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TWO ID CHANGE IS PRIMARY RULES Debate Shut Off By 34 to 12 Vote of State Committee. Ac cept Resignation of Chairman W. J. Harris. Atlanta, Ga.—W. 8. West, T'niteJ State* senator from Georgia, was elected chairman of the state demo cratic executive committee at a meet ing here Friday afternoon. Senator West succeeds William J. Harris, ap pointed director of the census by Presi dent Wilson. Mr. Harris resigned the state chairmanship on account of his candidacy for the democratic nomina tion for governor of Georgia. ote on Rules. ATLANTA.—Ity a vote of 114 to 12 the state executive committee Friday afternoon Indicated Its opposition 1o an. -htuige in the primary rules. The snooting of the committee, which was haul In the Kimball House ball room lasted bu* twenty minutes. Those who led the opposition to a change in the rules as was manifested by their advocacy of an almost Imme diate adjournment, were H. H. Dean of Gainesville; Clark and Albert How ell of .Atlanta, Hugh Howe of Athens; P. H. tlwnbrell of Macon; A. S Har dy of Gainesville, A T. Woodward of Valdosta; Dr. J. VV, Palmer of Mont gomery, and G. R. Hutchens of Home. It has been known that William J. Harris, candidate for governor, and others favored changing the rules so that In the event no candidate for the United Htates senate or governor re ceived a majority of the county unit votes, a second primary would be held to be participated In by the two can didates in each contest who received the largest number of votes. Dead Locks Anticipated. Those who advocated a change In the rules contended that under the yules adopted April 4 It was quite probable there would be deadlocks in the state convention and that In such the politicians would be afforded a ynost excellent opportunity for Jug gling and trading, wttli the possible result of myn who were not the choice of the voters being nominated for governor and United States senators. After calling the meeting to order In the Kimball House ball room Chairman W. J. Harris stated that In asmuch as he was n candidate for governor he wished to tender his res ignation and called for nominations for a vice chairman to preside. Sena tor W. J. West, the vice chairman, xvho becomes chairman, being detained in Washington by reason of slight In juries recently sustained in an acci dent. Clark Howell, editor of (be Atlanta Constitution, and national Democratic committeeman from Georgia, holding the proxy of Committeeman J. A Ttrannen. nominated Hugh Rowe of Athens, editor of the Athens Danner. N’o other nominations were made and Mr. Rowe was elected. Daao Gets the Floor. As soon as Mr, Howe took the chair Mr. Dean got the floor and, after slat ing that there were no matters before the committee the committee which could not be passed upon by the gen eral subcommittee provided for under ■ resolution adopted for under a reso lution adopted at the April meeting moved an adjournment. There were a number of protests. Joe Hill Hall of Macon, heatedly de clared he bad a resolution which he wished read and passed upon. W. F. Slater, member of the legis lature from Bryan county, insisted he had an Important matter to bring to the attention of the committee and while he was on 111* feet I>r. J. W. Tal'iiier of Mount Vernon, made a point of order to the effect that a motion to adjourn was not debatable. Mr Slater spiritedly replied that he was a Democrat and that lie proposed to be heard; that he did not intend to be gagged Then Mr. Denn *aid thnt while he would Inelst on hi* motion to adjourn he would withdraw It long enough for Mr Slater to be heard provided no other l>u*lne** was considered and ad journment whs then taken. Mr. Slater *ald that he was a can didate for solicitor general and that down In hta county there waa aomo misunderstanding ns to the date upon which he must pay hta assessment Home Person*, he said, contended that It should have been paid before July 3 and he wanted the committee to settle the question so he would not be shut out from making his race. Judge Longley’e Resolution. When Mr, Slater hail concluded Judge F. M Igingley of I-aG range. in troduced the following resolution, which waa adopted: “Where**, both our state and na tional legislation are now tn session and many gentlemen are compelled on account of public duty to be absent ffom their home* In the discharge of public duties: and. “Whereas great Injustice may re •v-lt, It )B, therefore, "R«»olv*d by the stats Dsmocratlc executive committee now tu session, that all candidates for state and fed eral offices. Including senators, con gressmen governor and other state houe# offices. Judges of the gnperlor court. Judges of the court of appeal*, solicitors general, state senators, and representatives, shall he given until the first of August, I$U. to pay their assessments and this shall apply to states congressional and county exec utive committees" Sub-Committee Named. After the meeting was adjourned Vies Chairman Rowe held a commit a tion with aeveral members and an nounced the special sub-committee to Lavs Jurisdiction over alt matter* which may arise before and In con nection with the primary. WANTFP. COLORED ROYS TO CAR ry paper* In Colored Territory. Applv Kuh station No t. IPS* Kollook St. ts FORD IS THE CAR The Wife and Boys and Girls can drive as well as the men. See Lombard. STILL SLINGING MUD IN S. C. Fight Growing Fiercer As Cam paign Advances. Open With Prayer at Gaffney, Then Denunciation. Gaffney, S. C. In the court houfle packed with at least KOO hundred per kon#, rnoHt of th»m voters, and many more outside unable to icaln admittance, the fifteenth meeting of the campaign tor United .States senate was held here Friday The crowd was several hundred short of that which heard Governor iilease and Judge Jones two years ago, when the Kovernor tarried this county Cherokee) | hy nearly COO votes. Yesterday Senator Smith at least <ll - vlded honors In the matter of applouse I with Blaase, the division being apparently the same as Thursday, the out ton mill men for the governor, the farmers for the senator Jennings and Bollock “took” well also. An attempt to howl down Pollock when he heww on Please s record did no: succeed, the antl-Pleaseites, It appear ed. drowning the voices of their rivals. Please was interrupted a number of times also. Pollock Leads Off. W. P. Pollock led off. He declared the greatest issue before the people of South Carolina today is whether or not they will have a. continuance of lawlessness, or return to “law, order and decency,” and made Ids usual references to condi tions In Charleston. When the speaker read the list of challenged applicants (“furlners”) in Cluli 2, Ward s. Charleston, a Helase en thusiast shouted, “all for Coley." Pol lock replying, “yes, you’re right, they're all for Coley, hut 1 don’t believe you want to be lined up with a bunch of dagoes.” Senator K. P. Smith was quite hoarse but close attention was Riven his speech and with his eloquence, pathos and hu mor he was frequently cheered to the echo. Replying to criticism of Blease, he reiterated his position toward Immi gration by declaring that despite the op position of the President and party lead ers to a law too restricted, he would, if possible, null up the door against the Influx of European labor that would compel# with Americans. The senator said he was determined, as far as lay in his power as chairman of the senate Immigration committee, to •keep out Dagoes and scum from south ern Kurope, who live on rotten oranges. ■Mark luma nail and sting you to death at the polls.” Denounces Rules. Governor Please denounced the new primary rules, calling them the “dirtiest piece of ballot box thievery ever at tempted to be pulled off In South Caro lina.” Declaring that the “greatest discussion going on in tills campaign Is cotton,” the* governor launched into his attack on Senator Smith's record, from the time the senator was a member of the South Carolina legislature to the present. Ilus kelllsm and “niggerism” occupying prominent places In the discussion. 1, |>. Jennings was the last speaker. 111. said man Hleaseites were leaving because they didn’t want to hear him talk about the governor's record ‘be cause they are ashamed of it.’ He said that like the governor and pardons, those who did not like the new rules would have to vote unden- them, ' and you can't help it.” ‘ He went consider*blv Into the gov** ernor’s pardon record, citing specific ennm It,, made a bid for tlx. votes of llm. who will not unitor any clrcum atance* vot« for l<leaeo, amt who do not rule to vote for Smith. ARREST; CHARGE EMBEZZLEMENT Former Cashier Thos. F. Bux ton, First National Bank of Waynesboro, Under $5,000 Bail—Friends Say Politics the Cause of Allegation. Mr Thus. R Buxton, former cash ier of the First National Bank in Waynesboro, tin., was arrested there yesterday by Deputy U. S. Marshall IC. Bierce of tills city, on a war rant charging embexxlement of the money of the bunk In the sum of $7,000. He waa brought to Augusta late yesterday afternoon where his hall was flxedby U. S. Commissioner C. J. Skinner, Jr., at $5,000. The bond wai made. Mr. Frank S Palmer of Waynesboro, and Messrs. Preston U. Buxton and John W. Mears of Screv en county, serving as bondsmen, and the accused returned to Waynesboro. It is understood that Hon. W. 11. Fleming of this city, has been retain ed as counsel for the defense. Politics Cause. Tlte deputy marshall spent some little time in Waynesboro yesterday and upon returning stated that his impression after muklng the arrest was that the people there were not a little ldt agitated over the proceed ings taken against the ex--cashier of tlte bank. According to Mr Pierce, ihe friends of Mr, Buxton allege that the recent action is the direct result of political trouble, claiming that the charges brought are the outgrowth of a factional Political fight which di vided Burke county such ns it had never been before Accused Before Election. Mr Buxton. It ts stated, in the lAst county campaign, entered as candi date for clerk of court. He had re j signed us i nsider of the bank. A few days before election day. according to Mr. Buxton's friends, a report was put Into circulation in Waynesboro tlint the former cashier was short In Ids accounts The Itonks of the bank were examined, and. It is stated no short age could be found. I*ter. It is un derstood. Mr. Buxton learned that the report originated with Mr. Pahner Corker, the president of the bank. Mr. Corker was visited and a fist fight ensued at the time ns a result of the Mil-feeling between the two. Mr. Corker, it is said, was knocked down It ts said that In March Mr. Cor j ker accused his cashier of paying too much attention to his farm and loot enough to his bank business. Mr. j Buxton then resigned. The county election followed in which Mr. Buxton I was defeated. The warrant on which Mr, Buxton was arrested was Issued in Macon ! from the office of V. Ft Marshall Davis snd ssvs that the grounds for i th« charge dates back to the first of the year. A primary hearing in the case, at which time It will l>e known whether ! Mr. Buxton will he held for invest!- | gation by the next federal grand Jury, has been set for July sth. next Thursday. I WANTED: COLORED BOYS TO CAR ry I apit-s to Colored Territory. Apply * Bub £ tattoo No. l. i«g; Koilock tit. ts THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Red Sox Far From Being Eliminated From the Present Race For the American League Pennant New York.—Don't let anybody tell you that the fled Sox are no lactor la the present rate for the American League pennant—at least not yet. Unless they should drop a bunch of games all in a row right now, they are far from being eiiininaed from the fray. The season is not half gone yet, and it takes only a brief stretch of consistent winning to mow down a margin of half a dozen games. The Red Sox are well within lght of the top, and If hard luck does not over take them In the form of Injuries or sickness, we look for these Boston ians of Bill Carlgan to be right up there to give and take wit.i the leader during the last few weeks of season. Trying Hard. In the Reds we have a team that has not obtained the best possible re sults from Us endeavors In the early part, of the season. They have been trying hard enought and they figure on paper so rate as strongly as any team in the circuit with the possible exception of the Athletics. The lat ter belong miles ahead of the field if playing up to their form, but the con ceited overconfidence of the regular members of the team coupled with the Indifferent work of the young pitchers will be found disastrous to the cause of Connie Mack if things are changed, and though the team has stayed up there on top most of the time, the same situation still exists, and If Mack cannot lift his men out of the rut soon, he wll find them los ing games in bunches. The Detroit Tigers have circulated shout in the first division from the top down to third place, always no worse than a few games behind, but they are too brittle to be expected to stick it out since the Incapacitation of elher Cobb or Crawford makes them a second rate team. The Sen iors without Walter Johnson in form loom up hardly more prominently than fourth or fifth place at the best when the final reckoning is in. The Browns of course are to be considered for Rickey lias a young team fight (for every litle point, the sort of a team that, is hard to guage. Noth ing could please the average fan more than to see them scrapping it out for flag at the flnsh. But they are not the tried and true hand of per formers that the Red Sox are, hav ing only three or four established stars against, six or seven for the Bos tonians. Trls Speaker. Harry Hooper, Duffy Lewis, Larry Gardiner, Steve Yerkes, Forrest Cariv, Bill Carrlgan, Ray Col lins, Hugh Bedient, and Joe Wood are all veterans of the 1912 world’s championship team, as also is PinCn Hitter Olaf Hendrikson. Outfield. The outfield made up of Speaker, Hooper and Lewis still classes as the best in the game, though Speaker has “Pay Day” An Amusing Manifestation of Martial Law Life In Tampico . —The Rebel Soldiers . Tampico.—One of the most amusing manifestations of martini law life in Tampico these days Is furnished when the Hebei soldiers are paid off. This morning 1 watched the men of a “crack" company of flic Third Regiment roieiving their dally stipend of one peso. Ttie company consisted of thirteen men and two hoy*. The boys wore shoes. So did some of the men. Two of the men were attired in a costume that might have passed for n uniform. Each spi rted a pair of khaki trousers and n slurl. The undershirts of the other ni'ii were a symphony in colors. Vivid CHI mil.r vied with imperial Homan pur p>. The cimpnty was drawn upon the ve randa of the custom house. The sol dier* tarried their rifles, some on their right ehou'ders some on their left, one of the hoys, who could not have passed the uge of ten had sawed off half the burrs', of his rifle It was still too heavy and ho held it between his legs withe he relied a clgarretl.e Paymaster. The company paymaster was the sec ond lieutenant. He squatted on the steps In front of his men and thumbed a tiny pile of new one peso Constitutionalist notes. Me called the roll from a pen cilled list and-shades us West rolnt!— he maintained his sprawling posltlo* while he did it. While their names were being read the demon warriors stood in a line that was about as straight as a punkin vine. Some scratched furtively at thetr tateved trous er legs Others stolidly smoked their All in the .Line of the Latest Sport Dope New York.—Hetnte Zimmerman, or the Chicago Cubs, who hann't even one friend among all the umpires, but who Isn't losing step because of that fact, says: "Golfs a swejl thing ns an aid to batting." Hcinle then pointed out that the business of swinging the brassle. the midiron and other clubs that a golfer uses in making long drives, develops the swinging power of the arm The business of putting aids all hatters who want to inv down a bunt. A putt has to be timed perfectly. The putter must hit the ball Just right— not too hard; not too easy. "And that's the way with a bunt.” remarked Hcinle. "You've got to lay your bunt out far enough so that the catcher can't get It before you reach first, and you’ve got to keep It lit close enough to the plate so that the third baseman or first baseman can't grab It and brat you to the bag with a throw. In golf you've got to keep your eye on the ball. And It's the same way with baseball. Prom the way I look at It a good golfer has the makings of a mighty good hitter In a ball game. And 1 know from experience that golfing keepa the batting eye. Don't be surprised If one Gunboat Smith sends over word from Knglatid that he doesn't care to vote here any way and that he's taken out ctttien shlp in the land made famous by Emmy Pankhurst. Gunboat went over to England a short period hack for the purpose of swapping punches with one Georges Curpcntler of Francs. When Uungoat landed half of England was at the pier to meet him A brass hand pounded out "Here Comes the Hero" harmony, a reception committee bun dled Gunboat In a huge automobile and he was whlaked away to be wined and dined in kingly style. not hit anywhere to his proper stan dard thus far. Gardner at third base, Yerkes at second form the nuc leus of the new infield, with capable youngsters In Everet, Scott and Howard Janorin holding down snort and second respectively. And on the bench sits the injured Heine Wagner a shortsop who when right ranks hardly below his namesake, Hans, as well as Clyde Engel, a first sacker who can whale the hide off the ball. The fielding defense o; this array ,ias been plenty good enough and now, with Speaker just beginning to find his batting eye again, the punch on the attack Is arriving more strongly as the days go by. Chief Asset. But the chief asset of Manager Car rigan is in his battery power. He and Cady, with Pincn Thomas in the role of third string backstop, form a catching staff that compares favor ably with any in the business. With all his pitchers going properly, there is only one club in the game—the White Sox—that can hold a candle to the corps of Carrigan, and the Waite Sox of course are so weak in all oth er lines that they are hopelessly out of it now. Old Self. Joe Wood seems to have come back to his old self after being in the discard a year through injury amt ill ness. it he can perform in his sensa sational 1812 manner .even the White Sox mound staff will be outclassed for five other capable performers are on the job with him. Bedient, the wonder of the world's series against the Giants, has begun to display his work again and Ray Collins, the big southpaw, once more is doing consist ent work To back them up are three of the most amazing young finds of many seasons in George Foster, Dutch Leonard and Rankin Johnson, the last nani'id is the boy who upset the great Walter Johnson two times '.landrunning. One point in favor of the Red Sox as they set out to become a business like unit aiming at the pinnacle is their uncanny ability to wallop the good teams more than they do the weaker ones. The Athletics are the only gang in the first division that has won a majority of games playeu v.ith the Red Sox to date. The Bos tonites have whipped the Detroit Ti gers by five games to three, the Browns by five to two and the Sena tors by six to five. The Red Sox also have licked the Naps by five to three. The Yankees and the White Sax are the clubs against which they 'have played their most inconsistent grade of ball. The Red Sox tackle tne Ath letics Monday. Four games in a row and a healthy margin of victories in this series would bring the Philadel phian dow within easy striking dist ance, at the same time exalting Carri gan's crew. Go to it, boys cigarettes and flat-footcdly clumped for ward when their names were called. They examined the money carefully on both sides, rubbed their hands over its surface, rolled it op In a tiny hall and lightly clenched their fists over it. Spent It. Impatiently they maintained the line formation until all had been paid. Tiien, tlie two boys leading, the entire com pany scurried over to the market place. The soldier kids invested their money in large sticky gobs of fly-laden sweets while the men bought mescal ami ci gaiettes. Within Half an hour most of the re doubtable warriors were stretched along the railroad track, in the shade of a line of freight cars in sweet and blissful slumber slumber that would be volun tarily disturbed. only when another pay morning rolled around. These pay mornings, hy the way, are by no means daily affairs. Very often tlie soldiers must reßt content to re ceive nothing for a fortnight. Their stipend depends upon a variety of things chief of which is the amount of Con stitutional money engraved and shipped from the Interior. Also very often the officers and men must watt until sufficient “voluntary” contributions and “loans" have been made to the cause by the citizens of Tampico and foreign business men. Strange to say the "voluntary" con tributions come almost invariably from towns folk who are known tn the past to have been friendly with the Federal*. They “blew" Gunboat to a reception where everybody wore open-faced clothes. It was really a fashionable crowd. And. strange as It may seem to those who hold punching persons In light regard In this country, tlie crowd attended, not merely because it wanted to get a close view' of Amer ica's best white hope, but because It really wanted to meet him, to talk to him. and so that it might later boast of the honor. The greeting England afforded Gun boat surprised him quite a lilt at first. But, recalling how the America* pub lic usually greets prize fighters, he figured that the folk* Jupt wanted to get n sort of dime-museum look at him. Since then Gunboat has become convinced that the receptions given him were for real showings of pride In the achievements of a man. and he feels so good about It that ho may decide to cast hts lot with John Bull In future. You can snv all the slighting things you want about the general policing ability of be imps In this town, but yon can't take away from the "fooree" the credit for having helped a lot tn Uncle Sam's Olympic triumphs. The extremely athletic members of the "fooree" have scored sixty-three points for the l’. S. A. In the differ ent Olympic contests, assisting ma terially in winning four championships for Uncle Sam: 1»04. m St. Fonts: 1»06. at Athens; 1»0S, at London, and 1912. at Stockholm. The five who helped so materially were Martin Sheridan. Bill 1-Yank, Malt McGrath, John Eiannagan and Pat McDonald. The other three. Egon Erickson, Jack Eller and Simon Gil lies. glso have been point winners, but PH THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER. mJ U A successful remedy for Khoumatism, Blood l’oison and | all Blood 1 harases. At all Druggists fI.OO. ■ ■ F. V. LW»PMAN CO.. Savannah. <2a. Our Men’s Underwear Our Men's Underwear covers a wide range and includes everything from a good fifty cent goods to the best linen mesh at two dollars. Palm Beach Suits Our Palm Beach Suits are care fully cut and well tailored. They are made to fit and hold their shape and are of best materials. MS Creary's “HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES.” not to such an extent as the five other huskies. Dick Egan, of the Dodgers, is a lucky person. Dick used to play with Cincinnati, but the Dodgers purchased him from the Reds for $5,000. The Dodgers had planned to pay him just an ‘ordinary salary but the Feds horned in with a pretty large offer to Richard as soon as he got back from the world tour. Fearing that the Feds might get hint, President Eb betts of the Dodgers boosted their bid and Dick decided to stick with or ganized baseball. It is said that the Dodgers signed up Dick finally at a salary of $7,000 annually for three years, erasing the ten days' notice clause from bis con tract, which made the contract iron clad as far as its fulfillment hy the Dodger management was concerned. Dick played pretty good bail in the Dodgers’ infield for the first five or six weeks and then cracked. He now is bn the bench and is of no value whatever to the Dodgers, as they have harpooned a couple of youngsters who look far better than the veteran Egan. But Ebbets must go on paying Dick that $7,000 until the end of the 1916 season unless some other club takes Dick off his bands—a happening that Is not probable. CONTRACTS LET FOR WORK AT THE WHARF Eight Separate Contracts Let Yesterday Afternoon and Au gusta Bidders Successful in All But One Case. There was a joint meeting held yesterday afternoon of the bridges, rivers and wharves committee and the railroad committee of city coun cil when bids were opened for the construction of the tiers and ware houses for the barge line. There were eight separate contracts award ed and in all except one instance the successful bidder was an Augusta firm. The contracts let yesterday af ternoon aggregate $28,000, but do' not include all of the work that will be necessary for the barge line termi nals. Tile terminals will be provided for in a separate contract. The following is a list of the con tracts awarded: Item 1, providing for the construc tion of the idles, was awarded to Sim mons & Mayratn, Charleston, S. C., their bid being $8,872.00.. Item 2, providing for the concrete floors, was awarded to the McKenzie Construction Company, Augusta, for $9,250.00. Item 3, being the construction of the steel shed, was awarded to W. F. Bowe of Augusta, whose bid was $10,840.00. Item 4, also was awarded to W. F. Bowe for $550.00. tilts Item providing for the electric wiring. Item 5, the plumbing contract, was let to T. G. Brittingham, Augusta, his bid being $994,70. hem ti, the erection of the hoist, was given to the McKenzie Construc tion Company, at a bid of $4,100.00. Item 7. which provides for the two anto trucks, was also given to the Mc- Kenzie Construction Company, on a bid of $3,000.00. 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