The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-24

Sheppard not making himself seen
or heard on the subject, Hon. w. G..
Benet went from Tillman's carriage
over to where the CORPORATION candi.
date for Governor was, and asked him
what his decision was as to speaking,
and Sheppard said it was. his opinion
that it would be better not to tryi
Benet then got Sheppard to stand ND
in1his carriage and signify his decision
to Governor Tillman.
During this parley his hundreds and
hundreds of followers were surgiu8
around Governor Tiliman, and TO pass
the time away he took most fruitfl
hand primary, which showed consider
ably oyer thousand men-nos boys
for Tillman and Reform. This was
doing pretty well, when it istaken Into
account that many men on horse and
foot, who are Reformers to the back.
bone, had left the grounds as soon Is
the meeting was declared adjourned by
Chairman Blease.
Another little diversion occurred
aoont this time, and all on account ofa
cock that never crowed-and never
will. z7ssSss1
Soon after Youmans had resumed
This speech on the newspaper mems
table, an anti banner was brought Inc
front of him, which seemed to s.heaa-
en- him up bit and so give unbound
ed delight to the little boys and beard.
less youths gathered around the stsnd.
Omit was painted a fine picture sf q
fine cock-but more wonderful than
the gallant bird, was the tsstrange de-
vice. it bore, more wonderful, indeed,
than the strange device in IongselloR,si
Excelsior, y for it told that on ahe3 30th
of August the Sheep would ges into.
the fold by reason Of their naaasa
votesm S.ss.ss5=ssss.
4 =.
Well, the bearers Of that festive cock
andtne strange device, with more en-
thusiasm than prudence, Yentured into.
the immense crowd of Tislrnanites
WITH their banner, and it is scarcely
necessary to say that they had no time;
to furl it, ere the fine feathers Of the
bird were plucked, his neck wrung,and
the fancy figures of the wonderfniie
end it bore, were as sadly in the mi
nority as the Sheppard theirSheppard
/ will be in less than a fortnight. -
| The speakers who were to. take part
in the meeting, but who were deferred
from doing SO by its untimely adjourn
ment, were Governor TiNmau, Secre-
tary Tindal, General Farley, and hon.
w. G. Benet Ct the Reform faction,
and Ex-Governor Sheppard and Faeto-
~ President Orr of the ants.
i Brag, bluster:a and bunkumeyen on
! their pretty banners-is all the aafis
now can do to keep up their courage.
4 If all South Carolina does her duty
as well as NeWberry County IS going
to do hers at the approaching pri.
mary, there won't be enough antis LETT
in the State to bury their dead Sheep.
Many Sheppardites sought this al.
tefnoon to create an impression that
| Tillman had left the grounds rather
earlier than was necessasy-indeed,
they insinuated that he had run away.
1 The plain, ordinary, everyday slie'' "a
/ all that IS applicable or. necessary in
disposing of such Islander.
4 Saxon, the man who assaulted Gov
ernor TiHman on the train Tuesday,
was one of the marshals Of the day. Il
is stated in one ofthe Columbia papers
to-day that he attempts, by;a weak
evasion, to deny being under .spirit.
ual induencen at the time Of his out
rageous conduct. Query. What win he
say Of his condition on the piazzs Of
! the Newberry Hotel at 10:45 O'Clock
i last night?
i A barbecue vas prepared at the grove
/ for | 800 people, but on account of the
breaking up of the meeting, somebody
/ gets stuck pretty badly for the outrag-
| eous behaviour Of the Sheep shouters.
4 There were several cases of drunkeH.
ness on the streets after the crowd 1e.
turned to town, and three or four Till.
NANTES were arrested for boisterous
and disorderly conduct, While fully q
many inebriated Sheep were raising
"hail Columbia" but were allowed tc
! indulge their own sweet wills.
4 All in all, the meeting here to-day
has strengthened the Reform move.
ment in Newberry County despite the
disorderpf the ants and the Sheep Inn.
ported from Anderson, Laurens and
! Fairfield Counties.
The next meeting, the last one of the
campaign, will be held at Laurens on
/ Saturday next. s.T.B.
Frank Leslie's Popular MenthIy fos seps.