The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-10-09
me Repnbneans at Work.

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Republi blican meeting was held at the
Greely Institute last Thursday night.
We did not know Of the meeting until
about 10 O'Clock, at which time eweswere
passing along the street, when our atten.
ton was attracted by some one delivering
speech. We approached the building.
and soon discovered that it was a politi-
cal meeting. There were about twenty
er twenty-five. negroes present, half of
whom were asleep. Several harangues
were delivered after our arrival, one or
L two. of the speakc cSs (whose names we did
not learn being from Oconee County,
where, they stated, the Republican party
was thoroughly organized and ready
for action at any time. One of them
said that the day was not far distant when
the honest old Republi party would
again have possession of the State that
this country rightfnlly belonged to them
and they intended to rule it. He urged
the negroes to organize themselves, and
said he hoped they would revive the
Union League, which would enable each
and every one Of them to keep posted as
to the situation of affairs. The last speech
was made by Lawrence Jones, colored,
Chairman OF the Republican party in An
derson County Jones has fair educa-
tAlAs -alS4 0l&Itl 40 nO4O o0A4VOAOC AZ
very good style. Through his speech
hisIemarks were very bitter, infiamma-
tory and ddenunciatory, accusing the DEM
socratic party OF doing everything mean
and dishonest. He went back to 1876,
whens ne said, the Democrats had stolen
the State from the Republicans. He said
Z he was 8 resident OF Newberry at that
time, and that the Republicans carried
: that County by one thousand majority,
but that the white people, wearing red
shirts and armed with rifles, came in
and took possession of the offices, rum
ming the sRepubl blicans out of town. He
then arrai@ed the Democratic party for
the passage of the eight box law and the
sRegistration law. He attacked our eff
scient Supervisor of Registration, saying
that he had registered white men and re-
fused to register colored men; that he
= had been told by the Supervisor that only
those who bad become Of age since the
PASSAGE of the Registration Act were en-
titled to receive certificates of registra.
: ton, but that while he was in Columbia
o few days ago he saw everybody regis
tering that wanted to that the same
thing was being done in Newberry and
other Counties, and that he could not tell
why cofored man was denied the privi-
lege Of registering in Anderson County.
He urged his hearers ito keep their eyes
and ears open, and to thoroughly organ
ize themselves. He said his people had
been oppressed ever since the Republican
lparty lost the: State, and that they should
aid would get control OF the State again /;
that II they could not get possession Of
the State many other way, they ought to
carve tileirsway through.
At the conclusion of Jones' speech, the
Secretary announced that forty-five cents
had been contributed towards defraying
the.expenses Of delegates to the Conven.
tion. We did not learn 10 which Con-
ayentlont he referred, but presume it was
Z the Congressional, which is to convene at
Wslhalla in q few days.
AL the speakers expressed themselves
US being in favorsof nominating colored
man for Congress from the Third District,
and It is said that Jones will be the NOM
sinee. ~
Sullivan u Cos. 10