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Henry Martin and Mrs. Harriet Powe
Lynch.
A short speech. was made by Mrs.
Lynch In support Of the resolution to
be submitted to the committee by the
suffrage leaders. The women desire
the delegates to the national conven-
ton to vote for q suffrage plank In
the national platform. and not for a
federal amendment: they also ask for
an indorsement Of the cause" by the
State convention. The delegates ap-
plauded generously.
On motion Of Mr. Nixon of Barn.
well the chair appointed O commit.
tee. consisting OF Mr.. Nixon, Mr..
Mcswain and Mr.. Breeland, to wait
on the credentials committee, which
was considering the Beaufort contest.
The committee submitted It's report
at 4:35 o'clock.
The Christensen delegation was
'e@eeo IN the convention after accept
Ing the majority report Of tho COM
mittee signed by 33 members. The
minority report Of nine members fav-
ored the seating Of the Talbird fac
ton. Mr.. McSwain moved to adopt
the majority report.
Mr.. Dominick asked that the roll
DO called by counties. This brought
lorth considerable discussion on the
formation of the body; It was argued
Ihat only a majority can rule In the
conduct OF the conventions business.
Mr. Mcswain argued that only the
can make Its rules. Messrs.
Hoyt' W. w. Dixon and d. S. Hender-
'on spoke In favor of a record vote
BY counties
Mr.. Blakeney Of Kershaw resented
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-20

a supposed aspersion on certain dele.
gates for fearing to have their votes
recorded.
]. e. Mcdonald Of Fairfield moved
that the convention vote by counties
on the adoption of the majority re-
port. This course was decided upon
unanimously.
The majority report was adopted
by vote of 265 to 50.
At s o'clock on motion Of Mr.. Nc.
Swain the temporary organization
was made permanent on viva tvocS
vote. only one objection being
heard. "a SCI IL
Mr.. Cothran graciously accepted
the honor conferred upon him. He
expressed appreciation Of the, conn
dence placed In him. He asked the
delegates to work Tor the STATE and
always to reInember their oblisstions
to protect the interests Of the clttgens
OF South Carolina. He praised the
personnel of the convention. He trac-
ed feelingly the history Of the State
from the War Between the Sections
through the days Of reconstruction
down to the present day. appealing
throughout to patriotism. A reference
to President Wilson for keeping
America out Of the European war was
warmly applauded.
Never before has the attitude to-
wards the enforcement OF law been
more healthy than 1t is today said
Mr.. Cothran. He spoke in behalf of
the incoming tax reform and urged
the men to give the warehouse sys-
tenn q chance.
Our greatest Improvement Is in
the cause Of humanitarianism," Mr..
Cothran declared. as he outlined
what has been done for the insane
and criminals. He pointed out the
advance in education, saying that I'm
two months 1000 men have entered
night schools in the cotton mills of
Greenviile.
Ex-Gov. M. +. Ansel nominated
John Gary Evans Of Spartanburg for
State chairman. William A. stuckey
of Lee county, the Blease candidate,
was nominated by Olin Sawyer of
Georgetown. w. A. James of Lee
county in seconding Mr.. Stuckey's
nomination asked why the places
should not be changed from time to
time. Senator Carlisle seconded Mr..
Evans nomination.
Out of 331 votes Mr.. Evans got
257 and Mr.. Stuckey "a.
Senator B. r. Tillman was noni.
mated for the position Of national ex.
ecutive committeeman by Senator
Nicholson. Mr.. Long of Union placed
the name Of Lowndes j. Browning in
Senator Tillman received 267 votes,
and Mr.. Browning 43. a.
Gen. Willie Jones was elected treas.
urer OF the State Democratic party
without opposition. The nomination
was made by Christie Benet and Sec
onded by Mr.. Dominick.
The following district vice presi-
dents Of the State convention were
nominated and subsequently elected
by acclamation: First, E. j. Dennis of |
Berkeley county; Second. s. ID. Hen
1erson of Aiken; Fourth, j. H. Miller
Of Laurens; Fifth. J. l.. Glenn OF Ches-
er; Sixth, David II. Coker of Harts-
lille; Seventh, A. II. Morse of Or
lngeburg. Nominations for the Third
district were postponed on request of
dr. Dominick.
On motion Of Mr.. Henderson all
resolutions were referred to the com.
nittee on resolutions.
The convention took second re-
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Clean up. Paint up! 1t will en-
hance the value of your property:
make it look better and give you more
real comfort and joy.
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WILSON TO SPEAK.

Wal Make Labor Day Speech at Lin
coins birthplace.
Washington, May 17.-President
Wilson has promised to make a
speech on Labor Day when Lincoln's
cabin birthplace at Hogsdenville, Ken
tucky, will be turned over to the fed
eral government.
The senate has begun consideration
OF the conference report on the army
reorganization bill. There is no op-
position.
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1eAlg111Gla;uRIEKDs HAD CON-
HxTD CONTROL OF FORCES
1 At COLUMBIA.

1onnn Rs-sasctsl National Commit-
oeunnn-cvans = Asain State Chair
nnn - Execativo Couanitaee--Afc-
Annrln eosDPsd Granddaughter I'M
g)Ftote6 for Wilsoa-Motion 20
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bn1Bn xn1ed ~ ConmAttce.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
3 KILLED-5 HURT

Three are dead and five seriously IN
iured of an automobile party Of lower
Delaware people who have been touring
in Canada and were run into by an
electric car about miles west Of Niagara
Falls. The accident occurred Saturday
afternoon.
The dead are; Mrs. David Roland,
aged "a years; Mrs. Lowell Roland, 2S
years; Miss Sadie Roland, 10 years.
The injured are: David Roland, aged
26 years; Brooks Roland, 2 years and 9
months; Lowell Roland, 80 years; Elmer
Roland, 2 years and months; Harry
Brooks, II years.
The party, with the exception of
Lowell Roland, his wife and child, left
their home in Viola, DEL, Monday,
toured leisurely to Niagara Falls, ar
irving there Thursday. On Friday,
they were Joined by the other members
of the party and spent Saturday sight
seeing. They crossed the border Satur-
day afternoon, and after tour OF the
Canadian side started for st. Catherine s
that afternoon. Their destination was
to have been Mount Forest, Ont,
where the Rolands have brother.
While passing through cut covered
with trees and brush they started to
cross an electric car track and were
struck by car travelling at the rate Of
about 30 miles an hour. The automO-
bile was destroyed.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
THE NATION PASSED BY

To Good Samaritan:
A nation is dying of hunger. 1t is a
small weak nation, and its call for help
is unheard among the stronger appeals,
of its powerful neighbors, in their
sudden, recent sufferings. For three
years the country of Albania, has been
the victim Of sword and famine. Now,
the people are without food. Ten
thousand human beings are starving
daily.
The women are emaciated; their
bones seem about to protrude through
the skin. Would you give bread to one
famished woman; save for her a child
dear to her, as yours to you? Would
you win a grateful look from the appeal
ing eyes Of her in whose wasted hands
you place the gift?
Give one hundred cents to buy flour
for Albania. rfyou have given to other
countries until you feel that you can do
no more, give ten cents. ~ A bit of
bread from each of the well-fed to one
of these will feed all.
The Albanian Relief Fund.
Send money to Albian Relief Fund,
70 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
Man Injured by Auto

Early Saturday evening, John Black
ston, a colored man of Mt. Pleasant,
was knocked from his motorcycle by an
automobile driven by Groome Steele, of
Chesapeake City, Md, on the State
road near Armstrong Corner.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Steele that he
was doing his best to avoid colIiding
with Blackston, and sounded his horn,
but that Blackston stuck to the middle
of the road As he attempted to pass
around the motorcycle. Steele says, his
car skidded toward deep ditch by the
roadside, and in trying to recover his
position the motorcycle was struck,
throwing Blackston to the stone road,
and breaking his right leg below the
knee. The automobile finally went into
the ditch, and turned partly over but
none Of the occupants were hurt. DR..
Vaughn took Blackston to Delaware
Hospital, Wilmington.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
TOWNSEND


Miss Mable Harmon is the guest OF
Miss Ola Clark. in Newark.
Miss PearIa Wells is the guest Of her
andmother, Mrs. Fritz, in Chester.
Mrs. Emma Wells is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. William Whal, in Wiz
mington.
Miss Mary Fritz, Of Chester, is the
guest of her brother, William Wells
and family.
Mrs. Helen Simpson and son, Of Phil
ad alpha. are visiting Ernest Weldon
ana family.
Misses Lillian West, Anna VanDyke
and Elizabeth Maloney spent Tuesday IN
W ;lmington.
Presiding Elder will preach in the M.
f. Church here, next Sunday, August
6, at II A. M.
Miss Marion Hart left town Monday
for Blue Ridge, where she will spend
the summer months.r
Sherbourne collins and wife have
rented a cottage at Augustine Pler'
and will entertain number OF young
people there this week.
During the month of August there
will be no services in the NJ. E. Church
Sunday evenings. Serviceswill be held
at Rlackbird at 8 D. m. during August.
George Heavalow and wife, Mrs.
Mary Reynolds, of Philadelphia waiter
Bolton and Miss Laura Heavalow, OF
Newark, spent Sunday with Oliver For
aker and wife.
Rev. John Beauchamp, wife and
daughter, Miss Muriel Beauchamp, OF
New Castle, Mrs. W. H. Reynolds and
three children, autoed to Fairmount
Tuesday for weeks stay with Mrs.
Beauchamp's parents.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing an Amendment to
Section l of Article 9, of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Delaware, in Re-
lation to Corporations.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Delaware in General Assembly met
two thirds of all the members elected
to each House concurring therein)
Section l. That Section l of Article
9 of the constitution of the State of
Delaware be amended by striking out
all of Section i of said Article 9, and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Section 1. No corporation shall
hereafter be created, amended, renew
ed or revived by special act, but only
by or under general law, nor shall any
existing Corporate charter be amended,
renewed, or revived by special act, but
only by or under General law; but the
foregoing provisions shall not apply to
municipal corporations, banks, trust
companies possessing banking power, or
corporations for charitable, penal re-
formatory, or educational purposes,
sus tanned in whole or in part by the
State, all of which said last mentioned
corporations shall be created, amended,
renewed or revived only by special act,
and shall possess only those powers,
rights, privileges and franchises con-
ferred by the special act creating,
amending, renewing or reviving them,
and shall not merge or consolidate with
any other corporation except upon the
consent and approval of the General
Assembly, tWo-thirds of all the men,
bers elected to each House thereof con-
curing therein. The General Assem-
bly, shall, by general law, provide for
the revocation or forfeiture of the
charters of all corporations for the
abuse, misuse or non-use of their
corporate powers. privileges or
franchises. Any proceeding for such
revocation or forfeiture shall be taken
by the Attorney-General, as may be
provided by law. No general incor-
pnratinn law. nor any special act of
Incorporation, shall be enacted without
the concurrence of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each House of the
General Assembly, and with a reserved
power of amendment, revocation or re-
peal bv the General Assembly with the
members elected to each House there
of. 4"
CoLEN FERGUSON.
President of the Senate.
CHARLES H. GRANTLAND,
Speaker of the House.
Approved March 10th, 1915.
CHARLES f. MILLER, Governor.
|, Geo. H. Hall, Secretary Of State
of the State of Delaware, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is
a true and correct copy of Senate Bill
No. 95;> entitled ''An Act Proposing an
Amendment to Section / of Article 8,
Of the Constitution of the State of Del
aware, in Relation to Corporations, as
the same appears on the enrolled Bill
filed in the office of the Secretary of
State and approved by the Governor
March sixteenth, A. D. 1915, which
said Bill proposing such Amend nent to
the Constitution of this State is
published in accordance with the re-
quirements of the Constitution of the
State.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have here
unto set my hand and official
seal at Dover, this twenty
seventh day of July, in the
[sEAL year of our Lord, One -Thous-
and Nine Hundred and Six
teen.
GEO. H. HALL,
Secretary of State,
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
WARWICK

Mr.. j. H. King is spending several
days in Hagerstown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley McCubbin spent
Sunday with his mother, near the
Maryland line.
Mr.. ]. H. Vinyard was a weekend
guest Of his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
William Vinyard.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Merritt and
daughter Miss Name, are spending this
week in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Everett and
daughter, of Baltimore. are visiting her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Jones.
Mrs. Joseph Beckman and son Ed
ward, and Mrs. John Stephens, of
Olney, are visiting Mrs. A. R. Merritt.
Mrs. William .Lofand and D. S.
Cannon, of Philadelphia, are spending
sometime with their mother Mrs. Mary
Lofland.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
PAID LOCAL ADS.

Get your Gents Furnishing and Shoes
at w. N. DoNoYAN's.
FOR SALE-Wagons and Dearborns.
]. c. GREEN.
DIR. Warren S. P. Combs Dentist.
Successor to the late DIR. j. G. Sites.
Try our Emery Shirts and Lion Brand
Collars. W. N. DONOVAN.
For Shoes and Gents Furnishing. call
on w. N. DONOVAN,
West Main St.
Are agents for the Haas Tailoring
Co., of Baltimore. Suit Made to
Measure. Fit guaranteed.
w. N. DONOVAN.
Anyone having land to sell in this
vicinity would do well to communicate
with J. Waters Russell a reliable Real
Estate Broker in Chestertown, Md.
FOR SALE.-Pedigreed Jersey Red
pigs, either sex.
GEORGE L. TOWNSEND,
Odessa, Del.
Georges Creek Bituminous Coal for
threshing purposes, Send your teams
to suit your convenience. Also Peach
and Truck baskets. Phones 5 & 48.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD.
FOR SALE.-One 25 h. p. Farquar
traction engine, in good condition, and
will be sold cheap. Can be seen at my
residence near Prices Corner Address.
A. H. MCDOWELL,
Marshallton, Della.
"Have you any large BOx@ood plants
growing about your house or garden?
If you wish to sell them, write me. l
pay from $500 to $35O 90 for good plants
growing separately and not in hedges.
C. c. LEwEs,
722 French ST., Wilmington, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05
Everything found in an up-tO-
date JeWeIry Store

ESTATE OF GEORGE W. PETER
SON, Deceased. Notice is hereby
given that Letters Testamentary upon
the estate of George W. Peterson, late
of st. Georges Hundred, deceased, were
duly granted unto Alice S. Peterson, on
the Fourteenth day of June A. D. 1916,
and all persons indebted to the said de-
ceased are requested to make payment
to the Executrix without delay, and all
persons having demands against the
deceased are required to exhibit and
present the same duly probated to the
said Executrix on or before the Four
teenth day of June A. D. 1917, or abide
by the law in this behalf. ]. Frank
Biggs, Attorney-at-Law, Wilmington,
D%l. Address
ALICE S. PETERSON, Executrix,
Middletown, Delaware
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
WILSON STILL LEADS
IN MINNESOTA
The President is Over 1000
Votes Ahead.

st. Paul, Nov. 9.-From a lead OF
10000 in Minnesota, President Will
'on's majority has been cut to a little
more than 1000, with nearly a third OF
the state to hear from.
The late votes are all from the
rural districts, where Hughes is out
running the president. Republican
leaders are confident they will get the
state by 10000 or more.
Five hundred precincts, or one-sixth
of the state, gave Wilson 58,763 and
Hughes 50,711, a lead for the president
of 1852. By loon, with the heavy
city Democratic votes nearly complete,
Wilson's lead had risen to 10,387. The
vote was: Wilson, 73,445; Hughes, So,
058.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press claims
Hughes has carried Minnesota by 25.-
900 votes, and that Frank B. Kellogg,
Republican, has been elected United
States senator by from $4,000 to 75,'
900 plurality.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
LEADS
IN CALIFORNIA
President is 2945 Votes Ahead
Of Hughes.

San Francisco, Nov. 9.-Woodrow
Wilson took the lead in California.
Returns available gave Hughes 337,'
657; Wilson, 339,195, a lead for the
president of 1888.
The president later increased his
lead. Returns from 4401 precincts
out of 5917 in California give Hughes
342,963; Wilson, 345 ,9OS, a Wilson mar
gin of 2945.
o. K. Cushing, chairman Of the
Democratic state central committee,
issued the following statement:
"Basing my opinion on verified r
ports from every county in California,
I confidently assert hat President
Wilson will carry california by 10000"
Chester H. Rowel, chairman of the
Republican state central committee,
reiterated his earlier statement that
Hughes would carry the state by at
least 5000 votes.
Governor Hiraw W. Johnson, Re.
publican and Progressive candidate for
United States senator, has a command.
ing lead over his Democratic oppon'
ent, George S. Hatton, and 1t Is believ.
ed his majority would approximate
200. 900.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN
Hughes Plurality In Presidents State
About 10000.

Hughes Plurality In Presidents State
About 10000.
Trenton, Nov. 9.-Hughes' plurality
in New Jersey, President Wilson's
home state, is close to 10000.
In the gubernatorial race, Walter
e. Edge, Republican, had a plurality
of 34,142 over his Democratic oppon-
ent, H. Otto Wittpenn. The figures
were 1885 for Edge, and 144,774 for
Wittpenn.
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Republi.
can, for United States senator, de-
feats Senator James E. MARITIME, Demo.
crat, by about $4,000.
The Hughes trend carried ten of
the twelve Republican congressional
candidates to victory. John ]. Egan,
In the eleventh, and James ]. Hamill,
in the twelfth, are the only Demo.
Gratis elected. In the present congress
they have four.
In the assembly, the Republicans
also made a clean sweep.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
1O1,136 IN NEW YORK
Calder for Senate Run Ahead of Re.
publican Ticket.

Calder for Senate Run Ahead of Re.
publican Ticket.
New York, Nov. 9.-William M. Cal.
der for United States senator was the
strongest candidate on the Republican
ticket in New York, his majority over
William F. McCombs, Democrat, being
e 5000. Calder even carried New
York city by 24,949, an unusual vote in
this strongly Democratic city. In the
state Calder's vote was 683,353; Nc.
Combs 508,732.
Practically all the returns. are In
and the few districts yet to be heard
from will not materially change the
results. The Republican majorities in
the senate and assembly are greater
even than those of the last session.
The returns for president n gov
ernor give Hughes S36,424; Wilson,
1876, 288, a Republican lead of 101,136.
Whitman polled 1896 votes to e41,-
673 for Seabury.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
Prohibitionists Claim Four States.

Chicago, Nov. 9.-Oliver w. Stewart,
national prohibition campaign man
ager, in a statement said:
Returns indicate hat the drys
have added four states-Michigan,
South Dakota, Nebraska and Montana
to the dry column. We saved AT.
kansas to the array OF nineteen dry
states with which we began the cam
paign. The election of B%omberger as
governor of Utah, a Democrat favor.
ing prohibition, I think, means prohi'
bition by statute out there. We are
particularly pleased with the victory
for woman suffrage in South Dakota.
for that means the election of officials
who will make the prohibition law ef'
fective."
1t is also believed that Utah has
joined the dry state sisterhood.
With the addition of these states,
Anti-Saloon League officials say that
twenty-four states, or one-half the
Union, are now in the dry column.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1916-11-11
SURPRISE IN RHODE ISLAND
Hughes Carries State, But Democrats
Elect U. S. Senator.

Hughes Carries State, But Democrats
Elect u. s. Senator.
Providence, R. L., Nov. 9.-The Re
publicans carried the entire state tick
ct by a plurality of about 1000, re
elected Walter r. Stiness Republican
by about 5000, and Ambrose Kennedy
Republican, by about 1000 to congress
but lost the United States ~senatorship
Peter G.. Gerry, Democratic, winning
over Senator Henry F. Lippitt, repub
lican, by $500.
The defeat of Lippitt in the first di
rect election of a United States sena
tor in this state was the outstanding
feature of the vote.
In the three congressional districts
the Republican incumbents were re-
elected. Governor Beeckman, Repub-
lican, was reelected by a plurality oil
about 10000.
Hughes carried Rhode Island by
about 400 and Governor Beeckman
had a plurality of about $4,000 over
Addison P. Munroe, Democrat.