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MANNING CARRIES STATE CON-
VENTlON.
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addressed a Convention a few year.
-ago on the subject.

addressed a Convention a few years
:ago on the subject.
Permanent Organization.
When the report of the credentials
&" committee was adopted the temporary
{ organization was made permanent on
. motion of Mr.. McSwain. On assum-
4: ing the chair as permanent president,
= Nr. Thos. P. Cothran expressed his
- appreciation of the honor and praised
the personnel of the Convention. He
reviewed the patriotic record of the
Democratic party in years past, and
, turning to the outlook in the nation,
said of the record of the national
Democratic party: eve have kept the
faith" He called attention to the
,;ttbloody European war and its terrible
slaughter and was tumultuously
.ucheered when he said: "You may
thank him who sits in the White
House to-day for being free from the
. contamination of that kind" Mr..
Cothran eulogized President Wilson
and the record of the party and term
, Led him "the greatest President of the
United States in fifty years.
Turning his attention to the record
saof the Democratic State administra-
Htion the speaker aroused prolonged
.;applaues when he exclaimed: ''The
sentiment for impartial law-enforce-
ment has never been healthier than
1T is to-day" He sounded law enforce
4ment as the keynote and brought
more cheers when he reviewed the
progressive legislation for education,
equitable tax assessment and other
records which the recent General As
:semblies have to their credit.
He said the greatest reason for con-
=. :gratulations is the progress made in
the cause of humanitarianism. He
spoke of the warehouse system in
terms and said, "Giye
Kit q fair chance. If it falls through
1dnrompetence or graft then put the
s:axe to the root of the tree, as has
.sheen done before in South Carolina" 1"
He saw great possibilities for the peo-
pile in the warehouse system.
Night Schools.
3sIhe fire of education is out in the
:nmonntains, and is spreading over
.>>.:South Carolina" he said, drawing ap-
lsplause when referring to the enrol
= menft of over 1000 grown white men
in the cotton mills around Greenville
in the night schools. "South Carolina
Democracy stands for enforcement of
law, for the education and for the
welfare of all the people," declared
Mr. Cothran in closing. He was given
, ian ovation.
On motion of Mr.. Dominick the
rules of the House were adopted as
; the rules for the Convention in so far
as they were appliable.
Elections for vice presidents by
Congressional districts resulted as
follows: First, E. ]. Dennis, of Berk-
ley; second, D. S. Henderson, of
Aiken; fourth, J. H. Miller, of Cross
Hill; fifth, ]. L. Glenn, Of Chester; {;
g. sixth, D. R. Coker, of Hartsville; sew
.l,enth, Odam H. Moss, of Orangeburg.
The Sd district was passed over to
allow the delegates to caucus and
make nomination.
E. P. McCravy, Of Pickens, Alter
mates, members of the committee on
constitution and rules and on plat
form and resolutions were named,
4one from each county on each COM
.mittee. All resolutions were sent to
1.-THE desk without reading and re-
:..ferred to the committee.
During the afternoon session DIR.
sOin Sawyer was the only one of the
v;Georgetown delegation on the floor,
=. 1.-THE rest having gone home on the at
sternoon train. DR.. Sawyer was named
Ion the committee on rules.
At 6 o'clock the Convention re-
, cessed until $50 to allow the COM
mittees on platforms and resolutions
and on rules to frame their reports.
Night Session.
The Convention reconvened at y
oo'clock. Mr.. Cary, of Oconee, an
.nounced that DR.. w. A. Tripp, OF,
Anderson, had been nominated as
vice president from the Sd Congress
sional district, and he was elected.
A correction in the vote for nation
al executive committeeman was noted
by MIR. Dominick, and was so correct
ed. The vote was: 1illman zoo,
Browning Ga. An effort by Mr.. Fred
H. Dominick to have the delegates at
large elected while the Convention
-pvas awaiting on the report of the
4. .,rrnittees was defeated after
sharp passage between Mr.. Domlnlck
and Mr.. Blakeney, of KershaW. A
motion by Mr.. Mixson to elect the
fourteen district delegates to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention was
adopted. .,
The dictrict delegates follow:
First District-Delegates, +. II.
ss;adsden, of Charleston; V. G.. Bad
ham, of Badham. Alternates, Hugar
Sinkler, of Charleston; A. G. Brad
ham, of Manning.
Second-J L Walker, of Johnston;
It. w. Davies, of Aiken; Alternates,
George w. Beckett, of Beaufort; ).
B. Black, of Bamberg. go
Third-G. A. Neufter, of Abbevllle; I;
E. T. McCravy, of Pickens. Alter
mates, }. N. teArman, of Anderson;
y. b. Derrick, of Newberry.
.Fourth-David D Traxler, Of Green
lille: S. T. D. Lancaster, Of Spartan
burg; Alternates, J. NJ. Grier, OF
~l.nion; J. G. Owings, of Laurens.
f1rtn---J NJ Hemphill, of Chester;
"T K. I."nev. of Chesterfield. Alter