Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-11-03

HOSPITALITY TO BLACKS AS WELL AS
WHITEs-A GREAT DAY FOR THE DE.
MOCRACY.
&C., &C., sc.
REPORTED for the Staunton vINpIcAToR.]
WAYNEsBoRo. OCT. %.
My drive through the heavy fog this
morning from Staunton to this place, was
fully rewarded in seeing Little Tamma-
n.y." the capital city of South River dis
trict. ia all her glory, AS 1 topped the
hill overlooking the town and passed the
quiet church, the scene below was full of
life. Matt nal figs flying from AL points.
streets crowded with just arrived farmers
teams unloading their freight of men ard
women, and the pavements throngad with
the business men who. having closed their
stores by general agreement, were ont FIR
of this thriving town are as large as any
outside of Richmond. ard you can judge
of the feeling among the people generally
when [ tell you. that with the streets
crowded with strangers the propretors of
these establishments had closed for tie
day and were busy in preparing for the
Democratic pic mic.
THE UNPRECEDENTED OUTPOURING.
Ibid you ever see anything like this in
Waynesboro before?" 1 asked of one of
the oldest residents of the town.
gu h.,
for forty-fve years and never saw anything
in politics to equal it. The only thing that
[ can recollect that bore any Resemblance
in enthusiasm to this upheaval, was when
Henry Clay was candidate for President.
The now. ver cradle James Garland. of
Lynchburg was the orator of the occasion.
and the county of Augusta was wrought
up almost as much as she is now. But
our demonstrations never amounted to II
torrent like 1t is to-day. | suppose" add
ed the venerable gentleman, thonghtfully,
1.-THE feeling of the people is that there is
more at stake now than there ever was be-
tore"
THE PIC MIC GROUND
was an excellent selection, . handsome
lawn at Smith & Patterson's mill, by
which ran a pretty mountain stream. In
the centre of the lawn was a speakers
stand adorned with evergreens, and in
front was an amphitheatre Of seats of full
ly one thousand seating capacity, about
one-half of which was set apart for the
Id Of RI nef0 nj
telegram of tables hundred yards long,
enclosing single tablein the centre OF
the same length on which was every sub
stantial and delicacy that the busy and
liberal hospitality Of the housewives could
think Object, nam, chickens, the most
delicious bread, cakes, pies. jelies-ln
short everything. Near this was sepa-
rate table for the colored people who had
received general invitation, and that TIA
bic accommodated near hundred men
and women at lunch time. On the front of
the speakers stand were the inscriptions,
arranged as follows:
MASSEY. O'FERRALL.
THE REDEMPTION OF VIRGINIA IS
NEAR
VIRGINIA GREETS OHIO.
There was an efficient police on the
grounds and large and efficient corps of
ladies and gent lemen were busy inside OF
the parallelogr am arranging th+ lunch.
LIVE OHIO DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS-
MAN.
Pulling up at the Waynesboro Hotel 1
was told that the Hon. W. D. Hill, Demo-
cratic congressman elect from the 9th
Ohio district, who was to address the peo-
pie, was in the parIor above. [ found in
him model of the Western man who was
transplanted early in life from Virginia.
sing appearance and manner. a native OF
Nelson county, Virginia, and who spent
the early days Of his life in the adjoining
county of Amherst. He is elected from
what in Ohio is called the Granger dis
trict," so largely does the agricultural in
terest preponderate there. The former
counties of his district were Defiance,
Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Van Vert and
w
jority of 1900 the legislature in its April
gerrymander added Wood county. La the
eles tion last month Mr.. Hill extinguished
the Republican majority and was elected
by 700 majority. If your readers hear Mr..
Hill speak they will quickly mark the diff
ference between Ohio and Virginia orato-
~. Mr.. Hill is practical and to the point
without any flourish about 1.-The fathers
or any thing of that kind land his argument
is addressed>to the material interests of
the people before him.
ACTIVITY OP THE DEMO Gratis.
Before the spa liking began, hartman
Bumgardner of the County Committee,
called public attention to an arrangement
that had been made by the South River
Democrats for registration. The Regis.
trar was sitting at Fishersville, some six
miles off, and the Democrats had estab.
lished line OF express wagons from the
lawn to that point to carry voters to reg.
lister. A sign nailed to a trss near the
speakers stand called the attention of the
4udience to the spot, and in front
Of it sat a clerk at Il tabla taking down
he names. The line of express wagons
was still running with loads of voters
when I came away in the evening.
THE PROCESSION. 81
About il O'Clock procession was
formed, headed by the excellent Waynes
boro band. which marched TO the grounds.
In its front were Hon. w. D. Hill, of
Ohio, and Hon. Thomas Whitehead, Of
Lynchburg, the speakers of the day, Hon
AbsalOm Koiner, Chairman of the Demo,
cratic State Central Committee, Capt
Jas. Bumgardner. jr., Chairman of the
County Committee. Or. &. NJ Fauntleroy
President f fine St..rnt ~ Club tx Speak
or Marshall Hanger and number of Other
prominent gentlemen, Capt. Bumgard-
ner who presided. introduced Mr.. Hill as
| one OF the fifteen Democratic memb ns OF