The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-01
LITTLE new AT NEWBERRY.
THE CANDIDATES COVER ABOUT TIE
USUAL GROUND.

THE CANDIDATES COVER ABOUT TIE
USUAL GROUND.
A Good Sized Crowd Greet the Circus Pope
and Eilerbe Still Oppose the Dis.
pensary Reopenlug.
NEwBERRY, July 27.-In a quiet
grove q mile from the city, a quiet
meeting attended 5y loco people was
held to-day. Ali the speeches were
tame and there was nothing fresh in
the entertainment. A portion of the
audience yelled ferociouslv and con-
stantly for Tillman and Evans, but it
is said that most of these people were
Edgeieli Democrats. In fact the pres
ence of Edgefeldians was noted by DR..
Pope. The Newberry people were un-
demonstrat:ve. Probably majority of
the crowd, exclusive Of the Edgefield
contingent, were Tillmanites. but it
was tolerably-safe bet that the county
will go for Butler.
This was the best managed meeting
of the campaign. All the arrangements
were complete. Dozens of marshals
we've presentand when an Edgeieldian
at one time grew obstreperous the chief
Of police was after him in q twinkling,
but the fellow quieted. I'M,
The Rev. Mr.. Stokes opelthe meet
ing by asking the audience to lift their
hats while he prayed and to lift their
hearts to God. He prayed that the
State would be saved from anarchy
aud misrule and declared that men had
siuned against God for Office and de-
waited from the truth.
Chairman Cole L. Blease congratu-
lated the audience on its sobriety, and
requested both the speakers and the
audience to behave with credit to them
selves.
Roaring Wait Whitman let of with
p ten-minutes talk. He whooped up
Reform and said taxes would be re-
duced in the sweet bye and bye. He
admitted that the Refawm movement
had been slow to reduce salaries, hich
s'was blot that could not be gotten off
the escuecheon." He then launched
out into the very remarkable statement
that the worst fault of the movement
was its conciliatory spirit. The Roarer
did a song and dance act about the
South Carolina College. He accused
May6eld Of wearing silk belly band"
but did not know what that was.
Mr.. Tom Keitt instead of making q
speech simply announced that his
home people knew bis record and be
would turn over his time to his COM
petitors. The people of Newberry
were sufficiently acquainted with his
efforts in the line of education.
Superintendent of Education May
field took exception to some of Roaring
Waits statements and said be would
treat his personal remarks with the
scorn and contempt they deserved.
The Roarer said he meant nothing per-
sonal. ''Then you withdraw what you
said" replied Mayfeld. He hoped
there would be no repetition of the
false charge that he knew nothing
about the school question. Mr.. Whit
man lnteIected that he supposed May
Held knew all about it that any other
superintendent did.
Mr.. &:ayfeld proceeded to show that
Mr.. Whitman knew very little as to
what he was talking about. Whitman
could not extend the school term by
the little $4,000 that went to the col
lege. Teachers are paid little enough,
aud everyone ought TO know that there
were no abuses. He urged that the
school districts make a special levy ac-
cordipg to the new law and run the
schools for longer terms. He defended
the college and showed that the Re-
formers were pledged to its support.
Gen. Richbourg rehearsed his con-
nection with the Haskell ticket and
spoke Of his allegiance to Reform, and
how he had done the soldierly thing in
the Darlington trouble. He challenged
the claims of John Gary Watts to the
title of Assistant Adjutant and Inspec-
tor General.
Col. Watts then had his say. He
stated that he was born at Gary's Lane,
in Newberry County, and claimed that
every one knew Of the Office of Assist
ant Adintant and Inspector General.
He never had the ''audacity and cheek
TO fly under false colors," and Rich
bourg ought to be the last one to inti-
mate it.
Railroad Commissioner Thomas came
forward with some matter. he declared
that be had done the work of the rail-
road commission for the past three
wears. both in the Office and in the field.
None of the other candidates from old
man Sigh down knew anything about
railroad matters, and that was why
they avoided the issues in their
speeches. Since he had been in office
be claimed to have done more for the
people than all the other commission
ers. He was proud that De had re-
fused to receive twelve miles of the
Charleston, Sumter and Northern
road. He bad been outvoted on the
whiskey rate. He said no Intelligent
man could defend the reduction Of the
rate. He called the Spartanburg dunn
my line matter an attempt at o!acs-
mail.
Candidate Wilborn followed. He
admitted he did not know all about
railroads. If the laboring people wanted
to be- free they would have to grapple
with, the corporations. The people
might not know anything about Thom-
as ssdifferentials." but they knew what
was right. Mr.. Wilborn suggested that
II was an easy thing for the roads to do
some hood-W linking in the Legislature
IN the GESCllOu VI " AAiS
the people could not be fooled now, as
the election was left to them. He de-
clared he could not understand why
the rate on melons was so high in pro-
portion to meat.
Candidate Pony" Yeldell believed
he could make as good commissioner
as Thomas, and he wanted to be elected
to carry out the principles Of Reform.
He did cot have lazy bone in him,
and he thought he could learn all thst
was necessary to do the right thing. De
Jumped on the commission for its rapid
transit inspections
Candidate J. Walter Gray declared
he was surprised at the tone of some OF
the speeches and the insinuations OF
incompetency, which he thought in
dicated symptoms of demagoguery
rather than an evidence of modesty.
He wanted to be the legal counsel of the
board. He was lawyer, and the board
needed lawyer badly. Common sense