The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-07-20

vention Constitution. y l. ochumpeli
raised the point that Mr.. Brown was on
order, as it was the proVincs Of the
Committee to hear the statements os Inc
contestants. The Chair sustained the
point of order. The Chair appointed
the following committee: D l. Seham-
pert. T c Brown, W " Hodges. AZ 81
Buford. Thompson Conner, " E fig.
gins. A c Darlington, J G Goggans. Il
e Moseley, Rev. j a Sigh, DR.. } X
Chapman. 4 recess was taken; after
which the committee reported. recon-
mending. lst, TGat the representation
from the Clubs in No. / reliain rs they
we're, except that Colony have two del'
epates instead of one. and Hartford two
{sls:aad of three; and, End. That in No.
2, Mt. Bethel Club have two Delegates,
and the Workingnlea's Club four. On
motion of Y J Pope, the report was is7
ken up by sections. A C Darlington
mayed the adoption Of first section of
the yes,Sstt. n " Hodges, Of Hartford
Club, spoke IN oppasi.icn. JFkilgore
also spoke in opposition. He sasaa, the
two Clubs in No. outside Of town,
with 95 mem bers. have only 4 delegates,
while other Clubs in town, with fewer
members, have more delegates, Hart
ford Club has % members from 30. J.,
ard 26 from No. S, and we should have
a delegate for No. S DR.. james Nc
Intosh, speaking for the motion. said.
tile rs members Of the club from No. l.,
on the basis Of delegate 10 Is men,
bcrs, were scarcely entitled to two dele
gates; that this report referred only 10
No. l Township, and that there was no
contest between Hartford Club aal &c.
5 Township 90 l0 REPRESENTATION. The
first section was adopted. A c Gar
lington moved tue adoption Of the Sec
opd section Of the report. T c Brown
asked what provision Was made for
represe atation from the club on the line
Of Nos. 8 and i Townships, which had
II members in No. 2 and 81 in No. 4
this club had two delegates from No &,
and claimed one from No. 2. MIR.
Schum pert answered, that the only con-
test from No. 3 before the committee
was between Mt. Bethel Club and the
Workingmen's Club, and that the COM
pittee had not considered the question
Of the line club delegation. Or! James
Mcintosh moved, as substitute for the
second SECTION of the report, that Mt.
bethei Club have Two delegates, the
Workingmen's Club three, and the
"line club" one. TC Brown, George
Johnstone, J l Fair, S E Kennerly and
P B Sigh supported the motion. A g
Darlington moved to lay the substitute
On the table, which motion was adopt
ed; and the second seetion Of the report
WAS adopted. The effect Of the report
was to leave out n W Hodges from
Hartford, L G Fellers from Colony, J
G S Brown, j Z Thompson, Jk G
Nance and &c Brown from Club l of
No. 2, S l. Atchison and J c Abrams
from Club l of No. 4, and J Fair from
Club 2 of No. 4.
George Johnstone offered the follow
ing resolution as an amendment to the
Constitution Strike ont the words: {:
There may be ss many clubs as may
be desired, except that, with the excep-
ton Of clubs now in existence, no clubs
shall consist Of members who are resi-
dents Of different Townships, and that
no club shall consist Of less than fifteen
members" and insert in lieu thereof
the following: The County Convention
shall be composed Of delegates from the
different clubs. Each club shall be en-
titled to one delegate for every
members. and every fraction of said
number amounting 10 three-fourths
thereof.
On motion of Y J Pope, the resolu-
tion was referred to the Executive Com
nittee to report upon it at the next
meeting of the Convention. Aug. 18th
On motion of T S Moorman. the Con-
vention proceeded to nominate dele
gates 10 the State Convention, which
meets in Columbia the lst of August.
A P Davis nominated Y J Pope; T w
Holloway nominated J N Lipscomb; j
w Stockman nominated D L Scbum-
pert; M NJ Buford nominated George
Johnstone; G A Mills nominated G S
Mower; A G Jones nominated Thomp-
son Conner; \ F johnson nominated
A G. Darlington; j W Scott nominated
DR.. R G. Carlisle; Arthur Kibler nomi-
mated G B Cromer; J r Spearman, Jr.,
nominated DR.. James Mcintosh; D L
Schumpert nominated Jno T Peterson !;
wv Bowers nominated H G Moseley !;
wv Gary nominated M A Carlisle; B
F McGraw nominated T S Moorman !;
S A Hunter nominated W D Hardy !;
George Johnstone nominated W W Ri
ser; j " Williams nominated T "
Holloway; George Johnstone nomina-
ted JH.Boozer. Messrs. Mcintosh, NJ
A Carlisle. Cromer and Conner de-
clined. On motion of T S Moorman, Y
JPope and j N Lipscomb were elected
delegates by acclamation. j M Ward,
W W Hodges and &c Goggans were
appointed tellers,
The first ballot resulted ss follows:
Johnstone 80. Hardy 10, Peterson 16,
Schumpert 10, Dr.. Carlisle 8, j A Sigh
5, Riser 3, Moseley 8, Moorman 1, Hol-
loway l, Boozer total 10O-no elee-
ton.
The second ballot: Hardy 40, John
stone 81, Schumpert 20, j A Sigh 9,
Peterson 4, Riser l, Mower total
l12-no election.
Third ballot: Hardy 50. Johnstone
35, Schumpert Is, 7 a Sigh 6-total
1O8-no election. j C Banks moved
that Convention vote fo- two highest
adopted.
Fourth ballot: Hardy "a, Johnston e
37-111 votes-W D Hardy elected Sd
delegate.
Fifth ballot: Schumpert 40, Johnstone
36, Riser IA, Peterson 10. IA Sigh 9.
Mower total 110-no election. j II
Boozer moved that Convention vote for
the two higbest-adopted.
Sixth ballot: Johnstone So. Schum.
pert 57-total 115. The Chair ruled
that, as the Convention consisted of only
Ill members, and 115 ballots we're cast,
the vote was illegal, and ordered ano'
ther balloting.