Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-17
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! Last w Wednesd ayl was q most pOtable
day In the history OF Carswell institute,
tho crowd being drawn thither by the
fact that it was the occasion of the an.
nual reunion Of the survivors of Com
pany F, Path South Carolina Volunteers,
and of the old students Of tho Carswoll
Institute, and also by the fact THAI some
notable speakers were to be present,
chief among whom was Senator Tillman.
About twenty-five of tho old comrades
were present and about ten O'Clock they
marched to tho stand, o large one which
had boon erected under the overshadow-
ing branches of some large oaks.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. j. Is. Leyerott, who turned it over
to Hon. r. p. Clinkacales. Speeohes
were made by Mr.. r, p. Clinksoales, Jr., ).
Con. M. j.. Bonham, Mr.. E. M. Ruoker,.
Jr., and recitation by DR.. NJ. A. Thomp-
son. His subject was '',rbe Faded Gray
Jacket" The Doctor was dressod in a
suit of Confederate gray and by his side
stood Miss Lucy Loverett, holding in hor
hand an old Confederate jacket that had
seen service. Ono of tho finest speeches
of tho day waa that CT younE w. G.
Latimor, q son of Congressman Latimer,
on the Philippine question. 1t was O
| worry fine and effective at'ssoss, was we'll
delivered and brought forth many COM
plimentary remarks.
After an adjournmont' for most
bountful picnic dinner, tho crowd of
somc two Thousand five hundred or moro
people again gathered closely around tho
stand to hear Congressman Latimor and
Senator Tillman. Before tho speaking
began n four-prongod pitcheork, wrapped
in tinsel, with gold bug impaled on
two of it's tines, was suspended over the
stand. Mr.. Iatimer began his speech by
jocular reference to tho pitohfork, OK
pressing his fear of it, and ontroating
tho crowd not to lot an Edgofield man
como up hero and pitchforl an Anderson
man. IIo alluded to tho fact that tho
farmers arc 80 generally warned to avoid
politics in all their meetings. and claimed
that it was their right and duty to dis
cuss politics, for politics was nothing but
tho "scicncc of government" and farm
ors wore very largo part of tho govern
ment and its affairs concerned thom.
lilo warned them against being lullcd to
sleep by this cry of avoiding politics, as
it was intended to sidctrack and disor-
ganizo them. IIo reminded thom of
what they had accomplished by organi-
zation in tho Alliance against the juto
trust, and affirmed his belief that tho
farmers could break any trust by organ
izing againstit. flo attacked tho Philip
pine policy Of the administrations.
Senator Tillman was thon introduced,
and the crowd drow closer. Ho began
by Ecforring pleasantly to tho presence
OF so many ladies, a feature which was
noticeably absent during his campaign
speeches. Ho said ho took special
interest in this reunion because his bro
ther commanded Company L of tho samo
regiment Ic then paid his respects to
tho expansion policy of tho Republican
administration. Ho condemned in un-
measured terms tho grabbing OF Hawaii
and tho denying Of tho right Of self
government to tho Filipincs, and that it
was proud thought for every old Con-
fcdcratc soldier that he had made tho
last and greatest stand for constitutional
liberty that the world had over seen.
lIo objected to their annexation because
they were an alien race, and We have had
trouble enough with tho alien race wo
have here; that wo had quit buying ne
grocs in 1865, and he did not want to buy
any more colorcd people.
lie thon reforrcd to tho article of c. G..
Fcatherstono, published in all tho dailies
simultaneously, taking him to task for
what ho did not say at Sumter. IIe re-
minded tho people that since ho began
the light in 1890 all tho daily papers and
most of tho country wceklics had boon
against him and had garblcd his utter
anccs and misrcpresentCd him. Ho said
that Mr.. Fcathorstone was quick to rush
into print before he knew the exact truth
about tho matter, and it was significant
that he furnished copies to all tho dailios
at tho same time in order to advertise
himself, and thatif ho had been disposed
to treat him with true gentlcmanly cour-
tcsy and be perfectly fair nc would have
wrtton to him to know if he had said
that "all prohibitionsts were towards
and hypocritcs."
lIo denied emphatically that ho said
| any such thing, but what ho did say was
that if a prohibition law wore enacted it
would mako lot of tho people liars and
hypocrites, for thcy would feign sickness
to got whiskey, and would got doctors
certificate on false prctonse to got it.
IIc believed tho preachers were sincere
and thousands of other good people who
beloved with thom, but that many of tho
prohibition leaders wcro hypocritos, and
IN proof of it cited tho people to tho fact
that strange and unnatural alliance had
been formed between tho genuine prohi-
bitionists and the whiskoy men, many of
whom led the fight for prohibition simply
10 break down the disponsary, hoping to
| secure return Of tho bar-rooms by dis
gusting the people with tho farce of pro-
hibition. IIe said that Mr.. Fcatherstono
had shown his hypocrisy by going over
tho State last summer making pro-
nounccd prohibition speeches and posing
as their loador, and then going down to
Columbia last winter and deliberately
proposing to form coalition with tho
high license mon in order to defeat tho
dispcnsary, and that by that act he pro-