The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-04-17
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The irm. 4mi lb,ri,r Of Saturday
con,ain. the following accoun, oi Gut.
fin experience in lbbeyiIc on tie oc-
ca.on II Tie meeting of ;Ac rcccn! Re-
publican Convention oi ,ha. Coua:y:
"IAcy :, Iowa on G1!i!u;' bu, Guf.
| fin i'd, got Ul a.a.n lie rc,urnci 10
| this CIly from AD1cEI..r Un Monday.
| He is knocking arVGud &. u.uhl, and a..
| though he carries a, Ligi a bead a ever
| he IS evidently very much di-grE".icd ~
| the treatment that he received on r t'i.I.
| ting Tie scene q! III, great political
! achievements 10 .hc da:- ui III i'o"cr.
| Gutin L. looking some" hat oder l"tm he
wa, when he waa cock q! HE "aiE IN
| ,bbey!.le. Ills hair i> winter ar! i;.cie
are more wrILklca III III lace, Oui there
| ia- been no improvement III n!s politics
| nor any change in !.i. bearing t"waid.
| the white people o; his c.d home.
"Gu.lin has hande letter ~ The
.Nrns and tDuSvr, for publication, in
which lie says that the acc run. puD.i-Acd
| III this paper oi The Republican Cpnyrn
| ton n AbberI.le WE incorrect III every
essential particular that til, Convention
| Iii not sit down on him; ,hat the Ab.
| Titus faction did not clean him Out, and
| that he was not tapped on ihe mead by
'Eilly Patterson Gu! by the son Of Il
rr0mineut ey y.lawyer at Abbevile, who
| struck him over the head with q stick
breaking the skin and 'bioOdyin4' him
up in fearful manner; that he WAS
| waited upon at the Miller Hotel bv the
| -un Of another more prJ;nintntc OK lawyer
and told that he could have just one
| hour 10 leave town,' that there were
| about twenty or twenty five young white
Democrats at the Convention aud only
forty or fifty Republicans that The
Democrats created ali the disturbance
| that the Titus party consisted only OF
Ab. Titus himself, drunken Tom Jones
| and Miles Cobb, and that a b. wa, bought
up by the Democrats AMI 'acared to
death Guifin further stated that afte.
| he had been assaulted he walked from
the hotel to the railroad track, where he
had buggy in waiting, and that he then
rade out TO Johr Iuiberl's wiiere lie
stayed until Sunday Gullin claims that
there was no election of delegs,e, at the
Convention, aud will not admit that he
ha, been whipped. The Press AMI BIN.
nsr gives an amusing account Of the
Convention, from which the following
extract ia taken:
81. l.. Guilin: Mr.. Chairman, / have
another list of nominations to propose
"rhe Chairman The gentleman
from Charleston is informed that nomi
nations are now closed. The gentleman
from Charleston must 81. down. lie is
iutcnuptins this meeting. Nobody
wants him here. lie had better he in
Charleston where he belongs. The col
ored people OF this County ere not going
to he led by him again.
The Chairman, turning from Gullin
and addressing the house, continued:
Mr.. l.. l.. Gullin told me this morning
il we didn't elect him delegate to the
Convention that Abbcville County should
not have any representation that the
whole thing should be kicked out. We
will show him That he can't boss us any
longer. Alr. Guin has been running
over Us long enough
Guilin is agrcat romanccr. What he
has 10 say in defence Of himself should
be taken with n great deal of salt"