The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-05
Which Tells the Truth !

bout caucus meeting heit sometime hss I
november at which certain officers in the
tate were parcclled out to ccrtsin indi'
iduul.
Following these extracts will be founi the
published report Of what DR.. Smith sa'd
ut n. Capt. Shelf cmphaticnlly denies any
in such chucua, and DR.. smith
lencs saying what tho report accused HIM
IF ~, ing, and The Grcenvillc Ners brings
forth witnesses corroborn'iug what 1t pub
ishcl. we can do nothing more than give
our readers what each party hAs t. say III
Of himself.
Iua speech at public meeting at ChicK
Spiug., la.t Monday, in al'uiingto h'msclf
aud III. rel ort published in the Grscnrille
N"mS, Capt. Shell said:
In 1854 he had been appointed clerk OF
the court for I.aurcus county. In 1886 hc |
was re. elected by large m.j"rjty over Col. |
J. Wash Watts, one of the most Popular
men in the c.unty. The people hal cndorscd
HIM as a man of character, 4 mtn ot vcr;c-
ity AMI aman Of Col, aud tho truth OF STAT
mcnt he made he called on the living Godt
witness If he never saw Washington 't.
c>ccpt by misrepresentation he did not wan
To- 90. lf he was guilty Cf the conduct
chnrged. he wanted to bcl"ft ut homc.
lie WAS MT tat Walkers Cross Roads Dir.
Smith. Of Sp'rtanburg, was one OF his "P-
pnucuts. They went into the war together
in lsGl and Dy Smith had lost m "fifatls, ifs4!,
self had served to The surrender at Apo
m,ttox. lie asked To he allowed To say ms
Il truthful nan that if he knew anything of
the matter to which DR.. Smith had referred
10 before he had seen it in the Grccuville
N"m' he did not know i, so help him Al
mighty God.
As TO the rumor of his candidacy for
S,cIclaryo of STATE he called on his hearers
TO look at his position in the March Convcn-
ton. lie had S,id he was a candidate for
40 oilicc snd had so stated there. NOW TIL
Standing The fact that he hail been strongly
urged I" acc-r, something AT tho hnndS of
the rcop'e. No man coul say that he had
ever expressed such u wish. lie ia! even
begged and bcsought the Hon. James +.
| Tiudn!, the present candidate, to come for
ward for the .Bee.
Captain Shell then proceeded To state
| TINT dur,Ggthc last State Fair Lc had been
| in tolumOi'. AMI while be wa there there
was a caucus held in his bel room nj the
| Grand Central Hotel. Some twcnty gentle.
| mnu were present. II. B. Buist, ut Green
! villo. among that number. General
Stnckhnu-e was not there, and If his mem
,,ry vas correct neither DR.. Smith nor Cap
| tain JJllRIa. w1s lrcscIt. If DIR. SIN th
was there he had no RECOLLECTION Of it.
Seeing pr. Smith IN the sudiCncc, Captain
| Shell called on him to say whether hc vas
there or not. Nr. Smith answered tha: he
was not there.
'a"'.'n shc,l continued that he had tod
the Executive Committee iLat il they meant
active h"~tihrjr> I" the present government
he could Mt serve .hcm. llc had been in
>iructci l. issue an address - tho pc pie OF
the state. 1t was prepared and published.
Captain TiI'mpu hal >ait To him nfr,r he
Lal called the c uvcutian that he had better
select u,n ~. would accept a nominations
!!e went - nuhc,n' Snckh u>r. Captain
C"Nrtcnhy ana o. to'. !. J. Pop" Ea"L
la declined. y D. cthcr name Va. mentioned
Ecterv;n- 10 the Mck,s>.ck at"mcrt in
the y :: ,.ji' rial. Captain SLc,. Saii thp'
Can't. +. T. NcH.>>.:A hal asked him !; il.
Va; - =. :" lea candidate t'r t-n.-c,S.-
He hal to.!> >,nu. 'har Ire would mt be
Captain Mck'ficN sn'i his ia'hsr w"nlh DC
q cauiln;c. lie told HIM TO -ty TO has
father 10 como So I.lyrH> AMI he would |"
All in - r9wcr - present him - the veop,r:
III: he l.:n ic - = l." ,G.r - suvY'r: %
~. ..,n
"' 49, - ~ MANS ''u -" s'-"
ci 10 SUPPORT him ani v-;e for inn. lie
also told Judge Crawl ri. of C.,Umbis, thu,
.; y. weull 10, /, a c,u.l;,I.;, f.- C,r,,
He 4H''
cre>> ami ;Uv,r thu, gen aN = ''''' -
Lauren. IN h, ws.,,i ,-.so.. b:,, H..
people.
IN SMITH FP-i"S - THE RrroRI.
Ne!t'F'"S the recent newspaper state
.ucn'' lE. S"ith >a'i that lie seldom wru;c
ms !t"cH'> hit 'nr' he >"li III forgot any
mug .c SAL. \, ~" "r.ic->Y..lc meeting
hc can ne starter "U' ~ giving t!0-raph-
-, Ae'TH - III, l,,''l. career. II" then B
'"oA UP no" ~ .'i h.r ne can Ii ia'c f.. /
"hstc'>:"hi. 'h"r-. lie >irtei then that ,
IN July INN' b" VA n y mcc'ing Cf The ,
>'a'e A!i'n's maj W. IN = r'n?o-cac" with |
;I, s'.'.'i w" We ,""'- lie IA! in".-
rockc, TIN, ,,.3r,., C,n.,. h,l 81 -
" Simp> III, Captain Ii.,mmu. Colonel Nor |
:, - ".4 o''c'> ''U>. 49, were present. ant ,
n Ia c,,., ,L, S,,,,,,9..., "?i'