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Ol -I MTKIi WATCHMAN. r*aMtalirri April, ISM. *Be Just ma Fear mot?Let all the ends Tbou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth's." THE TR?E SOUTHRON, Established June, SMS n&o?dated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, SATRUDAY, JULY 6. 1912. Vol. XXXIV. No. 38. GAM?ii>\ii s \|\Ki: t.oou talk TO \ sM\ll IMvNTHl siasik' rjnown. |m jK?k>^ Plain M it? in? nt of I - Mini Tulbert Wims Kloqucnt WWm I **d Tvll* Many ,lok?->? Ttiiuui At ?'?^jmvk* Solicitor Spoil's Record und i PUHl Vhk.v Wurm Reply. si ? ?pflPhe ??en ?torl (I rpeakers wore heard the court hoime Tuesday by a d of some hundred or less vot aud the candidates for Solicitor snade eloquent addresaea In they '.old their audiences that wer** in the race and wanted for the positions whieh they crowd waa very small at the Ing of the speaking and never Ned much over a hundred, a somewhat leas than that be }j?ohable average which heard la sp%.tkers had to say. Mr. to a plain business talk. ?sicusMlng ihe Issue* and stat platn terms what be stood for. tfSart told a i,reat many Jokes, audience Into a good humor. Into flights of eloquence hrg various things that should Id not be. feature of the meeting was pltack on Solicitor Stoll'a record, fey his opponent. Thos. |{. Ta df bishop.1 lile. and Mr. Stolls rejS>ly to Mr. Tatum's statements, ejgrd waa niggardly with Its ap Sdthough each speaker did rane applause when he ended irks. Liberal applause waa dtor Stoll when he finished' MrVTat urn's attack, ding was called to order in house by County Chairman :ly after noon .and Mr. Laurent?, was introduc speak*, lie spoke for , Mr Dial stated at the hie speech that he whs *an ard was running for ?ay uletforu'. u To or any anything during hi* 'ks to >ead his audience to oe the contrary. Ho said he wan known tb Burnt er people, as he never be 'n about the State bofere ?eking a political office, but he was [lad to meet the people now. He ran a bank? r. lawyer, farmer. and tagHged In other businesses 1>? -odes hes* He bad done much for the up iutldtng <>f the state and wanted t?> |oniir. hi-t work In this line. As a ?-andidat?? f?>r the I'nited ?totes senate, he had no hobby to Wde and did not m*?an to aha-- m - Me. He was proud of his State and Hp* record she had made, but he ited to see a constant drain on the ?urces of the State for money to paid out In interest on money ?ought in from other states. He was ipo*?<1 to the two-thirds rule. M ttlquated rule which should hav? in done away with years ago. A era of Democratic success was approaching and ho believed In put lag In new men at the head of af Hrs. [(.? t it.-.I ,t this point th.it he ?as In favor ??f W od row Wilson for resident and hoped he would Im Ominated by the Baltimore ? ?>nv? n On. He was opposed to tin- tariff, fhich was as high as during the civil ?es? The r? isi-ii tli it there w.ts not ?are profit In Southern entorpi 84 IWIIH?' !?)?? Ml. ?II W Wa? UoinU' Itto the rich corporations. of the Berth, because of tin t!??n <'f the Irin taws. He waa in favoi >f liorugh clsaaelnfj ol the fee\eral i an? fon roil*. ? reduction la th< eoal oi e paetoAci' department md of i |fO cent 1 ? -11- ige Kxpnyy rates Mi ssjttretj toe high and should be lu^-eil lie was against th.? cstin [thing ??r army p?>*ts throughout UtS Peat in order n> the part] la power Ight ra rrj doubtful itates i nd he Innted the government to t ira lot i .e Ptolllpplnee, The Panama mal las turnlnc > \ ?* cithf n>l ? I Ii" Minted the government to mend pare money In drainage and In im ovlng rlwra and harbors. If? - \\ ? ig? In favor of a nation il merchant ?'irine and Ihe pis?ag< of i law al Iwing the merchants 1 ? buy iom Any source the] eould k* ? them e was In favor <?f getting young 'en la huj land ami settle on th?? rm and believed tlM large land Kielers should cut up l!n-'r farms f.>r Ii? purpod* . The people must fftUV! ?sal reeds and Ihe nation*] govern fent sh??ui help lo k>-\ them, as they ?re a means of Pol Ml ug up Ihe Utoete and churchea. Ha urge,! the i >. ?? ? i' I * *? ml thell Illldren In school and pointed out ie nnwusalty of education. He ip foved of government *Stenslon work nd spoke at length ftt the Warhoues Ian, advising that the government Is sue eortlllcatos so the (armen i M - ore their eoiton end s*.u it at a profit. He stated that Ii was not B reoont tiling which had eome t?> him. , but that he had been thinking >f II 'a long time and had bullt ? I Otton warehouse fifteen year? IgO, When r.? h.ui the. eame plan '-a view, h tkovght that the preeent banking , aws of the I'nited St.it? s wi-n the l noat antiquated of any ointry in th i world and that other laws should he enacted. He was in tavor of a safe. ound and elastic currency. He sad i hat he would not say that he approv j ed of the Aldrich plan, but there were some very good features in it. it would bring the money here and keeu J it here and the people could get it at a cheap rate of interest. He jthought that laws should be parsed 1 to prevent gambling in farm produce at nothing hurt the fanner and man 1 ufacturer more than fluctuating mit? I kete. j He then spoke in reference to his opponents, saying that Col. Talbert head served his State for many yars and it would he a pity to draw him forth now from his home on the Savannah river. He stated that Sena Itor Tillrnan had taught the people of ' the State many years ago that when ;a person could not perform the du? ties of his office he should retire and allow a man to till the office who , could perform its duties. As soon as |he was ?nflt for duty he should step I aside. He did not believe in Tillrnan staying in the senate for merely jen tim-n'.nl reasons. An active man was wanted in the oittie, one Who could at all times stand up for hl< side on any question. The Democratic party needs votes more now tfian ever before and for this reason he did not think it was a good plan to have a man there who could pair his vote with some? body on the other side. J He felt that he could be of service to the people of the State in the sen? ate. He received applause at the con? clusion of his remarks. Mr. V/. J. Talbert, of Edgefleld. was i the next speaker. He had been a Con f-(1 ! ?'*? - Var. i r.nres'-jitaliv? and senator from his county, and hid [served in congress, he told hi3 hear -ers. He then went on to tell a num I bot 01 Jokes and get his audience in 'a good h'imor. Jjkes were inter 1 spersed all through his speech which at times waxed eloquent, j H?? i>;iiil ? tribute to the women of (the st.,T?>. saying that they were even more to be proud of than tho Spartan ?lOthen Of whom history has told us. He s iid that rn> harsh words would pass between the candidates, he hid learned to love his opponent during tho eonrOf of the campaign. "I do not believe in life tenure of office." I he declared, and then w??nt on to say .that he had expected Senator Tillrnan to be his only opponent when he had announced his candidacy and Sena? tor Tillrnan, he was sorry to say. was not able to make the campaign and spe:ik to the voters for himself, as he had said he would when he first heard that he would be opposed. Hi Was in sympathy with the farm? er"- as he was a farmer himself. He did not believe that any man should Ollef himself for office, until he had first examined himself and found that he w as competent to ill I the offl and willing and able to serve. He be? lieved that the holder of such an of tico should serve the people oxclusi\e ly, forgetting hi? own interest-; at homo, Hi c' id not believe that any OflSoe holder should ride on free pass? es from the railroad and he thought that It ought to be ? punlebabli of? (ense for i railroad t.? giv?? ? pass to an office holder, Also hi did not be? lleve In an offlee holder riding around the country on free passes giving lectures ,when he ihould he In his office, j He referred In th.- expense of the icamp;iign, nid stated that he thought Ith? expenses were too muoh, as it Wai the right Of any man. however poor, t'i run for office and the e\ pense deterred many from running. .\i preeent there was ? tight between the trusts, corporations ,etc? and the people. He believed the people ?h< ud Mile ;md DjOt the monled in jterestfl, is w.is. hi declared, tr? ? ? case today. 4 He heltoved tie- government (should npend money fo? d alnage ?Ir? rigation ind public Improvements, in sttad of building dreadnaughts and keeplni op such large standlni nr? mi He believed In irbltratlon and rec proclty. h ? paid i trlbuts to v*'itlsm Jen? nlngi Bry in, w ho be declared, was the onry man )rt th?- wie? .' Democra? tic convention with etap.lna enough to denounce the monled Intereets as the ruination of the ?ountry, it" also paid 0 tribute to Woodrow Wilson Whom he hoped would be nominated and be the next president of the I'nited States. Ho WAI in favor of good roads, as so muny blessings rann* from them, and he stated that ? the Constitution did l < t allow appropriations for cer? tain public Improve ments, then the con?: union should be changed to meet changing oondltlons. The Sher? man anti-truit law had proved in effect VOi he said. "I stand for more drastic anti-trust legislation." He believed in liberal appropriations for schools, and, if necessary, government aid for schools, but he did not be? lieve la educating the negro too much. He wanted the laws so changed that every white boy could go to school and get an education. He advocated the putting of Con? federate soldier's names on the Fed? eral pension lists. This might be a radical idea and it had met with much opposition from the papers, hut he had advocated things before Which had been laughed at, but which wore now on the Democratic platform He had been first to introduce a bill pen? sioning Confederate veterans by States. 1-ut this was generally done now. i;e asked that he be allow ad to introduce a bill putting Confed? erate Veterans on the Federal pension bill in the United States senate. He believed in a tariff for reevnue. He was opposed to the Aldrich cur? rency bill because it took he coinage of money out of the handt of the gov? ernment and he did not h< lieve in this. He stated at this point that a resolution had been passed at the re? cent State Democratic convention permitting other candidates to enter tke race in case of death of another candidate. He said this resolution had been passed because there were a number of people in the convention who wanted Senator Tillman's job. He had heard this and it was rumor? ed around, he would, not say it was true. He Stated that he would make no charges against any of the other can? didates, he was running on his own merits und not on the demerits of others. He stated that he would not go into the details of the land deal N the Wist With whi^b Senator Till? rnan was charged with being con? cerned, he would not state how Sen? ator Tillrnan and Foraker had been against Roosevelt in taking up for ne? gro troops in Texas, lie had nothing to say about Tillman's having voted to seat Senator Lortmer of Illinois, who had secured his election by fraud. He merely mentioned these things to show that he could go into them, but WOUld not as he was running strictly on his own merits, and had no charg? es to make against any one else. He did not know if the things were true or not. He advocated the initiative, refer? endum sind recall, he believed In an Office holder being recalled when he did not give his constituents satisfac? tion. He spoke for something over ! forty minutes and was liberally ap? plauded when he ended his speech. Solicitor P, H. Btoll, a candidate for reelection a3 solicitor of the third I judicial circuit, next made a short speech. Ho lirst thanked the people [of Sumter county for the support they had given him four years ago and asked them tu endorse his first term [of office by giving him a second term. He did not wish to be "kicked out." !as such a thing would be a very ser? ious affair to a young man. He was 'tinning on his record. Which was as good as that of any other solicitor in the State He stated that an examin? ation of the Attorney General's re? ports would show that he had a rec? ord of t:: per cent of convictions for one year and 79 per cent for another Near. ThlS Was as good a record as any candidate could boast of . He had made mistakes as a solicit? or he knew and If he were reelected he Would Continue to make mistakes, but he had fulfilled his duty as he sau it and he was now better able t.? do the work than when he was elect? ed four years ago, lie tried In all caeca and In every way to be practical, He hoi done what b<- believed wai for the best Interest of the county ami the prompt despatch of business. I!,- had always treated witness.' with fairness and civility and he would continue to treat them In thla way, even it it did no) meet the watlafnc tlon of some Of those who wer.- in? terested In the cases. lie had al? ways aimed at ihe truth, In order that )ust!c< might be obtained, ai justice fc.i- what was w mted by the state, Mi Stull mad a good speech and M ih llhorolly applauded w hen he look his se it Mr, Thos. H. Tatum, of Rtshopvllle, wie? i< opposing Mr. stoii for the of? fice was next heard from. 11? stated that he had recently been here lo hear the state campaign party. He liked politics and that he thought it a good thing that the American peo? ple Hked them He Wanted the Job, SPECTACULAR AND FATAL DIS? ASTER AT ATLANTIC CITY. Great Dirigible Balloon Durst When Two Thousand Feet in the Air De? stroying Shtn and Killing six Pas ?engen?Knd of the Man Who Thought He Could Sail Across the Atlantic?Yanirnan Was Loader in tin* Wcllmaii Attempt to Cross the Atlantic Two Years Ago. Atlantic City, July 2.?Melvin Van lman, his brother, Calvin Vaniman, Fred Elmer, George Boultion and Walter Guess were killed at 6.30 this morning by the explosion of Vani man'e dirigle ballon "Akeron." The bag burst while two thousand feet in the air. The bodies fell into three fathoms of water. One unidentified body ha3 been recovered. Melvin Vaniman was associated for several years with Walter Wellman In his efforts to reach the North Pole by means of a great dirigible balloon and subsequently to cross the Atlantic The great fiasco they made of the at? tempted trip across the ocean two years ago is still fresh in the minds of (the public. After this failure Wel? lman gave up active participation in j the airship enterprise, but Vaniman 1 firmly believed that he could even? tually build a dirigible that would he aide to cross the ocean, and the Akeron which was destroyed today was the result of hio labors. The supervisors of registration were kept very busy Monday regis? tering those who had not registered and those who wanted renewals of their certificates. During the past few days several persons of advanced age, who have never registered be? fore, were registered. I ine of these had reached the age of 81, while another was 72. When asked why he had never registered, he stated that he had never thought that there was any use for it, but he registered now so that he could say he had been through it once before he died. How? ever, the gentleman seemed in a fair state of preservation at the time, with no signs Of dropping off any time soon. WtSBBKmmIF9^^^mmmmmmm^* is he had a right to want it and run for it. and was not trying to kick anybody out of office. He was ex? ercising a constitutional right which any man might exercise. He stated that the enforcement of law depends upon the Solicitor's of? fice, the tenure of property, the free? dom from violence) and. he Intimated, that a good man was needed In the Office, He said that he had not in? tended to make any (barges in this campaign, but since his opponent had stated that he was running on his record fie would more fully explain that record to the audience, as Mr. Btoll's statement was not exactly clear. He then went on to make an attack on Mr. Stoll's record, showing by figures which he had secured from the records of the county clerk of court, that of convictions in cases which had been fought out in court against opposing counsel, the Solicitor had secured only 1 'i per cent of con? victions in the cases. He reviewed the number of cases which had been tried, the number of bills and indict? ments, and laid particular stress on the numerous cases which had been SO| prossed by the Solicitor, intimat? ing that a number of hard cases had been dropped, He said that the Soli? citor in his reckoning had Included the cases wh ?re the parties had plead guilty. He reviewed the Solicitor's record from start to finish, intimating that Mr. Stoll had not been exactly correct In his figures. He was ap? plauded at the close of Iiis remarks, but not BS liberally as was Alt. Stoll, Mr, Stoll at one. made a repl\ to the critlolsmb of bis record which had been made by Mr. Tatum. He said thai he had stated that he took the record from the Attorney ! leneral's reporl and that if any one would examine those reports they would Und thai he h id stated the figures correctly. ,He also defied an> ?.tie to Und anywhere In the reports >f tbe Attorney General where nn> other Solicitor had a greatly superior r.rd to his ow n. I le Bald he would ?tand bj what he bad said at first, and wanted the cases stated clearly. Me nald in reference to the number of eases lei prossed that he had by nol prossing these cases saved the county hundreds ,.t dollars by throw? ing out cases which could not have resulted In conviction, it' they had been tried. He stood on his record and nol mlstnted facts. He made a heat? ed reply and was given the most ap? plause given at any time during the day when he closed his remarks. WILSON AND MARSHALL. END OF LONG DEADLOCK ON FORTY-SIXTH BALOT. Withdrawal of Underwood und Re loaee of All Clark Delegates Except Those Prom Speaker's state, wiio Remained Loyal to Last, Turn Tide to Wood row Wilson, WImmss Nomi? nation is Made Unanimous. Baltimore, July 5.?For President? Governor Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey. For Vice President ? Governor Thos. R. Marshall, of Indiana. This was the ticket completed by the Democratic National Convention 1.56 A. M. today. The nomination of Governor Mar? shall, for Vice President came as something of a surprise, for, when the night's balloting for Vice Presi? dent began it seemed that the Bryan Wilson contingent in the convention had definitely settled upon Governor John E. Burke, of North Dakota. There was not much of a fight, however, and when two ballots dis? closed Marshall easily in the lead. Governor Burk's name was with? drawn and Marshall was proclaimed the nominee by acclamation. A min? ute later the convention had adjourn? ed sine die. Governor Wilson was nominated at the afternoon session on the forty sixth ballot, and his nomination, like that of Governor Marshall tonight, was quickly made Unanimous. The best of feeling pervaded both ses? sions. Mr. Bryan had announced his in? tention of introducing a resolution in effect discharging the national com? mittee from the conduct of the com? ing campagin and allowing Governor Wilson to appoint his own campaign committee. He was dissuaded from this course, and, instead of making a move that might have stirred up strife, he made a little speech which he termed his "valedictory" and In happy mood turned over the mantle to his former leadership as a Presi? dents] candidate to Governor Wilson. He pledged his faithful support to the Presidential nominee and ended by urging that either Governor Burke or Benatoi George Chamberlain, of Oregon, be nominated Vice President. The Nebraskan was understood par? ticularly to favor Governor Burke as a type of the modern progressive. When, after the first ballot, some one moved to make the nomination of Marshall unanimous, Mr. Bryan started for tile stage to make a State? ment. The motion was withdrawn be? fore he could speak. When the mo? tioned was resumed, after the second ballot. Mr. Bryan did not protest. The platform hewed out In com? mittee several days ago, and Warmly praised by .Mr. Bryan, was adopted with a whoop. Many of the delegates wont direct? ly from the convention hall to special trains and by tomorrow practically all will have left town. I Baltimore, July 2.?Governor Wood row Wilson of NVw Jersey, wi i made the Presidential nomine?- ..t' the Dem? ocratic National Convention at the af? ternoon session today w h >n, on the 16th ballot, he received 990 votes to 81 for i 'hamp < 'lark. The Missouri delegation, which had remained faithful to Clark t<? the end, then moved that the nomination be made unanimous. There was a great ( horns of approval and the long light was over. Only four ballots were necessary to? day to reach u nomination. When the convention adjourned last nigh? the convention had seemed to be In all but a hopeless deadlock. Wilson had begun to lose ground on the last few ballots and Champ Clark had made a few temporary gains. This en? couraged the Speaker to run over to Baltimore from Washington this morning, In the hope of still further turning the tide and rallying his forces to a final stand. When he reached here, however; he learned that the Illinois delegation, at an early morning conference had decided to switch from Clark to Wil? son. This meant a change of "?7 \otes and was as fatal to Clark's chances ;is ti was Inspiring to the Wilson forces. Illinois had been ex? pected to "break" ail day yesterday and there was deep gloom in the Wil? son camp when it failed to do SO. With the change this morning, however, the Wilson forces went to the Convention hall at noon In the firm belef that the New Jersey <;,.\ ernor would be nominated before another adjournment was taken. As they had anticipated, the vote of lilt nols marked the beginning of the end, West Virginia joined hands with DU* nois in going over to Wilson on the 4?th l?ailot, the tirst cast today. Wilson jumped from the final vote i 194 last night to\ol on the first ?allot today. The figures told their own story. The Wilson d<'legates were jubilant as Chariman James di? rected the second call of the day? the 4 4th of the Convention. The most important change on this ballot was in the Colorado delegation, which had voted 11 for Clark and 1 for Wilson. This time Colorado divid? ed, 10 to 2 In favor of Wilson. Altogether the ultimate nominee gained 2 7 votes on this ballot. Then came the 4 5th. it was disappointing in a way, for Clark held trie own and Wilson made a gain of only 4. There were few in the hall t this time who did not believe ~on would win, but they feare ? ould take a long, long while dir. to attain the 725 1-3 votr ?V ssary to nominate. It was re ^ that there must be a decided ' ^ in the Cn derwood vote, w' . .ad held firm sj from the begin jetore any man w could w*n. V The fort* ballot, which had been orde cant results. Senator Stone, of M. ,ouri, who had been in consultation with the Speaker, climb ed on the stage and when he could make himself heard, released in the name of the Speaker all of the dele* gates who had been pledged for him. I "As for Missouri, however," he added, "she will cast her 36 votes for old Champ Clark to the end." That was the. beginning of the end; I it became apparent that Woodrow t Wilson would he nominated, and his I nomination followed shortly after \ wards. I Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, fol? lowed Stone. The Convention was in 'an almost continuous uproar. The I Wilson forces were already eelebrat I ing their victory. There no longer I was any doubt as to the result. Mayor i Fitzgerald withdrew the name of Gov. j Foss, of Massachusetts, from further : consideration and declared that "the Old Bay State' would fall in line for Woodrow Wilson. i Then a second Fitzgerald was rec ' Ognlsed. This time it was the Con? gressman from Brooklyn, a member of the New York delegation. He made a plea for harmony and ended by suggesting that a further roll call ? be dispensed with and the nomination I of Wilson be made by acclamation. ' New York, he said, was ready to vote for the man the great majority of the delegate I desired as their nominee. The faithful Mlssourians objected ;to this plan because of their deatre to .vote a last time for Sneaker Claik. It was a. foregone conclusion what the result would be as the last call of the states began. Alabama, which had started every : other call with 24 votcfl for Fnder [wood, ?hange?! to Wilson and State i after state followed suit I it was just 3.1.". P. M when the I solid 76 VOtea for Pennsylvania car ' t ied WiNon over the winning line, 'making his total at thi time 733 r j votes. m -v. . The stampede did not end until 990 of the 1.0>s votes in the Convention had been i tst for the nominee. j Missouri with her 3?> had been joined on the last ballot, for Clark, by i 24 of California's 21 votes by 0 dele? gates from Florida, 2 from Louisiana? all ?> from Nevada. from NVw Jer? sey, the home State of Governor Wil? son, ? from the district of Columbia I and 1 from ?>hio. This little handful readily joined in the chorus of ac? clamation when Senator Stone moved that the nomination he made unani? mous. j i It was :;.1"> P. M. When Chairman James officially declared Mr. Wilson the nomine? of his party. There was an attempt a( another demonstration, but the delegates were too tired to keep it up long Tlo ., t,, ma local appropriation for ? band had run out l ?st Saturday nig! I and there was no inspiring musi help along the an* thuslasm. in :' respect the nomlu? ttion was unto Every one In the Convention ho med in a happy frame of mind . it the end had cense. w. j. Bryan who had taken abac* lately no part In * proceedings of the day other ' ! !o e:u?t his vote with a majority of '1 Nebraska dole nation tor Governoi Wilson, was BUT* rounded by many admirers, but would say nothing at the time. He said he would prepare a statement later in the day. Nominations for the Vice Presiden? cy were in order, but no one had been agreed upon, so it was decided that a recess should be taken until 9 P. M., when the Vice President should ho named and the platform adopted. Tho Interim was devoted to confer? ences on both subjects).