The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1902-08-22
MEr | COUNTY CAMPAIGNERS,
fhe fhes Ball Opened at Santuc tuesday, Small Crowd
,ssb. but ]. Attentive Sims Grove Carlisle
S;;s yoaSl BACK Rock end Cross Keys Winds up the
FIRST WEEK OF THE ROOND

AAe nrSb guns. OF the County Cam.
paigp ,belched forth at Ssntuc on
Wednesday theNs13.h in, the Sims
Grove, Q mile or more from the town.
The day was an ideal Dnc. and while
a shower was threatened u n9ous 10
o'clock''it did lfot IN aterialize The
crowd lounged around the speakers
stand under the shady trees aud
istenea atte6tively 70 what the
speakers had to say, they were
almost ,painfally quiet, and speak or
after 4speaker had bis; say and sat
down without %; sound, from the
crowd, of:approval, disproval or ap-
plause, =" : .t'i',t -" ""G
Mf.i B. G.nGregory acted as chair.
man and introduced the candidates
after prayer by local pastora Each
candidate for Senate and House was
allowed 20 minutes, while Nthe lesser
lights were allowed 10 minutes.
At 1925 all the candidates were
invited on the stand to have their
picture taken The back railing Of
the stand broke anaa the obucket of
water rwent soneuWays the odipper
another while the water flowed over
the stand causing general cenfusionf
for the time being, They were finally
liked hnd two, snap shots were taken
at the aggregation. We suppose the
camera survived the shock as we saw
the photographer at the other places.
There were about thirty, three of
the poserss After this o recess of
an shomNas taken for dinner. ! 81 g
From bsntuc the aggregat5nTsn1
to Carlisle where they were met by a
large crowd from almost every
direction Thursday, and candidates
and visitors were right royalty en-
tertained by the good people of Car
Isle with the most bounteous picnic
spread that it has ever been our good
to partake of. The table was some
thing like one hundred feet long and
was literally loaded down with the
delicacies prepared by the good ladies
of that section who knew SO well how
to prepare for an occasion of this
kind no matter how large the con-
gregation. Upon this occasion they
must have fed between 500 and 900
people and there was plenty for all.
Besides steak, mutton, chicken and
all the long list of appetising delica-
cies usually found at first class
picnic, there was an enormous pot Of
as fine hash as we ever saw, to which
all did ample justice. To say it was
an excellent and bourteous lay out
is but to feebly express it. Carlisle
certainly laid the candidates and
visitors under debt of gratitude for
their kind forethought. Her praise
was on every tongue during the re-
mainder of the weeks trip.
From Carlisle to Black Rock was
the next jump and long jump it
was. On the way to our stopping
place, that is the Auditor and I, We
got caught in bad wind storm &C.
companied by good shower of rain
near Mr.. Woods Jeter's place and
turned into the grove for shelter but
found the house closed and we drove
on with the wind coming hard in oul
face. We held up twice to get some
shelter behind q cluster of bushes
We finally reached Mr.. -
place, where we found half dozer
buggies on the road side, the horse,
had been taken out and the occu
pants had clustared in bunch II
front of, the stable to wait for tn,
rain to cease. 1t was a meeting. no
down onsthe program but we enjoye,
it. We finally made another start an,
reached our destination, the homo 0
that venerable and substantial citizel
and farmer. Mr.. R. s. Thomas, wher
we fourd Mr., T. j. l.. Liinder VIII
had already arrived, and we wer
met and entertained with the ope
handed hospitality it has always bee
our good fortune toS-receive at tn
homes of Our friendsin the country
We were shown Mr.. Thomas fis
pond and the beautifully locate
spring from which the pond is SUI
piled. Mr.. Thomas astonished tn
scribe when he produced a whist
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