The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-28
HAGOOD, AND HOME-RULE'l
JEO r. THJ; EITHFfELD DEMOCRACY
SEIOW-'TMEIR 'IIiITH INBOTM.

4 JEO ~ TITJS EIFHFfELD DEMOCRACY
OH-'TMEILi 'IIiI1IY INBOTH.
The Meeting Lust Friday--A Splendid Turn
on: of tho Clubs Over Seven Hundred
Red.Shlrts In Linz, and q Throng Of Other
People Present The Long ProcessiOr,--
Sfaoefts hy ifhgood, Conner, ltion, Jones
ENfns and Kennedy Enthusiastic Domo-
crnts Made Happy and Jubilant-.IIurrall
ftSr Rairfield III
Friday was; a great day for the
Democracy OF Fairfield. Tho whole
county turned out to meet tho State
canvassers and to pledge to ~ them n
rousing majority: OH the second Of No
vtmber. Thatkhe not'only fully sus-
tainc:! lerpast reputation, but oven
ceaed'expectation, was the general
verdict. AS Wimnsboro was the place
designated for the rally, tho Wimsbo-
10 Club took in hand the task of max
ing preparations for tho event, and of
receiving and cscorting the diStin-
cd visitors to the' place of mccing.
Thcy were expected to arrive on the
morning trnin Friday, but q telegram
was received Thursday night saying
tlicy would arriTfe at' three in the
informing. No regular reception wns
thcr"torc given, owing to tho want of
notice, save that they wcro taken, to
the hotel for the night. Early next
morning Judge Robertson, chairman
OF the committee on reception, and
Mussrs. A. S. Douglass and ~. Neil,
his conductors, took The visitors in
charge.
BY eight o'clock rcd-shirtcd Dcmu-
Gratis began pouring into town and III
a short time the streets presented an
cnsanguincd spectacle. Each club
filcd through town and wcnlcd its
way to the rendezvous OH the College
Green, which soon became n sea of
humanity and horse-tlesh. Not near
cten@h>spacc was there to allow full
formation, and it become necessary to
move the clubs of. Night here it, may
be said that The last of the procession,
had not moved Off the green before the
head had turned the corner by Col.
Rion's, distance Of nearly mile,
and was IN the pines ut tho speakers
stand. Tho parade was IN charge of
CHIEF MARSHAL w. R>l,ABB;
with the following assistant marshals :
John Mcador, T.. Il. Ragstlalc, S. G.
Duke, JAS. G. Hoffman, II. j. McCur-
Icy, Moses II. Moblcy, and they had
difficult task in arranging the limo IN
order. This was successfully accom-
plishcd, however, in tho following
order:
Citizens Cornct Band Of Winnsboro,
regular members Of tho Winnsboro
Club, thirteen strong, with Mr.. Joseph
GroeSchcl attircd II Ia INrYUe, in rcd
hz, rc,l shirt AMI rcd balmoral, rs drum
nnjor.
A procession Of small boys in rcd
shirts on foot, under Samuel FAINT, Jr.,
thirty-scvcn strong, with banners.
flags and true Democratic thrOats and
lungs, also a part Of the Winlsboro
Club.
Three wagons decorated with ban
nrrs and GarIantis, the wheels all
drnprd in tri-colors and cvcrgrccns
containing:tomtccn young ladies and
rs many girls and boys in rcd bouses,
in charge of Messrs. NJ. B. McAIastcr
George Lautortlstle and DR.. Simpson,
also part Of Wi:nsboro's parade.
Another wagon contained ladies and
gentlemen from .Ftnsicrviile.
White Oak Club, S.. II. Johnston
president, 7G men.
Winnsboro Club, X. Means Davis,
president, sixty-.wo men in rcd shirts.
Nncluding tho band, tho Winns5oro
Clubs parade was scvcnty-fve, and
including Ladies' and boys one hundred
and thiFiy-cight.)
Grccnbricr, President r. W. Wood
ward, so men.
Fcastcrvil|c, President II. W. Tray
lor, % men.
hengtown, President John ID. liar
fison, % mon.
Ridgcway, President G. l.. Thomas,
% men,.
l1oreb, rrcsilcn5:N. A. Glenn, So
men.
GIaddcn's Grove, President Jacob
a. caldwell, 50 men.
Hongncsvillc, President w. l.. Ros-
borough, 81 men.
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