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THE SIJMXER WATCHMAN, Establis Consolidated Aug. 2,1 Republicans Name Harding of Ohio on Tenth Ballot For President COOLTOGE FOB VICE PRESIDENT The End Came at Close of Bay of Fruitless Balloting and ? Ckmferences. Qhicago,; June 12.?-W&rren ?3. Harding, United States Senator from Ohio, was nomfeated for the Presi dency today by the Republican Na tional Convention alter a deadlock which pasted for-nine ballots and i^et> -finally forced out of the rim ing- all the original favorites. As h2s running mate, the" conven tion, named Governor Calvin Coolidge, of Massehusetts. upsetting a plan of a cjoiabinati-^ of the Harding back ers to nominate for tho place Sena tor Irviae-1*. Lenroot, of Wisconsin. The collapse^ of the forces of Gov ernor Prank ?. Lowden and their transfer" in' large part to Senator Harding, put the Ohio candidate over. Gene ral Wood lost heavily, however! when the Harding di" ' begann and Senator Johnson, the tnird of. the trio of leaders on the early balloting yesterday, also went steadily down h?Ll ' Entering the convention four days "ago as ia candidate distinctly of the /'dark horse" class, Senator Harding got-only sixty-four votes oga.the first ballot yesterday and on the second he dropped to 56. *Whe*a the convention adjourned last night at the end of the fourth bal lot he had 61. In all-night conferences among the party eiaefs, however, he was men tioned many times as. the most likely to break the nomination deadlock shonSd neither Wood, Lowden nor Johnson take a commanding lead to day. They all failed to do so. Wood and Lowden nmning a neck and neck raco^for.: leadership on four more bal lots,-whSe the; strength of the Cali a candidate dwindled steadily. Meantime Harding pushed his total to 133, individual delegates from zoany States swinging to him from the ?"columns of the leaders and of various f&ynritjj sons. The Johnson managers, fearing a landslide was impending, then made a last play to save the for tunes of "their cndidates. They moved to recess for a couple of hours in or der to take an-inventory and seek a new combmation. The Wood and Lowden. forces, both virtually at the peak cf their strength, but both dis heartened at the iong string of bal lots without material gains, fell in with the recess plan and the convention adopted it. * Almost as soon as the alphabetical call of states began after the recess the ground swell for Harding demon strated that it could not be forestal led. Connecticut, when her name was called, took fbnf teen votes from Low den and gave them to Harding. In Florida he got seven from Wood and then Kentucky, almost from the first Ya: solid Lowden vote, flopped into the Harding column. Amid scenes of rising enthusiasm ? other blocks of Lowden delegates fPi llowed -suit, while many of the routed Wood supporters also went into the Harding camp. By the end of the roll call Senator Harding had rolled up a total of 374, putting him far in the lead and. several score of votes nearer the nomintion than any candidate had been before. Lowden at the end of the ninth had only 121 votes left oat of 307,' with which he ended the eighth, and Gen. Wood's strength had fallen from 299 on the eighth to 249 on the ninth. Johnson dropped from 87 to 82. As the tenth roll call began dele gates qt&t Lowden, Wood and John son right and left, and .the big hall was in almost contiinous applause as State after State announced secession to the Harding standard. It was re served for Pennsylvnia to add " the crowning touch of enthusiasm. When the Keystone State was reached the Ohio Senator needed thirty-two votes to nominate htm, and Pennsylvania gave him sixty. When it was seen that a candidate had beim nominated, the customary changing of votes began with a half dozen who had voted for other candi dates switching over so as to appear in the "winning column on the last bal lot Most of Illinois deserted Its Gov ernor, and many of the Wood men, too, asked to have their votes record ed for Harding. The final check-up showed 692 for Harding with^only twelve left sup porting Lowden, 157 for Wood and eighty for Johnson. At their best, ear lier in the day, the Wood people had mustered 312 votes and the.Lowden forces 311. Johnson's high point was 148, recorded on the second ballot yesterday. , Aero Company Dissolved. . Columbia, June. 15.?The Sumter Aero Co. of Sumter has tiled a certifi cate of dissolution of charter with the secretary of State. The company was! chartered last November. The coton crop of Sumter county is1 ' still small, but it is growing rapidly, and except for size is in excellent eon dition. r bed April, 1850. "Be Jost t 881._I BULL MOOSERS STAMPEDE AGAIN Arnos Pinchot Announces Con vention in Chicago BOLTERS TO NAME CANDIDATES ?? . Statement Charges Republicans With Throwing Followers of Roosevelt, Johnson and La Follette Out of Party. Chicago, June 13.?Asserting that the Republican national convention "ignored most of the serious prob lems and mentioned others only to reveal its unwillingness to face them honestly," the committee of 48,^ in a statement .tonight signed by Amos Pinchot and other members said that "whatever unce-tainty existed as to whether there would be a new party candidate for president had been mov ed." The organization will adopt a platforms and nominate a candidate for president at a convention in' Chi cago on July 10. "The Republican party has now driven out of represen tation in its councils the millions of voters who followed Roosevelt, John son and! LaFollette," the statement ,said. "The-new party will represent these voters and will present a definite and constructive program." The statement said that the new party had ben organized in 30 states and that it would be prepared to put its electoral ticket on the ballots in every State." ? ATTEMPT TO KILL CHILEAN Presidential Candidate Escapes Death. Many Shots Were Fired Bet Aksandri Not Hit / ._| Aniiego,-Chile, June 14.?An at tempt was made today to assassinate Arturo Alesandri the Liberal alli ance presidential candidate. Three shots were fired, but Alesandri was not struck. Labor Federation May Aid Democrats A. F. of L. Condemns Action of Republicans?To Discuss Labor Party Montreal, P. Q-, June 11.?The American Federation of Labor, in convention here, made preparations tonight to offer the support of organ ized labor to the Democratic party in return for its acceptance of the labor platform demands which leaders de clare the Republican party has ignor ed. Labor leaders announced tonight! that the subject would be placed be- j fore the federation's convention to-j morrow. The first step, they said,! would be a condemnation of the Re-j publican party, to be followed by an i appeal to the Democratic party for incorporation of labor's policy in its platform. Samuel Gompers and other labor leaders were in session late tonight preparing a plan of action. They de clined to divulge their decision, but indicated "drastic action against the Republican party would be proposed." Delegates and labor officials show* I ed considerable sentiment for the for- j mation of a labor party. Those close- to Mr.. Gompers, how ever, asserted tonight that the action of the Republican convention would! have no effect on the non-partisan j political program, and there was "not the slightest posibility" of labor put ting a party in the fiejd this year. Pacific coast delegates, advocates of1 a labor party, made use of the situa-! 'tion and pressed their plan to have the convention authorize a committee to investigate during the next year the feasibiliity of organizing a labor party and report at the 1921 conven-! tion. If they get sufficient support for this proposal they, are prepared to place it before the convention early next week. -? The only resolution adopted by the ccrvention today provided that "every effort be made by the organized labor movement to the end that schools, hospitals, asylums and other similar public or private institutions, facto ries, as well as other forms of build ings requiring proper care against the dangers of fire, shall be provided with approved appliances for the preven tion of fire," or good labor was also urged to aid in enforcing legislation tending to "safeguard life, limb and property." Presided Will Take j Up Bicycling ! ?- j Will Take Up New Form Of Ex ercise at Once Westfield. Masa. June 14.?That! President Wilson, will take up bicy cling as exercise became known today ! when a local manufacturing concern announced an order placed for a bi cycle by Admiral Grayson, the presi dent's physician, acompanied by a letter stating that the bicycle was for the president's owu use. I md Fear Not?Let all the ends Thou I sumter, s. a, wedn; STATE CAMPAIGN OPENS NEXT WEEK Plan to Combine Senatorial and State Campaign Meetings Abandoned SEVERAL CANDIDATES FILED OBJECTIONS i '. Aspirants for Senate Speak in Sumter and State Officers in Columbia Next Tuesday. Columbia, June 15.?There will be two political campaigns this summer and the called meeting of the State Democratic Executive* committee, for next Monday, for the purpose of considering a plan to combine the two campaigns, that .of aspirants for state offices and that for United States senate, has been cancelled. This announcement was made today by H. N. Edmunds, of Columbia, sec retary of the State Democratic Ex ecutive Committee. Thos. P. Cothran, chairman of the State Democratic Committee, had call ed the special meeting for the 21st, because of requests that had^ come to him for consideration of a plan to have one campaign, instead of two. The party rules provide that there be two campaigns the only exception being when there is only one candi date for the Senate and no opposi tion for state offices. Mr. Edmunds received today a protest from certain candidates, against the plan of com bining the ;two itinerariies. He im mediately communicated with Mr. Cothran, in Greenville, over Long Distance telephone, and Mr. Cothran stated that he would call off the meet ing of the 'committee for next Mon day, and that there would be two separate campaigns. Without' lm? animoas consent of the candidates, the rule for two campaigns could' not be changed. The campaign for candidates for state offices begins in Columbia on Tuesday of next week. The candi dates for United States Senate speak first at Sumter on the 22nd. Several candidates filed their pled ges today. These are: D. B. Trax ler, Greenville, for Congress; John M. Daniel, Greenville, for solicitor; J. C ? Leatherwood, Greenville; for solic itor; A. C. Mann, Greenville, for soli citor, thirteenth circuit; ' B. Harris, Columbian, for commissioner of agri culture; W. W. Moore, Columbia, for adjutant general. The time for filing pledges expires at noon next Monday. Republican Split Rumored LaFollette May Head New Par ty as Presidential Candidate ?Plans Laid For Harding' Chicago. June ' 14.?A declaration by Amos Pinchot, member of the com mittee of 48, that positively there would be a new party presidential candidate in the field, rumors that Senator LaFollette would head a tick et as a presidential candidate, and the announcement that the campaign in, behalf of ? Hardin would start promptly were the outstanding de velopments following the Republican national convention. Federal Indictments \ Quashed American Woolen Mills Released j Of Charge of Profiteering - New York, June 11?The indict ments charging profiteering against j the American Woolen Companies, of |New York and Massachusetts, and j William Wood, president of the com ipanies, was today quashed by Federal J udge Mack. The Judge sustained the demurrer of Charles Hughes, special counsel for the. defense, which held that woolen goods did not constitute wearing apparel and. therefore, did not come within the meaning of the Lever act. Austrian Cabinet Resigns , Vienna. June 11?The Austrian cab inet, headed by Chancellor Ren ner, which has held office most of the time since the armistice, resigned today. BOMB PLOT IN EGYPT Cairo. June 12?An unsuccessful at tempt was made today to assassinate the Egyptian premier with a bomb. The premier was uninjured, but thre^ bystanders were wounded. Infant Mortality ? Decreased Death Rate Less Last Year Than in Previous Four Years Washington, June 15.?The infant mortality rates for 1919 decreased materially, compared with the four previous years, according to a census bureau announcement today. ml Ums't at he thy Country's, Thy God's a ESDAY, JUNE 16, 1930 STARTS CONTEST OVER THORNWEIL William P. Jacobs Files Protest \ Against Issuance of New Charter CLINTON TRUSTEES AGAINST CHURCH CONTROL Institution Has Heretofore Been ' in the Hands of Self-Perpetu ating Board of Trustees. Columbia, June 15.?A protest which the courts may have to be call ed on to settle was filed by William P. Jacobs of Clinton with Secretary of State W. Banks Dove, in Columbia, urging against the issuance of a new charter for Thornwell Orphanage at Clinton, which takes control of the institution out of the hands of the incorporated, self-perpetuating board of trustees, the members of which ac tively in control live in Clinton, and puts it in the hands of a board of trustees elected by the 'owners of- the institution, the Presbyterian Synods of South Carolina, Georgia and Flori da. The charter has been issued, af ter the secretary of state> considereu the matter carefully and weighed the protest filed on behalf of some of the Clinton trustee*- It has been inti mated that the Clinton trustees who oppose the new charter majy take the matter into the courts. The petition for the new charter was made in the name of the trustees. Heretofore the Clinton orphanage incorporation has been under the name of "The Board of Trustees of Thornwell Orphanage." The board has been self-perpetuating. Seven members were named by the- South Carolina Synod, five by the Georgia, , Synod and three by the?=Florida Synod. These named twelve from the city of Clinton, to conduct the affairs of the orphanage. These 27 trustees named one advisory trustee from each synod. The new charter puts the control with a board of 25 members, 13 elected by the synod -of South Carolina, seven by Georgia and five by Florida. In his protest Mr. Jacobs claimed that the new plan of control consti tutes "a breach of trust as related to the donors of the \ orphanage property," Secretary nf State Dove replied to . Mr. Ja cobs, stating that it was in his juris-, diction to pass on the legality of the amendment to the charter, but mere ly to determine if the proper process in aplying for the amendment author ity had been followed. Irby Will Enter - Race For Senate ,j Represented Laar ens County in Legislature for Period of Years Laurens, June if.?W. C. Irby to day announced himself as a candidate for the United States Senate and will enter the campaign whe nit opens at Sumter, June 22. Mr. Irby represented Laurens C>un ? ty in the Legislature for ten years and four years ago he was a candi date for governor. { In making his announcement for [the Senate race Mr. Irby gave out j a statement in which he indicates some of the things he will advocate in his campaign speeches. Later he will issue a platform of principles. One of the ;Chief things Mr. Irby; will advocate will be the establish- j ment of government bonded ware-1 houses, not only for cotton, but for perishable products, meats, poultry, potatoes and the like. The adoption of a system* of such cold storage ware houses will be in the interest of the farmer, who is frequently placed at a disadvantage in disposing of his hogs, potatoes and 'other home grown pro ducts for thfe reason that there is no marketing system and he must sell his produce when the local market may be high or low, he said. The surplus of the farmers crops needs protection, and it can be given him in I this way, is advocated by Mr. Irby. Inspector Dominick Sentenced i -? I Tenderloin Policeman Gets Five Years for Lying About Vice Conditions I New York June 15.?Police Inspec tor Domi. -!k Henry t>f the tenderloin district, w? o was found guilty of per jury Friday in connection with New York's vice war, was sentenced today to imprisonment for five years. j Wireless Operators Strike! ! Shipping AU Over the World Af-j fected By Walkout. London, June 15.?A strike of ma rine wireless operators that will affect all ports and shipping was declared 1 today by the union. The men are de manding wages increase of approxi- j: mately ISO per cent, of the pre-war K rates. ' nd iTulh's." THE TRUE SC \ HARDING STAYS IN THESENATE Presidential Candidate Decides To Hold Tigftt to Job Until His Term Expires REPUBLICANS NEED HIS VOTE If He Should Resign Gov. Cox Would 3e Able To Appoint a Democrat to Succeed Him . Washington, June 15.?Senator Harding* does not intend to retire from the senate until his term ex Ipires, he said today. . His friends explained that for him to retire from the senate would en danger the narrow margin of control held by the Republicans, as retire ment would enable Governor Cox of Ohio to appoint a Democrat in his pla.ce. They also said that .should Harding be elected president in No vember he could continue to serve in the senate, as he would not be inau gurated until his term as senator ex pired on March 4th. -v. National Guard To Camp Nex? Week Many State Soldiers Will Go To Mount Pleasant Columbia, June 10?Orders were is suexj .today by the adjutant general for the annual 15-day Summer camp, to be held at Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, June 15-29, of the South Carolina National Guard. The com panies ordered to prepare for the Guard encampment are 'A", ?3f Charleston; "B", of Charleston; ?'C", of Greenville; "E" of vUnion, and "F" of Spartanburg. ' The Guardsmen are ordered to leave their homes in time to reach Mount Pleasant on the afternoon of the 1 np, next Monday. Full field equipment will be used and the men will wear khaki uniforms. It is expected that several hundred civilian soldiers will take part in this half month of intensive military tram ing.. . , - ^ There.arotwo companies of the Na tional Guard that will not attend this encampment, the companies of Harts ville and Walterboro. The men m these units are largely planters and the .last half of June is a busy season with them. For these two companies a special training camp at Mount Pleasant will be arranged, to come lat er in the Summer. Adjutant General Moore states that plans are being made to train 4-jO men at the June 15th camp. CANDIDATES FILE PLEDGES John L Rice of Columbia Seeks Election as Comptroller - General Columbia; June 11?Several candi dates for solicitor today filed their pledges and paid their .assessments to the treasurer of the State Democratic Executive Committee. One of these is a new figure in State politics, Leon L. Rice, prominent * young lawyer of Anderson,, who is entering the race for solicitor of the tenth circuit He is op posing Solicitor K. P. Smith, of Ander son. Solicitor Smith has not as yet filed his pledge for re-election. Mr. Rice is well known all over the State, being of a prominent family. In his college days he was a star baseball player and gained quite a reputation as an athlete. The other solicitors who have today filed their pledges are J. Monroe Spears, of Darlington, solicitor of the Fourth Circuit, and J. K. Henry, of Chester, solicitor of the Sixth circuit Both are asking for re-election and are without any opposition as yet. This makes six candidates out for solicitor. T. C. Ca''**on, Lexington, in the 11th circuit; T. P. Stoney, of Charleston, for re-election in the 9th, and R. L. Gunter, of Aiken, for re-election in the second circuit, having already been announced several days ago. . The State office that looked like it| was about to go begging at last hag a candidate. John I. Rice, young Co lumbia lawyer and' secretary of the State Tax Commission, announces to- | day that he is in the race for Comp-j troller General, to succeed Rut L.; Osborne, who has announced that he j will not offer for re-election. Mr. Ricd j is the first candidate for the office and! it is probable that he will be the only j one. as the office is a hard one and i laden with responsibility and expense. | Woman Suffrage Amendment Defeated Louisiana Legislature Fails To , Pass Bill Today i ... j Baton Rouge, June 15.?Tike lower | house of the Louisiana legislature de- j feated the ratification of the federal I j woman suffrage amendment by a vote ! i of 67 to 44 today. Prior to the vote, h the house declined to hear Represent- j. ative Parker of California, who de- j sired to speak in support of the \ amendment. i ? ? /' ? * Ii' )UTHBON, Established Jone 1, 186?. VOLL. No.36. HAYS CONFERS WITH-LEAD Is Told Presidential Battlp Will Depend on Western Vote MAY ESTABLISH HEAD QUARTERS IN CHICAGO Will Go To Washington To Make Plans With Harding Chicago, June-15.?Chairman Hays, completed a conference with the west ern leaders of the Republican nation.-, a! committee today and left for his* home in Indiana. From there he will go to Washington to meet Senator Harding. It was emphasized by the western leaders. - that the territory west of the Missippi river would be ? i the big battle field of the presidential election. Some .of leaders advocatej . ! the establishing of the Republican! headquarters in Chicago instead of New York. I Meeting of District Committeemen "Do It For South Carolina" Cam* paign Plans Laid SB .-? .*<??? An enthusiastic meeting, of com mitteemen from the four counties composing this district of the South. Carolina Development Board, Sumter, - Lee, Kershaw and Clarendon, was : held in the Chamber ?f Commerce. \ rooms yesterday at 5 o'clock . The meeting was called to order by-Hon. Thomas G. McLeocL the district chair man, who introduced Mr< H, F. Lion, district secretary, who outlined the proposed plan for the development of South Carolina in fulL After Mr. Lion's address the meeting was thrown open and an informal discussion fol lowed as to the general plans that the directors in Columbia had as\ to the workings of this hoard; It was found that the first work of thejjo^ would be the establishment of a na tional sales bureau for the inarketing of South Carolina's products. As soon as the details Of this is worked.* board would turn its attention* to eft, er lines of work, such as good roads, natural resources, health, infact, board intended building S^wth\Caa?r Una up in* every way. '-? -^'4Sgk'> \ The method or plan of organization ' was discussed next. It was finely de cided that as there, wene d?terent con* ditions in the different. comities, the county chairmen would be directed, to decide on their own plan of campaign. ? The campaign to raise -$25O,0O(> in the State comes the week of Jiih^l 26. Sumter's quota of this is 510.S00; Lee, $6,600; Kershay, $5,?00; CJaren don, $3,500. As Mr. C. A. McFadden will be away for a few weeks on im portant business, Mr. C. R. Sprott was elected chairman for Clarendon. The meeting was attended by rep- . resentative men from the four coim ties. Messrs Jennings, Moise and S. B. Belser, of Sumter; L. L Guion,-of Kershaw; C A. McFadden, of Man ning; W. A. Stuckey, of Bishopviile. and Captain James, of Summerton, all took an active part in the discussion. From ali appearances, the drive is go ing to be a great success and it- ia hoped that the citizens of this section will do all in their pover to help these men forward the work. Davis To Be Under Will Succeed Frank Polk in the State Department?Resigns From Treasury Depart ment to Accept New Post *1 Washington, June 14.?Nornian pa vis of Tennessee was appointed today by the president to be under secretary of state. He will assume his duties to morrow, succeeding Frank Polk, ire signed. Davis resigned last week ?s assistant secretary of the treasury to accept the new post. ITALY DEMANDS REPARATION Claims Aggregating Twelve Bil lion Dollars Approved by Supreme Council Paris, June 15.?Italy's claims on reparations to be paid by the central empires have been tweed at sixty bil lion six hundred million lire, normally about twelve billion one hundred twenty mililon dollars, according to .W Rome dispatch. WRECK IN COLORADO Santa Fe Limited in, Smash Up, Forty Injureu La Junta, Colo., Jun? 15.?-Two persons were killed when the Califor* nia Limited on the Sante Fe railroads was wrecked near Rene, Colo., today At the, Santa Fe hospital here it was announced that 40 injured had beea ?iven treatment. Most* of those hur* will recover.