The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-22
Especial to News and Courier.)

Chairman Waller, who called upon
the Rev. MIR. Holland 10 deliver tho
opening prayer. Chairman Waller
said that he was proud of his coun.
try, and was glad tho meeting had
been called.
Congressman Latimer was briefly
introduced. Flo said he thought
Senator Tillman was to have done
all the morning speaking. He was
at loss as to what to talk about.
1t was an off year, and there is bnt
little to talk about in politics. He
reviewed the wolk OF the Wheat
Growers Convention, and said he
hoped to join in With tho wheat
growers those who grew grasses and
tobacco. 1t was useless to talk about
cutting the cotton acreage unless
some other money crop was suggest
ed. Secretary Wilson is much inter
ested in this section and wants to
make experiments in this section.
He thought there was abundant hope
in raising grasses. Personally he
was much interested in growing
grasses in old fields. There was
nothing like experimenting in grasses.
He sent about and bought little year
lings at $3.50, and in six months
doubled up his money. That was
making money and what he wanted
others to do. He said the Secretary
of Agriculture said he wonld send
grass seed to any farmer who was in
earnest and wanted to make crop.
RURAL DELIVERIES.
Then be took up tho matter Of ru-
raj deliveries and said he had ten
deliveries for his district, twice as
many as any other district in the
country. The 100000 appro-
priated would give only two de-
liveries for each district, but he So
cured ten. He had the man who
was working up the routes to come
to his home, and there study the sit
uation and make succe& Of the
the system. He tried to work out
the thickest populated sections, and
his ambition was to have daily de-
livery to every home in the country.
-Four years ago $4,000 was appro-
priated and since then the amount
has been steadily Increased.
MoNopoL1Es.
lie said he was not much ct a pol
itician except in election years. He
would, however take up the matter
of monopolies. Ho took up the sub
sidy of Hanna and Payne. To pass
this bill would drive ont all sail boats.
He spoke of the wrongs cf monopoly.
President Smythe favored the Hanna
Payne bill, and he was not surprised
at it, and then ho spo;:e Of the dan
gers of tho lack Of organization on
the part Of tho farmers and thought
it possible for tho mill mon to secure
the passage of such bill as the
Payne Hanna bill by combining their
employees and electing their repre-,
sentatives. He did not blame presi =
dents and moneyed people to look
after their own interests, and he
wanted to see tho farmers combine.
What he wanted to SEQ was a con
gress in sympathy with Bryan.
He denounced tho Philippine qucs
ton as contrary to Democracy, as an
outrage and wrong. Mckinley was
a good man, but had OWL advisors.
SENATOR TILI.AIAN.
Senator Tillman was introduced in
eulogistlc terms by Senator Wallace.
Senator Tillman said that he saw
present many men from the old coun,
tries and the new county had fine
pedigree, Edgoficld rs mother and
AbDeville as father. He never had
tho pleasure before of talking to &
distinctively Greenwood County au
dience. He knew many here had
never seon him before and he wanted
the ladies to SEQ what sort of look
ing devil he was.
Then he spoke highly of Green
woods growth and gave some his