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BIGGEST CROWD AT
KINGSTREE MEETING
Campaign Waxing Warmer
as it Proceeds.
The Jones-Blease Bout Furnishes Hot
Stuff For the Hearers?Former
Chief Justice Applauded Very
Heartily?Attorney General
Lyon Denounced
Statements.
<By McDavid Horton in The State.)
Kingstree, July 2.?No larger audience
has ever attended a State campaign
meeting in Kingstree since Reconstruction
times, it is said, than
that which today assembled in a tobacco
warehouse near the railway station
to hear the candidates. All the
700 seats which had been improvised
for the occasion were occupied, and
many persons were standing. Estimates
of the attendance varied from
850 to 1,000. It was an orderly meeting,
though there was a subcurrent
of excitement, due to the feeling exkiku.j
t? - ? -
uuucu uy citizens or Halters section
because of the defiant attitude of
Gov. Blease toward their indignation
over his action in paroling the negro,
Henry Davis, who killed his father-inlaw
in the Salters neighborhood. It
was a full day ,though no special
features distinguished the speeches of
the candidates, the news of Wilson's
nomination as presidential candidate
of Democratic party was received toward
the close of the meeting, and
afterward a shooting scrape on the
street provided still another source of
interest. ,
Detailed Criticism.
Judge Jones' attack today on Gov.
Blease took the form of a criticism y
in some detail of the governor's claim
that his administration has been
characterized notably by economy of ..
puonc iunds. The governor devoted '
himself chiefly to a defense of his 3
pardon record, not so much 6f his n
general policy with respect to executive
clemency, as of two or three particular
cases in which his exercise
^^this'co'untv, the case of Wash Rawl, t}
convicted of burning the bam of Sen- u
ator Crosson in Lexington county, and a
the case of Hayes Dennis and Jesse
i. oooaiiUincr onH
OUIIltCl f WIIT1VVCU VTA uuouuivK.p, ? > -? ^
robbing a Jewish peddler in Richland ^
county.
All the candidates left Kingstree
this afternoon for Manning, where ^
the meeting tomorrow will be held.
The first candidate for governor
heard today was Jno. T. Duncan. .
Applause for Jones.
Ira B. Jones, on being introduced,
found himself unable to proceed with ^
his speech for some time, so hearty
was the applause which greeted him.
After an appropriate response, Judge =
Jones, prefacing his remarks with the U
statement that he would like to lift "
this campaign above the level of personalities
if that could be done, invested
about a quarter of his threequarter
hour period in a discussion j
of educational reform and extension,
scientific agricultural methods, the
Torrens system of land title registration
and improvement in the law on
industrial accidents.
Efficiency of administration, which
properly demanded by the people of
their governor, said Judge Jones, and I
it was his purpose to show that Gov. 1
Blease had fallen far short of ful- i
filling this demand. j
"Penny wise and pound folish," i
was Judge Jones' description of the
policy which the governor, he said,
miscalled economy. Gov. Blease had
effected certain small "savings" but
at the cost of a disproportionate impairment
of efficiency in important
departments. Judge Jones enumeratin
u/KioVi in V\ia nnin.
cu iiiavautcoy m nuivu. vr.?
ion, efficiency had suffered at the
hands of the governor through his
exercise of the veto power upon relatively
small appropriations, in order
to make a specious showing of economy.
The governor had saved at the
spigot but shown himself willing to
waste enormously at the bung, by
countenancing a proposal to enlarge
the State house at a cost of $900,000
or more, Judge Jones read from the
journal of the house of representatives
the testimony given by the gov-1
ernor before a legislative investigating
..nmmlttno ahowinv that he had
said the Todd plans were "beautiful"
and if the legislature authorized the
contemplated improvements he would
be glad to sign the bill. "This is not,"
Judge Jones, "a case of newspaper
lies; it is the governor's own testimony."
Judge Jones said he made
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L
, GOV. W1
MI
Democratic Con
Adjourned?I
Go\
Baltimore, July 3.?For President,
Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey.
For vice president?Gov Thomas R.
Marshall of Indiana.
This was the ticket completed by
the Democratic national convention at
1:56 a .m. today.
The nomination of Gov. Marshall for
vice president came as something of
a surprise for, when the night's balloting
for vice president began ,it
seemed that the Bryan-Wilson contingent
in the convention had definitely
settled upon Gov. John E. Burke. of
North Dakota.
There was not much of a fight, however,
and when two ballots disclosed
Marhall easily in the lead, Governor
Burke's name was withdrawn and
Marshall was proclaimed the nominee
by acclamation.
A minute later the convention had
adjourned sine die.
Gov. Wilson WOQ nnminnf/vj ? * * '
. - ?... .. mw i>viiiniMWCU UV tllC
afternoon session on the 46th ballot
and his nomination, like that of Gov.
Marshall tonight, was quickly made
unanimous. The best of feeling prevaded
both sessions. i
Mr. Bryan had announced his in- J
mention of introducing a resolution in 1
;ffect discharging the national com- i
nittee from the conduct of the com- i
ng campaign and allowing Gov. Wilon
to appoint his own campaign com- <
nittee. Ho was dissuaded from this <
ourse and instead of making a move ?
hat might have stirred up strife, he I
ne picuucu iiao j.aii?iA?> >i><rr?.. __
ie presidential nominee and ended by
rging that either Gov. Burke or Sen- e
tor George Chamberlain of Oregon c<
e nominated vice president. The Ne- b
raskian was understood particularly w
> favor Gov. Burke as a type of the j<
lodern progrgssive. When .after the a
rst ballot, some one moved to make e
he nomination of Marshall unani- V
ious? Mr. Bryan started for the n
tage to make a statement. The mo- b
ion was withdrawn before he could
peak. When the motion was reewed
after the second ballot, Mr. o
Iryan did not protest. b
The platform, hewed out in commit- o
IfflMAN AND MAN F
CRASH TO pEATH I
iarriet Quimby and W. A. P. *
Willard Fall Out of Aero- ,
plane and Drop 1,000 1
Feet to Earth. ]
i
Boston, July 1.?Miss Harriet Quim- J
ay of New York, the first woman to
win an aviator's license in America,
and the first woman to cross the En- i
ylish channel in an aeroplane, was
instantly killed with her passenger,
W. A. Willard, manager of the Boston
aviation meet, at Atlantic tonight,
when her Bleriot monoplane fell into
Dorchester Bay from a height of a
thousand feet. The accident happened
when Miss Quimby and Williard
were returning from a trip over Boston
harbor to Boston light, a distance
of 20 miles in all. The flight was made
in 20 minutes. The Bleriot, one of
the latest models of military monoplane,
circled the aviation field and
soared out over the Savin Hill Yatch
club, just outside the aviation grounds.
Heading back into the eight-mile
gusty wind Miss Quimby started to
volplane. The an^le was too sharp
and one of the gusts caught the tail
of the monoplane throwing the machine
up perpendicular.
Poised in Midair.
For an instant it poised there, then
sharply outlined against the setting
sun, Willard was clear of the chassis,
followed almost immediately by
Miss Quimby. Hurtling over and over
the two figures shot downward, striking
the water 20 feet from shore. They
splashed out of sight a second before
the monoplane plunged down 16 feet
away.
It was low tide and the water was
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vention Finallrlt
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tee several days ago and w?\
praised by Mr. Bryan, was ad1
with a whoop. I tW
Many of the delegates went di^fc
from the convention to special t t ?
and by tomorrow practically al** ?
have left town. J
Baltimore, July 2.?Gov. fl
Wilson of New Jersey was
| presidential nominee of the
cratic national convention at tkathi
ternoon session when on the lOtk l
lot he received 990 votes nto 84 . t
Champ Clark. The Missouri <Mm
tio, which had remained fai0i3Wf t
Clark to the end, then moved* thiat|\<
nomination be made unanimojM. Tlj I
was a great chorus of apprj0Mjn
the long fight was over. ^ j ^ul
Only four ballots were neeeiaiKr^'! \
day to reach a nomination, fpr i.'
presidency. When the convened 4
journed last night the convention .H ^
seemed to be in an all but hopelc.
deadlock. Wilson had begun tQ Iti
ground on the last few ballots,
Champ Clark had made a few t4m| 1
rary gains. This encouraged Is
speaker to rush over to Bjtyt$QR<r
from Washinirton thi?
hope of still further turnini^SKy
\nd draIlyinR his force* to fTm1
When he reached here, hotted ^
it an early morning confera?ci?f
Colorado delegationmjhaH deeiMB Itl
'witch from
i the Wils^jcamp when it failgjw
? do so. ' i
With the change this morning ,hotlw
yer, the Wilson forces went to tJni
invention hall at noon in the fir^'n
elief that the New Jersey govern*^:
ould be nominated before another ayyd
jurnment was taken. As they hi.i<
nticipated, the vote of Illinois marf*t
d the beginning of the end. WesTY
rirginia joined hands with Illinorii
going over to Wilson on the 43n<
allot, the firstn cast today.
Jumped Fast.
Wilson jumped from his final votj'i
f 494 last night to 602 on the firs
alot today. The figures tod thei wn
story. The Wilson delegate^
41
tnly five feet deep. j
Men from the yacht club in motor
>oats were on the spot quickly and
eaping overboard, dragged the bodies
>ut of the mud into which they hid
tunk deeply. Several of Miss Quim>y's
bones were broken and there
were many large bruise, Willard,
who weighed 190 pounds, hit the
water face first and over one eye there
was a gash from which the blood was
flowing. He too sustained several
fractures and bruises.
Friends Prostrated.
When the victims were brought
ashore they were taken to the Quincj
hospital. A Leo Stevens of Nev
York, manager of Miss Quimby, ant
Miss Quimby's friend, Mrs. Helet
Vasderbilt, who were both witnessei
of the accident, were prostrated.
Before going up on their last light
Miss Quimby and Mr. Willard wen
talking and laughing with the!
friends. Willard makng jokes nhou
his weight and Miss Quimby talkin)
confidently about her plans to mak
an altitude record in the future tha
would stand as a woman's high marl
In crossing the English channel o:
April 16, Miss Quimby flew at a
altitude of 6,000 feet which was be
lieved to be the record for womenMiss
Quimby said today she fel
sure she could better this mark, t
though she did not believe she coul
exceed the record of 13,943 feet s<
by Garros.
Discussed a Fall.
Discussing the matter of comin
down in the water, if the engir
should fail during the flight over tl
harbor, Misa Quimby said to a frier
just before she left the ground:
"A water landing is all right in
Bleriot unless you come down hei
first. In that case the heavy mob
at the extreme forward end of tl
machine would drag the monoplai
(Continued on page 5)
writer visitea
i attended church and heaiI * " Bj
lication sermon preached 4* JL
fe-jPresbterian church at th/
'aqi stopped at the home of
awn where we enjoyed a pleJ^j * |
Sr^Marion McWhirter, E. K
iefpr and James McWhirter v
tetne home'of Mr. M. C. GaultW
Charley ^ylaffries of GaffneyW Tj
a. few days on his plantatioi?_
is sectioi^aast week. .i'j.
. C. O ' Kllen and wife and sdS" . 'XO
- Mr. J. ?
*^*4 J,
iftied find family this week. I.CSXm
led visde Whitlock has bought of.
n, Vans father, Mr. B. W. Whifrlj^
.this place and will carry
(las ^ne88 with Mr. W. A. Smy James I1
"It. He extends the invitat 4* day? I ,
>un^>ld customers to cohtmue th* I
dre.with him. Mr. Whitlock H on tbja J
lave $ad health and will apprecieegation, J
rimer, from all/who will help hand one If
Lthe gr,tf;ig?^te JjSS?|;
1 of Jonesvit7^;* ^ .<Wsa^jH>i4ting I
suit last Thi??T' ~ff "W# his own andlr
^ an automi^L, yJ?*? Pfonjy fom? * I
hpy all enjoffd ^ ?t fchi. I,
All oversfoey fe^?W^ Wf ,
nissioners A,J "* would take/c
:atch .11 if? to attain/!
them pay ,
good manyidod "hraZT* ^ ?? * must I
??y- 3> "bich fad lL?>Li!nd9'Z <
Every ^ Ml*
I dogs in hfi. *? Mroro any **?(
'
Ucturn^6^ Senator c
l of Boston
J> "VV^c,<Hion was in an al- i
i mSf co 9Vo'^V-Uproar. The Wfl- <
son forces already were celebrating <
- their victory. There no longer was
9 any doubt as to the result. Mayor i
? Fitzgerald withdrew the name of Gov. t
r Foss of Massachusetts from further (
consideration and declared that "the t
1 old Bay State" would fall in line for ?
- wuson. s r
t Then a second Fitzgerald was rec- i
3 ognized. This time it was the coni
gressman from Brooklyn, a member >
of the New York delegation. He i
made a plea for harmony and ended i
i by suggesting that a further roll call >
t be dispensed with and the nomina- r
r tion of Wilson be made by acclama- i
ji tion. New York, he said, was ready c
tmembership meeting i1
) chamber of commerce!
i t
1 Many Committees Appointed (
I at This Meeting?Good i
Work is Being Done :
! U Bv This Bodv. i
1A membership meeting of the ]
Chamber of Commerce was held on ]
Thursday night, when a good meeting ]
was held. A large committee was ap- J
pointed to confer with the county
board in regard to getting roads lead- ]
ing into Union put in good condition <
s pt once. This committee met the board ]
(Friday and was assured that the <
work would be done at once. ]
5 < A reception committee of ten was
r appointed to look after the pleasure, i
t etc., of visitors to the city on July j
? 4th day of the Independence cele- <
e bration. ,
t The following will attend and represent
the Chamber of Commerce of this <
n city at the organization and "Dollar ]
n Dinner" of the State Chamber of .
Commerce to be held in Columbia on |
the 9th of July: L. J. Hames, J. Roy
It' Fant, W. F. Gilliam, J. R. Westmore- j
t\ land, B. F. Alston, Jr., W. S. Mc* ]
d Lure, J. G. Hughes, J. Cohen and R. L.
5t McNally. ]
President Hames announced the appointment
of the following standing
g committees of the Chamber of Comie
merce for the year 1912-13: ]
ie finance?R. P. Harry, chairman; i
id Vf\ J. Haile, G. C. Perrin, L. L. Wag- 1
nc >, Allan Nicholson, Dr. R. R. Bera
ry F. H. Garner, J. E. Ilirby, J. H. i
id Ri iy. ?
or Commerce and Manufacturing? i
he Ei slie Nicholson, chairman; W. D. j
ne A hur, A. B. Brannon, J. T. Bradley, ;
G< >. T. Keller, T. A. Murrah, E. M. 1
jj. ,. M
SECOND
cket And - Then
?; <?' v/ ';.f J
and Indiana
ent
A
* / V
u vote for the nnnthe great majorty
of the delegates desired as their
lominee.
Miaaourians Objected.
The faithful Missourians objected to
:his plan because of their desire to
rote a last time fbr Speaker Clark,
[t was a foregone conclusion what
be result would be as the last call
it the States began.
Alabama, which had started every
>ther call kith 24 votea f or Undervbod,
changed trWUsofc, and State
ifter State followed unit. ItwSs just
1:15 p .m., when the solid 76 votes
?f Pennsylvania carried Wilson over
.he wining line, making hi* total at
be time 782 votes.
The stampede did hot ett|d until 890
f 1,088 votes in the convention, haul
wen cast for the nominee. .?
Missouri, with her 36, t.had been
oined on the lest ballot for Clark by
!4 of California's 26 votes, by Ave
lelegates from Florida, two from
lelegates from Florida, two frcfti
Louisiana, all six from Nevada, fodr
rom New Jersey, t he boms State of
5ov. Wilson; six froid' thli. District
if Columbia and one fntaMhiQ. This
ittle handful readij^y >^fced^lrf^fi'e
djSfeially declared .
tominee of his pae^^wHHpii an
iterapt at a nothetf
ut the delegateai^^|OP tired to
nation was unique. Every one in the
invention seemed in happy frame
>f mind that the end had come.
William J. Bryan, who had taken
ibsolutely no part in the proceedings
oday other than to cast his vote, with
i majority of the Nebraska delegaion,
for Gov. Wilson, was surround(d
by many admirers, but would say
lothing at the time. He said he would
>repare a statement later in the day.
Nominations for the vice presidency
vere in order, but no one had been
igreed upon ,so it was decided that
i recess should be taken until 9 p. m.,
vhen the vice president should be
lamed and the platform adopted. The
nterim was devoted to conferences
>n both subjects.
iVilson, J. C. Singleton.
Banking and Insurance?M. A.
VIoore, chairman; R. P. Morgan J,. D.
Arthur, W. F. Gilliam, J. H. Gault,
r. A. Sawyer, W. E. Thomson, W. H.
jist, C. M. McWhirter.
Real Estate?W. S. McLure, chairnan,
D. Fant Gilliam, D. C. Flynn,
F. A. Brown, R. J. Allen, Geo. W. Gong,
R. J. Fowler, E. D. Humphries,
L. E. Morrow.
ataustics ana rumication?J. u.
Hughes, chairman, E. L. Clark, C. H.
Gorman, L. M. Rice, T. C. Perrin,
P. D. Barron, Dr. Theodore Maddox,
3. Kassler, O. A. Swygert.
Promotion of Public Interest and
Public Entertainment?J. Roy Fant,
;hairman; Dr. I. M. Hair, Thos. S.
Perrin, J. F. Walker, Jr., E. W. Stone,
3has. W. Goforth, J. E. Tinsley, R. A.
Easterling, J. W. Pollard.
Education?J. Cohen, chairman; Dans
Jeffries, F. M. Farr, R. R. Humphries,
Dr. T. P. Kennedy, L. S. Townjend,
L. G. Yo<rg, J. C. We'lace, Dr.
1. T. Jeter.
Agriculture?B. F. Alston, Jr.,
:hairman; J. W. Gregory, Dr. S. S.
r t r u n i r
UillUCl I V* AJ? iUIUVCly All V* JUIVVIC^ U.
f. Browning, M. C. Deaver, B. G. Wiltmrn,
D. B Free, Jr
House?J. R. Westmoreland, chairman;
W. H. Perrin, L. J. Hames, R.
L. McNally, J. G. Hughes.
Membership?S. M. Rice, chairman;
R. A. Oliphant, P. E. Wilburn.
Hospital Association Meets.
The Union Hospital Association
held a meeting on Saturday night and
steps were taken to at once begin to
htiiil/i
Dr. J. H. Hamilton was chosen president
to succeed Dr. M. W. Culp, deceased.
Dr. Berry, and Dr. T. P. Kennedy
and Mr. L. J. Hames were appointed
the building committee with
power to act, and they will at once
take up the matter of building.
several week* ^^ despaired
of, an(^O^jpBoi& expected at
any
^ ItrtS. * Siy|^^'jVS' *- ; :
Mr. Wilbarn ,leav%# a wife and
twelve children toMMow^i his death;
his children are: Mm Fannie H. Wilburn,
Mrs. J. Byars Greer, MJg? M. L. '
Willis,, Mra.JP. M. Miller, M*. A. a V ,
Foster and Mies Jamima Wilburn. His )
surviving sons are: Messrs. Wallace,
Hey ward, Lee, Ben, Furman ana John
Thomas Wilburn. The living broth- S
?rs of Mr. Wilborn are Messrs. Robt.,
Jasper and J. A. Wilburn, and his
only surviving sister is Mm Amanda
Ray of Woodruff, S. Ci
Mr-Wilburn was ,one of Union
gamp's, prominent citizens ,and was a
prosperous and progressive planter.
He 'was a jmap of strong convictions
and was noted for his honesty and his
upright dealings with his fellowmen.
for the. best interest of his comrnu^^-j^ '
^'aVjBRNOR OFFERS $fto , [
of T. V. Vaugh&n, the former su- ^
home at Greenville, who is wanted
for nameless charges in connection
with some of the young girl inmates
of the home.
Vaughan recently escaped from
the Greenville jail.
First Cotton Bloom.
The first cotton bloom that we have
seen was sent to this office by Mr. J.
G. Faucett of Route No. 4. Mr. Faucett
found the bloom on June 27.
Mr. Eugene Mize, of near Cross
Keys, also brought in a bloom this
week.
Other cotton blooms are coming into
this office at a rapid rate, now. Blooms
are on exhibition in our show window
from the fields of Mr. J. E. Gault and
Mr. J. P. Murphy.
Will Build a New School House.
Mr. T. H. Gore, County Superintendent
of Education, made a plea to Mr.
Aug. W. Smith and Supt. A. B. Brannon,
urging that the West End school
building be changed from the present
location near the outskirts of the
community to a site between the Baptist
and Methodist churches on the hill.
President Smith and Mr. Brannon entered
heartily into the plan suggested,
and they will erect a modern school " V
building, begining in September.
Death of An Infant.
Haynes Harris, Jr., the six-months
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Haynes Harris,
died at the home of the parents on
Church street Tuesday and was buried
the following day in Grace Methodist
church cemetery, Rev. J. L. Daniel
conducting the funeral.
The litt'e child had whooping cough
which developed into pneumonia and
was sick but a short time. The parents
have the sympathy of a large
number of friends in the sad bereavement
which has come to them.
services ai rirsi napusi v.nurcn
Rev. W. D. WakeftcUd, who has
been in a series of meetings at Conway,
will return to the city this week
and services will be held at the First
Baptist church Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hours.
A Lawn Party.
On Monday evening, Miss Ruth
Meador most charmingly entertained
a few friends ,at a lawn party. Several
hours were very pleasantly spent
in social games and listening to the
music played by Misses Carter and
Meador, accompanied by Mr. Whit*
lock.
A delicious ice course was served.