The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-07-05
OPENING MEETING OF
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN
CANDIDATES SPEECHES CALL
ED OFF AT WHITMIRE.
The Athletic Sports Which Had
Been Arranged Consumed
Most Of The Day.

Whit:nire. July 1.-THE county cam
paign was opened here today. Owing
to the number OF athletic sports
which had been arranged III honor OF
the anniversary of the nations natal
day. however. County Chairman S.
S. Cunningham decided that the can
didates for the various Offices could
be allowed only FIVE minutes each al
ter dinner, and it was finally agreed
that no speeches should be made.
Solicitor Sease, who was present,
was called upon and made short ad-
dress.
A Big Day.
This was a big day at Whitmire.
The big Glen-Lowry mill observed
the Fourth and gave its employees a
holiday, and they and other citizens
OF Whitmire had arranged program
OF athletic sports which began with
a game of baseball during the morn
ing and which consumed the greater
part of the entire day.
The Ball Game.
The game OF baseball was between
a team from Clinton and a team from
the Glen-Lowry mill. and began be-
tween nine and ten O'Clock. The game
was attended BY crowd which num-
bered about four hundred. and was
close and interesting throughout.
Clinton finally won by a score of E
to 3.
Immediately following the game
an excellent barbecue dinner was
served in the beautiful grove at the
old Whitmire place The barbecue
was given by Mr.. !. NJ. Henderson
and was prepared by James Dunbar.
OF this city. 1t is entirely useless to
say that a barbecue dinner prepared
By James Dunbar was excellent
1t had beer decided to have the
speeches OF the candidates Immediate
lv after dinner. but the day was then
growing old and there were vet
number of contests among the atflet-
ic sports vet to be pulled off. County
Chairman S. s. Cunningham took the
stand and announced to the crowd.
which numbered considerably over
three hundred. that there would be no
speeches from the candidates today.
and read list of the candidates for
the various Offices who had signed
the pledge and entered the races.
At this announcement there was an
evident air of disappointment and the
crowd called on Solicitor Thos S.
Sease. who was present. for speech.
Mr.. Sease introduced his address
with few pleasant remarks. in
which he paid a high tribute to wo-
man. "Cease TO do evil and learn to
do we'll" was the gospel which he
wanted to preach for the next four
wears He ard the preachers were in
league to suppress the bad and to
bring out the good in man. The eff
fort OF your life. he said. ought to Re
to suppress the evil il yourselves and
in your neighbors. He had done the
best he could to induce that spirit TO
pervade and permeate the citizenship
Of old South Caro1ina-the state that
he loved. He loved South Carolina
better than anv other state in the
nation. and he thereby made a better
citizen This was the birthday Of
the nation. Patriotism was akin to
religion. The man who loved his
country loved his God. He had done
his duty as he saw i and he asked
for another term as solicitor During
the course If his remarks Mr.. Sease
referred to the progress Of the var
ious towns in his circuit
The County Candidates.
While none Of the county candi-
dates spoke most Of them put in a
hard days work. There was a full
attendance of the candidates. They
were all confident. and hence the
pleasure of the day was very mater