The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-18
DELEGAT ES ELECTED.
Clubs Meet and .Reorganizs-S Some Interest
ing pevelopments--Every
Working Very Nicely.

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the convention will have to do or Cal
do when it meets We do not know a:
there is nothing to be done, but thei
the holding is required by the County
Constitution and that. document ca.
be amended so as to conform to the
State Constitution.
We have not received reports from
i all of the clubs but suppose they all
net. In some of them there were SOME
interesting developments and in the
Factory Club we learn th ire was rather
lively little debate between Dr.
Sampson Pope and Hon. C,le. l..
Blease, in which Mr.. Blease seems TO
have won the victory.
The other town clubs were only
routine.
We give here the officers elected
and delegates as far as we have been
able to procure them:
TowNTHIP NO. /.
Old Mems Ctub.-Dr. Jas McIntosh
was elected president: J. w. Gary and
T. A. Blanton, vice-presidents; w. Y.
Fair, secretary and treasurer. ExecI-
tive Committee-J. F. J. Caldwell, J..
S. Reid, L. NJ. Speers. Registration
Com mmittee-W. Y. Fair, S. p. Boozer,
w. J. Lake. Delegates to County Con-
vention-Jas. Mcintosh, J. F. J. Cald-
we'll, L. NJ. Speers, w. Y. Fair, ]. w.
Gary, J. S. Reid, w. J. Lake, G. Mike
Werts. Mr.. J. F. J. Caldwell was recon-
mended as a member of the County
Executive Committee.
Young Mems Cyu6.-Jno. S. Car.
vile was elected president; Jno. e..
Goggans, vice-president; M. L. Spear
man secretary and treasurer. Execu'
tive eCommittee-Jno. C. Wilson, Frank
Evans, E. Cabaniss, q. F. Wright, u.
S. Noland. Registration Committee -
A. j. S. Langford, T. @. Boozer, NJ. j.
Scott. Delegates to County Conven-
tion-O. L. Schumpert, J. &. Mcln-
rosh, Nat Gist, E. Cabaniss. J. &.
Halfacre, J. Y. Culbreath. Member
of County Executive Conmittee-Jas.
H. Mcintosh.
Carolina Club. Alan Johnstone
elected president; Geo. S. Mower and
w. E. Pelham vice-presidents; L. w.
e. Blalock, treasurer; l.. W. Jones,
secretary. Executive Committee--C. J.
Purcell, D. NJ. Ward, Geo. B. Cromer,
L.W. C. Blalock, f. II. Aull. Registra-
ton Committee-J. n. Bass, e. M.
Evans, J. H. Wicker. Delegates to
County Conventional. w. G. Blalock,
Geo. B. Cromer, J. B. Suber, S. J. Nc
,Caughrin, John H. Wicker; alternates:
J. n. BAGS, Arthur KibIer, D. S. Ellie
sor, J. w. Reeuer. 6. NJ. B. Ep5ing.
Mr.. Geo. 8. Cromer was recommended
as a member of the county executive
committee. .
FACTORY Club. Fletcher Gradick WAS
elected president; Geo. L. Davis vice
president; Harry Campsen secretary
and treasur~r. Delegates to county
convertion-Cole. L. Blease, jacob
Sem, Rice Thornton, Irby D. Shockly,
Thos. II. Cromer. Alternates, Berry
Crcmer, &c. Gradick, Mr.. VIM. Beden-
baugh. Mr.. Cole L. Blease was recon-
mer ded as a member Of the county
executive committee. It was when this
election was held that the incident
above referred to took place. When
Mr.. Biease was nominated DIR. Pope
took the floor and nominated Mr.. Jacob
Sem, and proceeded to excorlate Mr..
Blease, charging him with being q
traitor to the reform party and not wor-
thy of any consideration at the hands
of the club. When he took his seat
Mr.. Blease took the floor and proceeded
to lay ont the doctor and charged him
with undertaking the job Of bossing
things in this county and because he
(Biease) would not submit to the doc.
tors dictation and attempts at bosslng
things in general, but asserted his in
dependence, that, therefore he was a
traitor in the eyes of DR.. Pope. He de-
MED that he was traitor to the reform
cause but he did not propose to be
bossed by DR.. Pope, and be further de-
Tended his course in the Legislature.
Some of the things the Doctor charged
him with as evidence of his assertion
that he (Bleasel was a traitor, were bis
refusal to support DR.. Wyche for the
Senate, his opposition to the dispen-
sary law, and to the Black District
bill. The result of the battle before
the club seems to have been CON-
plete victory for Mr.. Blease, as be goes
to the convention and received every
vote of the club for Executive Conn
mitteeman except that of DR.. Pope.
It should be stated that Mr.. Sem de-
clined to be candidate. There were
thirty members of the CLUB present.
These are the facts as we have gath
cred them from those who were pres
ent. 1t is none of our quarrel, but as
our Prosperity correspondent would
say, everything does not seem to be
entirely lovely and happy and serene
in the Reform camp.
TOWNSHIP NO. 4.
Mt. Tabor Clu6.-The following del
egates were elected: Jno. T. Duncan, j..
S. McCarley, J. II. Abrams, J. A. En-
low, G.. F. Abrams.
TOWNSHIP NO 5.
.Ju1dpu Democratic CLUB No. 1.-Met
Saturday in the afternoon, April 14th
inst, and reorganized with 42 mem
bers. The club elected the following
officers to serve two years: w. C..
Sigh, president; Capt. Thompson Con-
nor, vice-president; J. B. Campbell,
secretary and treasurer; C. w. Buford,
county executive committee. Com
m1CCee OIL TeSlSlFdllou-CdpL. l. Nob-
nor, Jno. II. Willingham, DR.. O. B..
Evans, I. u. Abrams.
TOWNSHIP NO. 6.
Old Mems Club met at Longshore
on Saturday and reorganized by elect
ing II. D. Boozer president, J. r. Spear
man vice president, and w. G. Peter
son secretary and treasurer. H. D.
Boozer andW. G. Peterson were elected
delegates to the County Convention.
There are fifty-one members on the
roll.
TOWNSHIP NO. 9.
Mt. Tabor Club.-The following dele
gates were elected: Rev. J. A. Sligb,
Geo. A. Mills, A. n. Boland.
At this writing We have not heard
from the other clubs. We understand
that a new club was formed at Pros
perity.
It will be remembered that last year
or rather in 1892, that certain conserv-
atives at St. Luke tried to form new
club but were not permitted. This