The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-22

""! anrn ,nccG that nc wi>l,cI his
lh:'r' " hdrawn. '!'i.c nomination
OF MIR. {. y. Smith was then placed
before the convention and he was
elected unanimously, although Mr..
| Dcriiam AGAIN protested against the
election OF any man until his views
on Bryan could be obtained.
Chairman Jones ,Acn appointcc
McSsrs. w. \. James. T.. ID. Smith,
-. I. Hayward. Geo. Johnstonc and
! lno. Gary Evans to escort Mr..
Smith to the chair. All Of this conf
mlttcc. except Mr.. James. arc cam
dldatcs for the United States SELL
ate. MIR. {. \. Smith is a capablc
presiding officer. having been pre- 81
dent Ct the State Baptist convcn-
ton for several Years.
AS soon as Mr.. G. \. Smith as
suncd the chair and had thanked
the convention for his election MIR
J. Wm:- i>hurmond Of I,dgficld plac-
ca III nomination as president Mr..
Acndcl l.. Smith Of Camden. at the
same time paying a compliment to
ms ability as a presiding officer and
his fairness II all rulings ,:urug his
term as speaker Of the house The
nomination was seconded by
Mcssrs. Mayhcld, SAWYER. Me-
Sweeney, the Barnwell delegation,
and number Of others and Mr..
Smith was unanimously elected
president and escorted to the chair
by Gov. Ansel and Senator Clifton
Of Sumter.
MIR. Smith briefly thanked the
convention for the honor bestowed
upon him.
President Smith then called for
nominations for the other Offices to
be filled. The three temporary
secretaries, Tom c. Hamer, G.. r.
Rooster and ]. Wilson Gibbcs, were
elected and ]. S. Wilsoa - Lam
caster was elected. scrgcant-at-arms.
Senator Clifton Of Sumter was
elected treasurer, and the following
vice presidents were unanimously
elected.
First district-C. NJ. Wiggins of
Berkeley.
Sec I'd distr,, ID S. Iicndcr-
son Of Aiken.
Third Iii; rict-E y. Thompson
Of pconec.
Fourth dis'r.::: :::--lIowr,l B. Car
Isle of Spartanburg.
| Fifth district. Harry Foster of
Lancaster.
Sixtl, district -.-Olin Sawvc: Of
Georgetown.
Seventh district-Riclard +.
Manning of Sumter.
| Mr.. w. A. James then moved
that an or!c.- oi business I've
outlined with the appointment of a
committee On platform and resolu-
tons and a committee on constitu-
ton, the election of the national
and district delegates to the convcn-
ton and the report from the COM
m'ttce. This suggestion was tabled,
however, by vote Of 17o to IS and
the convention finally adopted the
rules Of the house of representatives
with few minor changes.
On the call made for resolutions
Mr.. w. ?. Pollock offered propo-
s'tion urging the convention to go
on record as opposed to the present
rules Of the railroads in this State
requiring holders Of mileage books
to exchange r.ilcage with station
agents for regular tickets before
boarding the train.
Ex-Gov. Jno. G. Sheppard sug-
gcstcd that all resolutions be refer
red to the committee on resolutions
and thus save time. MIR. d. S.
Henderson thought the suggestion
a good one, except any resolution
favorlng or opposed to instruction
OF the delegates to the nationa,
convention. This, he considered.
the most important matter before
the convention. He offered this as
an amendment to Mr.. Shcppard's S
motion. Mr.. G.. w. RagsJalc Of
Fairfield moved to table the amend
mcnt I nc motion was lost and thc
convention decided to refer all cx-
ccpt the bryan resolutions to the