The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-18

troll the country. anu as long as the
eight box system remains in force and
the colored man be ignorant and un-
educated, SO long will he be kept
down. So say the only salvation for
you under Democratic rule is e.luc.,-
tiOn-and property. But as it HOW
sands the poor, ignorant colorrd man
has no showing. The eight box sy$-
tenn opprcsses him and keeps him
down. And he has 10 rights. Thert
is no re Ire for his wrongs even in
the courts. Another thing When a
white man sees a cOlore,i man riding
through the country he wants 10 know
how the c0lor..d mai can get along
idlins his time away like tina. D.
you ever ask the VIII te men how they
ct along wh,'n you see them IiIing
:.bou:? We o"g:t to has" Il change OF
hi :gs. We should have Srcr. orsa =
ization for our own good. We ought
to rise up in mighty mass against the
eight box system. 1t will take lrgis-
lation TO do away with it. I'm. Ter it
we have no representation. While We
We're il power we gave the Democrats
one manager of election ut every pre-
c:nct. Do the Democrats give u| Re-
publican managers? NJ l have al
ways stood up for the rights of my
race, bnt have always failed 10 secure
rel ,r,'scntation at the polls through
the Democratic party. / am always
prepared to meet my enemies, but am
not prepared to meet treachery in my
Oayn party. Caesar never. minded enc
mics. but it was the damnable treach-
erysof the ones who slept with him.
SIBAs DAwKINs
was the last speaker. Said he thought
the eight box law an Intelligent law.
1t only oppresses the ignorant and il
literatr. Would not vote for IN ignO-
rant. and illiterate man; would not
have slch to represent him. He con-
sidercd| that the colored people had
done well in the twenty wears that
they have been free. Education is
what You want, and that will cnabie
you to accumulate properly. Now,
pick the best men to represent you in
ynur conventions and show the intel
hgent people of the country that you
are rising in the scales of knowledge
and wisdom.
Some called for more speeches, when
one of the country delegates aloSe and
sail that he thought they had hal
enough speeches. Il tell yon. Mr..
Chairman, the less speaking We have.
the better will it be for the Republican
party in Newberry County" In few
minute> afterwards the committees ell
tered and submitted th..ir reports.
which were adopted. The convention
then went in;o permanent organiZ.i-
ton By the election OF S. II. Chaprell
as chairman, w. II. Bird secretary and
Silas Dawkius assistant secretary.
The chairman thanked the convention |
for the honor it had conferred upon
him and expressed the hope that it
would show toward him that courtesy
due his position. He assured the con-
vention that he would rule with an
impartial hand and to the best OF his
ability. The convention being pcrma-
nen:ly organized, and before proceed
ing to the transaction OF the business |
for which it was called, it was opened
with prayer BIZ IEvhorter W. J. Smith. !
who thanked God that they had again
been privileged to meet together under
the American flag, nnder the canopy
OF Rrpnblicanism, and that they are
growing more intelligent under the in
t!uence of Christianity and education. |
He prayed that the deliberations of |
the convention woul,l be characterized
with wisdom. and the members taught |
to do that which was right.
Nominations then lteing in order for |
three delegates to the St;tr Conven-
ton, the frilnwing names were placed |
before the house, ;hc Candidates" by |
request coming forward so that they
could b. s. Ell i.y the entire crowd:
r. w. Boom, H..nry Kennedy. +. l..
Hicks, B. w. Nance, S. II. Chappeil, |
David Lylt.s. The votes were taken
rlra rOcc and thA delegates elected |
singly. +. L. Hicks, r. w. Bone and |
Henry Kennedy were elected. The
following We're nominated as delegates
Give to be elrcte,D TO the Congressional
Convention: Jason Jones. John 0.
Young. c. w. Whtmire. JAS. S. Dan
icl. A. G. Commits, David DeWalt. R. A.
Bragg, L. II. Green, n. II. Whitmire,
w. j. Smith. Arhar Lyles, Silas Daw-
kins and B.. w. Sheppard. During the
voting for Congressional delegates,
the convention began to thin out, the
sun was rapidly declining, the country
delegates wanted to go home, they
were tired and hungry land so were
the, reporters, the confusion became
worse confounded, the convention had
ceased to be interesting, some of the
delegates wrangled and quarreled, and
the chairman made many Intellectual at
tempts to preserve order. Finally The
votes were ali taken and the following
delegates elected: C. w. Whitmire.
Silas Dawkins, A. G. Counts. J. @.
Young and B. W Sheppard. The fol-
lowing were then elected alternates
n. II. Whitmire and w. J. Smith.
And alternates to the State Conven-
ton: B. w. Nance and Jason Jones.
F. J.. Hicks was recommended as
Supervisor OF Election for this pre-
cinct. Henry Kennedy was reelected
County Chairman, and the Convention
adjourned. -..... .:-...