Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-18

TO explain, et hi nj sp eals cried some
ono, sir, said the 4 chairman.
'.ao 20 he'll then. :, ea u,
Maj, Evans shouted that ho d al MOI
want any advantage, and that Thoinis
ought to have q hearing. IS
Mr.. Garris went to the front and urged
that Thomas DO hoard. Tho chairman
yielded to tho pressure and told Thomas
to go ahead, y Y 1t :5 3 SS ID
| WuY, HE CHANGED HIS NAME. II 55 4
& Mr.. Thomas said that he had raised
! o company to protect the womon and
children from the ncgroes and had te
run to Canada for protection. Unde,
tho advice Of lawyers he had changed
his name. Col. Bonbow's abuse of hin
wns caused by his refusal to vote 70,
suoh q character, whom he had over
topped in his own county, and SO tho
compost sipimered down. & II
| Finally order was restored and 1t was
evident that tho performance had had
its compensation in an inoi eased number
of audi tors. There is ono peouliarity
about human nature, and that is tho GU
| AAoSiVy " no"f uIaWl of 10 BOO llgnt
| eyen II 1t bo nothing moro than O dop
fight. No offense intended. At any rate
the other speakers did not have TO speak
to empty benches, and thus tho passion
ato episode oventuatcd to Choir benofit
+! The speaking thon continued without in.
| oidont az follows: >,. =, ~. ,>c'.3,. ! :.
Secretary of State Hon. d. III. Tomp
kins, of Columbia, d. J. Bradham, OF
| Clarendon, NJ r. Cooper, of Colloton
fhf I,,o,, otN,. 4
Gary Watts, of Columbia, j. w. Floyd
of Korshaw, L. NJ. Blythe, of Groonvillo
This closed tho speaking by the various
candidates for State of1icos. .l.,l
| The candidates for Congress from this
| DISTRICT boing present, thoy woro givon
an opportunity to speak about half-pas,
threo O'Clock. Col. George Johnstone
| of Newborry, Hon. A. G. Latimer, OF
Anderson, and Hon. j. E. Boggs, Of
Johnstono replied to Mr.. Latimor; then
Latimor spoke in rejoinder for half al
hour, and Col. Johnstono repliod again.
| They had tho meeting to themselves and
| spoke ad libitu IN, as Chairman Burns
turned tho meeting loose at five O'Clock
and left tho crowd and tho speakers tc
paddle their own canoe. 1t was raining
hard for an hour and thoy had liberty in
| q rough and tumble dobate.
| !"NH oht'oo oho u"S VI oGttGO CaUl
paign of education for Oconoo, and il
anybody loft tho building any the wiser
for having exposed his Uranium to the
shot and shell flying SO thick and fast
| throughout tho day, wo have failed tc
find him. Lot us hope that no harm was
done, oven though somo of tho perform
ors set an example of public behavior
unworthy of emulation. With truth il
! can he said and we say Il to the credit
of tho good people of Oconeo, this was
tho most rowdy and disordorly riiliittiioa, political
meeting over hold at our county scat
But most of tho candidates doported
themselves like gontlemon engaged in
] Legitimate discussion of public questions
| and tho disorder must be laid at tic
doors of two or throo of tho candidates
| for Railroad Commissioner. 1t is to be
hoped that thoy will learn bettor, and il
thoy do not learn tho lesson woll
leave thom at home on election day tC
tako n lesson on docorum in discussion
before thoy appear again "to speak in
public Oh tho stage"