The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-08-25
Cedar Grove 1t,smg.

We have kept silent for awhile and
everything seems to be still in this section.
People have stopped talking politics for
= few DAYS and have been engaged in q re.
| ijoiot1s Meeting, which has done more
HSod ttsh all tho political meetings.
But; MI. Editofj tie Subscribers to your
paper desire me to give Some cf: the par:
| tictilsrs of the campaign meeting held
| Esrs bn the 9th of August. The Citizens
atpeGted lust, to have, little pic mic ON
that day, but the C5dh:y Cat1paigh Cpn-
mittee saw fit to appoint raeeting Here
on that day. Very soon in the morning
| the people began to come in from every
quarter, and by IL o'clock there were
about 1900 people gathered. Up to that
time everything seemed to be success:
| the crowd was composed of some as good
| people as the County affords, and some
o'clock Mr.. +. b. Murray catne on the
Grounds. He was told To leave, as you
| have all before seen In every paper, and
was made to leave, as you all know, and
used in very rough way. This the good
citizens condemn. Here Is what We wish
to tectify: We saw In the Columbia Reg
| istef of the 11th inst: that Mr. ]. j; Cooley
said the Cedar Grove people wish all the
blame of mobbing Mr.. Murray to be sad.
dled On them that they were willing to
bear It, Mr. Cooley states that the Cedar
drdve folks lad Comn1ittee;, of which be
was Chairman, that did all tile arranging
| for the day. If there was such o Commit
tee. the Cedar Grove people did not know
| il Mr.. Cooley introduced the speakers.
but the Cedar Grove folks did not know
who gave him the authority. Mr.. Cooley
| Is citizen of Williamson. He does not
live In Cedar Grove community. and the
people of thir section don't wish him to
iay this at .theit doors: Mr.. Murray. will
t0lll you himself that there was not Cedar
Grove person in the crowd, and l wish to
saw the Cedar Grove folks did not hold
with it all, and Mr.. Cooley took the wrong
| step when he said the Cedar Grove folks
would take all the blame or any part OF 1t.
GRIT.
Mr.. EDITOR: It becomes our duty by
request of the Cedar Grove people, as
we'll as duty that we owe to this com
munity, and it is your duty to publish It,
to say that we, the Cedar Grove people,
have been slandered by the public press.
What we wish to correct Is an article
that appeared in the Columbia Register,
written by John j. Cooley. He SAID ne
i was COalrm8u Vi tudI ui0otAHS3 oboe w y
Cedar Grove people had fixed the stand
for a Tillman meeting on the land OF
Hugh ,dahafey, that it was dedicated for
| that purpose and that they had right to
saw who should come on the ground. He
| furthst said that the Cedar Grove people
wore willing to bear all the blame for the
treatment Mr.. Murray received while
| there.
Now. Mr.. Editor, we want it under
| stood that we are willing to bear no part
of it. Mr.. Cooley is citizen Of William
ston and he has spoken no part OF the
sentiment of the Cedar Grove people.
The Cedar Grove people were to have
had Tillman picnic on that day, but al
ter the campaign meeting was set Tor that
day, we agreed to have the County cam
paien meeting here and prepared the
place for that purpose. The ground be-
ioneed to Mr.. Asa Mahatfey, but he was
absent in Laurens and his son, Hugh
Mahaffey, gave permission to have the
stand put there. -,
IF we, the Cedar Grove people, had
treated Mr.. Murray as he was treated, we
would uot be afraid to own 1t. NOBODY
condemns the way he was treated more
than we do.
We wish Mr.. Cooley would point out
the citizens in this section who are willing
to bear any of the blame.
GRIT No. 2.