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IP I I VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1902. NO. 22 1 , _ , =? mill i wit. SYNOPSIS OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Proceedings Peacv.ul and Harmonious?McLaurin's Course Condemned. Columbia, S. C., May 22?At 12 o'clock yesterday the State Democratic Convention met in the hall of the House ol Representatives. The convention was well attended, every county beinc represented, and there Was very little in the way ot acrimonious debate, wire pulltn* and absolutely no si-rn of factional bitterness. The delegations were prettv nearly evenly divided between Conservatives and Reformers who sat side by side with every appearance of peace and harmony. Strong men of both factions were present and the personnel ot the bodv seemed to be above the average. By the time a leeess was taken for dinner ?about 2 p. m?the convention had effected a permanent organization and was ready tor business at the evening session, which was appointed for 8:00 o'clock. Col. Wilie .Jones was elected chairman of the convention and Messrs T. C. Ilamer. of Marlboro, and Editor .J. T. Park?, of 'he Orangeburg Patriot, the two secretaries. There were also elected seven vice presidents, one from each congressional district. Senator A. H. Williams was unanimously elected vice president from the 6lh district. After some discussion a committee on platform and resolutions and another on constitution and rules were elected. These committees were composed of one member from each delegation. Senator Tillman was appointed act as chairman of the committee on constitution and rules and Col. * A T 1 4 - r i trx J. A.. novi, ui urcciiviiic, m u similar position on the platform and resolution committee. The committees worked most of the afternoon and through their re>epeetive chairmen made their reports at the evening session. Every resolution upon which a favorable report was made was adopted by the convention, many of them without comment. Mr. T. I. Rogers, of Marlboro, offered the following resolution condemning Senator McLaurin, which was passed almost unanimously without even pi evoking discussion: Resolved, by the Democratic couveiujuu wi ouuui -..-<11 un mi, That the coui>e of J. L. MiT.aurlu as Senator Irom this Slate in tlK> United States senate is hereby condemned. Most of tiie debate in the convention centred upon resolutions touching the lock-out of the Horse Creek mill operatives i.i Aiken county. On this question there were submitted both v. ii'::? joritv :iinl a minority report. Atter a spirited debate the major ltv report was adopted and te resolutions passed. Following* it the text of these resolutions: Whereas this convention has heard with profound regret :h ? the operatives oi the cot.on i of Horse Creek Valley, in Aiken county, are in distress, caused by the action of the cotton fill presidents in ordering a locKout in said mills, because of a strike in a mill in the State ol Georgia. Beit Besolved. That this convention lierebv extends to the operatives of Morse Creek Valley, on account of I heir loyalty to the Democratic party in the past, every assistance possible to relieve them Irom the screws of oppression. Kesolved, 2nd, That we condemn the acts of the said mill presidents, a? heartless, unwar&nt ed and unjust, causing untold suffering and distress among the people who constitute one-third of ihe entire population of Aiken county.' Kesolved, 3rd, That we call upon all law-loving citizens who feel that the poor laboring while men of our State are'unjustly prohibited from earning an honest livelihood, to extend to the people ol Horse Creek Valley moral and j financial aid. i Kesolved, 4th, That wedemand joi our law-makers, the enactment | of such laws as will relieve and 1 forever protect the laboring people 'o' the great State of South Caro ! linn, who are the bone and sinew J of our lain], from such unlawful treatment in the future, and such oilier laws we demand as will prevent the crippling ol value;! of , real estate and other property by combination of capital. Two more resolutions that exicited much interest were the (tributes to Chief Justice Mclver and 'Jen. Wade Hampton, introduced respectively by W.J. Talbert and B. R. Tillman. Both of these elicited several eloquent responses and both were cordially 'adopted. The resolution touching child labor in cotton factories brought several speakers to their feet, both pro and con, and was finally adopted by a large majority. A resolution was enthusiastically passed felicitating the new republic of Cuba upon its natal day. CHANGES IX CONSTITUTION. ' T!ie committee on coiist i t tit ion and rules recommended several important changes in the Oonstitutiou, which were adopteJ. Foli lowing is the substance ol' the j most important: ' (1) That t he county executive committee shall be at liberty to jo d ?ra primary election lor ma<r iistrates and masters, but not tor J members of t lie county board nor j for county dispenser. 1 (2) Each candidate for the : United States senate and for the | United States house of representatives shall file an additional pledge that he will support the political principles and policies ol t!?p oartv flurinir the term of office 'ior which he may be elected, and J work in accord with his Democrat:: associates in congress on all part, question.*. - ) i Before the election in 1902, and each election thereafter cxe-j.t :s herein provided, the State Democratic executive committee appoint and arrange lor two i campaign meetings to lie held in jcach county not less than two tv.-iks apart, one of which meet! i, :< shall be addressed only by jcandidates for Stale offices and the . tber omIv by candidates lor j I 11:>v 1 Slate., senator. United I Slates house of representatives and circuit solicitors. Alter adjournment there were calls lor -Tillman!1' uTillman!" jn>ui S'T.alor Tillman ascended the i t CONTIXEUD ON PAOE 5, ) H S? OF POSSUM FORK: , I PAUSES TO PONDER ON POSTAGE STAMP PROBLEM t ? V And Incidentally to Ruminate on Corn v and Cotton. Read and Reflect. II "Good morning, Jim! Gome a in. Let me tell you about the a big corn I want to make the same t, way I did last year by putting s the manure in the ear instead of n the stalk. You see I am just in ^ from covering sprouted cotton e now. jl It is Saturday and I am figuring a little lor the boys. Several tj have told me I must figure again on those postage stamps. That it p don't look right to say the oceans can't contain ships enough to j, carry the 1,000,000,000,000.000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,- p 000,000,000 of postage stamps e, that was calculated as necessary ior the 3 fold geometric series to ^ the 100th term some weeks ago. So let us compare it in two more ways to see if it will help it any. You know a postage stamp is just about one inch long, and it that many stamps were placed end to end it would make a long line. ^ slunnnco tiion u tele?yri?nh wire UUfJsvew, ........ .. - ?, - SJ to be stretched that manv inches C( with an operator at each end. oj Ilow lon? would it take for a mes- _ * . ei sage to come down the line? Well j the speed or electricity is put down at a little less than 200,000 g( miles a second, so it' the man in ^ moon had a wire from here it .. would take a little over one second g< to get a signal through the 243,000 ^ miles that separate us; and rom ^ the sun, which is 400 times farth- ^ er, it would take about 8 minutes for a message to reach us. But! But!! A thousand years J st would not be long enough to get .f a telegram through a line as long c( as that number of stamps would nj make it. No? If a message had ^ been started in Father Adam's t titne and been coming 200,000 | miles a second ever since, von (r| might say it has hardly started yet, for a million of million of ci years is not long enough for a telegrum to travel so far. lc But, see here, Jim, who would sj lick all these stamps to stick them ,r on the letters? Or how much water would it take to make them f c/in it tntros nhftiit 31 1 VI\ Utl O OV.V, 11/ y, 10,000 drops to weigh a pound, \\ and G24 pounds is a cubic foot ot j, water,so continue the calculation and you will find that if the ocean covered all the earth and was five miles deep on an average there would be about 100.000.000,000,- g 000,000,000,000,000 drops ot wat- w er in the world. So we can safely ^ say that is an over estimate. But, let it be so. Tell me how lar t| that little bit of water would go ^ to moisten all those stamps. Why it would not dampen one in a n( million. SJa thousand millions of tl worlds like ours would not have tc water enough to stick all those stamps. gj Calculate for yourself?it is ai simple and plain. So now theici next man that tells me to calcu-1 r< ate on it any more 1 will put him o figuring, for I don't know how o present it any plainer. But, Jim, let's talk more about he corn; I put niv manure half rav between the hills, so the roofs rill get it when the ear is shootug. There is such a thing as taking a big ear on a little stalk, nd you can make a big stalk and little ear; I have done it, and it akes more manure to make a big talk and a big ear both, than to lake a big ear on a smaller stalk, o if you have not got manure nouali to make both big, why put in the ear everv time. But cotton must have it from lestart, and ain't S. B. Haseiden earning us all some sense? He lanted his cotton soon and worked before it all got up, and it is ist fine. His oats, too, is fine and he is utting his corn manure in the ar. Yes he has the best crop that I ave seen in Possum Fork. The Farmers' Institute. Last week we stated that if nongh of those interested would gnify their willingness to attend te lectures of the Farmers' Initute of Clemson College would >me here this summer. The (Fer is still open and if our farmr3 really want the institute we inuld be glad to hear Iroin them. ; is necessary to act at once as the shedule for the summer is now eing arranged and there is no me to lose. iVe thereiore sug?st, or rather request, that every irmer who desires to attend, top us a postal card stating that e wants the institute to come. The benefits to be derived from t o o n i f'n! f I V.VOrV 1C JUMIIUIC (tic llKl u i iv/r ? juivij ibjeet pertaining to farming and s kindred branches will be disjssedin an intelligent way by len who have devoted their lives > the scientific study of agriculire. The institute can do no arm and if properly attended, reat benefit may re-ult. It Des not cost a cent to have it mie, as all the expenses are paid y the college. Can you aflbrd > neglect this opportunity? We ncerely hope tnat those most iterested?(he farmers?will enarse the institute by promising ? attend, and that not only this bar but for every year hereafter Williamsburg will be a farmers' istitute county. The State Campaign. The state campaign will begin i .June 17th and clo?e on August 1st. The senatorial aggregation ill start at Columbia and reach ingstree July 4th, while tlie as irants for state officers will open le ball at Sumter and reach ingstree on August lGtn. Each county chariman will be otified of the propriety of asgning each of the candidates to le houses of local peopie for enjrtainment. The campaign schedule aggreates a necessary mileage of 1.700, ad an effort will be made to sejre reduced rates over the rail>ads. 1 IN THE TEMPLE OF , PROCEEDINGS OF MAY TERM^F v COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, t < Harpy Brown Acquitted of the Murder ' of Hillary Holleman. Other Matters. The Court of General Sessions convened here Monday morning ai 10 o'clock, Judge J. C. Klugh, of the Sth circuit, presiding. Solicitor John S. Wilson and Stenographer G. D. Tillman were in their respective places. Judge Klugh charged the.grand jury in a clear an J forcible mamtier, after which the Solicitor handed tjiein a batch of iudict* ments lor their consideration. . The first case taken up for trial was that of the State against Sam Summerset, a negro hoy indicted for obstructing the railroad track * at Scranton. This case was continued from the last session by the S9licitoron account of the absence ot material witnesses. Summer set plead guilty and was given a sentence ol 12 months in the penitentiary. The next case tried was against a negro named Joseph Harrison, alias Joe Harrison, for burglary and larceny. Harrison was found guilty with recommendation to (he mercy of the court. A sentence of seven years in the penitentiary was imposed, 0. W. Stoll, Esq.* was the defendant's attorney. The case against Renney Floyd, alias E. L. Floyd, for assault and battery ot a high and aggravated nature, was continued on motion , of R, K. Wallace, Esq.. counsel for defendant, ttmico Williams. alias Oormanda Williams, was*convicted of using > stock without owner's consent. Sealed verdict rendered. Flander Fulton, alias Willie Williams, plead guilty of larceny of live stock and was sentenced to 12 months in the penitentiary and pay a fi ne of $1.00. The most interesting case tried was that of Harry H. Brown* charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Hillary B. Holleman, on May 12th, the details of which were published in Thb Record at the time. The trial consumed the greater part of two days, and attracted a gieal deal of attention. About a dozen witnesses were examined for the State, two of whom testified that they saw the difficulty between t lie two men, and one of them said she saw the defendant draw the pistol from his pocket and fire. The defendant denied that there was any difficulty and said that Holieman, in attempting to close the breech of the pistol, accidentally shot himself. The evidence generally was conflicting. LeRoy Lee, Esq., the prisoner's counsel, managed the case for his client with skill and ability, and in his argument omitted nothing which could help ins cause. ^Mtirvfnr Wilson, as lie alwaV3 does, .made a forcible argument oil the tacts and did his whole duty. Judge Klugb made a clear and concise charge on the law of homicide, and at 5 o'clock tlie jury retired. They remained out until the next morning when they returned a verdict of not guilty, and Brown was discharged from custody. w W -T/ilinir>n and T?!liz:l white, were convicted of adultry. Jolm-on was sentenced to 12 months imnrisoment in the penitentiary or pay a nne ot" $100, and Eliza Benson to six months imprisonment in the county jail or pay a tine of 3100. LeRov Lee, Jv-q., was the defendants' counsel. The case again<t Edward J. Donnelly, charged with burning an untenanted house came up Wednesday afternoon. Capt. J. A. Kelley assisted Solicitor Wilson with the prosecution ( Continued on 1'aqk 5, , , - it ft ?