The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-10
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
The Herald and News Correspondent
Writes of those Meetings.

GIsTs, August 3.-Assembled here are
about 200 persons. Of this number a
goodly per cent. are ladies. Candidates
are very plentiful. Indeed, it is the
best turnout we have had at any meet
ing.
Speeches were made BY Messrs. Jno.
T. Duncan, w. D. Hardy, J. NJ. john
stone, L. P. Miller, Jno. w. Scott, Jno.
G.. Wilson and Cole. L. Blease, and
Messrs. Mower and Sigh, and 7. s.
Sease. :,
Col. Walter II. Hunt, Jr., was called
! to represent Geo. B. Cromer on the con-
servative ticket. The Rev. J. A. Sligh
had the reply.
Besides these, very prominent was
J citizen "Snib" Ruff, also good little
crowd from No. 10. In short, this was a
| very political meeting. While there
was plenty of life and stir in the crowd
the very test of order prevailed. The
| two factions were we'll represented. In
fact these are the best fighting grounds
in the county. ..
The speeches were good, yet nothing
new. Nothing out CT the common run.
The only noticeable feature ls that the
Tillmanite speakers make it an en-
phatic point to draw the lines sharp
and deep. Also, to their shame, some
| of them delight to criticise and censure
Wade Hampton. But to the peoples
honor these taunts always fall fiat.
The meeting was held in the grove at
Mr.. Thos. W. Keitt's, grand place for
such an occasion. To add to its beauty,
the weather was "perfectly grand"
Col. J. C. S. Brown acted as chair
man and presided with justice and ease
! until Chairman Blease arrived. Thirty
| minutes are allowed to every speaker.
The meeting ended with considerable
enthusiasm over the speeches of Col.
Hunt and Rev. Sigh. AS the sun was
near setting we adjourned to meet
again tomorrow at Mt. Pleasant, No. 3
Township.
THE MEETING AT MT. PLEASANT.
Mt. PLEASANT, August 4.
sin such night as this,
When the sweet wind did gently kiss the
And they did make no noise-in such a
| night" All, we'll.
I'm not talking Of the night alto
gether. You may brag of nice people,
| good treatment if you want to, but l
can tell you once for all time to come,
that you won't find place like Mr..
Albert Gibson's every day in the week.
To say that We enjoyed ourselves would
be to say very little.
With reluctance we departed, and
here we are. It is a beautiful place.
The grand old oaks knit their mighty
branches together into one powerful
| mass.
Assembled here are about 100 ladies.
Sweet ladies too, for they all brought
baskets and we had grand old picnic
! dinner.
Chairman Blease called the meeting
to order and made some very appro-
pirate remarks in glowing terms. BE
| introduced Messrs. Geo. S. Mower, w.
D. Hardy, J. NJ. Johnstone, l.. P. Mil
Ter, Jno. w. Scott, Cole. L. Blease, Jno.
T. Duncan and T. S. Sease.
The best of attention was accorded
these speakers. There was only one Oh
two Interruptions by prominent
''smart Aleck."
On the grounds Tillman was repre-.
sented by Job Hughey and Sheppard
by P. Clark Smith. Col: Keitt put in
some good time. And "Snib' is here.
too.
Everything passed off withoutspecial
event. The meeting was adjourned, and
everybody turned homeward and to-
wards Whitmlre.
AN OFF MEETING AT POMARIA.
4 n
PoAlARIA. August 6.-This is an of
meeting. We did not expect to have any
politics here, but they came anyhow.
It was simply shame how some ol
them tried to take advantage of the sit,
uation. ....,
Candidates Blease, Miller, Hardy
Duncan and Sease were introduced by
chairman pro tenn DR.. D. 81. Werts
Outside of the bold way in which some
of the speakers expressed themselves
things passed off very pleasantly.
We adjourned to meet at Jalapa next
Wednesday.
| W. AUG. SHELLY.