The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-06-19

| Il, Il
ov"rhlulinG and sweeping out can do
no harm: and while you may think
that | nm actuatcd by selfish motives,
hope we will have it, whether | bos.
the Job or not
Capt. Tillman CLOSED his remarks
by paying attention to Editor Will
/ Hams. of tn" Grccnyillc News, whom
hc characterized us ono Of the bravcSt,
and trurSt men who ever brcathcu
til" breath Of life. lie sat down amid
Sturm% Of applause and cries of 'FGo
cn. solve us Somc more" "Don't
,;rj, yet.
The Laurcnp Meeting.
iFrom tho Grco Vile News
Iil, scene OF the meeting was Il
mos, pleasant one. The donBe shade
OF thc bUughS OF tho dcnscly grown
OAK" offered most pleasing shade
to thc multitude which gathered
there within fifteen minutes after
GaWnin Tilllnnn's carriagc reached
Tic gr"unH. in The interim which
followed ;hc arrival there the moro
enthusiastic u,lmrcr% of tic Farmrrn'
Cand ldatc pressed in toward tine
stand, and he app arrd as Il hero be.
mG crowned with laurrls. Congrutu.
tons were poured upon him from
every Slic, and young men and bGvs.
the clown upon whose checks hud a.,
yet failed to make itself pprrcptiblc,
and old men bearing the weather.
beaten visag"S which long years had
printed upon them, closed in TO grasp
tn" hand OF Captain Tillman and CON
Srntnl"t" linn. Mcnnwhilr shout
after shout Of, "Hurrnh for Tillnlun.
,,Hrnsc frcm the lips Of thc tlrOng. The
rroWd was Var!0usly c%tilnatci from
1900 ,"t,O00 people. lnmy judgement
t!i""r WCr" fully $500 people in tho
U.Sotnhlngc.
Whcn Captain S;hcll arose to Open
the meeting ii was only after success
SLY" efforts that he succeeded in calm
ING the excitement suilicientlyhy by toal
low llm 10 announce thNt IN,
meeting would be opened VIII
prayer
The Rev. John Pitt, who Wa
called from the audience to open tn,
injecting. had to commence hy nuyins
that h" would be pleased 20 comply
with Captain She'll request provided
he hal absolute quiet. Another al
monIti"n from Captain She'll was not
necessary, but hardly had the divin.
clOS"d In" lips after asking tlr bless;
ln&3Of ilcoYcn upon the he!
q t@afyninG and prolonged! "rA rrr
m!3cu0(3S cheer OF "liM y r;'aaur';ll
man! hurrnh -f1i|-tsS;lA4eQ4r-- e4r-.,--....-u, ~
lrbA. came from tn" crowd, un'
Captain Shell again arose and nskc,
the people III the namC Of the low,
thry had for hiM to keep quiet an,
listen.
Chaiilnm Shell then introduced
General john Bratton n9 IN oil Rn
man and an old soldier and dis
tnguHhcd citizen. General Brat
ton rose and wa greeted with {
ragged cheer OF "Iirrrah for Till
man.
When quiet was partially restored
General Bratton commenced his rc
marks. He said he had received
many personal kindnrsHcs from tho
people of lalmona, but he saw that
no had poor comfort politically. IIt
would speak to them with feelings
OF kindness and feelings of common
interests but that he wnH'nwaro that
the mindsof many of h;u Lrorrrp vrr'
already made up.
Here General Brnttou woe n,,o;,
greeted with cheers Of "I[,nrnE fn,
Tillman" and Cnptoin ShrU hoI
again to 0dmoui9h tLr nulicnrc j.
Gods name TO give Il 10 sneaker thr;,
attention.
When General Bro,iou rcocbn,
that part of his spcrch Whom j.,
warned the pcnplc 81 Hnnncr ynir,
in the audience called o,,t "It'x -,
y0ur siLn of tLn frrc, En,,o,oI "f.,''
rral Brntton rrp];rJ NO. I JnnJ ,a, ~
it from personal motives,
Then there was q hu.tlc ont lo
monstration for C,nto;n T;Ihnn, rn
full two minutes whcn tL,i ,,nntI,
man advanced to thr f,.oni and o'I.n,
thr oulinrcc ;f thn,. ,,,n,,,,i :,
that Gcnrrnl Hrotfn, "'nn , rot bn"n' ,"'.'
0i tLc mrrt;n,, IF ,n,n, ' n.o1, ,.'' ,a;I ';'"'
would do mnrr tn ,jrf.at H., ill.,, ,''', nL.r
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