The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-14

siohs are always pleasant and well attended.
! ihey ere calculated 20 improve our people
ana increase the interest In singing. An
essay OH music and addresses from Rev. .,
Lander and others :ssAv ts sxpscssa.
Senator Cochran Is an accomplished pre-
siding officer. He knows exactly how TO
control his political slaves. For Instance,
in the County Convention he wanted n Yeso-
luton voted down, and when he put II he
said, "All in favor will vote Aye all OPP
posed 'No-o-o.'" and the majority voted
no as me told them. Colored men, how
long will you humble yourselves before the
world by allowing Mr.. Cochran t do as he
rieases with you? Remember you are not
free whsH you let one man always make
you obey his wishes.
Rey. Elijah Carlisle, colored, the minister
who breaches to the Mt. Sinai Church, saws
that no political meeting has been held in
TINS church, either in the day or night time,
ana that the meeting mistaken for q politi-
cal one on Saturday night q week ago was
only the continuation Of religious exercises.
which were begun In the afternoon and con-
cluded in the night. We publish this state-
mcnt, as the colored people Of that vicinity
do not wish to be suspected of holding secret
political night meetings
| A colored member of the County Repub-
lican Convention told Senator Cochran piain
~ that the coiored people of his section
could not suppor. him any longer unless he
came out and explained the charges which
| nod. H.
would stump the County IL yirdioatioli OF
his course. Senator Cochran replied that he
would as soon q. the party nominations
were made, If they suit him. AS he is
pledged to this course now publicly, we sup
pose the canvass will begin soon, and as the
DIVISION OF time programme IS the order cf
the day, lively meetings may be anticipated
when he begins telling about Whipper and
the balance Of his deeds.
We would call attention to the advertise
ment of Messrs. Sullivan & Co., who arc
successors to Messrs n X. Sullivan 4 Co
The additio.. Of our young friend, james
M. Sullivan is the notable feature of the
change. We congratulate him upon becom
ing member Of such reliable and popular
house The senior members, Mossrs N. X.
and J. p. Sullivan, are too we'll H,own to
require any introduction from us. The best
wish we can make them now is G continu.
ance of the popularity and merited success
they have achieved in the past They will
be glad to see all their former customers,
and all new ones who may desire goods y.
their line of business.
Last Saturday, after the discussion be-
tween Hog(e) and Col. d. Wyatt Aiken,
Benjamin Collins, colored Democrat and
barber i'll the Town of Anderson, approach
ed the Colonel, while sitting among crowd
of gentlemen on Granite Row, having a
small tin bucket upon his arm, and stated
that he wished to buy few pounds of lard
from him, whercupon the Colonel, in
great nstonishment, said "You must be mis-
taken. l am no merchant. you had better
try i'll one of these stores" "Oh," he re-
piled, Il thought as you had just slaughter
cd hog, perhaps you would be able to a,,n-
ply me with n few pounds" The Col and
his friends then perceived the point and en-
joyed the joke immensely.
Maj. B. d. Dean, Treasurer of Anderson
County, is the citizen living Hear Belton
who turned off some hands, white and col
ored, for attending q Democratic meeting.
He has since turned off some others for at
tending Republican meeting, and takes
the position TINT the hand he employs shall
not attend political meetings. The course
is not as one-sided as we first heard, but still
it is one not to be followed by our people,
for it prevents laborers from informing
themselves upon matters about which they
have to vote. AS the colored people are
nearly all Republicans, to keep them from
attending any meeting is to make .hem re-
main OF the same political notions, and
when the time of election comes they viii
vote the same old ticket to which they have
been accustomed We favor giving the col
ored people ample opportunity to hear dis
cussions Of the politics of the day. It will
give them the information which every
voter should receive, and the result will be
that many Of them will vote the democratic
ticket in November.
Senator Cochran told the colored people
on last Saturday that he believed the time
was coming when all the colored people
would be Democrats, and the white ant
colorcd people vote together; but he tolt
them it was too soon this time, and that III
did mt wish them to join the D.i..cc-.a...::.
party this year. We suppose he links it i.
too soon for them to join the Democrats u,
long as the five years of good stealing o
which Senator Patterson spoke remains FOL
the Republicans. When the State has beer
plundercd oy political thieves until nothin,
is left, then perhaps these Republicans vii
be willing 20 let the colored people vot
with the Democrats. AS long ss there nr
any fragments OF the ioayes ard fishes lef,
however the Republicans want to keep VI
these differences between the whites an,
q blacks. Colored men, do not make politica
slaves of yourselves any Longer. Exercis
your citizenship like freemen, and vote 70
honesty and reform. There is no reason
: why you should not join the Democrats t.
:, day as we'll as hereafter Do not listen an
longer to those who falsely pretend to b
your friends.
On last Friday evening soon after tn
: arrival of Judge Hogc in Anderson, he wer
to store in town and bought some cigar
(; He handed the merchant twenty dollf
It bill, and was to have nineteen dollars bac
e in change. While waiting for this chang
3 the Democratic artillery returning from I'll
It Greenville mass meeting had nearly reache
town, and the cannon Numbered forth
salute to its home. The report OF the car
| non 30 greatly excited our valiant Congress