The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-08-07
BUNKY'S FIST
ON GARY'S EYE
LIKEWISE GAKY'S FIST ON BUNKY's
MOUTH.
That Tells Bloody Story or tho Hrlof But
Spirited 90 OF Ono Round Saturday at
Laurens-The Charge of Lying Mado
by Both Men and They Hit Quick.
~ and Kndidly and Blood
F.owed.


laurcns, Aug. 4.--Thc great cduca-
tional campaign cvoluted into slug
GiAg match today. 1t was somewhat
TIE unexpected which happened. Frank
Gary and A. Howard Patterson had
IL rough and tumble fight before q
thousand Laurcns people, men and wo-
men. They fought with desperation
and determination until Jim Tillman
and others separated them, and then
they wanted to get back at each other.
Had the incident occurred years ago in
tIi5 county, when there we're cart
Dad OF pistols at a meeting, there
would have been funerals here tomor-
row: but these days all tho feeling
seems to be between the candidates.
Today the result was two badly bruised
faces aud emphasis on the style of
campaigning going on, and If others
showed the same spirit thcro would be
many moro Gsticutls each day.
HOW IT STARTED.
From day to day Mr.. Patterson ham
inered at Mr.. Gary about his Charles
ton speech, reading the clippings and
making the statements published. Mr.
Gary thought this persistent effort was
to make it appear Indirectly that he
atraddled in Charleston or favored
local option while in Charleston, with Il
license feature which he insisted was
I'm l,t l1,,tt y, -
fort by reading extracts was to place
him in false position as to what he
had said and his announced attitude on
the liquor question. AS pcrsistcntly us
Mr.. Patterson would make his state
mcnts just SO pcrsistcntly would Mr..
Gary insist that his position in Charles
t., rs elsewhere, was plain and un-
eQulvocal and not intended to be nor
was it, misleading, and Mr.. Patterson
kept on with his statements rs pub
lishcd, and from day to day this kept
up and Mr.. Patterson got me to send
the papers his speech on this very mat
ter and Mr.. Gary was asked for his
reply, which have been both publish =.
Today MIR. Patterson repeated and
reiterated about MIR. Gary's alleged
straddle In Charleston. When Mr..
Gary's turn camo TO speak he imme-
diatey replied, as has been published,
that he did not "straddle," and that
his position thcn, rs now, was plain.
PATTERSON WANTED TO EXPLAIN.
Mr. Patterson WIS sitting about five
feet behind whore Mr.. Gary was speak
ing and got up and said: Mr.. Gary, ]
want to explain something"
Mr.. Gary turned squarcly around aud
said: "Now. Mr.. Patterson, I want to
ask you plainly--is what ] have said
about that Charleston matter true?"
Mr.. Patterson said he would explain.
MIR. Gary replied there was no use to
explain, but insisted on knowing
whether what he had just said about
the whole matter was true or moi.
DARED GARY TO PROVE STATEMENT.
Mr.. Patterson went on to say the
candidates would not agree with Mr.
Gary, or something on that line. Mr..
Patterson said he dared him to prove
his statement by any OF the candidates.
.'r' G'ry insisted on direct reply as
70 "he!hcr ms se"temeht ABOUT the
'n"''cS'oh speech was trne or not. 5y
'Als t'me inc Two mon were within
"'lhs lensIn' looking hercely at each
o'ner ana no oouoC LOOKING Tor n blow.
Mr' l"''erson sa'u, ycs' nc dehled as
- , ,, "".'' H"'S .l'o s"'"'
then said: III YOU saw nv statement
is not correct you soy what is not 80. "
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