The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-02-20

SS3time stating: that ,eaoil was Ill nearly
sympathy and accord with the objects
Is Of tho convention rs set forth i'll the
sSc}Ng
Tho convention was called to order
by, the Rev E. ii. Wilson and the pro
1 ceedings were opened with the singing
/ Of tho hymn 'A Charge, 70 Keep |
4 Have" Rev. j. B. Middleton, of
Camden; led in prayer. The convcn-
ton then listened to The reading Of q
y lesson from the Bible the DIST psalm
ton eor The oy Wilson thsa i,59 rfiaa i|;a tie at
ready been published. lie said this
was the call in response to which they
q had assembled. IIo said he wanted
q them to do their work III Il hurry and
get away by 3 o'clock. He did not
4 think any Of the preachers wanted Of
4 flee. The great trouble with their
!, S,raaep was talking too much. 1t had
already caused much trouble. The
Rov. II. M. Raiiiord was then made
temporary chairman. Railrord was
rs black q negro as you could find,
yet he wore 4 clean wIlitc standing
collar and q white four-in-hand tic.
# Raiirortl wcntup into thepulpit and
addressed the convention in the most
+ dignified manner, with suavity that
( was remarkable and not a little anus
(. ing. lie spoke Of the peculiar oratory
3 and homemade cloqucncc Of others,
and proceeded to dclivcran essay on il.
He hoped that there were none such
present today (Crics "Amen Amcn!J
He then got down to reading an essay
urging everybody else not to do what
he was doing. I[c then won't on TO
give plenty of advice political. They
came here bound by no man no party.
They werc u,en free mon and they
must NOW rise above all parties. Man
hood and time are tho things now
We don't wish for special legislation,
etc. Their sentiment was "Thcir
country, thcir State, etc.
He then went on to give advice. A
minister's duty was 10 give warning Of
any wrong or danger or anything that
might be threatened calculated to III
Z jure the people Just laws should be
enacted for all the people. You minis
( ters have the people; you have their
4 condolences; you can control them.
2 You arc tho centre Of advertisement
among them. Deliberate much, plan
we'll and wisely, and cooperate with
that which is for The best interests OF
every ono alike. He defended the
ministers against tho charge that they
rs were mixing religion and politics. II
is time that good men, willing to work
"a for I he people, should come to the
front for all the people # the Offices
yoarG pu st8lrees fas ii 81 ',e b!
would refuse them.
Tho Rev. George w. Rowe o
Charleston was made temporary sccrc
& tpry.
The Rev w. D. Chappcllc aslSct
that committees on address and reso
luton, on constitution and one on ed
ucation be appointed lie suggested
that one from each Congressional dis
trict compose the committee on ad
dress.
The Rev. Elder: 'NIr. Checr, L az
dat a committee on grievances be ap
4 pointed too" Q4aughtcr.)
n The convention then proceeded tC
make up the roll Of delegates. Among
tho names enrolled were those OF tic
follow ing, MI ministers Of various dc
nominations. josh l4aury, j. A.. John.
son, Orar burg; Lykcs, Grccnvillc
i J. III. Tie, Union; G. F. Mills, Spar.
, tanburg; }. -. McDanicls, Ncwbcrry
J. S. Perry, ID. Peterson, Richland L
S. Rice, Lccsvllc, and NJ. a. Rice OF
Chester. two gray-haircd ante bellum
negroes; u. III. Roof, II. NJ. Robertson,
S. b. Dawlins, j. G. Daniels, w. Tay,
lor, A. p. Dunbar, Watkins, Green.
Vile; Fred r. Wallace, Ncwbcrry; e.
b. Williams, j. E, Washington, j. 0.
Allen, Grecnville; R. E. Beckett, G..
81. Hemdon, Union, S. c. Jacobs,
Charleston; w. r. Jones, Spartnn-
burg; w. King, Abbovillc; d. II. Nc
Daniel, Ncwbcrry; E. H. Ruff, r.. E.
Hart, j. @. Tobin, Columbia; E. d.
White, York, and many others.
Numerous letters from absent preach,
ers III sympathy with the convention
were read Attention was called to The
fact that many delegates giving Co
->lllmbia as their residence were really
atWorl5 throughout adjoining counties
Wallace Of Ncwberry said many OF
them had come here at thoir own OK.
/, pensc, and they wanted The convcn.
don to get to work quickly.
The convention then took q recess
!. for an hour, and rcasscmblcd at foul
o'clock. When it rcasscmblcd the
committee on organization made its
report as follows:
We, your committee above named,
beg lcaveto submit our report
SOnicors- Chairman, E. 6. Brown;
'oSNiSNti ~ ~ coIlSo.
"We recommend that there be All
executive committee consisting Of three
minister's from cacli congressional dis
trict and that nine Of said committee
constitute n quorum.
@v,S%IAnd that this committee be com
posed Of the following: First district,
" ". ~ ~. Beckett, w. r. Carolina, W.
y. CHaPpo'le; Second district, j. IT,
POSoy, IL. III. Icr4;n rh;rd I;ct,;ni II
II. McDanicls b. j. 1aamsnw ' y,
Robinson; Fourth district, R M raj
ford, ) 7. Mills, II. Watkins; Tlftt,
B2 district q. j.. White; Sixth district,
Ito DO supplied by tho convcntion)
Seventh district, a. c.. Goodson, j b.
Middleton and j. a. Johnson.
For State Chairman or Chairman of
Executive Committee &c. Hart;
esseerotary, j. II. Wilson and J. w.
2 LylSes, treasurer.
. There was then mi;ch di...rS.;on as
to the political feature of suul, al, or
& ganization and the idea seemed to be
general that the establishing Of such
on organization was carrying politics
into religious circles. Tho discussion
32 fast and furious and il was easily
Y seon that there was much opposition
# by q few to such an organization a
1notionswas thcn carried that The re-
I port bo laid OH the table temporarily.
For q half hour there was tho worst
a kind of q tanglo which was brought
clear by j. r. Wilson making the
n point that tho committee was sim