The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-04-08

4tAs lie 416OCh, 4lOIOo L otAs
These gentlemen are fully authorized to
receive subscriptions from any parties in
or out of the County
THE FARMERS CONVENTION.
An interesting. Meeting-A Large Crowd
Present-A Synopsis Of the Speeches.
day. 1t began raining early in the morn.
Ing and continued at intervals until after
12 o'clock. This fact, however, did not
deter quite large number of the farmers
Of Anderson County from coming to the
city, and by ii o'clock very large crowd
was moving about the streets and in the
business places. 1t was evident that a
large majority of the crowd had been
drawn here in accordance with call pub
lished in the INTELLIaENCER two weeks
ago, over the signatures of a number of
our prominent farmers. for Convention
of the farmers of the County.
About IL o'clock the Convention con.
vened in the Court House, which was
we'll filed.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. R. P. Clinkscales. who moved that
Capt. D. x. Norris be called to the chair.
The motion was adopted.
Capt. Norris, upon taking the chair,
thanked the Convention for the compli.
ment it had paid him inf calling him to
preside over its deliberations. He said
the meeting had been called to elect dele.
gates to represent Anderson County in
the convention of farmers, which is to
assemble in Columbia on Thursday, Goth
inst. he was happy to see so many pres
ent; their presence indicated their earnest
ness. He hoped the Convention would
be harmonious, and that something would
be accomplished for the good of the far
mers. He then declared the meeting
ready for business.
On motion of Mr.. H. NJ. Prince, Col. W.
E. Walters was elected Secretary of the
Convention.
Mr.. r. P. Clinkscales moved that COM
mittee of one from each Township be ap-
pointed to nominate five delegates to rep
resent the County in the Convention at
Columbia. Adopted.
The Chairman asked how the commit
tee should be appointed. On motion of
Mr.. ]. G. Watkins, the Chairman was in
structed to appoint the committee.
The Chairman Immediately proceeded
to read from paper which he held in his
hands thefollowing names as the corn.
mittee: Pendleton, ]. G. Watkins; Gar
vim, Ed. Whitten; Martin, Jas. T. Ash
ley; Honea Path, Rev. M. McGee; Broad
way, s. N. Pearman; Brushy Greek, J,
Jameson; Savannah, E. ]. Earle: Belton,
w. F. Cox; Hopewell, s. S. Newell;
Williamson, n. M. Prince; Centerville,
A. B. Bowden; Hall, Jas. l.. Jackson;
Corner, R. P. Clinkscales; Rock Mills, J.
81. Little; Fork, D. L. Cox; Yarennes,
r. R. Beatty; Anderson. g. E. Prince,
Esq.
Someone (whose name we did not catch)
asked if the Convention was not to be
composed exclusively of farmers. He was
answered in the affirmative, whereupon
he suggested that some one else should
be appointed to represent Anderson
Township, as the gentleman appointed
from that Township (A1r. G. E. Prince)
was lawyer. Mr.. Prince, who was pres.
ent, asked to be excused. He was ex-
cused, and Col. E. NJ. Rucker substituted.
On motion, the name of Col. B. F. Cray
ton was substituted for that of Mr.. A. B.
2Bowdsn to represent Centerville Town
ship, as the latter named gentleman did
not reside in that Township.
MR. r. Beatty, who was appointed to
represent iVarennes Township, was not
present, and Col. J. w. Norris was ap-
pointed in his stead.
Mr.. W. Y.Miller was appointed to rep
resent Rock Mills Township, as Mr.. j. H.
Little was not present.
Fork Township was not represented on
the committee, as, Maj. D. L. Cox was not
present, and there was no one else pres
enG from tnat township.
AS the committee were abouttto retire,
some one stated that the gentleman ap-
pointed from Corner Township (Mr. r. P.
Clinkscales) did not reside in that Town
ship. Mr.. Clinkscales replied by saying
that he did not live in the Township, but
lived very near the lire. He was objected
to, however, and the Chairman asked
some one to suggest suitable name to act
in Mr.. Clinkscales' stead. DR.. R. A.
Reid, Messrs. ]. A. wiles and J. L. Bryan
were suggested. The two former declined
and Mr.. Bryan was appointed.
The committee then retired to one Of
the jury rooms to nominate the delegates.
Mr.. w. W. Russell moved that the Con-
vention take recess until the committee
was ready to report, in order that the
candidates might have an opportunity to
electioneer among the audience. His mo-
ton was not seconded.
Mr.. w. A. Geer said he did not think it
necessary to take recess for that purpose,
as the candidates seemed to be getting on
very well, but he thought that the Con-
vention might as well adjourn, as the
whole management seemed to be pre-
arranged (intimating that the Convention
was 'cut and dried")
Mr.. NJ. B. Williams said he supposed
that most of those present were like him
self-didn't know what the farmers were
after. He wanted some information, and
hoped the Chairman would explain the
object of the State Convention.
Calls were then made for Mr.. r. p.
Clinkscales, who arose and said that .he
Convention had been called 70 transact
business and not to listen to speeches, and
begged to be excused.
Mr.. M. B. Williams said hc knew the
farmers were driving somewhere, and he
was in favor of it, but he did not know
where to drive to. [Laughter.]
The Chairman stated that the object of
this Convention was simply to elect dele
gates to the State Convention, which
would convene in Columbia at an early
day. The object of the State Convention
was to take some action In reference to
uniting the farmers and influencing State
legislation in their behalf
Col. L. E. Campbell said he wanted
some light in the matter. He had signed