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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1902. NO. 22 1
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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.
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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
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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
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H S? OF POSSUM FORK:
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PAUSES TO PONDER ON POSTAGE
STAMP PROBLEM t
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And Incidentally to Ruminate on Corn v
and Cotton. Read and
Reflect.
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"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
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with an operator at each end. oj
Ilow lon? would it take for a mes- _
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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.
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IN THE TEMPLE OF
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PROCEEDINGS OF MAY TERM^F v
COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS,
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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, ,
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