The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-09
4 MEETING Sr.iMPEDED.
Iii. Crowd at Charle-;En !anic-stI.ckeE
by Il False Alarm Of a Shake.

The Crowd at Charl.-;on Eanic-stl.ckeH
by Il False Alarm Of a Shake.
Especial to the Augusta ChT"nlcle.I
CHARLESTON, August 3.-The DEM
ocratic rally here tonight bade fair to
lie fiZZlc, when 4 strange incident oc-
CURED which livencl up the proceed
ings. The turnout WAS large enough,
but the speeches Of Governor Richard
sor and Lieut.. Governor Hlauldln fell
comparatively flat. Tie former spoke
for over an hour and Il quarter, and the
latter for over half ali huur. Then Re-
former Tillnan, the ''icirc dc resist
unr,.' took the stand amidst the cries
f"I.ct 'cr go, Ben Gallagher" There
We're some attempts 10 lntcrro-:Ic h!n!,
but the rhairman promptly stopped
these. Mr.. Iilnan's >pccrl Wa; ire
Gurntly punctrlatcd with applause and
shouts Ut' laughter. While he WAS !
speaking strange PAM" occurred.
s;ui!lc one kicked the h;>S drum hcion%-
inw to the band. Y woman in the
crowd shouted out: "tood God, dal's
!: sliskc,I and the crowd stalul"ucU.
! There wcr. (; good many negroes pres
, cnt, and I;!r>e, with thr whites, dashed
: p&u!c-Stricilcn down the street. Three
or four little negroes were tranirIcd
upon and s"rinu>ly hurt, and manly OF
! the audience had their hats and coats
torn oft them. There WIS no shake,
| of course, and the stampede W;!s soon
stopped, but the scar" proved too much
! for many OF the crowd and the meeting
WAS finished with Il comparatively
>liwht audience.
IT, Tillni,ns snrr,.h wa. Simr!ya
r..,,,,;,;nu of' thrsA me- hod previously
,n,,,r oniv nanny oI his u,t"r:,rcrs
were toned down. Mr. Ti!lnan si,Ok"
over al hour, Notwithstanding another
S'"n.it"S , MniI'. ":'u',ru ,,,'T ,nc ,hn
'ni;nmcr '';i,.',, Tnn1n,rnIIrr (;rnrral Vcr-
,,,',',, ,,'. i,,. ,.i i,nl;rr md rlnsrd fine
| NV, ,,,n.,im,. I,,, .'homt NV IrIn.l;
, nu.,
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! CAPT. DAWSON T!ILlNHD TO SAY
| ANYTHING.
t,,,r1 rsToH Aum,Ist 4.-Thr most
! ..,n,,is!,inr n,rt oc Ihr performance. is
,ho f,,r tL,tr y toir,hlv llroc norton
- f,h,.,yhi,.. ~ rI,n j., tI,,. rrn,yI s,ru,rd
~, wv n,nr;. win th, ~r,,t rrfornrr. TO
y. .nrs = m,ioritv Of thrm went there
nxn.rtinr tm heir =, debate between
SIds,nS .I,51 r,nt,;n D,wsnn I'm this
thnv wnr, dis.nnnirtrd. CAPTAIN Daw
snn w,s nrrsrnt Inf he declined to saw
onrthintf nn)nss he was nersonallv at
tiH t:lad ti1'i 5rI I. IN thS l vsS No not dome that
nart m n Of Of the the ~ nronramme WAS omitted.
Tillman's spcccli was much nildcr than
those that have been heretofore re-
ported. His free Use of slay&s%s gen
eeral rood-natured L0nhomie (. hslv
pleased the crowd. = ts
>o.r rr1,r,~,. ,r v.rxD-u11Is
LAW ~, ..,
lNeWs ana courier, otN'J ~S7
There is apparently some misunder-
standing concerning the expected en-
counter between the editor of the
News and Courierand Capt. Tillman,
at the Democratic mass meeting. The
circumstances are these:
Capt. Dawson was informed that
Capt. Tillnlan WAS collecting material
for an attack upon him and upon the
News and Courier, and soon afterWard
came thc meeting at HooEcs' "neie
the Euge1leld speaker seem dlSpoSed 10
be abusive. III was unoerStood tlitt ne
was 10 oe at UfeenEllle uull'ie .ile oSiia m
Week, and 1t WAS presumed that he
would deliver himself there. capt.
Dawson went, accordingly, to Green
vile, not to take any part III tizIseft
vass, but to give the E.Gss+,., +r,, ~.GeIleld ST
the opportunity t"-'-.eto ~ make to his fac
personal clI1ne, DIrges he might des
present, arolic- Capt. Tillman did not
Gre -rnvillc, and there was no othel
i1outn i1outn, paign meeting during the week.
e Sec Dawson was required to be IN
Com York last Tuesday to attend nt
=. For of the National Democratic ENe'
e the Committee, and lett New Ior
act us much Inconvenience, in order
present at the meeting which wa
. shall here on Friday night. The objcc
, cleo the same as in going to Greci
in its Can't. Ill!nlan, however, SAD no