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WAY 9I1UKB BY NO MEANS INEVITABLE. \ Leader* Indicate tVoaM Welcome Newlands Act,. * fNlf York. June ?.?Although 500. airlke ballots were ordered print IN re today by the delegates of the railroad brotherhoods who fall? en rgreeinent with the he their demands for short I fats arid higher overtime pay, ? of the men and rcpreesntatlves ? railroads united ia the doc ? that while the situation u. k H ia not hopeless. It the railroad managers and the Irhood leaders and delegates lang secret conferences today. policies for their fu jsnwutft la the negotiations ex tn faAew the return of a strike The brotherhood leaders arc that more than 91 per cent, gtea will vote In favor ot a , strike which, however, can called until ?II efforts towards settlement have failed. Interviews with leaders mdtoated that both sides look settlement through mediation Uia sterwlaads act. The rall the employes believe, may at the last moment their sUnd ottegsaatton of "double com ' rates, aad consent to ar U question of hours and than precipitate a general brotherhood leaders Intimated, SB ssjgAt he satis?ed with a ear day aad time and a quer I net sea of tho eight day aM time and a half over situation H not as hopeless Mjr seem st nrst gtanc?." said Qarretsr . -?t*ent of the Or f Rai; ay Conductors "The must l ot lose sight-of the fact a counterpropoaltlon hue been by the railroads to the de? af Use men. It la impossible brotherhood to tako a de? an natu Um roads make their eteafV As the situation now Uav brotherhoods submitted to the rallrotid* and rejected." Of FLORENCE. Juno Id-?Chief ot Police aaya< that Ue ran see^ in the people dbKlon Uw wait into In December. He le lees evidence of drinking aaa on Ute streets and fewer lor being drunk and for dis? co nd vet. but that the liquor is drunk in the homes vesy large aow. The crowds are possibly to handle on the streets, large because there are not so many 'da people go home sooner there drinking behind stores, and around to get a drink, as need to be. The poorer class nad tl?e negroes seem to got lust as se qver. clubbing in and or tlteir pint in first one name and ejM?th*r. Whiskey comes as ?1 eery. In the names of women I* tetal err eats for drunk and for rly conduct for four months January S to May t for 1*16, 49 und ?S, respectively, aiul the time It IS there have be* n II and 76 disorderlies. ha< not had a great deal of ible with tho blind tigers, tho poo getting their liquor so convon - by express. He has had a groat Of experience with the drunk Jamaica ginger and liquor sub however. County Jail Empty. Fes; the first time in twenty years Florence county Jail is empty, prisoner Is housed within its Ti ls Is a moat unusual >:ondi |an ever, In this blessed count)', and allor Bryant scarcely knows how to OCUpy his time He has taken odvan age Of this <-i*ortunity, however. t?? s\re a general cleaning up. and has U4 every cell scrubbed from celling 0 floor. The corridors have alsc been Iren thorough attention, and when le gets through, tho Jail will be us lean as new. Jailor Bryant says the naetiness of the Jail at this time Is foe largely to ihe scarcity of liquor. ?Florence Times. ProiiiMth?? Decreases Crime. lank Hill Herald. Oa-, Chronicle notes the that as prohibition begins to i-ru? in that State the niiml?or of con aaglas to decrease. As Georgia forks the convicts on tho highways, (hers will probably tie Whs road Ini Wovement In the Stute under pro Mhltlon thsn was the case wh**ti II laer was easily obtainable. Hovever, prohibition would seem to be a good fjlag for the poor fellows who work Ml on the public highways without My to stone fur crimes committed teile under tho influence of liquor, v CjbO&BS WITH ADOPTION OP PARTY PLATFORM. Body Finally Adopts Suffrage Plank as F.ivored by Administration Landein After Fight??Ajncrk-anlsin Part Readily Accented as Presi? dent's Wish. St. Louis. June 16.?The Demo? cratic national convention finished its work today by adopting the party platform exactly as approved by Pres? ident Wilson and submitted by tho resolutions committee, including the plank on Americanism and that favor? ing woman suffrage, but not until the harmony of its three day sessions had been 'disturbed by a row over the suffrage plank. No voice was raised against the vig? orous declarations of the Americanism plank, but at one time it looked as if the suffrage plank had been lost. After Senator Walsh of Montana had told the convention that President Wilson himself considered It vital to party success, however, it was voted into the platform. 888 1-2 to 181 1-2. The entire platform then was adopted without a roll call. As adopted the suffrage plank stands: "We favor the extension of the franchise to the women of this coun? try, State by State, on the same terms as to the men." The suffrage leaders considered It a much more favorable declaration tlian they got from the Republican conven? tion at Chicago; they threw all their force behind-it and won the support of the administration leaders, who were found fighting for them widen danger threatened. Haggard and worn from an all night session, the platform makers were not ready with their report until after noon, when Senator Stone, sleep? less for more than 30 hours, took the speaker's stand and, explaining that he was too, tired to read the document, gave over this task to Senators Walsh of Montana and Hollis of New Hamp? shire. They alternated in reading the long declaration. The fight on the suffrage plank was In the air. Everybody was koyep up to it and when at the conclusion of the reading of the platform Martin Lomasney of Boston, a delegate claimed the attention of the chair; It was thought he was opening the fight,, and it was several minutes be? fore the shoots of 'approval and cries "?I disapproval cduld be td tiled s f ficiently to hear that ho wanted to pot the ?ohwontion on record ns'sy,uk cithUlng with "the people of Ire? land." "Ra s mit 'im," roared a Baltimore delegav and the convention rocked with laughter. The real fight broke Immediately after when Oov. Ferguson of Texas, who headed the minority report against the administration plank, was given 30 minutes In which to pre? sent It. The plank offered by the minority as: 'The Democratic party always has stood for the sovereignty of the several States In the control and reg? ulation of elections. We reaffirm the historic position of our party In thh regard and favor tho continuance ol that wise provision of the federal constitution which vests In the several States of the Union tho powei to prescribe the qualifications of their electors." Besides Oov. Ferguson, the report was signed by Former Ropresnta tlve Bartlett of Georgia, Jamea R. Nujent of New Jersey and Stephen B. llcmlng of Fort Wayne, Ind. The burden of Gov. Ferguson's argument was that suffrage being puroly a Stato right question, the wording of the majority plank was a presumptuous recommendation to the States on how to conduct their dec Hons. Anti-suffrage delegates on the floor piled the governor with questions which brought out fresh argument* ugalnst tho administration plank. When Gov. Ferguson had finished the convention was In confusion and th< tone of the uproar in tho delegate sections was Indicative of sympathy with the opponents of the majority plank. When Senator Stone took th< speakers' place to defend the plank he was bombarded with u running tiro of questions and argument from delegates on the Hour which eventual? ly exhausted the time allotted to him. Anti-suffrage delegates loudly chal? lenged his references to Gov. Fer? guson's statement with cries ol "That's not what he said," "That's not fair." Many delegntes openly took tho poHltlon that tho question was becoming much confused by the man? ner of Its presentation. Finally Sena? tor Stone yielded to Senator Pittman of Nevada, one of the suffrage chain plons. The crowd wanted to howl Sc-iatoi P|ttman down and cried, "vote Vote!" "Ves. I know you want to vote,' \lr. Pittman shouted at his Opno nents; "yi u'd rathor do anything cist PICKED BY WILSON FOR COM? MITTEE CHIEF. Believed That Pcnnsylvnnlnn WIU be ?bfci? io Harmonize All Element? of Party. Washington, June 15.?Vance Mc Cormick of Pennsylvania has been se? lected by President Wilson to suc? ceed William F. McCombs as chair? man of the Democratic national com? mittee. Administration leaders in St. Lionls were notified today by the president. It is believed hero that Mr. Mc Cormick will be able to solidify the party and harmonize different ele? ments. The president looks upon him as prognjsslve and thoroughly in har? mony with his ideas of how the com? ing campaign should be run. The Democratic national committee elects its chairman, but there is no doubt that the president's choice will be formally ratified. Mr. McCombs announced months ago" that he would not undertake tho direction of tho campaign this year, and party leaders have been await? ing with keen interest tLj president's selection of a man for the task . Mr. McCormick, who is a native of Harrlsburg and 44 yea?-8 old, owns tho Harishurg morning newspaper, The Patriot,' and has been identified with Democratic politics since his youths He was mayor from 1902 to 1905, and this year was the party's candidate for governor. Strikers in Battle. Oakland, Cal., June 17.?One man was killed and fifteen wounded, in a pitched b?ttle between fifty lumber company employees and a hundred strike sympathizers. .i . Detectives Work up Two Cases. Manning, times. Two whiskey detectives have been working in Manning for the past two weeks, and we understand they have made, gut, two cases. "Something dead up the crqek." With the amount of liquor seid in this town, it seems to us there should have been more like two hundred cases.. ?_l .- u... -.?!gggs"gagggg** than hear the truth." "Are you men who are willing to bear women denounced afraid to hear a man say something' in their behalf? I want to appeal to you to give your sis^e/s and daughters and mothers he r^ght .to > otc." "Whttts that gut to do with this?" ?housed tbe UglegH.ee. Finally. . ignoring lesser outbreaks .md shouting above the din tMld con? fusion, Pitt man managed to get through with his speech. Senator , Walsh of Montana then ook the platform and in an impas? sioned speech swept asido the smaller questions which had been injected into the hght and told the delegates that President Wilson himself knew the plank was In the platform and considered it essential for party vic? tory. . "Whatever your opinions may be," he said, "we shall never bo anything but a discordant and divided party unless we surender some of our con? victions to tho wisdom of a majority. Here you are confronted, as one of our ? amous leaders said, 'with a condi? tion not a theory.' The 12 suffrage -'tatcs represent 91 votes in the elec orial college. Every political party ? as made this declaration In some form or other. It becomes a simple question of whether you will insure ?he enmity of these women. There is no possibility of losing a single vote f you adopt this majority plank, be? cause every other party has done tho ame. "I ask you," ho cried, "if you're go? ng to put a resolution in here that's i lie. You can't adopt this minority oport without stultifying yourselves." Senator Walsh then explained that the president kne w about the suffrage plank and added: "He believes it vital to his success that it stay there. I ask you with all \ .he fervor of my being, Who Is there lero who is wiser or more patriotic I than he ?" Whilo the fight had been going on i thunderstorm burst and when the row on the convention floor was at its height the storm reached its cll r.iax. Tho booming of tho thunder, nixed with tho roaring shouts on the door and the clatror cau::cd by tl rain on the roof, almost drowned out tho speaker. The storm cleared just is Senator Walsh finished speaking and the closing words of his plea for the administration plank swept a change over the crowd. There were re rewed cries of "Vote, vote," but they were not shouts for tho defeat of tho Idank. As tho clerks called tho roll of States the votes toppled Into the olumn supporting the plank as the ommlttee had written it so fast that he defeat of the substitute was as Ured before the call had gone a doz n States. At the close of the roll ill the whole platform ns written was idopted and after disposing of some tnmnlltlcs the convention adjourned das die at 3;li o'clock. STATE BEADY CAMPAIGN TO O^EN TOMORROW ?WILL CLOSE AUG. 2?. Five Candidates for Governor?Must File Pledges and Pay Assessments by Noon Today. Columbia, June 19.?The county-to county campaign of candidates for &tate offices will begin tomorrow in Spartanburg and will continue five days a week until August 26, with the exception of 10 days rest in July. The candidates this week will also speak in Greenville, Pickens, Wal? halla and Anderson. The work of the hustings) will come to a close in Winnsbore. Candidates for otate and federal offices must tile their pledges by noon today In order to be eligible In the Democratic primaries this summer and must also pay their assessments to the treasurer of the Democratic executive committee, Wille Jones of Columbia. There will probably be' other pledges filed today. Thero are five candidates for gov? ernor, two for State treasurer and five for railroad commissioner, the incumbent in each instance oeing a candidate for reelection. All other State officers are without opposition so far. * All members of congress are op? posed for reelection, with the excep? tion of A. Fr Lever in the Seventh dis? trict. In the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh judicial circuits the incumbent solicitors are unop? posed. ... - For State Offices. The following candidates have filed pledges.with the secretary of state: Governor?Richard I Manning of Sumter-.(reelection), R. A. Cooper of Laurens,' .Cole L. Blease of Columbia, John Madison DesChamps of Colum? bia and?John T. Duncan of Columbia. Lieutenant Governbr?Andrew J. Bethea of Columbia. Secretary of State?George W. Wlghaman of ShH'.da. State...-Treasurer?Sam T. Carter of Columbia (reelection) and D. W. Mc Laurln of Columbia. Comptroller General?Carlton W. Sawyer .of Columbia. Attorney General?Tboe. H. Peo? ples of Bhtckvllle. State Superintendent of Education ?John.'S. jSwearlngen of Columbia. Adjutant) General?W. W. Mooro of Columbia. . Com mission of Agricultur??B. J. \ Waf.^'pK.of Columbia. Raikpoad C">mmlsBlonor?<i. M? I;ul'- J ho Hampton of Columbia (reelection), j W. H. Kelly of Spartanburg, W. T. Thrower of Cheraw, Albert S. Fant of Belton, James Cansler of Tlrzah. For Congress. The following candidates for con? gress have filed: First District?Richard S. Whaley of Charleston (reelection), J. G. Pad? gett of Walterboro. i Second District?James S. Byrnes of Alken (reelection), Alvln Ether edge of Saluda. Third District?Wyatt Alken of Ab? beville (reelection), A. H. Dagnall of Anderson, H. C. Tillman of Green? wood, F. H. Dominick of Nowberry, John A. Horton of Belton. Fourth District?Sam J. Nicholls of Spartan burg (reelection), A. H. Miller of Greer. Fifth District?D? E. Flnley of York (reelection), W. F. Stevenson of Che? raw. Sixth District?J. Willard Ragadale of Florence (reelection), J. S. Mc Innes of Darlington. Seventh District??. F. Lever of Laaington. For Solicitor. The following have filed their pledges as candidates for solicitor in the various circuits: First Circuit?J. Stokes Salley of Orangeburg treelection), L. A. Hut son of OranKeburg, E. C. Man of St. Matthews, A. J. Hydrick of Orange burg. Second Circuit?R. L. Gunter of Alken (reelection). Third Circuit?P. H. Stoll of Kings tree (reelection). Fourth Circuit?J. Monroe Spears I of Darlington (reelection). Fifth Circuit?Wade Hampton Cobb of Columbia (reelection). Sixth Circuit?J. K. Henry of Ches? ter (reelection). Seventh Circuit?A. E. Hill of Spar tanburg (reelection). Eighth Circuit?T. Frank McCord of Greenwood, George T. Magill of Greenwood, H. S. Black well of Lau rons, B. V. Chapman of Newberry. Ninth Circuit?W. H. Grimball of Charleston (reelection), F. M. Bryan of Charleston, T. P. Stoney of Char? leston. Tenth Circuit?Kurtz P. Smith of Anderson (reelection), Leon L. Rice of Anderson, J. R. Earle of Walhalla. Eleventh Circuit?Gedrge Bell Tim merman of Lexington (reelection), E. L. Asbin of Leeavlile, J. w. Cox of Johnston. Twelfth Circuit?Nobody filed. Thirteenth Circuit?John M. Daniel <>fv Greenville, J. Robert Martin of Greenville, H. II. Harris of Greenville, TELEGRAM SENT GOVERNORS. SECRETARY BAKER FORWARDS PRESIDENT'S ORDER. Organizations to Be Accepted Into Federal Service Should Have Full Peace Strength. Washington, June 18.?The presi? dent's order calling the National Guard into the federal service went to the governor of each State in the form of the following telegram signed by Secretary Baker: "Having in view the possibilty of further aggression upon the territory of the United States from Mexico and the necessity for the proper protection of that frontier, the president has thought proper to exercise the author? ity vested in him by the constitution and laws and call out the organized \ militia and the National Guard neces? sary for that purpose. I am in conse? quence instructed by the president to call into the service of the United States forthwith, through you, the fol? lowing units of the organized militia and National Guard of the State of -, which the president directs shall be assembled at the State mobilization point, State camp ground (or at the places to be designated to you by the commanding general - depart? ment) for muster Into the service of the United States." (Here follows a list of the organiza? tions to be furnished by the designat? ed State.) "Organizations to be accepted into federal service should have the mini? mum peace strength, now prescribed for organized militia. The maximum strength at which organizations will be accepted and to which they should be raised as soon as possible is prescrib? ed in section 2, tables of organiza? tion, United States army. In case any regiment, battalion or squadron now recognized as such contains an insuffi? cient number of organizations to en? able it to conform at muster to regular army organization tables, the organi? zations necessary to complete such units may be moved to mobilization camps and there inspected under or? ders of the department commander to determine fitness for recognition as organized militia by the war de? partment. "Circular 19, division of militia affairs, 1914, prescribes the organisa? tions desired from States as part of the local tactical division and only these organizations will be accepted Into service. "It 1s requested that all officers of j the adjutant general's department, j quar^rmasters corps and medical corps duly recognized as pertaining j to Stat'? headquarters under table 1/ tables oi organization ot militia, and not elsewhere required for duty in State administration, be ordered to camp for duty at camp staff of-' flees. Such numbers of these staff officers as the department com? mander may determine may be mus? tered into the service of the United States for the purpose of proper camp administration and will be mus? tered out when their services are no longer required. a "Where recognized' brigades or di? visions are called into service from a State, the staff officers pertaining to these units under tables of organiza? tion, United States army, will be mus? tered into service and also the au? thorized sectors of small arms prac? tice pertaining thereto. "Except for these two purposes of mobilization camp service and of the prescribed camp service with tactical units, officers of State headquarters under table 1 above mentioned will not be mustered into service at this time. "If tactical divisions arc later or? ganized the requisite official number of staff officers will rank as pre? scribed for division staff will, as far as practicable, be called into service from those States which have fur? nished troops to such divisions." (Signed) "Newton D. Baker." THREE GREAT CONVENTIONS. Special Excursion Fares from Sumter. New York City. Account National Educational con? vention. Tickets will he sold June 29, 30 and July 1, limited returning until July 12. Fare $24.60, via all rail and $24.25 via Norfolk. Baltimore, Md. Account Giand Lodge Eiks (B. P. O. E.) Tickets will be sold July 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, limited returning until July 19. Fare $17.15. Buffalo, N. Y. Account Ancient Arabic Order No? bles of the Mystic Shrine, Imperial Council. Tickets will be sold July 8, 9 and 10, limited returning until July :Z. Fare $30.05. For schedules, reservations and more detailed Information, call on O. V. Player, Ticket Agent, Sumter, At? lantic Coast Line, The Standard Rail toad of the South.?Advt. David W. Smoak of Greenville, J. D. Lanford of Greenville. Fourteenth Circuit?George War? ren of Hampton, H. R. Padgett of Wulterboro. THE TWO QUIRT ACT. ____________ < GOVERNOR EXPLAINS WHY HE DID NOT SIGN BILL, , '-I'" } Chief Executive Says That He (Has Postponed Action Until Decision of Court is Made on Present Statute. Columbia, June 19.?In answer to a letter inquiring about the two-quart act, Gov. Manning wrote as follows: "In the beginning perm t me to state that I am very glad indeed that your interest in the administration of affairs of government and in the enforcement of law in South Carolina is such that you feel free to write me in reference to the two-quart bill. I am glad to have the opportunity to advise you that my refusal to sign this bill at the present time is purely in the interest of temperance in South Carolina, and with all regard for the views of its advocates and with great admiration for their high purpose and fine service. "You will recall that the legislature at its 1915 session passed what is known as the gallon-a-month act. This same legislature passed an act referring the question of prohibition or local option to the voters of South Carolina in a special election held in September, 1916. ? "It has been claimed by some that there are constitutional defects in the gallon-a-month law. As the head of the executive department of the State I would not presume to pass on fhis question. That is a rratter for the judicial department. My duty is to direct the enforcement of this act so long as it remains on the statute books unchanged by legislative enact? ment or judicial decision. "I have been informed that this law is now being tested in the courts, and the friends of prohibition having knowledge of this action introduced during the 1916 session of the leg? islature a bill intended to reenact this gallon-a-month law in such a manner as to leave no question as to its con? stitutionality. When this bill was in? troduced and finally passed through both houses of the general assembly, a good many changes had been made in it and a number of amendments tacked on. In fact, the act as Anally passed was widely different, I am told, from the bill originally introduced. When this act came to me for ap? proval or disapproval, I discussed the entire matter with the authors of the bill, together with some of the leading prohibitionists of the State. In addition to the advice and couivn< 1 gained from tnese gentleman who are very much interested in the cau?o of prohi' ition. I received B large number ?>f letters! from citizens in various parts of the State, urging me for various reasons not to approve this act. "This condition confronted me: The gallon-a-month act was before the courts and this new act, if signed, would automatically repeal the gal? lon-a-month act; and in case it was attacked and set aside by the courts, we would be left without ary legal limitation upon the amount of liquor that might be imported. "It seemed to me, therefore, that " in view of the information that had been placed before me, the highest interests of the State would best be served were I to hold this act In abeyance rather than take chances. For these and other reasons which I deem inadvisable to make public at the present time, I deemed It In the interest of temperance and In fair? ness to the people -of the State that the two-quart act be not signed at present, but that it be held here pend? ing the outcome of the legal fight on the gallon-a-month act. The two quart act has not *een vetoed, but is merely held in this office as above stated. "I have written you frankly in ref? erence to the matter and I trust you will understand and appreciate my position. The principle of law enforce? ment is very dear to my heart and in my opinion is of paramount impor? tance in South Carolina at the present time. I am doing all in my power to see that the present laws are enforced and shall continue this policy with unabated vigor and without compro? mise so long as I am governor. "Since the State has spoken so clearly for prohibition, it becomes the duty of a Democrat and certainly that of a public official to accept the ex? pression of the will of the people as the policy of the State. It seems to me, therefore, that we have had our course determined by a greatly pre? ponderant vote, and so far as I am concerned the liquor question is a set? tled one. It is no longer a political issue. The people have spoken in no uncertain terms on the matter. "1 take this occasion to state that the acceptance of prohibition by the people of South Carolina and their hearty cooperation with the officers in the enforcement of this law have been remarkable and very gratifying indeed." It is estimated that there is enough waste from ihe sawmills of the South alone to produce twenty thousand ,,tons of paper a day.