Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1910-05-05
YORK DEMOCRACY in SESSION
IRANSACTS USUAL BUSINESS
No Surprises and Little Enthusiasm at
the County Convention Record
of the Proceedings.


Promptly at IL o'clock Monday
the gavel of County Chairman
w. B. Wilson called the 1910
meeting of the York county Dem
ocratic convention to order at
the court house in Yorkville.
Not the least evidence of the
factional struggles which had
marked most of the party meet
ings in the old building during
the last quarter century or more
were noticeable when the con-
vention opened and except one
or two little incidents the busi-
ness of the convention ran along
as smoothly as racing auto on
well-oiled speedway. Which
caused a delegate who is not un-
used to frictitn and who seemed
to be disappointed by the absence
of it to remark with show of
disgust: What is this we are in
the midst of-a Sunday school
convention? This thing is tame;
| thought we were here to do
things with a hip and a hurrah. "
And he made no mistake in say
ing the convention was tame. If
ever CASTOR and Alphonse were
more considerate of each other
than were the delegates to the
convention in the attitude of
after you, my dear sir" the
record of it is torn out of the
book. Things buzzed momen-
tarily when the chairman called
for the election of member of
the State executive committee
and again a few minutes later
when an effort was made to in
duce the convention to pay the
members of the executive COM
mittee per diem and mileage for
attendance upon the committee
meetings, but these Incidents
quickly passed and really aroused
little interest.
The first business of the con-
ventiOn was the election of a
temporary chairman and secre-
tary. Col. w. w. Lewis was
nominated for chairman and w.
r. Bradford for secretary. Both
were elected without finding it
necessary to conduct expensive
or extensive campaigns. Later
in the meeting the temporary Of
ficers were accorded the emolu-
ments and honors of permanent
election. Col. Lewis made an
ideal presiding officer and the
convention was fortunate in
being able to requisition the SER
vices of one so we'll qualified for
the place.
Chairman Lewis stated that
the next business in order was
the selection by each club of one
member of the credentials COM
mittee. This committee, whose
duty 1t was to prepare the roll of
delegates to the convention, was
quickly selected and within a few
minutes after retiring to one of
the jury rooms reported. The
report was adopted. The creden-
tials committee was as follows:
Bethany, D. M. Hall; Bethel,
7. G. Barnett; Blairsville, H. j.
Sherer; Bullock's Creek, ]. c..
Kirkpatrick; Clover, ]. E. Beam
gard: Coates Tavern, D. P.
Leslie; Ebenezer, J. F. Will
liams; Fort Mill, j. R. Halle;
Forest Hill, w. P. Boyd; Hickory
Grove, w. S. Wilkerson; McCon-
nellsville, j. P. Crawford; New
port, J. M. Campbell; Ogden, w.
III. Dunlap; Piedmont, r. M.
Wallace; Rock Hill, No. l, r. Lee
Kerr; Rock Hill, No. 2, H. M.
Dunlap; Sharon, J. H. Saye;
Smyrna, r. T. Castles; Tirzah,
+. E. Smith; York, No. 1, r. H.
McCorkle; York, No. 2, J. H.
O'Leary.
Chairman Lewis next called
for the election of delegates to
the State convention. The vari.
GUS clubs seemed to have agreed
upon their representatives, each
club being entitled to one dele
gate, and little time was lost il
confirming the nominees. TIL,
honor of representing the Dem
ocracy of York as delegate al
large fell to Col. w. w. Lewis
the other delegates being:
Bethel, L. L. Campbell; Be.
thesda, ]. P. Crawford; Bullock!
Creek, j. L. Rainey; Broad River
J. II. Saye; Catawba. w. j. Cher
~; EbeHezer, J. F. Williams
Fort Mill, B. M. Faris; King.
Mountain A j Quinn. York