The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, April 06, 1900, Image 1
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NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1900 TWICE
dT EE4, . A YE A A Y3.
A special ir
which is now
want and pri
NOW FOR A
REPUBLICAN HOWL!
WEBSTEl IJAVIs WILL CALl. TILII.
COUNTICY TO AlI) TIlE ILOElis.
,,,The Assistant secreta of Interior lias been t
t Convinced, by his Vleit to South Africa
and by ilts Assooiation with Both
British ani Boers, that the toers (
are in tihe Right, and that ihe
Two south African Ite
publics are 1'tghating
Against Lite Britisht
for Iheir Iid...
j)emoience.
SWashington, April 2.-Webster
is, Assistant Secretary of the In
or, who has just returned from
th Africa, announces today his
thdrawal from the department and
prepared a letter of resignation
submission to the President, to
eko effect very shortly. He will go
-Qn the lecture platform in the inter
@st of the Boers. Mr. Davis says
' that as a result of his visit to the
" ransvaal he feels impelled to ten
.,er his resignation as Assistant See
retary of the interior. He will at an
early date deliver a lecture in this c
city in the interest of South African t
Republics. Mr. Davis feels that this
is the best way to arouse the onthu- j
siasm of the American people in be
half of those Republics and awaken
attention to the justice of their cause.
Mr. Davis decided to resign be
cause of the acceptance of an invita
tion to deliver a lecture on the South e
African war, and he felt that as an
official he could not express his views "
with such freedom as he could as a
private citizen. The invitation was
extended by non-partisan citizens of a
Washington and was not inspired in t
any way by persons directly con
nected with Boer interests.
Mr. Davis said today: "It is purely t'
a matter of sympathy on my part. h
I went to South Africa unprejudiced, b
visited both armies, saw much of the n
British soldiers and people, and also t
much of the Beers. After seeing
what I did I made up my mind that
the cause of the Beers was just, that C
the two smallest Republics in the ~
world were struggling against the "
greatest Empire in the world for jus-.
tiee and independence. The strug- ~
gle seemed to me very unequal. The h
whole number of Beers, including I
men women and children, is not ~
greater than the population of . thet
city of Washington, and yet these
brave people have the courage to pat "
up the greatest fight in history d
against an Empire of four hundred A
millions. I concluded at once that ~
my sympathies wore with those strug- "'
gling for liberty, and I feel that the h
American people should sympathize d
'with them in their fight for justice a
Sand independence.
"When I entered the train at Pro- ~
toria, on my return home, fully 2,000 a
-men and women, mostly women,
whose husbands and fathers and
sons were at the front, gathered at
the station to bid me good-bye, and I)
as the tears rolled down many of
their faces they made the last request
of me that I do everything within L
*my power upon my return home to IP
let the American people know of 1V
their exact condition; to let them 0
know how they had been abused and P
outrageously misrepresented by the -b
nglish. The English correspond. h
erts have no trouble in getting their
Ispatobes over the cable liues, as
they are controlled absolm ely by the
British, and, while it is impossible
for informatien.regarding 'the situa- 1
tion frorn the Boers' standpoint to
reach' the American people, if I did.
~not, as a tree Amerin, decnided ta
ivitation is e>
complete a
ces which a
isten to their appeals, my conscieuco
vould burn, and the faces of those
uffering people, as bravo and as no
4le as God over lot live in any land,
vould haunt me as long as I live. I
,m therefore, determined to do every
hing in my humble way to assist
hem. Their cause is just and in
rod is their trust and in the light of
lie past history of the American peo.
ile, who went through the same
truggle, I beliivo the Boers will
Mr. Davis w:,s aisked what course
0 would ha11ve tie people of this
ount ry pursuo in order to assist the
o ers. He replier: "Do anything
ud overt thitig w it hin their power,
ud let Groat lritain an:d the world
now that the syipathivs of the
merican people are not with Great
Sritain, but with the Boers, and in
lie interests of humanity and civili
ation. We should lot the world
now that such an unholy'war should
Lop and stop at once."
Mr. Davis since his return to this
ountry has had numerous invita
ons to deliver lectures, but has so
ir decided to accept only that ex
in"ed by the citizens of Washing.
2n.
This lecture will probably be de.
vered next Sunday night. Mr.
)avis denied that he brought with
im a communication to this Gov
rnment from President Kruger. He
dmitted, however,. that he had had
averal conferences with President
IcKinley, but declined to make pub
c what passed between them. When
eked as to whether he would go on
Lie stump during this campaign in
]e interest of the Republican party
fr. Davis said that he did not care
look into the future, and that all
e had within sight at present was
is lecture in Washington. He had
o criticisms to make i . egard to
io Administration's attitude concern
ig the war in Africa.
Secretary of the Interior Hitch.
>ck said today that the announce
ient of Mr. Davis's intention t,o re.
gn was a complete surprise to him.
[e had expected that Mr. Davis
ould resume his duties, although
a had not seen nor heard anything
l' him since his return until to-day,
bhen he was informed that he was
resign.
Mr. Davis' formal resignation was
,nt to the White House later in the
ay through his private secretary.
t the White House no statement
as obtainable concerning the resig
rition, other -than the fact that it
rid been received, and the officials
eclined to say whether it would be
scpted.
oars the l~ he Kind You llama Always Bought
ignature
of
GIROVERt NO I FolR IBRYAN.
Bnues a P'ubished~ story Hut, lHefuo to
Indic0at, is Course.
Princeton, N. J., March 29.-Ex..
reslident Cleveland denied today
ablished a statement that he and
rr. Carlisle favor the renomination
Bryan. He told the reporter to
at it as emphatically as he pleased,
it that he must not go and make
m indicate his course.
CASTOR IA
For Infants an~d Children,
he Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears th
Ir 1N VV
[tended to yc
nd up to da
re correct.
Collstitution of the
Democratic Par
OF soUrH CAROLINA. AS ADOPrr
IN STATE CONVENTION
At Columbtu; 8. 0, May 18th, 1898.-Nu
Of Force Within the Party.
Article I. There shall be one
more Democratic clubs organized
each township or ward, each of whic
clubs shall have a distinct title, "TI
Democratic Club,'' and sha
elect, a president and one or mo
vice president-, a recording and
corresponding secretary and a rea
urer, and shall have the followir
working committees, of not less tha
three members each, viz: A conmi
toe on registration, an executive cor
mittee and such other committees t
to each club may seem expedient.
Article II. The meetings of tl
club shall be frequent after the opei
ing of the canvass, and some memb
of the club or invited speaker shou:
deliver an address at each meetin;
if practicable. The clubs shall met
on the fourth Saturday in April, an
the county convention on the fir
Monday in May, respectively, of ea<
election year: Provided, That t}
County Executive Committee ma
name any other day within the san
week for such club meeting by gi
ing at least two weeks' notice by at
vertisement in county papers: An
Provided further, That in case an
existing club shall fail to reorganiz
on the day fixed for reorganizatior
the County Executive Committe
may fix a day for such club to mce
for reorganization by giving tw
weeks' notice as provided in this a1
ticle. Et lt county shall be entitle
to double the number of delegates i
the State Convention as it has men
bers in the General Assembly.
Article III. The president or fi
members shall have power to call a
extra meeting of the club, and r
such extra meeting one-fourth of tb
members shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
Article IV. The clubs in eac
county shall be held together an
operate under the control of a Cour
ty Executive Committee, which sha
consist of one member from eac
club, to be elected by the respectiv
clubs. The Executive Committe<
when elected, shall appoint its ow
officers (except the chairman, wh
shall be elected by the County Con
vention), who shall not necessaril
be members of said committee, bu
a vacancy in the membership of th
committtee shall be filled by the clut:
through the loss of whose member b;
death, resignation or otherwise th
vacancy occurs: Provided, That il
case the oflice o' Chlairman of thi
County Executive Committee shal
become vacant by resignation, deati
or otherwise, the committee shal
have power to fill the vacancy b;
electing a chairman to serve unti
the organizatien of the next regula
County Convention: And Provided
further, That any of2cer so electe<
who is not a member of the commit
tee shall not be entitled to a vote oi
any question except the chairman
and then only in case of a tie vot<
Trhe tenure of oflice of the executiv
committee shall be until the firs
Monday in May of each election year
at which time the County Conventio:
shall be called together to reorganiz
the party.. Every Presidential elec
tion year County Conventions shal
be called by the County Executiv
Committee to meet on the first Mon
Lt5LKKY A
>u to call and
te in latest sti
An
day in May, a hich shall elect dolo
gates to a State Convention called
Ly foa the purpose of electing delegates
to the National Democratic Conven
i) tion and to elect the member of the
National Democratic Executive Com
v mittee from this State. The State
Convention shall be called by the
State Executive Committee to meet
or every Presidential election year on
in the third Wednesday in May, and
h very State election year, County and
10 State Conventions shall meet on the
11 first Monday in May and the third
ro W\edn(tlay in May respectively.
a Article V. County Democratic Con
s- ventions shall be composed of dele
g gates elected by the several local
n clubs, one delegate for every twenty
t- live members, and one delegate for a
1- majority fraction thereof, with the
is right to each County Convention to
enlarge or diminish the representa
1e tion according to circumstances. The
1- County Conventions shall be called
r together by the chairmen of the re
d spective executive committees under
, such rule, not inconsistent with the
It Constitution nor with the rules adopt
d ed by the State Democratic Executive
It Committee, as each county may
h adopt, and when assembled shall be
ie called to order by the chairman of
y the executive committee, and the
e convention shall proceed to nominate
and elect from -among its members a
1 president, one or more vice-presi
d dents, a secretary and a treasurer.
y Any County Convention may permit
e or recognize the formation of a new
I, club or clubs by a majority of its
e members. In all cities with a popu
it lation of 5,000 and over there may
0 be two clubs in each ward; they shall
be organized in obedience to this
d Constitution, as are the clubs else
n where in this State, and in organiz.
ing said clubs they shall have repre
eentation in the County Conventions
e respectively as said conventions shall
LI declare in accordance with the pro.
Svisions of this Constitution.
a Article VI. For the purpose of
a nominating candidates for Governor,,
Lieutenant Governor and all other
bl State officers, including Solicitors in
al the respective circuits, and Congress
-men in their respective districts, and
1 United States Senators and all coun
Ity officers, except Magistrates and
a Masters and Supervisors of Rtegistra.
4 tion, a direct primary election shall
a be held on the last Tuesday in Au
o gust of each election year, and a sec
- onid and third primary each two
I weeks successively thereafter if no
cessary. At thib election only Dem
* ocratic white voters who have been
residents of the State twelve months
i and the county sixty days preceding
3 the next general election, and such
1 negroes as voted the Democratic
3 ticket iu 1870, and as have voted the
Democratic ticket continuously since,
to be shown by the certificate of ten
white Democratic voters, who will
pledge themselves to support the
nominees of such election, may vote:
rProvided, That no person shall be
allowed to vote except his name be
enrolled on the particular club list at
which he offers to vote at least five
days before tihe first election. Each
club shall have a separate polling
-place for primary elections.
3 The club rolls of the party shall
t~ constitute the registry list and shall be
Sopen to inspection by any mnember of
1 the party, and the election under this
a clause shall be held and regulated
- under the Act of the General Assem
1 bly of this State, approved Dec. 22,
a 1888, and any subsequent Acts of the
-Legislature of this State. The State
ND LEXIN
inspect my sto
/les and novelt
ittractive line c
LATHA
Little Mo
Executive Committoo shall moot on chaim
the Friday after each primary, or Exec
such other time as may be designated man
by the chairman, to canvass the vote too a
and declare the result as to all State prim
oflicers, Congressmen and U. S. Son- vass
ators. All contests for all nomina- Ar
tions at primary elections shall be venti
board first by the County Executive to or
Committee of thecounty in which such Exec
irregularities may have occurred, and chair
may be reviewed by the State Execu- elect<
tive Committee, whose action shall be its o
final: Provided, That no vote shall proc<
be counted for any candidate who of pe
does not file with the Chairman of actio
the State Executivo Committee, or ness
with the respective chairmen of the sino
County Executive Committees, a Ar
pledge in writing that he will abide 1890
the result of such primary and sup- the S
poit the nominees thereof, and that mittc
he is not nor will he become the can- dates
didate of any faction, either privately poop
or publicly suggested, other than the the S
regular Democratic nomination: Pro ings,
vided, further, That no candidate for (
shall be declared nominated unless Solic
he receives a majority of the votes and
cast for the oflice for which he is a dross
candidate: Provided, That the pledge only
of such candidate shall be filed on or shoul
before the day of the first campaign Ar
meeting of the county or State re- each
spectively. appo
Article VII. The officers of the count
State Convention shall be a presi- didat
dent, vice-president for each Con- for l
gressional District, two secretaries wloo
and a treasurer. and E
Article VIII. The State Executive be el
Committee shall be composed of one Tues
member from each county, to be elect- ) ear
ed by the County Conventions on latior
the first Monday in May of each Ar
election year. When elected, said gate
executive committee shall choose its powo
own officers, not necessarily mom- Ar
bers thereof, prior to said election.: may I
Provided, That any officer so elected ular
who is not a member of the commit- an c
tee shall not be entitled to a vote on that
any question, except the chairman, spci
ad then only in case of a tie vote. Arn
The State Executive Committee shall rofus:
meet at the -call of the chairman or vision
any five members, and at such time have:
and place as he or they may appoint. ocrati
The member of the National Demo. Art
eratic Executive Committee from Comr
South Carolina shall be elected by aible
the May State Convention in 1890, such
rind every four years thoreafter, and State
when elected shall beoex oflicio a mem- servic
ber of the State Executive Commit- proe
tee. Vacancies on said comm ittee appre
by death, resignation or otherwise, mary
shall be filled by the respective Coun in thl
Ly Executive Committees. The State may I
Executive Committee is charged with thing
the execution and direction of the trary
policy of the party in this State, sub. troopi
joot to this Constitution, the princi- den si
plea declared in the plat form of prin- qulii
liples and such instruction, by reso- quiroe
lution or otherwise, as a State (Con- do no
vention may from time to time adopt, have
act inconsistent with this Constitu- maim(
~ion, and shall continue in office for the ti:
wo years from the time of election,
r until their successors have been
alected. The committee shall nomi
nate Presidential electors, and if any
vacancy occur in the State ticket of
electors or of tihe member of tihe Na
tional Executive Committee, by denth, Tin A
resignation or other cause, thle com
mittee shall have the power to fill
the vacancy; all by a majority of the Ati
whole committee, dayi
Article IX. The vote in~thor~eo- BJarti
spective counties for all the State of- quest
licers, Congressmen and U. S. Sena- the ci
or, shall be transmitted be the reads
GTON C
ck of New
ies. We ha
f Millinery.
LN,
untain, S. (
-man of the respective Couity
utivo Conmmitte's to tho clmir
of the Stalto Ixoeutivo Conni'
s curly as pratcticaIle after ('ech
ary, who shall p1roco0d to can1
tho vote and doclaro the result.
ticlo X. When tho Stato Con
On aHslemble's it shall bo ca'led
tier by the chinrman of tt St at o
utivo Commwittoo. A temporlry
lan 4shall bo noiillntod tmnl
d by the Convention, and ifter
ganization t ho Conventui .h11lI
1od( immediately to the electiou
rmuanent. oflicors and to t ie t rtunti
1 of bluHilOss. Wh'Ie1n tho lsi
has conchlded it shall ndjourn
dlo.
ticlo.XI. Before the ('lection in
and oacht (letionl thereatftor,
1ato Demlocratic E,xcuttive Con
0 shall issUO ia call to ill emutlti
for Stato olliees to addlress (he
le of the difforont, com111tsi of
tate, fixing tho dIet of t i m('et -
attnd also inviting tho candidites
onlgross, U. S. Senateo and for
tors, in their respectivo dist ricts
circuits, to be present tmt.d ad
the peoplo. At suc1h uvotingu
the cldid(laHtes abovo sot forth
d be allowod to Hpoak.
ticlo XII. It shall he the duty of
County Exoectivo Counuittoo to
nt mootings in their respectivo
,ios to be addressed by the cln
oH for the Genertl Assoinbly and
to different county oilices, all of
1, oxcopt MIagistratos, Masters
itpervisors of Regist rat ion, shall
3cted by primaries on tho laEt
lay in August. of each election
under the samto rules and rogu
Shoroinhoforo provided.
iclo XIII. Each county dolo
to a St ate Covent ion 81111ll havo
r to fill any vaclicy the"rein.
ticlo XIV. This Constitution
i) amended or thered 1 . 11 1 rog
May Clonivention of the Slate or
onvyentiont caliled specifIicailly for
>uirpose, the call for whlich shall11
y the changes to hto mado(1.
iclo XV. Any county failintg or
ng to organizo uidor the prio -
s of this Constitution slall niot
representat ion in thie State Domn
c Convention.
ie XVI. T1ho State Executive
rittee is directed to provido suit
1110s t.o affordl an op)portulnity to
of the volunteer troops. of (ho
as1 shall be mustered into the
e of the Untitedl States in thoc
at war with Spain to vote in thoe
aching Stato and county Prni
Elections, whilo they aro with
United States, althlough they
>0 absent from the piolls, tany
in this Constitution to the con
niot.withst.anding; andic such
Sshall be permhittedl to vote tin
1ch1 rules if they are othiorwise
jod: Providbed, Th'Iat thle re
nonts as to length of residence
I. apply to suchl voters as would
been quatilified had theoy re
d at their pla0cc of residence at
no. of their onzlistrmnt.
CJhr. Stato D)om. Ex. Coin.
X. UNT ER,
Secretary.
CJOMMUJIATIO)N TAN.
ttorne(y (Geneenii Answera'i Homie (jui 1
t1o1aM Abouta it.
orney General Baollinlgor yester
ai reply to a lott('r from .J. UI.
cis of Union, antswerintg sonmc
ions of general interest, about
>mnmutation tax. Hfis opiinion
as follows:
DUNTIES:
Spring Goods
ve what you
I)or Sir: In NoIrls of tm 0th
01st. you sk:
l,. 'L'"Tll I me3l for palyiog c 'io1mu
taition talx oxjp; , this yeatr, the Ist
of Jlay, ainti tho Ige in this county
from 21 to ; O; S'upposo at party bo
colles '1 on tiho daty aftor tih timol(j
expires for l!yinlg, is 1)0 liable to
road t tix (lrin;g t hitt year Y' To1'
w hitch I answer, inl Illy opinliol, h is
not.
2111. "A jarty lI i his (0t11 a( -
t ion ro:tl I ax in I ho fall of I' 9 for
Ittt)I, au tl in I)t,C< mhtl r (r January
followving itIVeS lt the ft ownI of li. 3(13,
wher' tIh 1 :ilot. tiaxes artr dut in
l lne; is ho liatl,lo f,r sI ro t tax dur
ing ihall y'r:" I'rs1m111ing 111,11 iol
melan1 b,y 1Nth"ord1s "that( yoam"' tho
yoart 1;I)) I .aty- that ho is not Iialblo
(o pay comanonat(ion [fax twico and,
nasinltlc(t aS tIho town t(lx is iltt(1(id
to tako (th 11;u" of th Cunt V (tI
mualo ion talx, h' is fref, froml liability
to (Ih' town (lurinlg saidI period.
:1. "A pa ty lmoved to the town
of l'rintt dutring Iith montIt of Jan
nary . obrualry alnl afterwvards,
hoforo th llitim oxp ires for paying
comutlunttion r.oatd (fx, ho gets a
conun) at i(1 road recoij t from (Iho
rialsllr 11alnd latr(') on,' dllring tho
111on(h of Juone, ho is called on to pay
tho street tax; is hto liable I in ro
Ily to this (jluostion, I would saiyl) that
intsnmnch as his res)onsibility to tho
city of Uni(onl for streot tax attatches
boforo his patym ent to th county of
(Ommub11111it1n11 ra1(1d t x, Ito is. responl
sibl0 to th0 cit . d Ito relieved
imiuself of the rslonsibil iily by paty
ing ti comnnlitation tax beforo be
1)00))lo r- cit ien.t of the town of Union,
then e10 town would have had no
clain upon01 him.
The abovo is my con-truiction of
tho HFt ito on the -ub)ject 11(1 I ho11o
111ay bo satisfactory to you.
MtcGIure'N MaI9g.?.lhs f<t A pri.
lIt surionoss andic vairiety of attrac
tion, it woult bo0 hard to surpatss
McCIluro's Malgazinto for April. TJhr,
account of t he initerior of Chinari, es.
pecially13 withi refer-ence to ifs rich1
)1rornises its ia tjirket for1 Artiierical,
wvrittn by) )) Mr. W. B. Piarsuons, Chieft
En%ginueer of the0 Amer 0iian- Clina) I)e -
veoo11nn1nt Coimpan0 uy, from ob seyrvat
tionis mado(1 0on his own joulrneys, anzd
illustraite (1ver'y ful ly from phIoto
graphIls Ittkent by himin; thle atccountt of
Professior IHuxiey's li fo in London
bot woont hiis twonty-sixth and1( thi r.
tiethl year, wheni ho was halving a
te(rrihoi st ruggle to mitin himisol f
by puirely scientific work, with its
i,ol f-re.veailinzg palssalges fromx his uni
pub1l)ishe(d cor'respIondenco and its
ow 10- ortit of hjiml; and( t ho accounit
of the( Russ5iian ship) -'Ermaick," 1th0
ma)1rvolous no(w' ico-bIreaker thiat gives
promiise oif be'ingu ableo to cut it pas
o:igo for hiersel f to the P.oIo, --those
atre atll,1 in iheir soverail Iwatys, atiles
(If the1( stroingest inte(rest anId th0)
highest valuo. Ad jn1 lst ats much
maiy be4 sidn for Mr.i Walter Welil
umuan's "'An Arctic Daoy andNigt
at (ch1ap1ter froim I his ownO oprieneo( in
hiou.o-buuild ing, hous-i O(opIing, and
dailly wvork and1( sport, inicludIing somo
flhrillinig boar-hunting, up1 neatr theo
North Polo. Ini addition, th30 num.
bet offers, on theo more strictlIy lit.
erary side, two excellont poems, a
heIroiO story of ratilroiniIg and In-.
dlian fighting on the P'lains, ia story
of Einglish prison life, a story of
Ameorican news-pite and pit1iolit ical
life, ia lovo story hiaving to do with a
P eilfio (0oast ''hoorn" itd an il Atlatntijo
coast maiiden1, iand it humuorot's story
b)y flobert Barr of "ia sciosntific mis
calctulat.ion"' thatt inivolves, (especially,
Einglatnd and3( America. Nearly all
ofC 1h( atic iles and stories aro) fully
illust ratled.
'[Th S. S. McCluro Co., 141-155 E.~
20th Street. Now York City