The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-10-05
The State Campaign.

formed on Friday at Anderson.
In several sections of Pickens
county tho colored votors have
commenced renouncing Radicalism.
LOOK for Il stampede about tho 7th
OF November,
Ihomas Martin, ali OK member Of
the Legislature from Abbcville, who
recently declared his intention to
vote for the Democratic nominees,
was waylaid, shot and dangerously
wounded, by somo unknown person.
at lncn0ng hold lust woek at
Green Pond, in Colleton county,
torty-iivc colored men. among them
q. n. Smith, formerly q leading
Hadlca', jo>nod tho Democratic club.
Thero are now in tho club nca,ly
one hundred colorcd men,
The Democratic mass meeting at
Chcraw on tho 26th ult, w,.s Il
grand success. Here woro sovoral
thousand persons present. Speeches
wero made, with great effect, by
Hampton, Ioumans, Noise, Ker~
shaw, Richardson and others.
A colorod Democratic club was
recently formed at Fairly Branch, in
Cbarleaton county Twenty names
were enrolled, and accossions are
expected.
Tho campaign in Icrshaw is
active and spirited. The subordi.,
nate clubs meet regularly and f,c.
, quontly, and Ill the cumpaign work
IS well lnne. Tho cOloreu people
orc joining tho Democracy in con.
siderable numbers.
John Lee, colorol, who was for
Seymour and Blair and Porter in
1868, is now siumping it for Hamp-
ten and Reform.
The report that the Democratic
State Executive Committee intended
to Withdraw the electoral and cons
Grcssion.l nominees Of tho party,
turns ont to be utterly untrue.
The campGgn in Charleston, both
city and county, is being pressed
with IN cnthusi SIN scarcely cvur
shown before. Dcsrilc the large
negro majority, there is u good
ch;ncc Of y Democratic triumph in
the county.
The Columbia phnni.c is inform-
c,l that cx-t;cnator T. $ + I[,vr.
of Lexington, and his brother 3Tr
b. /. Hayes, hoictnforc strong Re
publicans. have declared for H,rn
ION and Reform We bcar,ilv wnl.
come them.
On Wednesday Of lcsL wn.}, thcrn
WAS u sncci,I mcrsin,. OF thc I,n,-
ter Democratic Clah, to hear nd.
dresses from Nlrssrs, Tnc nnl
Nutc!.ins. two CO. "ed mon who me-
stumpinr tic Stat. FOR ridden and
iIampton. Nutw;thstuut;rr tho
fact thui there was y Radical meet
in.. Very nc,r hy, there WAS q hrrc
nttcndancc Of co!nrcd ncnnlc---,,,nv
from the country. The whitos wcrc
also out in lnrwc numbers,
The BrusE,y Creek Democratic
Club OF Anderson has IT'S mcn,lcrc.
arI tho Rock N!i.!s Club lr,s IS
voters. A resolution was adoDlod
by this last club which plulres the
members Ia abstain from tho uso of
apirituous liquors. on all public
occasions
The Bprnwcll RcNul!icans arc
coming over IN force. r.. n. Sum
ter, who had becn u member Of the
Legislature for vcnr, will use all III.
influence to c!ncs the Inupt,n
ticket. Thomas Bonner, an innucn-
tial colorcl man, will 90 the same.
Robert Thompson, William Nix, Jr..
i. Hunter and I.ynus Williams
also unite themselves with the party
OF Reform ana Honest Government.
At the organization Of Tildcn
and Hampton club in Fhcnczer. in
Yolk Comfy, last Monday nj nht,
ten colorod mon boldly caino for,
ward and oril,r1d their names to be
enrolled. \ large barbecue was
given at Prido's Oh Mill, in the
same county. l@st Saturday. Ads
dresses wore delivered b. Co!s
Srvcnty-iiyc or ono huOlrcl No.
Whom i,;ncl tho Dn,,o.rat;n a,,,I