUME XXXV. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1920. NUMBER 51 COX WINS110MIN At HAN[ Forty-Four BallIos ReqNttt ed for Choice CH'OICE MADE UNANIMOUS A. Mitchell Paliner Withdraws Forces and Cox Makes Steady Gains on 31e.idoo. ielegates Stage Foiur 31inuto Demonstration After Nom nat ilon. Auditorium, San Francisco, July G. Jartes Cox, governor of Ohio, was nominated for president of the United States, in the democratic national) convention at one forty, o'clock this morning. The nomination came .at the conclusion of a forty-four ballot struggle, In which he had steadily beaten down the forces of AWilliam 0. aMcAdoo, former secretary of the treas-' ury, and 'President Wilson's son-in law. MRade Unanimous.' When the balloting on the forty fourth vote had gotten to a point where Cox had seven hundred 'and two votes and was rapidly approaching the necessary two-tliirds of seven hun anI twenty-nine, Sam B. Amidon, of Kansas, manager of the MoAdoo forc es, took the platform and moved that the nomination of Governor Cox be made unanimous. Immediately there was a roar from the tired and worn delegates, which lasted for a full four minutes before 'Chairman Robinson could put the question on Amidon's motion to suspend the rules and nom Inate Cox. by acclaipation. At one forty-three o'clock this morn ing the motion was formally voted ov Or with a rolling chorus of ayes and a crashing of the brass bands. 'tate standards which had surged back and forth in the desperate battles of the deadlock, raced to the front of. the hall and to a place before the plat form. Franklin D. Roosevelt Mentioned. In confusion and excitement of a nomination, the body forgot about a nomination for vice presidency but the leaders were figuring on a list which prominently included Franklin ). Roosevelt, of -New York, assistant secretary of the navy. While the crowd was demonstrating its release frohi the deadlock, the leaders ar ranged an adjournment'until today at noo'n to canvass the question of sec ond place in the meantime and meot again plrepared to coniplete the ticket. The Cox bandwagon movement reallyv started late yesterday after noon before the recess for dinner. During the interval both sides of the fight made desperate appeals to Tammuany. Throughout the evening New York's vote stood the same, twenty for .McAdoo and seventy for Cox. James .\. ('ox was horn at Jiackson hburg, flutleor county, Ohio, M\arch 31,I 18S70. ' I e had ni pubhlic school and h!gh school e'ducation. ills early life was spent wvorking on a farm mand at tend!ng school. Ilis pa rents were not ei n comfortably supplied with money andl young 'Cox 'had to work for all he got." W~hile still a boy lhe became print - er's devil on a C'ineinnati newspaperC, and then a fter'm a short season teagh iug school, beenme a reporter on t he 1Hou1gl h Dyt on l'ape'r. fils shr e wd a ppra isalI of men antd things won him favor' in the sight of I 'aulI Sorga, mill iona Ire tobacco man, and, when Sor'g was electedl to ('on gr'ess in the 'l'n.;, ('ox became lisk :rt Vatn secrtar'dy. 'Thial wasn hbe Ohio g overnor's tre I entty i it o liol iilcs. Iis neutecness a's a seceretap~y caused Horg ton biaek bitmfliancially in buying the 1.1ytn News~ in 1 N'W. Wi'thin two years thle News, from a ilability, beenm te oneo of D~ayt on'.s beupaying ineterpises. It war. ('Xs tun annuy perlcept ion of pl Iic opinion tha t made him a sunceosef ulI editor. At that time het shtowedl no signs of be (omting a teformuer. 5 As the paper grew and earned more money, ('ox bought the 'Springfield Pr'ess~eucibleC in 1903 and formed the News 'League of Ohio with htimself as owner and editorial directomr, Elected Governor. It wats in 1909 that Cox. wvho had TION IS OF D CR1ES. had his "eye o polltle ince his season in *tasiiigton, made for mal'. entry /Into state politics. He served the Third Ohio District in Con gress from that yepr Intil 1913. Then he was elected goverhor. -lepublicans said that his election as a 'einmocrat was an accident. 'Ie was defeated for re-election by Prank 10. 'Willis, Republican, but in 1917 Cox "camte back," defeating Wil lis with a big plurality. He was elect ed for a two-year term in 1919, and had hardlypassumed oflice before the great -floods swept Dayton and the Miami and Scioto valleys. 'Cox won nation-wide recognition by his quick realization of flood con ditions and his prompt and ~energetic action. ,For three days and nights he did not leave his office. 'le became the supreme authority In the devastated region. Martial law was established. He directed tife-saving expeditionis4 food and clothing were gathered and shipped by hII direction. le brought some semblance of order out of chaos within a short -timg. Ruled in Riots. Hardly had people ceased to talk of his action during the disaster, when the steel mill strikes in Ohio brought him again into prominence as a ian of decisive action. MIiots broke out in many partsi of the itate. Cox hisued a proclamation calling on all oflcials to enforce the laws against strikers itnun. operators alike. Riats c.ontinued in Canton. Cox decided the ilemocratic mayor Was at fault, removed him, establish ed a .lepublican mayor and held troops in readiness to support the new may or's order. They were never callod for service. Cox's term as governor was mark ed- -by progressive legislation-in fact it was this that caused his defeat when he ran the second time. In the flirst session he sponsored and compelled the legislature to pass before its ad journment 56 progressive measures. Interests Fought Him. Many of these laws squeezed pow erful interests and, in retaliation, it is said, they combined to cause his'de feat. Cox's workingmen's compensation law is declared by King Albert of Hel glum to be a model for the world. It eliminated the chief cause for argu ment between employer and employe and made the compensation of injured workmen or their families an auto matic action of the state. Child labor and "blue sky" laws. that have been copied by many other states were fathered by Cox. Initia tive and referendum were hobble.i of the governor. 'le saw that prisoners were given healthful occupation and abolished child labor and sweat shops in the state. Cox is an enthusiastic sIIortsIan and a great lover o( hunting dlogs. lie plays golf and is a basebail fan. "'T'he 31an Who lioes.", The Ohio muan is spoken of by hi. frb-nds as 'Yox, thle mani who doe." C~x married .\ is; Mariga ret Illa ir of ('hicago, in 1917. They hmave one child. A previousn marriage .in I1893, wihen ('ox was a reporter on a newvsipper, was uinsuccessfuil andlt was termillnat ed several yearst a go by' a decree of di vorce aft er an uncontested hie:aring. No lame attached to Cox,. friends of the family say. Enirollmen'it Hooks Still Open. Enroll ment books for the democr a tic priimairy arc still oirenl bhut, according to (0ommon01 report. lave been uisedt to a very~ rmall extent. Voters who ex poet to cast thecir' ballots for threir favor)it' cndidat'.- in the' pimary (lei((Insf: will h~tv(' to enrioul byte last Tuimesday In thle monthI, accord ing to the rules lalid downi byv th' lparty. Tlhie enr ollmItent book for the Inuren.s box lh.in the oille'e of tile lern- n; court,' Mr. W. S. 'Power being ini charge. Exaiailtnm for ('i.'mson. On Friday, Jualy 9th, there will beI an examination for four vacant schol arsipls at Clemson College. The ex aminat ion will be held by the County Supeinitendent of Education in th. court house and will begin promptly at nine o'clock. IEvery young- man in terested in taking a course at Clemson College is urged to make note of thbUs an nonneuc m eat. O-iO CENTER OF BIG C IN Two Native *8otk, for t III Ihisfory 'Coixtestifr sid '. Columbus, Ohio, J fy "Mother of Presidents" State, will be the battleground of the greatest polit leal campaign in her history this s84 1. mer, with two or her ltive sop de testing for the presidency of t n ed States. AWhile Marion, the home of Senator Harding, Republican nominee, and Dayton, home of Gov. Cox, the Demo catic standard bearer, will come in for their share of prominence, eyes of the nation will be centered on the capital city of. Ohio, where much of the campaign work will be carried on. It is the first time in history that both parties have picked their nomi nece from the same state and incident ally the first time two newspaper pub lishers have been pitted against each other for the chief executiveshipi of the nation. i, will be the first time a newspaper man has ever lkeen elected 'President. If either Harding or Cox is electd. Republican campaigfn plans are in the making here, but there are few Democratic leaders at home. They are still in San Francisco. Not until their return will the plans for the formal notification of Gov. Cox be completed. This event will probably take ,place at his home in (Dayton. Senator Iarding will be formally notfiled of his selection to be the Re publican standard bearer at his home in Marion Jauly 22. INSPECTi'ORt CLOSES LANCASTER HO'TEL 'ays Inn Not lIept iII Sanitary Condi. tion. Warns Tihre.Others. Columbia, July I.-The hotel at Lan easter, W. T. Williams, proprietor, has been ordered closed by J. H1. Woodward, .hotel and restaurant in spector, according to an annu-noce inent made yesterday by Mr. Wood ward. The hotel will not be opened again, Mr. Woodward said,-until it has been put in such condition as to conform with the requirenents'of the hotel and restaurant act passed at the last session of the general assembly. The Oiotel was closed because of its unsanitary congtion and because of the failure of the proprietor to put it into condition after two weeks' no tice given by -Mr. Woodward. Three other hotels in Piedmont towns, Mr. Woodward asid yesterday, have been given notice that unless they make. improvements in sanitary conditions -they will be closed. "I am now making my second tour of inslpection over the state," said Mr. Woodward, "and find most of the hotels and restaurants in fairly good condition. The three hotels whileh have been warned sco'rd less than 600 points according to our c rd, and uii less they are ims proved I cy will be, closed. S'inatoriai Mieeline Next W4.k. Tihe i'tiled States seintoiil camn j'al'n meeting is scheriul'd to hb held in this city Friiday', JTuly Itth accord ing to) the itinerar'y outlinied by the state' executive committee. The meet in.g this y'ear will be held in the court house S as the local cotnutnlittee hasn't suliicent fundsu on hand with w~hichm to( ('eet, a .peakher's st andi at ii ohmes; tor'ial cndtidates ate 1I. II. Smith. the inruinhient, Geor'gi \\'arrmen. of f ianm; on, W\. C'. Irbhy Of this city, and W. P'. l'olIQ(' of C'heinaw. W\ith tihe ('lose oi thle national convenition ini San FraneiCi.sco, it is ('xpec'te(d t hat S inator Snimith, h has not, bee-n at - tedn te campiin mieectings, w"ill join the mparty. TIhe state campiaigrn patty w ilJ he here A tus t 26thI. Mrs''. .ilnume I, I'tamte. Tlhe mnanyt friend; anmd r'eltives of iris. .\iapgji' T. Itamnare, will I rie'ret)' 'o he(ar' of her' death, which oc'urired at her home In Uinigen. Ark., on .itne Sith. Shme was thei dautghter' of the late' C'. it. tnel Isabe(lifg Ttowlanid, and the wido aw of thle late .1 oh n A. Ra ma . )t th ~.l . aniid \Mt's. Ulamag(' were na - tvs of tis c;(ountty, butit have been' riie sltding ini iigen for a number' of yearst'. The deatht oif Mi's. Rlamagre oc cettred ablouit five lAour's ear'lier' than that of her' sister, Mi's. Elizabeth C. Muritphy.T let' only sui'viving sister.s are Mrs. 'Rosta A. 'Franks, of Greer', and Mrs. Molissa~ 0. Ferguson, of finm gen Ark. MwADOO DELIGHTED AT NOMINATION E. !Ilefitly PIefsed Witen News liven himn After I' Arose Today. iiiintington, N. Y., July 6.--When William G. McAdoo was informed upon rising this morning that Gov. James M.. Cox of Ohio, had been nominated as the Democratic candidate for the ltosidency, his only comment was: "I anj relieved and delighted that the call did not come to ine." Mr. McAdoo showed every evidence that he was pleased and explained lie would have a statement to make later in the (fay. Mrs. McAdoo, who was by-her hus band's side, said: "That's great!" lefore leaving for his office in Man hattan in his automobile, Mr. McAdoo called the newspapermen and. asked: "Will you say this for me: I'm eternally grateful to my friends for their support'' CROSS IML DE11,EGATION PETITIONS FOIL BRID10) Strong Iepresentations Made 14) Coun. ty Commissioners Yesterday by- Del' egatoion From Cross 11111. A delegation of Cr'oss 1111 citizens. to the number of eight or ten, with J. 0. Denny, now a resident of Green. wood, as principal spokesman, ap peared before Supervisor Watts and the county board of commissioners yesterday with the apparent object of forcing the issue of the Pucketts Ferr'y br!dge across Saluda river. The Cross 11111 delegation cited the act of the leg islature providing for the erection of the bridge by the Laurens and Green wood supervisors during 1920 and to be paid for out of the 1921 tax reve niies. With them the delegation brought a written opinion by a firm of Greenwood lawye4s stating that the Greenwood supervisor would be forc. ed to help erect the bridge if the Lau rens supervisor assisted him. Supervisor Watts told the Cross 1111 delega'tlon that he had discretion ary powers under the aet and that he would not attempt to build the bridge now under the present financial con dition of the county. The county al ready has eight or ten bridges, he told them, that were in urgent need of repair and that he would have to make extraordinary efforts to secure funds with which to make them. Until these bridges were put in rellair and traffic safeguarded, he saidl he would not con sider the erection of new bridges. Mr. Watts told the Cross Hill committee that he felt very kindly toward them and had tried to deal justly by them in road work, but that with the limited appropriation at his command, no larger than it was four years ago, he couild not see his way clear to spend such a large sum to accommodate a comparatively small propoition of the people of the county, especially in vi3w of the fact that they already had reasonabile out lets to the points deC sired to lie reached. A .\l r. W~ells, who lived on thie Green w~ood side of' thle river,. at tendued the meetinmg and( took uart in thei dIiscusi sion. lie said t hat lhe was interested ini seeing thie bidige built as it woutld result in a belet' r'oadt for himii to Grmeenmwood. Iir. IDen n:., talkinug afteri thle meet - ing, said that thle ('ount's should builit thet bridlg io (h velop that sic Ir. Enloh P'inson. -another (ross bi nworklingt for' the bridule f'or' twin t'.-five, ye'ars aind wvould not give up unmt il they had gottin it. Deathl I of ia ('hil.l Fr,'~i(ance liiilin, the iamn daighler' oif .\lir. aind .\lirs. i. T., llende(rson, of Ilu'rrk(dll S'tat Iion, djid at th hi'lomei of Its par'entIs Th'umrsdaiy and was! buittied at G ray 'outtl i'i'riy, t he se - Waitrtn. i'astori of the .limhodis; we;nlt treatmeint at the loctal hiospiital for' seveirai we(eks, lbut minuist'rat ions: of the doe tom's an nuimilrses were of no avail. Tlhe fond parents have the sym pauthy of their' many Iriends in thir ' M, Shiloh School, There wuill lbe a lawn p~arty at Shiloh school house Saturiday evening, July 1 0th. Th'le ladies of the Improvement Association will serve cream, The ; bic is cord(ially invited. GERMANS PLE Allied and German Dele Over. Carrying Out Pe Cool but Spa. .July 5.-There was a brief -meeting today of the allied and Gel man delegates, who during the next few days will discuss matters relating to the pee' treaty. The session was held in the drawing roomil of the Villa Frainheus and the Germani delegates, Chancellor F'ehren bnach, Dr. Wal ter' Simons, the foreign minister. and Herr I'Wirth, minister of finance, were seated at the left end of the long horseshoe table next to the Japanese. There was no introthic tions or s aking of hands. The pre, Ident of the conference, A. Delacroix, the Belgian premier, arose and inmediatoly openod whait !s --n sidered to be the most important in-I ternational event since the armistlee by announcing the order of business, which included disarmament, repara tions, coal sulpply, the trial of Ger mans accused of atrocities, and the situation at Danzig. .1. Delacroi* inquired of Her Fell reniach if he desirei to make any ob servations. The chancellor, speaking in German, which was translated by an official interpreter, said: "I desire to say in behalf of the German government and of the Grer man peoplc that we. have coie here to tke pari ioyaliy in the discussion of how the treaty of peace can be exe crited." Alr. Lloyd George, as senior ire BAXTEi De.1I1IELDIS DEAl). Life of laxter F. DeShields, of Lan ford, liroight. to a Close Saturday. Laid to liest Sunliday. Lanford, July 5.-On Saturday, July 3rd, after a long illness, .the pure spirit of Bt1xter Fay DeShields took its flight to the Better Land. .lie was born at 'Lanford, November 9th, 1892 and spent his happy boyhood there. lie graduated from the Cross Anchor high school in 1910 and .the following fa!i entered Voffol Col'lege, from which insattiution he graduated in 1911. After leaving college he taught for several years, then accepted a re sponsible position With the lloyster Fertilizer Co. at Spartanlir, which position he held unlitil forced by ill health to stop work. Measured by years, his was a short life, twenty-AWven years, but measured 1)y service, 'by growth in Christian character and by success and achieve ment, he lived a full life-time. lie united with the .\lethodist. ehurch in early boyhood and counted it a pleasure and privilege to work in the Master's service. Ills well -worn iible with favorite texts marked and freutient. notes showed that it was his (laity cotmpanion. Inl college he was one of the best loved of' his class and held the adminira tliln of the whole college commulinity for hiis uiprighilt, { hriistia m ch'aracter', hlis clean1i sport1 aind his sunny disposi tionl. lie ilmuhllered his friends by the liis bSiody was laid to rest oni !"uni dlay in thle clhurichiyarid at P atterisonl's ('hapel, in the presence of a large numbileri of relative's andlu friends. Thli that weire shed over his gr'ave shoawid inl someI meatsure', thei (steem1 in w hi< To te whoi are left, his :asling st s 1 unltiimely. for all who I.now him I ure for' im , but odl had oIIther phins1 faor himIl an 111we love to thinik aof himt as carry' ing oin the servie' begiun ont feet in, llo is survived hy his faither and nti her, .\lt' r.vI .\l rs. .l. .\i. I >eghijeldis, sylilathiy of I he entir it' muniitri 3 p(s. ouit m il heir11 grt loss. .\ir. 1. II. ilianna, who has haid charge of the local oflice of the 1)avis Realty Company for' some timue, has been prlom~ote'd to a pliace ini the ihome( oflice at Gre'enwe~d and left. the city last week for his new hiome. hlis friends here i'egi'et to give him tip. .\ir. Lee Langston will be in charge of the local ofien from now on. DGE LOYALTY rates Meet in Confetence ace Terms. Meeting Correct. infer, thereupon. expressed the grati fileation of the allied delegates, and IIerr Pchrenbach continued: "I know that the .military questions are to be first discussed. We were in formed of this last evening and tried to telephone the German ministr of war, but reached ilm too late for him to leave until today. lie will arrive, I think, by tomorrow afternoun." 'Premliers Delacroix, Lloyd Geort'ge andl Millerand then conferred and fagreed to postplone the discu.ssions until tomorrow, at an hour to be fixed later. "I should like also to have Dr. -Heinze, .ninister of justice, here xvIint -p ftn Lf n ,i ii ht' i lets bi n t l ^f trials," said lerr Fehrenbach. The three premiers again conferred privately. A few minutes later M. Delacroix announced that% the lord chancellor of England and the French minister of justice would 'also attend on Thursday for participation In the discussion. The conference recessed until called together by M. Delacroix tomorrow. Tie proceedings today Isated Just i1~ minutes. 'Dr. Sinmons, remarked afterward that the atmosphere of the confer ence was cool, but correct. He be lieved that a good deal could be ac coiplished. Premiers Lloyd George and Nlllle rand expressed themselves as satis fled with the formal beginning. l its. I. C. WATTS -1)EAD. Wie of Assoeilte Justlee Passed Away at Family Home Here Wed. nesday Night. 'Mrs. Little .\lcver Watts, wife of Associate Justice Richard C. Watts, died at the family home here Wedn"s. day evening at 7 o'clock following an illness of several years' duration. Al though it was generally known that she was in failing health, her death was unexpected in the community and caie as a distinct shock. .Interment took place in the Laurens cemetery Thursday afternoon after a short ser vice was conducted at the house. Rev. Wilmot ". Holmes, pastor of the Episcopal Church of Epiphany, con ducted the services which were largely attended by people of the community and friends from other places. Among those who came to pay their last. re spects were Eugene B. Gary, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Associate Justices -D. E. Hy drick and T. 13. Fraser, Circuit Judge Edward Melver, a brother of the de ceased, and Harry MeCaw, CeIrk of the Supreme Court. Mirs. Watty was about 55 years of age. She was the daughteir of Chief Jutst ice Illenry .\clver' and "'as mar tied to .lud1(1ge Watts in 1 N%. Of thiiis uniiion lthere' was nor i ssue. liesidies her' hutsband she is surtvived by three step-ch ildrten, .\ir is. El izabe th Royal11, whose hutsbantd died some time ago andit w~hoe has since'( made her home wvith Jiudg' atnd .\lIrs. Watts, .it's. ,J. D). Suillivan, of1 ('heraw, and .\trs. Frank Stohi's, of Moutvilb-a. Judgl'e and Mrst'. W\att's hav'e nutale Laurens thteir' years, formerti'ly living itn ('heraw atnd ''Tihe deceased wads a wiomtan oif dio~p wherir4 4 lo- wa s known I. niritni, Jly i .t the ti ntamte o'fte aln eito Aul. & Alui-itory~a (' in any l'ot alt te : 'inti4 hitntbihe naimi of' the fi rm, it is stated, does nort idiente' anty tchange in, thle tnaturte lhusiastm intcileh-nt to 0openingL of thle bttu'Isins a yeari ior twot ant a nane' wOa se'lect ed wichl has Iroveni ii a shortter' name lhas beeni selected. .\ir . IP. W. D~e re, of Grtee'l~'noo, splnt a4 short whlile in thte city lon.. dany wiile on his r'etuitn frtomt a visit to'hitis wife's rel Ia? ives at Uanrksdal11e tat ion.